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1st Fate/stay night Heaven's Feel Film's Trailer Previews Aimer's Song (Updated)

The official website for the three-part Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel anime film project began streaming a trailer for the first film on Saturday. The video features Aimer's theme song "Hana no Uta" (Flower Song). (Note: The linked video on the website is region-locked to Japan.)

The website also revealed that people who attend theatrical screenings of the film in Japan will receive different bonus items for the first seven weeks after the film opens. People who attend screenings during the film's first week will receive one of two sets of two postcards with special illustrations by Type-Moon and ufotable.

The first film, Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower, will premiere in theaters in Japan on October 14. Aniplex of America will release the first Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel film theatrically in the United States. The company revealed on Saturday that the film will premiere in the U.S. on November 3 at The Theater At Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. A nationwide theatrical release will follow at a later date.

Tomonori Sudō (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Fate/Zero animation director) is directing the films, and ufotable is animating the work. Yuki Kajiura (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Fate/Zero) is composing the music. Takahiro Miura is providing the storyboards.

Note: The summary below reveals spoilers about the Fate/stay night story. Highlight to read.

[The story of the film will revolve around Sakura Matō, the younger sister by blood to Rin Tohsaka, but when she was young, Sakura was sent to the Matō household as an adopted daughter. There, she was given torturous training in order to give her powerful magic powers. Sakura was not supposed to enter the Holy Grail War, but due to her getting into a romantic relationship with Shirō, the passion hidden within herself and her mental restraints go berserk. Sakura becomes a large game-changer in the Holy Grail War, and forces Shirō to walk toward a cruel fate.]

"Heaven's Feel" is a route from the original Fate/stay night visual novel. A manga adaptation of the route launched in May 2015.

The TV anime adaptation of Fate/stay night's 'Unlimited Blade Works' route premiered in October 2014. The initial Fate/stay night anime premiered in 2005.

Update: The U.S. premiere on November 3 will be held at The Theater At Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. A nationwide theatrical release will follow at a later date.

Thanks to Dennis R. for the embedded video.

Source: MoCa News