Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (film)
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Directed by | Yuji Yamaguchi |
Screenplay by | Takuya Satō |
Starring | Ayako Kawasumi Junichi Suwabe Kana Ueda Noriaki Sugiyama Mina Tomokazu Seki Hiroshi Kamiya Nobutoshi Canna |
Music by | Kenji Kawai |
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Distributed by | Japan: The Klockworx Co., Ltd. North America: Sentai Filmworks United Kingdom: Manga Entertainment |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | $3,205,829 |
Fate/stay night the Movie: Unlimited Blade Works (劇場版 フェイト/ステイナイトアンリミテッドブレイドワークス, Gekijōban Feito/sutei naito Anrimiteddo Bureido Wākusu) is a 2010 Japanese animated fantasy action film directed by Yuji Yamaguchi.[1] The film was released in Japan on January 23, 2010 on 12 screens and grossed 37,699,500 yen.[2] Unlimited Blade Works covers the events of the second route of the visual novel Fate/stay night by Type-Moon. The DVD and Blu-ray version was released on 31 October 2010 in Japan, with Sentai Filmworks releasing the DVD and Blu-ray to North America on 12 June 2012.[3] Manga Entertainment released the DVD and Blu-ray on 30 September 2013.
Synopsis
Shirou Emiya is an average student that is dragged into a war over the Holy Grail, an item that can fulfill any wish or desire. The contestants all use spirit servants to fight each other, however as Emiya is a newcomer and unskilled he must join together with Rin Tohsaka to survive the battles. This is only a temporary solution, as Tohsaka's spirit servant Archer greatly dislikes Emiya for an unknown reason.
Voice cast
Character | Japanese voice | English voice |
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Saber | Ayako Kawasumi | Michelle Ruff |
Archer | Junichi Suwabe | Liam O'Brien |
Rin Tohsaka | Kana Ueda | Mela Lee |
Shirou Emiya | Noriaki Sugiyama | Sam Riegel |
Caster | Atsuko Tanaka | Tara Platt |
Shinji Matou | Hiroshi Kamiya | Doug Erholtz |
Kirei Kotomine | Jouji Nakata | Jamieson Price |
Illyasviel von Einzbern | Mai Kadowaki | Stephanie Sheh |
Taiga Fujimura | Miki Itou | Julie Ann Taylor |
Lancer | Nobutoshi Canna | Tony Oliver |
Sakura Matou | Noriko Shitaya | Sherry Lynn |
Assassin | Shinichiro Miki | David Vincent |
Berserker | Tadahisa Saizen | Michael McConnohie |
Gilgamesh | Tomokazu Seki | Grant George |
Rider | Yu Asakawa | Karen Strassman |
Soichiro Kuzuki | Kazuhiro Nakata | Patrick Seitz |
Announcer | Saori Hayami | - |
Songs
Title | Singer |
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Imitation | Sachi Tainaka |
Voice ~Tadoritsuku Basho~ | Sachi Tainaka |
Reception
DVD Talk wrote that the movie was "basically a clip-show" and that while the action was polished, it had "a rushed, incomplete feeling" and was for "fans of the series only".[4] A reviewer for the Anime News Network gave an overall positive review but mentioned that the film felt like it had been overly edited.[5]
Box office
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works grossed $3,205,829 worldwide, including ¥280 million ($3.2 million) in Japan[6] and $5,829 in Taiwan.[7]
References
- ^ "預測1月23日奈葉VS Fate!". Ce.cn. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "Japanese Box Office, January 23-24". Anime News Network. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works" Anime Movie". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "Review: Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works". DVD Talk. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "Review: Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works". Anime News Network. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ "Top Anime Movies at Japanese Box Office, 1st Half of 2010". Anime News Network. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
- ^ "Taiwan Box Office, December 25–26, 2010". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
External links
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works at IMDb
- "Fate Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works English Dubbed 1080p". 31 May 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- 2010 films
- 2010 anime films
- 2010s action films
- 2010s romantic drama films
- 2010s fantasy films
- Anime films based on video games
- Anime International Company
- Fate/stay night
- Films about wish fulfillment
- Films set in 2004
- Japanese-language films
- Japanese films
- Japanese drama films
- Japanese fantasy films
- Japanese romance films
- Japanese action films
- NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
- Sentai Filmworks
- Studio Deen