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Witch on the Holy Night Movie Sets November 20 Release Date
『魔法使いの夜』公開日決定に日本の反応「これだけ待ったんだ11月なんかあっという間」
Source: YouTube30 of 1048 comments translatedOriginal text alongsideJapan Reacts editors
The man who still hasn't spoken or even shown his face — Soujuurou.
未だ喋らない映りもしない男、草十郎
Type-Moon and ufotable's Witch on the Holy Night movie finally got a release date — November 20 — and Japanese fans lit up the comments. The thread ran through praise for ufotable's craft (that CGI, the "Diddle Diddle" spell's shifting textures), reassurance for Fate-only newcomers that this Nasuverse origin story is a safe entry point, and theories on why protagonist Soujuurou still hasn't been shown speaking or facing the camera. It closes with one longtime fan tallying up exactly how much of the Nasuverse ufotable has now brought to life.
Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 1048)
@aqualife0360 likes ufotable's god-tier animation making Aoko and Alice move is way too beautiful. Can't imagine how intense it'll look on the big screen.
ufotableさんの神作画で動く青子と有珠が美しすぎる。大スクリーンで観た時の迫力凄いだろうな
@式式式-u1m12 likes As always, ufotable is just gorgeous.
相変わらずufotableさん美麗な
@ハルアキラ-s7l5 likes The way the texture repaints itself during the "Diddle Diddle" spell is so damn cool 😂
ディドルディドルでテクスチャが塗り変わっていく描写、めっちゃカッコいいわ😂
@Aryyychan34 likes The way the night spreads out with "Diddle Diddle" is insane. Thank you, ufotable.
ディドルディドルの夜の広がり方凄まじい、ありがとうufotable
@たまご-goniko29979 likes This one's by Fate's original creator, Kinoko Nasu — it's a great entry point into the Nasuverse whether you already know Fate or not, so go see the movie!
この作品はFateの原作者奈須きのこによる作品でFateを知ってる人は勿論全く知らない人も楽しめる型月入門作品となってるので映画を見ましょう！
@瓜田李下-f7p70 likes I'd recommend Kara no Kyoukai too.
空の境界もおすすめ
@どんぐりとグラノーラ55 likes I've only ever watched Fate so I was nervous, but I've decided I'm 100% going. Thanks!
Fateシリーズしか見てないから不安だったけど絶対行くって決めた！ありがとう
@瓜田李下-f7p48 likes The story's totally different from Fate, but you'll get why "mage" and "witch" mean different things here — it's worth watching either way.
フェイトと全く話違うけど、魔術師と魔法使いの違いがわかるから見て損はないです。
@rsnkshm1128121 likes Never heard of this series before, but the moment I saw ufotable was making it, I was already sold.
全然知らない作品だけど制作会社ufotableの時点であ、好きってなった
@じゅん-r9j773 likes We've waited this long already — November's gonna fly by.
これだけ待ったんだ11月なんかあっという間だ
@steppemongolian46711 likes Only 4 months!
たった4ヶ月！
@本条なつの6 likes So true! Honestly, even the waiting itself is exciting.
それは、ほんとにそう！ 何なら、待ってるその時間でさえも楽しみでワクワクする♪
@ウト-なぴしゅてぃむ267 likes Figured it'd land in winter if it landed at all, so this checks out — ufotable's great at depicting winter, so I'm hyped.
来るなら冬だろうとは思ってたから納得 ufoは冬の表現上手いから期待だね
@甘電池97 likes Guess we get to relive our youth all over again.
また青春を味わえるんだな
@uwayoujotsuyoi294 likes I'm 100% seeing this. I waited since high school for the original PC release, and my whole life changed in the years since waiting for an anime adaptation — every bit of that is riding on this.
絶対見にいくよ、高校時代から発売を待ち続けたゲームがPCで出た時の嬉しさと、アニメになるまで待ってる間に人生も大きく変わって。 全ての思いが乗ってるアニメだから。
@fuuuu05015 likes Man, why are you monologuing
なーに語ってんだよ
@amane-b2q10 likes Of course I'm gonna monologue, this is exciting stuff. You broken or something?
語っちまうだろ熱いんだから 思考停止か？
@tiaMaga-m6l4 likes What are you even doing
ナニしてんだよ
@tsukioka964390 likes Part of me wishes they'd split it into two parts, but honestly I'm just grateful they're making it at all.
前編後編に分けてくれという思いもあるが、作ってくれるだけで感謝。
@きらゆる-g6i389 likes Right now I've just got gratitude... thank you, I love this.
今はただ感謝を…ありがとう愛してる
@souhamibu729337 likes Gratitude to everyone who worked on this.
感謝を 制作に携わった全ての方々に
@masa-gb2dv7 likes Just having Alice move and talk on screen is enough to be grateful for.
アリスが動いて喋ってくれるだけで感謝
@睡眠-w7w46 likes Alice moving and talking is already more than enough to make me happy.
アリスが動いて喋ってくれるだけで嬉しいよ
@polypus.octpus49 likes IT'S HERE IT'S HERE IT'S HERE IT'S HEEERE!!!!
きたきたきたきたきぁ！！！！
@ゲイボルクマスター2 likes I'm studying abroad starting in September, though. I've been waiting since high school. Honestly I hate everything right now. Everyone else, please enjoy it to the fullest for me.
留学がね。9月からなんだ。 高校生の頃から待ってたんだ。 もう全てが嫌になったよ。 みんなは全力で楽しんでね。
@Moko-l2f4s1 likes I'm a casual fan (only seen Fate/UBW), but I love Yusuke Kobayashi's voice so I was looking forward to it — and they didn't show his face or let him speak at all. Legendary.
にわか(Fate UBWは見た)だが小林裕介さんめっちゃ好きだから楽しみと思ってたけど、声も姿も映んなくて神
@午_睡2 likes Soujuurou's still only ever shown from behind — I bet that's ufotable deliberately hiding him, like they're saying "get to know how strange Soujuurou Shizuki really is through the story itself."
いまだ後ろ姿しか映されてない草の字、あえて隠して「物語を通じて静希草十郎という人物の異常さを知ってくれ」というufoからのメッセージだろ
@佐藤-v8v13 likes Part 1 probably ends at the abandoned amusement park. Either way I'm way too hyped for the fight scene animation there — it's ufotable, so I have zero worries. How many more years until we get Soujuurou vs. Beo, though? And will the movie even use the Gymnopédie music?
1部は廃遊園地までかな どちらにせよ、あの遊園地での戦闘シーンの作画がﾊﾞﾁｸｿ楽しみすぎる なんて言ったってあのufotableだからな安心しかないわ 草の字とベオの戦闘シーンは何年後に見られるのかな 映画でもジムノペディの音楽は聴けるのかな？？
@naoki51700 likes Having a series I love get adapted in high quality by ufotable is genuinely a blessing 🙏 When you think about it, ufotable's now animated 3 out of the 4 major Nasuverse works — that's insane. Glad to be a Type-Moon fan. Now give us the Tsukihime anime too!
好きな作品がufotableによって高品質で映像化されるのってほんと幸せ🙏 4大型月作品のうち3つをufotableがアニメ化してるのよくよく考えたらやばい笑 型月ファンで良かったなって思う いずれは月姫もアニメ化してくれー！
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