Summary
The earth dies. Within a few centuries, it will no longer be able to sustain human life. But Julian Ainsworth has a plan. Using the remaining magic on the planet, the Holy Grail, and a mysterious alien cube, he can save humanity from its impending doom. But as with all magic, there is a price to pay: in this case, the life of Miyu, an innocent child.
Related: fate-stay-night
Now everything is finally in place. But for his plan to succeed, he must first overcome a final hurdle: Illyasviel von Einzbern, a girl from a parallel world driven by heroes of myth and legend who has vowed to stop him and save not only the world itself but also Miyu. .too.
Review
Fate liner Prisma Illya - Light Nameless Girl is a direct sequel to the story of Fate liner Prisma ☆ Illya 3rei !! and the film Fate liner Prisma Illya: Vow in the Snow. Despite being a movie, it feels much more like a collection of episodes than anything that resembles a standalone story. It doesn't have a thematic arc to tie it all together, and rather than ending in suspense, it seems to end mid-climax. That being said, the movie pushes the story forward with plenty of plot reveals, though it is undercut at times.
The most interesting aspect of the history of the 3rei !! so far, the moral dilemma our heroes find themselves in. Julian's plan is to use the grail, that is, Miyu, to save the world (which could not sustain human lives 10 generations from now if nothing is done). Simply put, he would sacrifice a girl to save humanity. In the previous movie, we saw Shiro, who in other versions of the Fate franchise would have done the same as Julian, changed his mind and chose to leave the future of the world to save his adoptive sister.
In this movie, Illya and her friends from her world must wrestle with the same choice. Of course, with her childhood innocence, Illya is determined to save both the world and her boyfriend. However, that doesn't mean that she has any idea how to handle this. She simply chooses to stop Julian's plans first and then save the world. While her intentions are pure, Illya is the "villain" of the story in the most pragmatic sense: by stopping Julian, she could end humanity's last hope of salvation.
The obvious problem with the film is that despite this very compelling moral dilemma that arises in the television anime, the previous film, and the beginning of this one, it is completely bypassed when the credits appear. No one is forced to really face the problem, it just becomes irrelevant on its own. So the actual movie is about learning the details about what is really going on more than anything else, both in the story and with the characters.
At the beginning of the movie, Julian's plan is almost a complete mystery. We know that she wants to use the Holy Grail and the magic cube to save humanity, but the 'how' of this process is very unknown. Even at the end of the movie, we don't have a concrete answer to this, as we stray to learn more about the cube itself, that is, what it is and why it is so important to what is happening.
The rest of the story is devoted to giving a much-needed backstory to the villains, namely Beatrice, Erika, and Julian herself. Honestly, there's a lot of good-natured work here. We learn about his expected tragic past and the personal motivations behind his current actions. It makes the understanding and serves to explore the idea of what it really means to "save" someone.
While there is a ton of lore and backstory to this movie, much of the running time is spent on sight, pure and simple. Animation is vibrant and fluid throughout, even in the most action-packed scenes. At the same time, the choreography of the fight is simply impressive, especially in the fight between Beatrice and Illya. Although clearly different in style, the animation can even compete with its counterparts from Fate /kaleid stay night ufotable.
As for the soundtrack, it is similar to the main series, using many of the songs from the TV anime. It does its job of making the action sequences tense and the tragic moments moving, but it doesn't really stand out as anything special.
All in all, Fate/liner Prisma Illya - Light Nameless Girl is a must-see for viewers of Prisma ☆ Illya. It is a direct continuation of the television anime that advances the story in unexpected ways, albeit at the cost of an intriguing moral dilemma. Likewise, it puts your movie budget well in the visual department and delivers some absolutely stunning fight scenes. While it does have some tempo issues, that is, with the abrupt ending in the middle of the climax, this is just the nature of the beast when adapting an ongoing manga to the big screen. For fans of the other Fate series, you'd better start at the beginning of Prisma ☆ Illya rather than jump straight into this movie, but rest assured this movie has plenty of fun Easter eggs for fans of the rest of the franchise. .
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