The TOHO Cinemas Kinshicho theater in Tokyo is listing the Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel movie for a September 30 release date. This would be the first time an exact release date for the highly-anticipated film has been revealed, although we must caution that the 09/30 release date could just be a placeholder. Previously, the film only had a confirmed release date of 2017.
This year's release would be the first in the planned trilogy of the animated adaptation of the Heaven's Feel arc/route of the popular visual novel series. It is the third and final arc in the visual novel that only becomes available after players have successfully complete the Fate and Unlimited Bladeworks routes.
ABOUT THE FATE FRANCHISE
The Fate franchise began in 2004, with its first series, fate/stay night, whch was a Japanese visual novel developed by Type-Moon, which was originally released as an adult game for Windows. The visual novel rose to fame due to its numerous gameplay routes that could be taken due to the choices made by the player. Since 2004, there have been several anime adaptations based on the different "routes" available in the game. A sequel series, Fate/hollow ataraxia was released in 2005 and a prequel, Fate/Zero followed in 2006. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, a reimagining of the series' concepts and ideas, was released in 2007.
All of the visual novels and light novels have received several TV anime series, OVAs, mobile and video game adaptation.
The core story element of every Fate series revolves around a Holy Grail War, a contest between rival mage schools/factions/families where each group selects a champion representative who gains the ability to summon a spirit to fight other factions and their respective spirit. The last spirit/champion left standing will be awarded the Holy Grail, which grants any wish requested.