Fate/Grand Order - Memorial Movie 2023 English Ver.

I can't believe Fate put both the Folly of Man and the Indomitable Human spirit in one video.

Seeing Saber indulging in carefree joy will always make me cry. Happy Anniversary, Fate/Grand Order!

“We Heroic Spirits are merely shadows of times long past, people like you who live in this time are treasures to us, everything we fought for was for the sake of the future.” -Karna

This is not a love letter from Fate to the fans. This is a love letter from Fate to the historical and fictional characters, the inspiration for this franchise and this game. Even if they're stories from the past, even if the world changed, we didn't forget them.

"Humanity's last master calls for aid." "AND WE SHALL ANSWER!"

Fate doesn't shy away by telling us that "Yeah humanity sucks, humans sucks" but damn, it also does a great job telling that Humanity is worth fighting for despite all of our flaws. One of the last shots (the one where time rewinds) made me teared up

Seeing French WWI soldiers resting around a statue of Joan of Arc felt incredibly poetic. Once again, holding the line in a war that had no clear end in sight.

That sequence of: -Iskandar watching the Fall of Constantinople -WW1 soliders resting on a statue of Jeanne d'Arc -Statue of Karna in the Shadow of a modern highrise. -Excalibur being overgrown. Really plucks at the heartstrings.

The best representation ever of the summoning and the throne. Seeing those who died just watching the fall of what they stood for, Merlin witnessing the unending, repeating cruelty of mankind, in that dark tone, only for the hand to pull them back to live again the light of their days, in the hope of getting their wish, or making the world better, made me almost tear up. And we all know the first question that will start this adventure: "Are you my Master?"

From Ritsuka Fujimaru point of view this feels like a tribute and thanks to all the heroes that answered the summoning for all this time.

From 1:36 onwards, in order, we have Arjuna holding Karna's hand after defeating him, Iskandar witnessing Hephaestion's death, First Hassan holding the head of a Mongolian soldier who invaded Alamut Castle, Jeanne d'Arc holding a cross in her hands and praying to God before getting burned at the stake, Frankenstein's monster grieving because her existence was denied by her own creator, Victor Frankenstein, and Artoria, right before dying, ordering Bedivere to return the holy sword.

Ironically it wasnt the larger than life heroes that got me. Because they are legendary, almost mythic and fantastical, who wield great power and hold the destinies of entire nations and peoples in their hands It was the unnamed soldiers hugging each other in the face of such wanton destruction Because in the end we're fighting for that simple humanity

This is like everything I love about FGO condensed into a single video. And the singer killed it in multiple languages.

Didn't expect an English version, nice work Aniplex

I love the part at 2:19, it shows the cruelty of mankind and Merlin being it’s sole observer for centuries and it really adds to his character. Despite the memes portrays him as this good-for-nothing mage, he still saw the all the despicable action of what mankind is capable of yet still chooses to help the master to take it back.

ARTORIA’S EXPRESSION AS SHE LEAPED MADE ME SO HAPPY! Never would I thought to have seen such a smile on her face

As a history nerd and anime fan, this is a love letter to me and it makes me cry. I hope we, as humanity, can go to a better future like our past heroes and ancestors hoped for despite our weakness, mistakes and cruelty throughout history.

Reaching out to our heroes of old, to save our world. This is a battle to reclaim our future.

2 things that are very underrated in this video: - The reflection effects on metalic surfaces was incredible. Never felt Saber's amor so real. Same for the rest of the characters. - Type Moon achieved something that not even Disney could: a multiverse that unites different cultures via the servant's backgrounds, previous relationships + the ones formed in the FGO story, and also unites the jp media (manga/anime/games) because of the very diverse artist cas portraying these servants in the game. This draws a huge fanbase not only in JP, but in the whole world. From people just coming for the waifus, to the people being drawn in by the worldbuilding, or by 'rooting' for a servant coming from their own culture. This video encapsulates it very well with the selection of servants being portrayed and the Fate media they first debuted with.

Damn that scene of Merlin watching all the dying soldiers throughout history hits hard.