Ever since Gilgamesh's handsome looks won them over, they had been constantly protesting to the official team that FSN had portrayed this handsome character far too negatively.
"A king this handsome shouldn't be some nouveau riche with no depth!"
"How could Lord Gilgamesh possibly be interested in some country bumpkin from Britain?!"
People could always find complaints like these on FSN-related forums.
And now, Gilgamesh could finally show off the kingly majesty befitting a ruler. Countless fangirls were so excited they were practically swooning.
And it might not have been limited to fangirls. Housewives were just as excited and delighted.
The second trailer had sparked an intense response the moment it came out. Data gathered by Shinji's Jidai Group made it clear that anticipation for FZ had been climbing steadily.
The excitement reached its peak as April began.
By then, Shinji had finished all the post-production work, and Fate/Zero's publicity campaign had entered its final sprint.
Character posters, individual trailers, interviews in film magazines... Fate/Zero was appearing in media and magazines around the world.
What fans found most fascinating was the official announcement that the film ran for 3 hours and 12 minutes, including the credits.
Since movies in this world leaned more toward the artistic side, their pacing was generally slower. There weren't many films longer than three hours, but a few did exist.
That was the biggest reason Shinji had dared to edit Fate/Zero into a single film. In the world he'd transmigrated from, he might not have had the nerve to do it.
Even so, fans were stunned by the runtime.
FSN's two-and-a-half-hour runtime had already left people barely able to catch their breath. Fate/Zero ran for three hours! That much movie was a treat, but just how much story did it contain?
Quite a few Fate