"Director Kiryu, the new series you are preparing now should be "Fate Stay Night", right? Is the girl at the end of the video the heroine of the movie?"
Another active reporter asked Nanaya a question, which was also the question that all the audience wanted to ask.
"Well, the character's name is Saber. She is an important character in the movie and is the protagonist's servant."
Nanaya was very happy that someone mentioned this issue, and he began to talk attentively to introduce his future kryptonian scammer to everyone.
Unfortunately, Nanaya was interrupted by Kiritsugu before he could say a few words.
"Today is the premiere of Paradox Spiral. Regarding Director Kiryu's new work, he will announce information at the appropriate time."
Kiritsugu picked up the microphone and while saying this he glared at Nanaya fiercely, signaling him not to go too far.
As the current head of the Linbao family, Kiritsugu's words are still very useful in front of Japanese entertainment reporters.
Next, all the reporters' questions revolved around the movie "Paradox Spiral", and all the reporters selectively forgot about the Easter eggs in it.
"Tsk."
Nanaya couldn't help but be shocked. He originally wanted to let Lily come on stage to introduce herself to everyone, but Kiritsugu's interruption made Nanaya's original plan invalid.
However, Nanaya also knew that too much is as bad as too little, so he could only start answering questions.
Anyway, Lily has already appeared in the movie, so there will be plenty of opportunities to introduce her formally in the future.
Kiritsugu's actions made the audience a little dissatisfied, and they booed in protest, but it was completely useless.
All the reporters tacitly agreed not to mention this matter, and Nanaya himself had no intention of bringing the topic in this direction.
Afterwards, in order to prevent some particularly emotional audience members from leading the trend, Kiritsugu ended the question-and-answer session before the crowd became angry.
Nanaya looked at Kiritsugu's smug look when he stepped down from the stage. He felt that what Kiritsugu was thinking at that moment must be:
"I know you're upset, but come and hit me~"
Although I know it's not a good idea to promote Fate in the context of "Kara no Kyoukai", Kiritsugu's look at the end really deserves a beating.
Of course, Nanaya couldn't really do it, but that didn't mean Nanaya had no way to deal with this guy.
"Illya."
When the show was over, Nanaya secretly found the silver-haired girl.
"Didn't you always say that you wanted to take revenge on your father for putting you under house arrest?"
"Yeah, Oni-chan, do you have any ideas?"
Illya looked at Nanaya with her red eyes. Being smart, she immediately guessed that Nanaya was going to help her.
"This is for you."
Nanaya handed the girl the disc with "Kiritsugu, I hate you so much~" recorded on it.
"Play it tonight after your dad falls asleep. The louder the better."
"Ohhh~ this is the one!"
Illya covered her mouth and chuckled. The scene of tonight had already appeared in her mind.
"Yes, it's just what you think." Nanaya smiled evilly.
Because he recently played the role of Erye in front of the camera, his smile has become infinitely close to that of a villain.
"Oni-chan, you are so mean."
Illya sighed with her hand on her forehead in a sympathetic tone. She would never admit that she was looking forward to the farce tonight.
No way!
So the premiere of "Spiral" ended with Nanaya and Illya's smirks.
Not to mention Kiritsugu, who was mentally exhausted because of the two people's prank that night.
The movie "Spiral" itself was a huge success.
According to interviews with fans who have watched the movie after the premiere, everyone was surprised to find that the film's positive reviews were generally above 80%.
This made many reporters ecstatic. As the last big-budget movie of 2003, the success of "Spiral" can be regarded as the perfect ending of Japanese movies in 2003.
Moreover, as a series of movies, the audience attending the premiere are definitely die-hard fans of the movie. Since they recognize the movie, it means that the basic base of the movie has been secured.
I think the box office will take off in the future.
Sensing the film's imminent success, most of the journalists who attended the premiere did not go home. Instead, they rushed back to their publishing houses and wrote film reviews for "The Spiral" overnight.
Movie reviews are time-sensitive. If your newspaper or magazine cannot provide a review of a hit movie in the first place, it would be a disastrous thing for your newspaper.
Naturally, the next day, the entertainment sections of major Japanese media outlets published reviews of "Spiral".
Moreover, most of them sang praises for the movie and recommended this new movie to their readers.
"The Spiral tells a very interesting adventure story with a certain philosophical meaning. It is the best local commercial blockbuster in this year's Lunar New Year holiday."
——"Eight Treasure"
"Nana Kiryu used his unique lens aesthetics to bring everyone a wonderful story. Every character in the movie is impressive.
"The most special one is the villain Araya Soren, who is worthy of being a character that the series has spent three movies to establish. You can understand his pursuit of his goals, but at the same time you certainly don't approve of his actions."
"Such an impressive villain has rarely been seen in Japanese movies in recent years."
——"Japanese Sports"
"The plot of the film is fascinating. The only drawback is that the rating is a bit hasty, and although it is not R-rated, some scenes are not suitable for minors to watch."
——"Weekly Entertainment"
"The theme of urban legends has been brought to its extreme, and one cannot help but admire the completeness of Nanaya Kiryu's design of the trilogy."
——The Yomiuri Shimbun
"Ryougi Ori's performance is still wonderful. It is worth buying a ticket just to enjoy this lady playing with knives on the screen."
——The Asahi Shimbun
"Ota Junya's music is still deeply rooted in people's hearts. While maintaining the consistent style of the trilogy, it also made changes that are different from the first two parts, making people want to buy a movie music album after leaving the cinema. It is a pity that such a creator is still in the small circle of doujinshi. Except for [Erque Studio], he does not accept any invitation to create for other movies. "
——Tokyo Shimbun
"There's nothing new about the plot design of "Paradox Spiral", but the novel setting in the movie makes up for this deficiency. If you are a fan of the series, you will be conquered by Kiryu Nanaya's creativity, but if you don't like the first two parts of the series, there is no need to waste time on this third one."
——Daily News
Nanaya read through the comments of Japan's mainstream media as quickly as he could.
After a simple classification, Nanaya found that although there were some derogatory reviews, there were no comments that directly gave bad reviews and rated the movie as worthless.
The first two "Kara" movies have laid a good foundation for this series. As long as it does not collapse, there will be no situation where everyone will condemn it.
After all, no one can resist money, and with the influence of Lin Bao's public relations and the strong audience reputation at the premiere, it is not surprising that there are such media comments.
Of course, there are still criticisms, which mainly focus on the two shortcomings of lack of novelty and a slightly slow pace in the mid-term.
The points that were praised were relatively concentrated, including excellent action scenes, gorgeous special effects, thoughts on "life and death" and "love", the characters of Araya Soren and Ryougi Shiki, etc.
Nanaya does not deny the shortcomings mentioned by the media. After all, these are objective problems of the film.
But after all, this is already the third movie in the series. Only Nanaya would be crazy to make any major innovations. It would be reasonable to make small-scale improvements on the basis of the first two films.
As for those positive reviews, Nanaya didn't show off too much.
What he cares about is not the number of positive reviews, but whether these reviews can arouse the audience's desire to buy tickets after being spread.
However, with Lin Bao's large-scale publicity in the early stage and the groundwork laid by the first two films, the box office of the third film should not be too bad.
And apart from the special effects and urban legends, "Spiral" is essentially the Japanese's favorite love movie.
Although the positions of the man and woman are a little misaligned compared to traditional love movies, this still cannot erase the Japanese audience's love for the movie.
It's a pity that this is an oriental-themed movie. If it was a European or American movie, Nanaya felt that he might be able to take advantage of the popularity of feminism.
Ryougi Shiki in the movie is confident, strong, independent, and more importantly, beautiful.
Anyway, in Nanaya's opinion, the Ryougi siblings are much stronger in all aspects than the square-faced political animals that Marvel will find 15 years later.
Unfortunately, due to the cultural atmosphere in Japan, the status of women has never been high.
However, this kind of thing is not something Nanaya can change. He is just a movie maker, not a great man.
All he can do is follow the trend and make movies that make as much money as possible.
Amid the media's favorable comments, Lin Bao also stepped up the promotion of "Paradox Spiral".
The conflict between Lin Bao and Erque Studio does not affect their common interests in "Paradox Spiral".
This kind of publicity is not just on the Internet and traditional media. Lin Bao has hung up large posters of the movie in places with heavy traffic, such as shopping malls, train stations, commercial streets, etc.
During this period, Japanese people could see the images of Ryougi Shiki, Aozaki Touko, Araya Soren and others almost at any time.
In addition, there are measures such as exclusive screenings in Lin Bao's theaters.
It even gives people the illusion that the only movie being screened in Japan now is "Spiral".
Despite such an overwhelming publicity campaign, "Spiral" achieved a good box office result of 1.023 billion yen in its first week.
In addition to the excellent film quality and large-scale publicity mentioned above, the year-end Lunar New Year schedule is also a significant boost.
During the Chinese New Year, it is normal to go to the cinema to watch a movie.
However, the joyful atmosphere of the New Year did not affect Nanaya. To him, the New Year of 2004 was probably the most boring Spring Festival in recent years.