Washimine spent a lot of energy to promote UBW to the global market, and these efforts were not in vain.
Compared with the increasingly family-friendly Hollywood films in recent years, the slightly heavy theme of UBW is indeed very much to the taste of European audiences.
As soon as the film was released, it received unanimous praise from European media and professional film critics.
The Times, Lily's hometown newspaper, said: "Although Kiryu Nanaya has the inherent shortcomings of Japanese films, it tells a small story with a huge world view.
"But the serious themes and vivid characters of UBW are very fascinating. Especially Saber played by Lily Wetting, it is hard to imagine that there is such a perfect woman in the world.
We have to say that when it comes to using the language of the camera to tell stories about women, it is hard for us not to bow down to Kiryu Nanaya's skills and give her high praise."
The French newspaper Le Monde said: "Kiryu Nanaya did something extremely unexpected, allowing us to follow him and re-examine the legend of the past from an unprecedented perspective.
"Although he did not rewrite the story of King Arthur, but only changed the gender of the protagonist, it seems that he wrote the legendary myth of King Arthur for the second time, which brought a completely different sense of freshness.
"By the way, if there is another Fate movie, I hope the director can arrange for French heroes to join. We also have some excellent French female heroes."
Although no names were mentioned, Nanaya felt that they were talking about Joan of Arc.
In response to this, Nanaya, who had read the report, nodded and replied, "This request is quite simple. Anyway, I plan to let Jeanne appear next time."
"If it were that way, the French would definitely protest and boycott, right?"
Lily was a little hesitant.
"Who said that? Aren't these people living just for Jeanne?" Nanaya pulled out Lily's photo of Jeanne in her final makeup. "Look at this village girl with pigtails. Isn't she attractive?"
"Do you mean to say this to me, brother-in-law?"
Lily held her forehead and sighed. She took out two more newspapers and threw them to Nanaya.
"Here, these are Germany's Der Spiegel and Spain's Marca. They are the influential newspapers from various European countries that you requested to collect."
"Thanks."
Nanaya took the newspaper and flipped through the review column about UBW. The Washimine staff had already translated the content he wanted to read into English and marked it on the side.
"The theme and story of the film have been perfectly expressed by director Nanaya Kiryu. At the same time, the performances of the actors are also very eye-catching. Although the acting skills of most new actors still have a lot of room for improvement, their appearance and temperament are almost perfect for the character settings."
Nanaya read a review from Der Mirror, then he glanced at Lily and said, "Did you hear that? They said your acting is not that good."
"Isn't this just saying there is room for improvement?"
Lily tilted her head to the side and whistled guiltily.
"Haha, do you really think you are so good when people save face for you?"
Nanaya picked up the newspaper and slapped Lily on the head.
"You'd better improve your acting skills this time, or I'll reduce your role."
"You don't have to be like this, do you? Brother-in-law, you love me the most~"
Lily quickly acted coquettishly towards Nanaya and took the initiative to pour him a cup of black tea.
"Brother-in-law, Lily, I know you've been having a hard time lately. This is the Whittard I prepared especially for you, Lily. I also added honey to it, so your fatigue will go away quickly~"
"Hmm…"
Nanaya took a sip of tea, leaned back in the luxurious chair and began to read the last newspaper.
He didn't know much about English black tea, but the black tea that Lily prepared for him was indeed very fragrant, and after being added with a small amount of honey, it tasted very delicious.
Just as Lily said, the black tea slowly relaxed Nanaya's slightly tired body.
"Hmm, it tastes good..."
Nanaya narrowed his eyes. He was already immersed in the black tea and felt lazy.
Spain's Marca, like most other entertainment newspapers, praised Lilly, saying that her interpretation of King Arthur was not only very original but also convincing.
[It looks like the feminine hero plan can be slowly launched? ]
Nanaya slowly savored the black tea while thinking about the subsequent development of the Type-Moon Project.
Based on the current reviews, UBW and its previous part, Fate, have been recognized as a film full of character charm and directorial style.
The box office performance and commercial value of the film have provided Nanaya and Washimine with a foundation for further development.
The next step is to use FZ and HF to expand it...
"Hey, brother-in-law~"
"Um?"
When Nanaya heard Lily calling him, he couldn't help but hum.
"Wow?"
Lily suddenly hugged Nanaya from behind.
"Hey, hey!"
Nanaya was so frightened that he almost spilled the tea in his hand.
"Brother-in-law, is it delicious? This is brewed by me, Lily~"
The girl with a ponytail hugged Nanaya's shoulders and twisted her body, looking very excited.
"I know. Didn't you just say that?"
Nanaya was very curious about what the girl wanted to do.
"Because you, my brother-in-law, have only been reading the newspaper and have completely ignored Lily!"
Lily rested her little head on Nanaya's shoulder, with a devilish smile on her face: "So Lily wants to take revenge on you, your bad brother-in-law!"
"What on earth are you talking about, girl..."
Nanaya pinched his brows feeling helpless. Didn't he come here today to read the film reviews from major newspapers and media?
But the blonde girl with a ponytail obviously doesn't think so.
"Yeah, although Lily knows that work is important, but being in the same room with Miss Lily, who is so pure and lovely and praised by the media as a perfect woman. Brother-in-law, your heart should be pounding, right?"
Lily kept rubbing against Nanaya's back, but Nanaya couldn't feel anything through the clothes.
"Don't so-called boys always think this way? Brother-in-law, you are also a boy, right?"
Lily's eyes were twinkling with stars. She probably really thought this was a matter of course.
"Don't make decisions on your own, okay? I'm an old man now."
Although Nanaya would definitely not admit that he was old in front of Rin, otherwise how could he, as a cow, plow the land called "Tohsaka Rin".
However, in front of the girl with a ponytail, Nanaya did not shy away from such things.
Lily smiled even more happily: "It's okay, the older a man gets, the more popular he becomes. Anyway, Lily will always like her brother-in-law!"
Nanaya found that Lily's mischief and coquettishness had increased significantly recently. It seemed that after leaving Lily to Rin recently, this girl had awakened some strange attributes.
So, what happened?
Nanaya looked at Lily with confusion.
Someone answered Nanaya's question, but that person was not Lily.
"Lily must be feeling very lonely. After all, isn't Nanaya's eyes always on her sister?"
Sakura, who appeared out of nowhere, said this with a smile.
"Forehead..."
This was the first time Nanaya discovered that his girlfriend had the potential to be caught cheating, and the same thing happened between him and Shion...
Pooh!
Obviously nothing happened, I behaved properly and everything was right, so saying that I caught him cheating is too damaging to his reputation.
Sakura didn't have such self-awareness. She continued nodding her head and said, "But it's no wonder. After all, that British woman's figure is really great. She's almost as good as me."
Nanaya doesn't agree with this.
My ex-girlfriend had a plump figure, not fat, but very soft to the touch.
Among Asian women, my ex-girlfriend's figure is definitely one of the best.
But to say that his figure is better than Ryan's is a bit of an exaggeration.
Because he had once had an experience of hugging and cuddling with Ryan, Nanaya knew very well that Ryan had a very good figure. Except for her breasts and buttocks, other parts of her body could be classified as slim and slender.
It's no wonder that Shion always says sarcastically that Ryan's waist might be broken by her breasts one day. After all, Ryan's figure is really a bit unscientific, and no one knows how she developed back then.
"Sakura... why did you come in?" Lily said unhappily with a pout.
She was clearly having a great time with her brother-in-law, but this purple-haired female passerby barged in. Of course, she felt very unhappy.
"That's right. After all, it's a rare opportunity to do something shameless with the brother-in-law you like, but the man is always working."
Sakura didn't have the slightest thought of keeping a straight face: "It's like after checking into a hotel, the man keeps playing games and ignores the woman. Of course, she'd feel lonely if something like this happened~"
Facing Nanaya and Lily whose faces were becoming increasingly worse, Sakura said these words with a look of regret.
"Down... Downstairs Sakura!"
Lily felt an electric shock, her face flushed and she moved away from Nanaya's back.
"What are you talking about! I've never been lonely!" Lily stammered, "I just heard from Sister Rin that my brother-in-law likes this kind of tune..."
"Hehe."
Sakura smiled happily, and Nanaya smelled a hint of his boss.
"I don't know how Rin taught you, but I'm telling you, Nanaya, it would be more useful if you showed your straightforward personality."
At this point, Sakura rolled her eyes at Nanaya: "After all, this guy has gone backwards. He used to grab someone's girlfriend without saying a word, but now he doesn't even dare to cheat on his sex partner."
"Pfft——How could I have that!" Nanaya stood up anxiously.
"Shall we go now?"
Sakura licked her index finger with the tip of her tongue.
"Forehead..."
Nanaya immediately sat back in his seat.
"Waste."
Sakura spat at Nanaya.
"Hey, Sister Sakura."
Lily's eyes immediately became gossipy, and she changed her tone and started calling her Sister Sakura.
"Tell me more about your past love story with your brother-in-law."
"Hehe, okay."
Sakura shook the two peaks on her chest. Under normal circumstances, such an action would definitely make Lily furious, but now her attention was no longer here.
According to Sakura's description, the love story between Nanaya and her has become a Mary Sue story about a domineering president.
Although the plot is not much different from the actual situation, Nanaya seemed to have some interesting feelings when listening to it.
However, he couldn't leave because the two girls blocked the door of the room and wouldn't let Nanaya leave, either intentionally or deliberately.
While Nanaya was being shamefully executed in public, in North America, Fox's "X-Men 3" finally hit theaters on Memorial Day amid much anticipation.