This is a short little OVA that basically sums up the Good Ending of Unlimited Blade Works as opposed to the Brilliant Years ending from the anime proper. You can argue how well that was accomplished (I think it was very successful with a few minor and easily forgivable hiccups) but I think this Sunny Day extra is a real proof that Ufotable is going out of their way to give you the most authentic reproduction of playing the visual novel (or at least the Réalta Nua version) you can get in an anime from. When the animation is firing on all cylinders it is OVA quality, the story tries its best to stay as faithful as it can while adapting the narrative to a different medium, and there is a palpable respect for the original and its fandom in the end product. But what you can’t say is that Ufotable did not go out of their way to try to make fans as happy as they could with this version of the story. There are hundred page threads consisting of nothing but complaints about certain segments of the original visual novel being left out, comments that some of the new scenes are questionable additions, detailed screen caps showing times when there were animation mistakes, and pacing debates as varied as the color palette on a Full Ultra HD TV. You can argue until your blue in the face if the changes Ufotable has made in adapting Unlimited Blade Works were a good idea. But despite the odds the OVA was there and subtitled. So another minor Type-Moon miracle occurred. I’m looking at you Einzbern Consultation Room. Also it would have hardly been blindsiding if it were on the box set but then not subbed. (I don’t have a Tamamo no Mae but once again … MINOR miracles.) So it should not be completely shocking that the second Unlimited Blade Works has a Sunny Day OVA but it was hardly guaranteed to be on there either. (It is going to be called Glitter Force but I am talking about minor miracles. Smile PreCure! being licensed without significant changes would be in the category of major miracles.) I even got Artoria Pendragon and Attila on two accounts in Fate/Grand Order. Smile PreCure! is going to be on Netflix. Legend of the Galactic Heroes, The Rose of Versailles, and Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure are all licensed for an English language release. This episode carries content warnings for discussions of death, sex, blood, gore, sexism, sexual assault, homophobia, kink, consensual non-consent, and dismemberment.įeaturing co-hosts Benn Ends and fen Guest featuring Lauren (Beta-perse on Tumblr)Įmail us at with questions, comments, and compliments.Ĭover art by Benn Ends, Intro music by Benn Ends, remaining music from Hollow Ataraxia.Minor miracles do occur every day. Gundam: The Witch From Mercury (Season 2) Link to Moon Archive Schedule Masterlist: moonarchive.art/schedule For Yuri Teatime, we’ll be discussing up to the current release of Even Though We’re Adults (we only managed the first volume this time). Next time we’ll be covering everything else remaining in Hollow Ataraxia! That’s the rest of the daytime scenes, everything in Eclipse, the dev commentary Tohsaka Shrine stuff, and all the loose ends.
It’s good! It’s also so long we couldn’t fit any more the side stuff into this episode between the main plot and our yuri teatime block.
The main plot of Hollow Ataraxia comes to a close with the end of Avenger and Bazett’s story together.