As we all know, before the creation of the world...
Phew, before the 21st century, King Arthur was always male.
Even Nasu Kinoko, the creator of Artoria Pendragon, thinks so.
You know, Fate was originally a love story about a girl falling in love with a prince.
There have been many different opinions on why Arthur became Artoria in the FSN released in 2004.
One of the more reliable theories is that Takeuchi Takako asked Nasu Kinoko to be drawn as a girl because it would sell better that way.
FSN is still an R18 galgame after all, and no matter how excellent its script is, it cannot change this fact.
People buy games just to see various naughty scenes of beautiful girls.
If you want to read guides for boys, why not buy otome games?
However, no matter what the reason for Artoria's appearance is, judging from the results, it would be difficult to find a Japanese two-dimensional character more successful than her.
After all, if he just changes his clothes, there will be a lot of fans willing to pay for it. Apart from Artoria, only Tony Stark has this charm.
Of course, Type-Moon was very cautious about changing his gender in the early days.
Except for Artoria, all characters respect their original gender, even Mordred is a boy who looks like Artoria.
The first time Type-Moon started trying to introduce more feminine characters was in Fate Extra.
But he did it very restrainedly. Apart from Nero who took advantage of Artoria's popularity, there was only Captain Drake, who was not a very important character.
The period when Type-Moon really carried out large-scale feminization and entered the era of large-scale moon feminization was in FGO.
The reason is very simple. Men's cards are not as easy to trick into spending money as women's.
Anyway, by that time, things like feminization had already become commonplace in Japan.
After all, since 1978, Tang Monk has been played by women in various Japanese versions of "Journey to the West".
When entering the 21st century, feminization culture began to emerge in all walks of life in Japan.
Mascots and the like are still easy to deal with, but there are also ships, cars, guns and all kinds of other feminine products emerging one after another.
Feminization is almost like a synonym for personification.
The feminized heroes in the Fate series are basically the simplest result. At least the prototypes of these girls are humans, not strange species like cockroaches and spiders.
However, for Western societies in Europe and the United States, this kind of feminization seems less acceptable.
After all, Europeans and Americans understanding of anthropomorphism is only at the level of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
Therefore, when Saber revealed Artoria's real name, there must be some people who could not accept it, and conflicts were inevitable.
Just imagine that someone would fight in a movie theater because of the sentence "looks like a lioness", so it is inevitable that there would be a fight in the theater because of King Arthur's gender issue.
Nanaya quickly browsed through the news and found that fights occurred in more than one cinema. In fact, such incidents occurred in several cinemas.
European and American culture has always been a coexistence of conservatism and openness, so it is normal that there are two extremes in attitude towards Artoria.
"So, what does it mean that the publicity department rejected this matter?"
Shion teased, "They think this will be a point that can be hyped, but they are not sure whether it is feasible."
"These shrinking eggs."
Nanaya snorted disdainfully.
Nowadays, unless a movie is as good as Titanic, which is beyond controversy, the more promotional materials it has, the better.
After all, the media today are never afraid of controversy. What they fear most is the absence of any controversy, as this way they don't even have the opportunity to hype up topics to attract other people's attention.
You have to know that even when "Titanic" was released, there were a lot of topics hyped in the media.
It's not that Washimine's publicity and promotion department didn't see this opportunity, but they didn't dare to act because they didn't want to take responsibility.
This is normal. The issue of King Arthur's gender can be a big or small hot topic, but the problem is what if it angers conservative people or makes the British feel ashamed and boycott the movie.
Who should bear this responsibility?
Anyway, these employees don't dare to make the decision, so you, the boss, should make the final decision.
Shion nodded and replied, "It's hard for me to decide, so I need your help and reference."
"Of course this matter will be hyped up."
Of course Nanaya would not miss this good opportunity.
However, it is still necessary to take preventive measures in advance, otherwise things are likely to develop in an uncontrollable direction.
As long as a mainstream tone is set for the movie in advance, even if many people jump up and down, it will not affect the mainstream judgment.
Who has more say than the British on the issue of King Arthur's gender?
So Nanaya called Lily, and the two of them called Miss Ryan as quickly as possible.
Although in terms of position, the other party is only an assistant to the British diplomat in Japan and is not an important person.
But the other party is also a British aristocrat and a relative of the royal family.
Although he didn't get the title of Windsor, Ryan and the lady with the longest standby time didn't even make it out of the fifth level, so they are relatives anyway.
In fact, Nanaya would rather let Lily say it herself rather than let Ryan convey it.
But as a noble, Lily's idol status did not make her have a very good reputation in the UK, so it would be safer to ask Ryan for help.
"OK, they've agreed. His Majesty will issue a statement soon, and then Artoria will be recognized by Britain."
In less than a day, Nanaya received a reply from Ryan.
"I didn't expect Ryan to be so respectable."
Shion was a little surprised.
"How is that possible? She was just passing on a message."
Nanaya waved his hands and said, his expression a little unhappy, as if he had just been stabbed.
There is nothing wrong with saying that.
Ryan had a way to pass the message, but it was just a message.
What really made those high-ranking guys nod their heads, of course, were the little pieces of paper with Queen Elizabeth II printed on them.
The Windsor family has always been very realistic and never refuses these small pieces of paper with their ancestors printed on them.
You should know that at the annual awarding ceremony, the royal family reserves a few seats for those who donate generously to their family.
The royal expenses are so huge, and it is not easy to maintain the dignity of the royal family.
Even Buckingham Palace has been opened as a tourist attraction.
The news that Royal is about to go bankrupt is nothing new.
So there is no better tool to impress this family than using a small piece of paper.
Of course, the number of small pieces of paper was very high, so high that Nanaya felt a toothache.
But the money is worth it, after all, it can shut up many people.
So on the next day, July 3, Her Majesty the Queen, who had been on leave for a long time, issued an announcement.
The announcement roughly means that Lily Wettin is a good girl, a good daughter of the royal family, and her role as Artoria does not damage the image of the royal family.
This announcement did not make any comment on King Arthur's gender from beginning to end, but since it expressed affirmation of the actress Lily, it means that at least the royal family supports the image of Artoria.
That's enough.
If anyone else expresses an opinion on King Arthur's gender in the future, Washimine can use this notice to directly refute it.
The British royal family doesn't mind it, so stop meddling in other people's business.
However, Nanaya was a little surprised that the British Royal Family was so straightforward. He thought that they would not say anything until he transferred the money.
Perhaps this old lady also fantasized about becoming Artoria?
A wrinkled face flashed through Nanaya's mind, and he immediately shuddered.
"In short, the next stage of promotion can begin."
Nanaya signaled to Washimine's publicity and promotion department to start vigorously promoting Fate, with the focus on Saber, played by Lily, who was the most controversial.
Nanaya once again put his Internet experience from his previous life to use and brought out last year's "King Arthur" movie to make fun of it.
He belittled her and then praised Artoria highly.
Nanaya also personally made a comparison picture of the "fake King Arthur" and the "real King Arthur" and posted it online.
While receiving numerous praises, he also suffered from the two-finger attack from his woman.
"I'm obviously the heroine! Why is everyone talking about that woman?"
Rin said as he pinched the soft flesh around Nanaya's waist.
"After all, Lily is the most recognizable in the eyes of Westerners." Nanaya quickly hugged Lin and coaxed her, "Aren't you our main promotional force in Japan?"
Rin didn't say anything, she just held Nanaya's wrist and rocked her.
This promotional strategy was decided from the beginning, but Rin still felt unhappy.
"You have to think positively." Nanaya whispered into Rin's earlobe, "Sugiyama is even more miserable than you. He's the protagonist but he's not even as good as you."
This is true. As the male protagonist, Shirou is basically a punching bag and a sandbag in the first half of the movie. Almost anyone can bully him.
Naturally, Sugiyama's popularity isn't that high at the moment.
Therefore, before the next part is released, the male lead Sugiyama will basically not become the main force of publicity.
I always feel that Sugiyama is probably the most aggrieved male lead in the world.
Nanaya felt a little sympathetic towards his cheap disciple. Before Shirou Shirou completed his Jedi counterattack, Nanaya estimated that his popularity would remain at a mediocre level.
"What are you thinking about?"
Seeing Nanaya in a daze, Rin asked dissatisfiedly.
"Haha, I'm thinking about you~"
"Hate it, you um-"
Rin's lips were blocked by Nanaya. She just struggled a little and then let Nanaya attack her.
Just when Nanaya and the female idol were having fun, the first week box office statistics for "Fate Stay Night" were released.
After Friday and the three-day screening on the weekend, the first week box office performance of "Fate" is————
80.2 million US dollars!
The science fiction blockbuster "War of the Worlds", which was released a few days earlier than "Fate", had a first-week box office of 38.25 million.