t.v. show about Final Fantasy

If there was 1-hour prime-time t.v. show based on the Final Fantasy series, would you watch it? It could feature live actors and computer animations. ( chocobos,moogles,airships, and monsters )

No, never.

I wouldn’t. One of the joys of Final Fantasy is that it’s a game series. Not just any game series, but the best darn RPG game series if I do say so myself.

Um, there has already been a TV series of FF made – it was called FF Unlimited. It was a 25 episode anime produced by Studio GONZO that was shown on Japanese TV back in 2000. It is available on DVD in the US and elsewhere, but most FF fans dislike it.

I actually enjoyed it to be honest, as it had a few good themes and ideas in it’s story that sadly was never really compeleted, as the series was cancelled halfway through after poor ratings in Japan (it was originally planned to run to 52 episodes). Kaze’s summons got a little repeatative after a while though, and the two kids who were the main characters had annoying voices.

Did it have any people from FF’s?

Well, there aren’t any real character crossovers from the games, although a few FF monsters did show up, such as Chaos, Omega (from FFV), cactuar, tonberry, and moogles all had bit parts in FFU in one form or another. Summon monsters were more predominate though, (ones I can remember are Phoenix, Typhoon, Shiva, Ifrit, Odin, Bismark (from FFVI) and Ixion (from FFX), not to mention Bahamut and Leviathan also appear within the first few moments of the first episode to absolutely trash the battleships and fighter jets of the Japanese Defense Forces in a particularly memorable scene.

Some of the character designs do resmble certain characters from the FF games though. Cid naturally appears, although this time around he’s a blonde-haired youngster with a short temper who gives his inventions womens’ names (and yes, in a tip of the hat to FFIX, he gets turned into a frog and nearly eaten in one episode! :laugh: ), and resembles Cloud Strife from FFVII rather closely. Speaking of Cloud, one of the main antagonists, the cold, calm engimatic swordsman White Cloud, as his name suggests has more than a passing resemblance to Cloud in FFVII.

In keeping with the FFVII references, Kaze, aka Black Wind, White Cloud’s deadly rival, looks like a Vincent Valentine wannabe, with a cold, ‘man-of-few-words’ gun-toting demeanour, although his deus ex machina of using the Demon Gun attached to his arm to shoot out the regular ‘summon of the week’ to save the day wears a little thin rather quickly.

The main female lead, Lisa, is rather like a cross between Tifa Lockheart and a Geomancer, with little White Mage thrown in for good measure, especially with the Tifa-like ‘victory pose’ she adopts after most battles. The two ‘main leads’ however, are a pair of annoying kids (ridiculousy named Ai and Yu) whose nasaly voices and penchant for getting into trouble (which Kaze usually ends up having to save them from), and which fail to elict any real feelings of sympathy from the viewer. In fact, you’ll proably find yourself hoping they meet some horrible fate rather quickly.

if there was a t.v show about ff id be glued to it…..but thats just me..

i would be 2 but rememeber it is a game and the series could suck *cough*ff:the spirts within *cough*

i would be 2 but rememeber it is a game and the series could suck *cough*ff:the spirts within *cough*

you can say that again, but it would be a thrill to se some
ff characters in an animation. the game Fmvs are so short they don’t satisfy my hunger, it’s good thing they are making AC.
thank hyne …er square enix =)

I think it would be better if FF stayed as a game…. but who knows I may watch it…..

There were two anime and one movie.

Needless to say, they’re not really accepted by the general FF fanbase as well as many would think.

i think i would watch it, but just like Sephiroth’s Son said, it could suck. that ff spirits within is not really good, and i’ve seen some of the episodes of ff unlimited, but not all of them.

i found this () in one of my searches for final fantasy unlimited.

i havent seen ne of them but would like to see them at least once

Beyond FFU, there was also a little half hour program about Final Fantasy on G4tv quite awhile back. It must’ve been over a year ago. But that’s about it.

Beyond FFU, there was also a little half hour program about Final Fantasy on G4tv quite awhile back. It must’ve been over a year ago. But that’s about it.
They have a show called icons, and they have a mini documentary on famous games and frachieses such as Final Fantasy.