List of Final Fantasy Media - Film and Television

Film and Television

Square's initial forays into film and television were critical and commercial failures. Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals was poorly received and the box office failure of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within lead to the merger between Square and Enix. The series did not have success in film until Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, which ultimately won several awards for "best anime feature" and sold over 2.4 million copies within a year.

Title Original release date

Japan

North America

PAL region
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals March 21, 1994 November 24, 1998
Notes:
  • Four episode original video animation (OVA) by Madhouse Studios
  • Sequel to Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within September 15, 2001 July 11, 2001 August 3, 2001
Notes:
  • Feature-length, theatrically released computer-generated film released under the Final Fantasy brand
Final Fantasy: Unlimited October 2, 2001 October 28, 2003 March 15, 2004
Notes:
  • Original 25 episode animated television series by GONZO featuring concepts and themes from the Final Fantasy games
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children September 14, 2005 April 25, 2006 April 24, 2006
Notes:
  • Feature-length, theatrically released computer-generated film serving as a sequel to Final Fantasy VII
  • Part of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
  • Last Order: Final Fantasy VII, a traditionally animated OVA by Madhouse Studios that serves as a prequel to Final Fantasy VII, is included as a bonus feature on the North American Limited Edition Collector's Set of Advent Children
  • A director's cut version of the movie was released in 2009 on Blu-ray disc as Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete. It includes On The Way To A Smile – Episode: Denzel, a traditionally animated OVA adaption of "Case of Denzel", the first story in the On the Way to a Smile short story collection.

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Famous quotes by film and television:

    “The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is raised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.”
    —Andrew Gordon, U.S. educator, critic. ‘The Inescapable Family in American Science Fiction and Fantasy Films,’ Journal of Popular Film and Television (Summer 1992)