Final Fantasy 9 Series Set To Be Revealed This Week
Final Fantasy 9 is the last game in the series’ PlayStation era and though not as popular as FF7, the unique art style that gave life to Zidane, Garnet and company certainly has its crowd. Now, those fans are getting closer to living that story all over again after it was confirmed the planned FF9 anime will be unveiled later this week.
Plans for an anime take on Final Fantasy 9 were first made public in June of last year, with the project set to be a co-production between Square Enix and French animation house Cyber Group Studios. Released in 2000,FF9 unfolds on the planet of Gaia in a world mostly adorned by a medieval or mid-renaissance steampunk aesthetic more similar to older games, rather than the more modern anime influence ofFF7 or FF8, which is partly why it became so iconic for the franchise.
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Getting such a unique look right will definitely be one of the things to look out for when the Final Fantasy anime is finally revealed this week during The Licensing Expo taking place in Las Vegas, between May 24 to 26. According to statements gathered by IGN, Cyber Group Studios’ Vice President of International Licensing and Marketing said the event will be an occasion to showcase their “most recently developed shows — Digital Girl, The McFire Family, Press Start! and Final Fantasy IX — [which] will be presented for the first time”, although no specific day was given for FF9 or any of the other productions.
While very little is known about the FF9 adaptation, such as how many episodes or how long each chapter will be, Cyber Group Studios’ main field of expertise tends to focus on productions geared towards younger audiences like their Netflix series The Last Kids on
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