I've seen Final Fantasy The Spirits Within and found it really confusing for most of the film, but that was a CGI film and probably not what your talking about. I've heard of the games but not played any of them, which is probably why when people talk about them I get confused.

It seems to me from what I have seen of the many Final Fantasy games that they seem to change totally with each version. Unlike other games where they carry similar characters or storyline forward with each version, but maybe I have this completely wrong as I haven't played them and it's just what I think from the clips I have seen.

So is the anime based on a certain version of the game or if not how does it cover the various different versions?

I think I get it, so the Anime is based on the world of Final Fantasy without actually directly linking to any of the game versions.

Thanks for explaining it.

I have to confess I'm fairly uneducated about the whole Final Fantasy franchise myself.

I saw FF - The Spririts Within and apparently the only connection with that and the rest of the franchise is that it was written by the same people who wrote the oriignal FF concept.

I have the FF 7 - Advent Children CGI film and whilst the DVD version I have comes with a 30 minute Anime to explain the backstory and the film does kind of work as a stand alone piece, I have been told that having a fundamental knowledge of the basic concept and characters is very helpful. Which of course I didn't have....

-- Edited by Man In Black at 19:50, 2007-10-08

im a huge FF fan,but i hvnt seen this unlimited 1 yet:
guess m gonna need 2 look up 4 a torrent...
personally i didnt like spiritts whitin tht much...i mean,the animation wasnt bad 4 tht time,but simply it has nothing to do with ff,so why putting it in the title,just bcoz the same ppl who developed the game contributed 2 it?
a lame marketing move,imo.
but AC...now that was great,especially if you played and loved FF7 [since tht movie is only related to that episode o the saga,as every episode is unrelated 2 others of the series if not by quotes n cameos whom appear in all the games,such as the chobos,or some chracters names as wedge n biggs etc...]:
i kno it might hv been a lil disappointing the fact only cloud had a meaningful role in it...but in the end,the game itself kinda revolved mostly around him,as 4 the others episodes of the games,they all had a main character who was the protagonist,but ofcourse in the game there was time n space 2 develop a plot n a story tht would connect all the characters 2gether,considering their past n psychology as well,but AC was more meant as an epilogue for the FF7 game,since the way the game ended we would hv no idea wht happeend at all after sephirot was defeated n the earth saved by cloud n his friends,so i think its in this perspective it should b watched,esp. if we consider the fact tht also ppl who didnt play the game would watch it,so it would not make much sense 2 give more important roles to supporting characters tht yeha,coudl spice up things a lil bit maybe,but i guess only former players could truly appreciate...if they wanted 2 do something mostly 4 game fans i think they would hv made it a trilogy like Lotr,but instead they gone 4 somethin faster..indeedFF is an rpg game,which usually take hour sn hours 2 b done,so the narration is very slow,but u cant do the same with a movie,4 obvious reasons so i think they really had no other option bcoz it would hv made no sense 2 add more stuff which they couldnt back up with flash backs since fans would already know those facts n 4 those who never played it just would b not necessary 2 know.
sure,4 those who know the game it would b easier 2 follow it esp they would know all the details of cloud past tht in AC r just briefly n superficially mentioned,but all in all i find the movie was realized well enough 2 b autoconclusive,tht even if u dont know jack about FF u could appreciate it graphically n story wise;
in the end not all movies r expired from books or other stories n they start n end a full story just during the 2hrs of film,without referals 2 past episodes or hints for future ones.if we watch AC with this perspective,ignoring of wht inspired it,i think it would not b less enjoyable 4 anybody,so 2 me it was a good compromise both 4 fans n non-fans.at least,i loved it.^^
now,im goin on a hunt 4 some more FFU datas..so far i could only find out tht 2 characters `black wind` and `white cloud` r undeniably inspired by vincent and cloud...
i will report in if i can learn more useful thing.

PEACE out!

Have recieved the full set now and thought ill talk about each episode as it goes along ^^.The first episode was pretty decent, the character animation isnt the greatest mind but a nice little opening with plenty of CGI Life animation mixed in with the normal kind.The young boy and girl (i can never remember characters names!) begin looking for their parents and through a bizaar train
which takes them to Wonderland along with a female called lisa,the young sister is annoying but
quite sweet while the boy is more cautious. Lisa is also searching for someone but not known who as of yet. Wonderland is quite intresting, some weird designs,characters and such.The music is from the games ^^ So it still has the feel of a final fantasy world and they meet a strong guy who eventually rescues them with an awesome gun arm he has.After watching a certain other anime recently, its nice to watch something more gentle ^-^.Good so far but obviously not one of the best animes you can get.

Watched 6,7 and 8 last night, the story is picking up quite well, less of the crazy and sometimes pointless battle sequances with Hazu and his magun against then general and bad guys.Omega put in his fist appearence which was awesome and some terrific CGI.The kids and Lisa are still trying to find their parents which is the main story but the moments with Kaze and his past flash up to try shed some light on him as well along with Lisas back story so there are a few things going on during the show.A few new characters came into play the last few episodes,a young wolf girl who has amazing powers and adores Hazu,and a bag,who is like a little pet and keeps causing trouble for Ai yet it will grant any wish she wants.Good fun to watch.

But you still need to be knowledgeable of the whole FF franchise to watch this show though don't you?

Okay cool. Maybe one day then.

Another post and another Great episode of FF unlimited. Cid and the travellers are now trapped inside a giant puzzle cube thanks to one of the earls henchman lord Pist (not a good name..).
As usual Kaze is caught in the middle of this and ends up in the hands of the good guys while they
are trapped in this giant maze.Unfortunatly Omega is growing in power and the movement is trying everything it can to stop the Earl from destroying the universe but they look in dire straghts.Its really good fun but it lacks something special that would class it as a true great anime.