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Summary: OK
Comment: I feel it is only fair to preface this by saying that I paid very little for this (less than shipping will cost you on amazon) and that probably shifted my expectations. This video set has four 30 minute episodes that tell a story set in the world of the nintendo game with the same name.
In many ways this was surprisingly good (remember I had low expectations). There was plenty of comic relief. The plotline is not so similar to that of the game. The setting is similar, so you see places from the game drawn out in cartoon form. Some of the details there were nice. The best part of the video is seeing the setting from the video games drawn out and little details added that had inside jokes.
Many aspects of this were over the top to the point where it feels more like a parody of anime than an actual show. The main character Linally wears a man shirt (and not particularly big) with no pants. There are plenty of panty shots, including magically glowing butt cheeks that have something to do with the wind crystal's power. It's not so graphically drawn and she looks like she's about 10. I'm not sure if that makes it more or less disturbing.
Overall there is a nice mix of stuff that isn't fighting going on and fight scenes. The entire last thirty minute episode is basically one big fight scene. Every once in a while I'd be like, oh did they finish yet, and then reallize that they hadn't. The highlight of this was that there was a longish sequence with totally inappropriate music. The music was happy and jazzish and would better accompany something having to do with a chokobo than with a going to the moon to fight the death god scene.
Since I had no expectations, I kind of liked these. I wouldn't watch them again. If you are going to get this, then make sure to check the prices for buying the two videos separately. Right now together they are around 90 dollars, but getting both separately would cost about 1 dollar.
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Summary: Get the Facts Straight
Comment: Sorry kiddies...those of you introduced to the FF series beginning with FFVII are uninformed. CG has obviously been a fairly recent addition to video games and therefore was not available for most of the 11 FF game titles. I have read that The Legend of the Crystals was based upon FFV, a game that wasn't released in the US until a couple years ago in the FF Anthology. This game was made way before CG and before Cloud.
The 5th game isn't known for its storyline but rather the gameplay. Take this title as it is-a not very recent animation which is NOT FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX, or FFX!
I love FF for the changing storylines, characters, worlds, and plots. I don't want another FF7, 8, 9, or 10. I look upon the "classic" FF games and associated items (such as this set) as simply different incarnations of the FF world. Love FF because of its roots and appreciate the older worlds which influenced the ones you're so fond of in 7-10. ^_^
There is not a "best" Final Fantasy, they're all unique and each story will be remembered as I explore each new world given to us by the people at Square.
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Summary: The best movie ever
Comment: This is so good. It is cool but weird. The best part is the blinking ... scene. The weird thing is the ghost of a boy dead for 200 years is thrown in. If your looking in the anime section of hollywood and can't decide what to rent, rent this one.
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Summary: A Must Have for Any Final Fantasy Game Fan!!!
Comment: I was laughing, cheering, and crying (from laughing so hard). I was very pleased that this story follows very closely to the game plots; it's that same style that flows though every Final Fantasy game, those favorite characters that you both became frustrated with and had fun with. This anime has it all: the summoning heroine, so pivitol to the success of the adventure; the easily tempered, yet laid back hero, secretely in love with our heroine; the bumbling brute in unrequited love; the enemy turned ally who's only looking out for number one; riddles, magic, and spooks; and reaching to another world to vanquish the foe and return peace to the entire earth. Oh, yeah! And featherless gold chocobos to save the day! The only thing wrong I see with this series is that it's so short. But that may only seem that way to me because I'm used to 40-70 hour playing times! Even so, I'm very glad I got this set; it was well worth it!
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Summary: Exciting, but very strange film
Comment: Aloof tale about group of ragtag heroes led by crazy boy hero Pretz, setting out to find magical crystals and who end up fighting a mechanical deity. Preposterous story and some absurd characters are redeemed completely by sensational music score, breathtaking trappings and kinetic direction. Loosely based on the ultra popular Japanese video game.
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