Final Fantasy: Unlimited

Years ago, the opening of an interdimensional portal released two beasts into the skies over the Sea of Japan, visible to all the countries along the coast. After destroying the naval patrol sent to investigate the disturbance, the two beasts then turned against each other.

Witnessing the fight from Japan, scientists Joe and Marie Hayakawa were sucked into the rift. Upon returning to Earth, they compiled and published the academic findings from their voyage in a legendary book titled ''Day of Succession''. Attempting a second expedition to that other dimension twelve years later, the couple have not returned.

Twins Ai and Yu Hayakawa decide to set forth in search of their parents and the mysterious Wonderland they studied. In the ruins of an abandoned subway station, the two wait for a train to take them to the world beyond. On board they meet Lisa Pacifist, who quickly decides to aid the two in the search for their missing family. Can the three of them manage to find Joe and Marie?

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Kuroki, Kaze Main

Canna, Nobutoshi Japanese

Shiroi, Kumo Main

Ishida, Akira Japanese

Pacifist, Lisa Main

Hikami, Kyouko Japanese

Hayakawa, Yu Main

Imai, Yuka Japanese

Hayakawa, Ai Main

Momoi, Haruko Japanese

Chobi ing

Yajima, Akiko Japanese

Kupo ing

Hanba, Tomoe Japanese

Madoushi ing

Tanaka, Hideyuki Japanese

Fungus ing

Gouri, Daisuke Japanese

Lupus, Lou ing

Kawana, Midori Japanese

Campbell, Charles Producer

Sumitomo, Eiji Producer

Nakashima, Shinji Producer

Maeda, Mahiro Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Character Design

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Apr 5, 2008

go_go_raito

Recommended

It is not what I've expected it to be... Most of you would think the same after seeing it for the first time.
Almost every episode starts off with a narrator called FABULA telling you what happened so far and at the end she makes a brief prophecy for the next one.
The characters are appealing and I grew to like every single one of them, but their design doesn't match (to be honest, they're even ugly sometimes...) with the backgrounds and effects (both really good), however... you get used to it after a while and with each ing episode you come to know them better.
Anyways, the ... story is imaginative and completely different from any series before. The plot is relatively dynamic and contains only very few repetitive or boring sequences. Another thing that fascinated me were the locations, because they seemed to be very well thought out.
A lot of fans of the Final Fantasy games do not appreciate this anime, because it has nothing to do with any of the already existing parts. In my opinion Unlimited is special in its own way and shouldn't be compared to anything seen in the games. That would be the same as if you'd hate F.F.X. just because it isn't associated with F.F.VII. but as in everything that shares the name 'Final Fantasy' there are Chocobos, Cactuars and Moogles featured!
So, don't listen to bad critics and judge for yourself.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Feb 10, 2008

Bluesnow

Mixed Feelings

If you just found out about this anime are are thinking: "OMG!!! Final fantasy anime~ this must be the best thing in existence!111!!!11" Think again.... Besides references to a few summons and other final fantasy lore~ the story feels like nothing resembling final fantasy at all. Its not a sequel or connected to any other fantasy universes in any way~ If anything it just felt like a diabolical anime company decided to add "final Fantasy" to the title to brainwash fans of the franchise to buy their series... a very inhumane marketing tactic indeed...

Story: Kids from the "real world" looking for their lost parents in ... a "fantasy world"... run into trouble because they have no powers to protect themselves from the crazy monsters running about. They are saved by a few people in the world who decide to help them find their parents.

The flow of the story is VERY VERY slow...Alot of cheesy jokes and talking that no one really cares about. The fighting scenes are not the best, but because the Fighting Protagonist "Kaze" is just so awesome, and the rest of the plot is so slow, you just pray a fighting scene will come soon to save you from misery. ohhh... and the fighting relies on summoned beast fired from guns... Some sword action would have been nice.

Art: Its not a masterpiece or anything~ but for the time it was rather good. Kaze and his main antagonist have a very unique presence that makes them shine compared to the rest of the cast.

Sound: Nothing stands out about the sound for the most part, it wasn't very memorable. One of the endings was very upbeat and nice, I still listen to it occasionally.

Characters: Nearly all character attributes are stereotypical shounen roles... Nothing stands out barely at all. The two siblings Ai and Yu were supposed to be the main characters, but they're just so boring and predictable its not even fun.

Kaze, the "fighting protaganist" was the only real reason I could even bare the show~ and even then he's the stereotypical "Silent hero" type, and gets little to no attention unless its a battle. If not for Kaze and his antagonist my rating would have been a 4 overall...

Enjoyment: I honestly felt betrayed watching this series. If Final fantasy has made alot of mistakes on its path to glory... but this series takes the cake. When the show was over I wished I had a time machine to go back and delete this series off my hard drive before I had the opportunity to waste a good 7-8 hours of my life on this show.

Rating: 6/10
The only thing you'll get from watching this series is bragging rights that you didn't commit suicide in the watching of this series.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jun 10, 2014

jyagan0

Not Recommended

As a longtime Final Fantasy fan, I'm continuously amazed that this triple-A videogame series, with over 20 years of lore to draw from, remains unable to make a successful big screen transition. "Final Fantasy: Unlimited" may not be completely devoid of elements from the games or a bunch of FMVs duct-taped together to appease fanboys, but this anime still pretty much lost me when one of the characters uses a gun to conjure summons (yes, a freakin' gun). When all is said and done, "Unlimited" is nothing but a souless "Alice in Wonderland" ripoff (the anime's world is even called Wonderland). The barely-there story yields ... boring action, tons of recycled animation and a cast consisting of some psychic monk bimbo with bouncy boobs, a couple of bratty kids and the anime staple "guy with black cape who never talks whom we're supposed to believe is a bad@ss just cause he's a jerk with a big gun." I was literally an inch away from quitting this series after Disc 3, but I somehow managed to tough it out all the way to Disc 5, only to watch "Unlimited" collapse into an abrupt heap of an ending. Yeah it's got chocobos, something resembling summons and that legendary Final Fantasy victory theme, but the rest of "Final Fantasy: Unlimited" is simply a weird for the sake of weird mess with hallow, uninspired characters and a non-sensical story that isn't even complete. The English dub is also strikingly below-average. If you're still waiting for a decent Final Fantasy anime or movie, you're gonna have to wait some more. One and a half stars.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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