Final Fantasy Unlimited Starring: Director: Mahiro Maeda Studio: A. D. Vision Rating: NR Genre: Animation Final Fantasy is undoubtedly one of the most popular role-playing videogame series of all time. The tales of sword and magic change with each installment and though the twelfth game in the franchise is looming on the horizon, Final Fantasy has found itself used in other media. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within released some years ago and was a full length CGI movie that was met with mixed reviews. Another full length feature is going to be coming out around the corner called Advent Children and is a spin on the widely popular Final Fantasy VII. The game franchise has spilled over into the anime world as well and ADV has released a complete collection of the Final Fantasy Unlimited saga. Previously this show was available on six individual disc releases but now finds itself on five disc "thinpak". Like the games and feature films, the anime reinvents the series and takes a different spin on things. At the very beginning of the show we see a strange magical happening in the real world that is called the Day of Conjunction. A pillar of darkness pierces the sea and two monsters emerge to fight it out before the eyes of humanity. Their battle and the rift from the pillar leave a gate between our world and one called Wonderland. Twelve years after that date a pair of siblings named Ai and Yu venture onto the Wonderland subway train in an effort to find their parents who they believe have gone to the mystical land. Along the way they meet a mysterious woman named Lisa who is also searching for someone, but puts that aside in order to help the children reunite their family. The trio explores Wonderland and meets many of the residents and even some strange folk along the way. They are eventually joined by a cute chocobo that has a thing for chewing on hair and frequently bump into a stranger named Kaze who is also known as the Black Wind. Kaze carries a powerful golden gun called the Magun that has the ability to summon creatures into battle such as Ifrit and Shiva from the game franchise. As if the pacing and plot weren't bad enough the show looks like it had a fairly low budget and repeats a ton of animation. There are a lot of tacky CGI effects used at parts and they don't look anywhere near as good as what Square is capable of. Each episode has the intro theme, a recap of events from the previous episode and over a minute worth of repeated CGI scenes. In the end the episodes are then cut from twenty five minutes to probably eighteen to nineteen of new material. The very nature of the show is aimed towards a young audience with cute artwork, repetitive animation and mind numbingly simplistic story telling. Final Fantasy Unlimited succeeds on a few levels for fans of the game franchise or of fantasy anime in general. Number of Eps: 25 Subbed by: Soldats Mã: Episode 1 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DTSP2IBY Episode 2 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QHQCQVU0 Episode 3 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RKLDCSJZ Episode 4 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1SUM2Z4R Episode 5 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CH9CO065 Episode 6 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C60UC5LD Episode 7 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=512N41R0 Episode 8 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A5TNWHJG Episode 9 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=24LJGUST Episode 10 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BWOD03F5 Episode 11 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FFV2QT30 Episode 12 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KZMO1ZOE Episode 13 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QQ7EM6PX Episode 14 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=N99LAJF0 Episode 15 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YUOX2YIK Episode 16 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0OR3UDJ7 Episode 17 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U3VYJEHF Episode 18 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=81AYAOYH Episode 19 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UW5FSAD9 Episode 20 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R6J8BOK5 Episode 21 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UQGIB4UA Episode 22 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3S1T15R2 Episode 23 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EO5JGZQV Episode 24 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O85FO55T Episode 25 http://www.megaupload.com/?d=870VXX8Y
