Specific Examples: Final Fantasy
Material presented at MCAD's 2001 "Girls and Mobilesuits" Anime Seminar. All images are properties of their respective artist, publisher, or distributor, and used for academic purposes only.
Cloud, angst-ridden hero from FF VII
Final Fantasy VII. 1997. Square Co., Ltd.
- A series of console games published by Squaresoft, which led
to the recent movie.
- Probably the best known of Japanese RPG console games in the
US.
- Known for being story- and plot-heavy
- Intensely emotional in:
- Music
- Character backgrounds (tragedies galore!)
- Storyline and memorable scenes
- In FF VI, one despairing heroine leaps into the sea.
(She's only a 2D sprite!)
- Plus, richly fantastic worlds of magic and technology
- Proud castles, dreary rainy towns, austere fortresses
- Distant misty mountains, mysterious ruins, magic caves
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