Exactly eleven months ago, out of nowhere, news came that Square Enix was licensed Final Fantasy IX to make an animated series: apparently the project went ahead and soon we could see something effective about it.
Bruno Danzel d’Aumont, representative of the French animation studio Cyber Group Studios who took care of the conversion, stated that the company would show four of its new projects during the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, scheduled from May 24 to 26. present : digital girl The McFire Family Press start! and, exactly, Final Fantasy IX.
Since it is a convention for professionals, what is shown can of course remain inside, with the exception of some brochures with some preliminary images, but it would already be something to get an idea of the product. In fact, we remember that it will not be an anime but a series with European traits in design and probably also in story construction, and will be mainly aimed at an audience of very young people, so probably the darkest and most existential tones of the video game.original will be very muted.
The studio has a lot of experience with baby products: it has created the most recent animated version of Zorro (Zorro – The Chronicles) but also Sadie Sparks, Iqbal, Gigantosaurus, 50/50 Heroes and Droners among others. Excellent products for kids and teens, but the studio has no experience, in the catalog, with brands of Japanese origin and with (at least originally) more mature themes.
Final Fantasy IX, despite the more “doll” character design of the entire franchise, has some very strong themes, including the concept of acceptance of death and sacrifice, that we will hardly find in the cartoon that will be produced, which it immediately has been advertised as working for an audience of 8 to 13 years old (and thus at least higher than the average of CGS productions).
Originally published by then-Squaresoft on the first PlayStation, Final Fantasy IX tells the story of Gidan Tribal, a lovable bandit who “kidnaps” a princess and then joins her to save the world with the help of a motley crew.
Source: Lega Nerd
