Final Fantasy: Unlimited

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 passing 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.

Normally, when I think about Final Fantasy, I think about FF 7 and all of those characters.

But, when I saw this Final Fantasy, I immediately fell in love with it.

The characters are great, the plot is very good, and the mood of the story matches the usual drama that Final Fantasy is so fond of.

I love how we get a quick but detailed look at the past of each character. It helps us to see how dramatic and tragic their lives were.

Another thing I absolutly loved was the return of everyone's favorite Final Fantasy animal....the Chocobo!

Chobi was very cute, and even if he seemed ... clueless at times, he was a lot smarter then we thought.

I recommend this series to EVERY Final Fanatsy lover. It's a watchable series, most definatly.

Before you start to watch this anime, leave all your preconceived notions at the back door. This is NOT a typical final fantasy story. It is more childish and has nothing to do with the video games aside from a few mixed references of "chocobo" "mog" some of the summons. If someone were a hardcore final fantasy fan and would be severly angered and dissapointed if it wasn't up to their expectations, DONT WATCH THIS ANIME. That being said it should be judged on its own scale.That being said I will get more into specifics
Story- good, but what really makes it is the whole ... "adventure in the quest". The storytelling is solid in this simplistic overdone aspect but they do it well.
Art- The art is medicore with the occasional blend of CGI that stands out like a sore thumb.
Character- The characters are simplisic and enjoyable. Not very complicated which you would expect from an anime that should have a age group of around 12-15. Kaze has a good sense of mystery and at the last episode you really start to feel engaged and too root for him as the hero.
Enjoyment- Since I am not crying about how the FF franchise was butchered through this anime, I feel I am on the flipside and enjoy a medium seriousness, fun, and enjoyable program.
Overall- Leave all of your notions at the back door and come into this expecting just another anime about a quest and some enjoyment along the way.

This was a very different kind of Final Fantasy I'm used to, but coming from a Final Fantasy fan since over a decade now, I didn't expect it to be just another sword hack-and-slash anime trying to copy the games. I enjoyed it very much, even rewatched and shared with my friends.

It's much darker and creepier than I imagined it would be. The story was pretty great and original, and the characters were likable. The character's did, however, seem to come right from a children's book, which, at least to me, added to the effect.

I recommend the subtitles though, because the english dub for ... Ai and Yu are hard to listen to; they sound like they are just reading the script. The summoning scenes is easily noticeable redundancy in the show. I found it hilarious really. I even find myself memorizing the entire summoning.

I think this is nothing like the proper FF series, certainly the animation is poor and simple in comparison but it's like FF for Kids.

It is a easy anime to follow and 9/10 episodes "Soil is my Power" said by the character called "Black Wind" which so far he saves the day a lot but there is not much history on why he sticks around.

But saying all this it is a good anime, and being in English Dub it is easier to follow, you have a brother and sister looking for there parents in the other world called "Wonderland".

If you look at it differently from ... the proper FF series movies then you'll enjoy it more

Story

First of all I watched this anime just because I played the FF games...all of them until FF 13...and...it doesen't have nothing regarding these 13 games...[Just a chocobo that later transform into super-chocobo *sarcasm* actually was the "Legendary Ciel" ? , a Kupa that apers in the last episodes, and some enemies from FF VI apearing in one episode [I think they were named Cactus? -] and 2 ore 3 sound max from the FF series sountrack...the rest...is a rock on the bottom of a ocean...Now...regarding this anime story...At the begining I thinked it was nice...but as the episodes started to repeat I kindda hate ... myself for watching the whole episodes....[Btw...I hate the sucky ending -] What hapened with all protagonist? What about Kaze? Makenshi? Nothing about them....

Art
It didn't impress me very much...even though it might be an old anime...I saw older anime's with better graphics and landscapes than this one...

Sound
I gived a 7 just because it has 2 or 3 tunes from the FF games...If it weren't for that It would have 4 from me... First OP - I hate it, First ED - Hate it too , Second OP - Hate it more than the first OP, Second ED - What the hell? Is this even an ED?

Character
I want to make it clear...I watched this anime ONLY for my only favourite character... Makenshi ...I loved his atittude and the way he protected those 2 twins from Earl..I hope it didn't die...because if he really died...I would hate myself even more for watching this anime...and almost forgot...I HATE Fabula...why does she have to apear in every episode and present me what hapened in the early ones and say what would happen in the current one?

Enjoyment
It had some pretty funny moments with Chocobo...but as the same jokes started to repeat I got bored...lucky me that sometimes I got to see Makenshi in action and rise my interest....

Overall
The only thing that made me give this anime 7 is because of Makenshi and 3 tunes from the original FF games...that's all...It would got a big 3 from me if it weren't for these....