Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

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Synonyms: Final Fantasy
Japanese: ファイナルファンタジー
English: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
German: Final Fantasy: Die Mächte in Dir
Spanish: Final Fantasy: La Fuerza Interior
French: Final Fantasy-Les créatures de l'esprit
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 2, 2001
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Square Pictures
Source: Game
Genre: Sci-FiSci-Fi
Duration: 1 hr. 45 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.311 (scored by 4914949,149 users)
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Ranked: #80062
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Popularity: #2559
Members: 71,244
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Synopsis

The year is 2065, and the planet of Earth is far removed from the place that it was in the past. Deadly alien creatures known as Phantoms have appeared all over the planet, and mere contact with these entities is lethal, whether it be an instant death or a prolonged decline. In order to try and salvage what little of the human race is left, large force-field barriers have been constructed around certain cities to repel the Phantoms.

Seeking a more permanent solution to this invasion are scientists Aki Ross and her mentor, Dr. Sid, whose investigations have revealed that there exists a form of spiritual, Gaia energy that can eradicate the Phantom's presence from this world. Aki and Sid aren't alone in their quest through Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within; the human council and the military squad "Deep Eyes" are ready to help. Not everyone is convinced of this plan though.

Aki, Sid, Grey, and their allies have to band together against forces both alien and human if they are to have any chance at restoring peace to Earth. An enemy whose mere touch is fatal, the Phantoms appear the more dangerous enemy, but as they will come to find out, their human nemeses are also not to be trifled with.

Background

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was the only full length film produced by Square Pictures. The movie's final budget was $137 million dollar budget, due to the high costs of the technology being used for the film's computer animation. With marketing costs included, The Spirits Within lost in excess of $94 million. Adjusted for 2016 inflation, this amounts to over $126 million. Not only did this directly lead to the closing of Square Pictures, but it also delayed the parent company Square from completing its planned merger with the video game publishing company Enix.

A Japanese/American collaboration, The Spirits Within was filmed in English and premiered in the United States two months before releasing in Japan.

Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Sakaguchi, Hironobu
Director, Script
L'Arc~en~Ciel
Theme Song Performance
Hyde
Theme Song Composition
Fabian, Lara
Theme Song Performance


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Opening Theme

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"Spirit Dreams Inside" by L'Arc-en-Ciel
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Ending Theme

"The Dream Within" by Lara Fabian




Reviews

Jan 6, 2008
Despite what people say, this film was not awful. Okay, it didn't quite match up to the magical, epical, astounding, spellbinding, memorable, groundbreaking quality of the game series, but think of it as a normal SciFi movie and you'll be fine. That's right, SciFi. It's not really what I would classify as fantasy.

The story was quite simple, but decent enough. It had some good qualities, but nothing new. There were a couple of unexpected moments, some romance, action, and some interesting ideas. However, it wasn't nearly as good as what people hoped it to be. I preferred it to Advent Children since it was a ...
Jan 6, 2009
Mixed Feelings
Fine, first I want to specify that I watched the anime quite a long ago, a year or two ago I guess. I haven't played the games, so I can say with no mental self-accusations that this was the better part of Final Fantasy movies. For me.

Story - it wasn't something veeery special, still, at least you understood what is going on and that stuff, which in Advent Children was possible only for who has already played the game. There is no game Final Fantasy on this particular story I think and that is one of the good sides, I guess, because you watch it ...
Nov 18, 2012
Where in the world do I begin with this train wreck of a movie?

The plot is the essentially a clone of other Final Fantasy movies and has more or less the same story arc we've all seen a thousand times before in sci-fi and anime. What makes all those other countless identical films superior to this one is exposition. Flashbacks, memories, narrative storytelling, correlated events - all of these are what give a tale depth and interest. Sadly, none of that is seen here, just a series of events given in one block of time. The closest we ever come to any dimension added ...

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Maurox - Jan 7, 2008
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Should I watch it? I have no prior knowledge of the franchise.
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