

“The opportunity to reach such a large crowd with hundreds of millions of fans around the world as well as a new public of both kids and adults is an immense challenge that we feel extremely proud about,” COO Dominique Bourse said. “8-13-year-old kids” is the specific target audience, however. While the new animated series will likely cater to a younger audience overall, the official release makes it seem like the studio hopes that it’ll appeal to older fans as well. “We are honored and enthusiastic to participate with our friends of Square Enix in such a great adventure,” Cyber Group Studio’s Chairman of the Board and CEO Pierre Sissmann said in an official press release. Most of the studio’s previous work is animation aimed at pre-teens and younger children. Who is producing the Final Fantasy 9 animated series?Ĭyber Group Studios will produce the animated series at its Paris and Roubais, France locations. The grand story, which begins political and gradually spirals outward into mind-bending cosmic drama, is memorable, wholesome, and heartbreaking. The central romance is a major part of the story, but despite that, the overall experience is easily one of the most lighthearted and least mature Final Fantasy stories ever. You get a thief, summoners, traditional knights and black mages, and plenty of other iconic imagery reminiscent of the first few entries in the franchise. Here’s a look at a trailer for the PlayStation 4 remaster:įinal Fantasy VI, VII, VII, X, XII, XIII, and XV lean heavily on science fiction and cyberpunk or steampunk, but Final Fantasy IX is much more in line with the classic style of medieval high fantasy. Along with a colorful assortment of fantastical friends they meet along the way, Zidane and Garnet are gradually entangled in a grave quest to save the world. Set during a war in a medieval fantasy world called Gaia, FF9 follows a roguish thief with a monkey tail named Zidane who kidnaps Alexandrian Princess Garnet Til Alexandros XVII as part of a scheme with the neighboring nation of Lindblum. What is the Final Fantasy 9 animated series story?Īn official press release says that the upcoming series will be “an adaptation of the timeless classic.” So that makes it pretty clear that the show will follow the same story as the original game. But the art and animation style could work fairly well for something like FF9. We’ve included above a trailer for Droners, a series from the same studio that skews slightly younger.


We probably won’t see even a teaser for quite some time. Here’s a look at Droners, a series from the same studio with an art style that might be replicated for Final Fantasy IX.
