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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Premiered 10 Years Ago, July 11th, 2001. Naturally, it celebrates its 10th B-Day today. Yes, I'm aware of that misspelled word
weber_dubois22Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Premiered 10 Years Ago, July 11th, 2001. Naturally, it celebrates its 10th B-Day today. Yes, I'm aware of that misspelled word
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Square Enix’s 2001 CGI Final Fantasy movie, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, heavily influenced development of the Mass Effect series, according to BioWare art director Derek Watts.
“Yeah, you know we actually reference a lot from Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within,” said Watts, speaking to the latest issue of Xbox World 360 Magazine. “We used a lot of their GUIs and the way they did their ship – that was kind of like in some of the early designs for the Normandy.
“Our attack helicopters are loosely based off that movie. There’s some great stuff, especially their glowing GUI screens; we used those a lot. I keep a folder of that stuff and I still actually tell the guys ‘just go back and look at that. Change it like that!’” [SOURCE]
Seriously, color me pleasantly surprised :D
!Mod Post: Fanart Recommendations
Jun. 16th, 2011 06:48 pmweber_dubois22YOU'LL BE HARD PRESSED to find any fanart for The Spirits Within, especially on DeviantART (there's a total amount of zero on pixiv.net when I last searched). Below, are just a few pieces from the DeviantART website that I once had Favorited on my own DeivantART profile (before I closed it) that you should definitely check out. On a note of unrelated DevianART artwork, a gander at the SBK' blog; there's some beautiful artwork there overall, but you should definitely check out the piece he made for Aki Ross.
Artwork by: chong-k
10: Aki Ross by ~chong-k on deviantART
10: Aki Ross - Top 10 Hottest Animated Chicks: [link] My number 10 is Aki Ross from The Spirits Within (9-1 [hopefully] to come. I didn't want to do screenshots so I'm going to attempt to do a quick drawing of all of them. I'll compile them into the meme if I finish them all).
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Artwork by: chong-k
10: Aki Ross by ~chong-k on deviantART
10: Aki Ross - Top 10 Hottest Animated Chicks: [link] My number 10 is Aki Ross from The Spirits Within (9-1 [hopefully] to come. I didn't want to do screenshots so I'm going to attempt to do a quick drawing of all of them. I'll compile them into the meme if I finish them all).
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Its been a common misconception of mine, ever since watching Advent Children, that since all those involved with Square [Pictures] animated and directed The Spirits Within, that there would be an option for a Japanese audio track on the DVD release(s). Well, there is one, but its the Japanese audio commentary for the co-director and animators, which, for the life of me, continues to surprise me whenever I pop the disc into my player and I'm dying to hear this film dubbed in Japanese.
(The problem is further reinforced whenever visit the Final Fantasy Wikia and see list of Japanese VA's next to the English ones. My brain automatically assumes "Oh, cool, I'll watch TSW in Japanese today.") To my disappointment the only language options are the default English and French --- French! --- audio tracks. Another funny thing about the DVD release is the option of Spanish subtitles but no Spanish audio track (and this is something I've seen often in other DVD releases).
With that said, has anyone ever found out if Spirits Within was ever released on DVD overseas in Japan with a Japanese dub option at all --- or did they just provide Japanese subtitles and maintain the same audio options on the North American release?
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Strange Enough this is an idea I've never been too keen on because the mere concept of it seemed to always translate into = "More Like The Games" and "Less Like It Is". I always loved Spirits Within being the exact opposite of the Final Fantasy Game(s), which makes for an enjoyable interactive experience, but less of a watchable one (particularly if you watch it on YouTube. I suffer itchy fingers and develop burning rage toward my empty wallet).
That aside, last night I started watching a ton of video reviews for what appears to be a seemingly disliked FF Game, Final Fantasy XIII which was released last year if memory serves. I've heard an awful alot about how terrible this particular entry in the franchise was and how "burnt out" or "non-event" Final Fantasy had become in and of itself with its side sequels and sequels to sequels, which "constantly delayed" entries such as Kingdom Hearts III (contending with Duke Nukem [Forever] for some type of award) and Final Fantasy 15 (I'm wondering when 14 came out, however... or did I read that numeral wrong?).
From the audio reviews alone, I'm surprised to hear the exact opposite of dislike from all the major gaming outlets and anyone with a camera/pod-cast. In fact, despite one or two flaws, they love[d] this game and recommend it to anyone with an "open mind" about the "changes" SE applied to the battle system mechanics and lack of open world exploration. The game certainly looks gorgeous (its environments are reminiscent of the scenery AVATAR loved to display throughout said film) and the aesthetics's remind me of Spirits Within quite a lot.
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Official Website Character Profiles
May. 20th, 2011 05:21 pmweber_dubois22Thank God For the WayBackMachine! I punched in Final Fantasy.com and archive.org was actually nice enough to bring up old material for the website before it became a DVD advertisement.
AKI ROSS
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AKI ROSS
"Already infected by the aliens, Aki must use her scientific intellect to find means to combat the alien predators. As she searches for an answer to the Earth's plight, Aki works simultaneously to reveal her enemies' purpose. Despite dwindling time for the Earth and herself, she remains true to her optimistic nature. Possessing unwavering determination, Aki battles to overcome earth-shattering obstacles in her efforts to save mankind."
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!Mod Post: New Header
May. 20th, 2011 03:59 amweber_dubois22
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ffspiritswithin finally has a stable header and layout (by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
minty_peach ) to do the community justice. It took a better part of the entire day (officially yesterday) to make the header, but I'm proud of the way it came out all the same. More community material is coming soon (once I get some shuteye). A big thank you and welcome to afeastforme and wngdngl who've recently joined and watched the community :)
weber_dubois22THE FOLLOWING BELOW is a modest list of the types of Spirits Within stories or fanvids you should check out again for the mere sake of it (even if you've read them already). If you've any fics you think are worthy of the rec list, leave a post below with the link and a description of the story or video or use the TEMPLATES below to submit.
Fanfiction
Stories byshanaqui:
Untitled Neil/Jane Drabble Series (G, Discontinued) A series of Neil/Jane drabbles set during and before TSW (archived @_overthefantasy ) - 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Stories byvenefica_aura:
Experiment Failed (PG) Neil attempts some good 'ol communication with Jane and fails miserably.
Stories by justira:
Reeling In (PG) - Aki's still reeling after talking to Gray.
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Fanfiction
Stories by
shanaqui:Untitled Neil/Jane Drabble Series (G, Discontinued) A series of Neil/Jane drabbles set during and before TSW (archived @
_overthefantasy ) - 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |Stories by
venefica_aura:Experiment Failed (PG) Neil attempts some good 'ol communication with Jane and fails miserably.
Stories by justira:
Reeling In (PG) - Aki's still reeling after talking to Gray.
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