Final Fantasy TV series announced

[08.24.01] » We can only hope it will be better than Legend of the Crystals.

   Following close on the heels of the Final Fantasy movie, Square announced plans for a Final Fantasy anime series at this year's Avex anime rave festival in Japan. The series will be a collaboration between Studio GONZO producer/monster designer Yoshikazu Miyao, whose credits include various Gundam and Macross projects as well as Blue Submarine No. 6. Although no details have been revealed regarding plot or setting, there is a strong possibility that the series will be directly based off of one of the games, as was Square's last attempt at an animated Final Fantasy production: the aggressively mediocre Legend of the Crystals OVA, which took place in the future of the Final Fantasy V world. There is no word at this time on a possible US television run for the series, but given the strong and growing market for both anime and Final Fantasy in the US, at the very least a DVD release seems certain.