Nobody really talks about Final Fantasy Dimensions. It pulls a lot from Final Fantasy V and, while I don't care for mobile games, this is a game I would highly recommend.
I'm surprised dimensions never got a console port as IV the after years was ported twice; once to the Wii eshop and then to the psp with an additional connecting chapter between the two stories
The level caps were a pain as much as the to be continued party swaps but the memorist to power up by revisiting cutscene places was a nice means of nostalgia. Better than ffd2 that has no exploration/barely any customization. 1:23 ff5 isn't forgotten at all. People do the 4 job Fiesta and one job party challenges.
FFV is so underrated. It’s one of the best ones and is the most FF lol. I have the sequel on VHS tapes. People NEED to play it and will appreciate Gilgamesh more
Legend of the Crystals was actually my introduction to Final Fantasy as a whole. My friend had the tapes and showed them to me and we later got into emulation. I eventually got a PlayStation, and the floodgates opened. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
i also saw this before playing FF5. I vaguely remember thinking "What the hell does this have to do with Final Fantasy?" Now that I've actually played FF5, I'd kinda like to see this again.
Man, so glad to find another person who's seen this OVA. I thought it was the coolest thing ever back when I first saw it, and that was before playing FFV (since it wasn't officially out in the US yet). It has that great 90's anime sci-fi/fantasy cheesiness to it, but it's really endearing and solid enough, even if you aren't familiar with the source material. I really enjoyed it, and I still have my VHS copies, too! Back then, liking anime and manga was not only a difficult hobby for a kid/teenager given how rare and expensive works were, but it often got you noticed for being "a nerd" or something similar. Still, Legend of the Crystals ended up being a formative title for me as well, and I still enjoy hearing about it.
@Shuukuriimudaisuki-sama This was so awesome to read! Mad respect to you for being a fan of this show and the "nerd" that liked anime before it was cool and trendy. 😄
I knew it existed and even have the VHS tapes as well, didn't know this was an actual sequel. Thought it was just a retelling of the events of FF5. Neat to know now.
When you waxed nostalgic over being a 90s anime nerd, I really felt it. I used to find some great anime at Suncoast, like Slayers or Ranma 1/2, and even ordered bootlegged subbed Sailor Moon from the internet. What a time to be alive! XD Edit: The box art from Legends of the Crystals is so damn familiar, I know I passed it by many times as a kid.
@Nanteos You are a legend for being there with us at ground zero. Haha. Slayers is one of my favorites and I even named my daughter Lina after Lina Inverse. 😄
I remember this and yeah, the weird crystal going into the summoner, all the chocobo stuff, the relationship between the general and the pirate. So much weirdness, but it was great.
Oh man, Legend of the Crystals was my gateway anime back in the 90's! I remember Suncoast being THE place to get anime back then in my hometown. So funny the parallel experiences we can share with others 🤣
@cbrwng I know right? That's honestly what I live most about making TH-cam content. I can post something I thought I was the only person in the world who cares about it and find an awesome group of people to connect with!
@imaginator85 yeah my cousin had it, had no idea it was fan done till i was showing my ffv loving partner the movie as an adult and all the diolog was different
I remember renting this on tape back in the day but I don't think FF Anthology had come out yet so I didn't even realize it took place in the FFV universe til much later
There’s something special about living in the early era of anime in the early 90s. It’s true there was ‘anime’ even before, but the 90s was when Anime established itself as specific genre. I remember having to wake up early or stay up late to consume any form of televised content since anime back then was relegated to the off hours, but I was such a hardcore fan I was willing to do whatever it took because that was really the only way to watch back then.
Yeah back then it was still a comic book shop kind of thing that was discussed amongst enthusiast mostly. It was really cool too when you'd discover monga and Gundam toys. Things that definitely were not American made. A whole new world opened up.
I never knew that! Ff5 was one of my favourites. I was born in 1990 and loved rpgs when I was a kid, none of my friends were into them, nor did they know how to play roms or that roms even existed and I felt like I was playing this secret treasure trove of games that no one else had access to. I was playing ff5 in grade 3 or four I think. So 1999 I believe. That one just drew me in out of all the snes ones, because of the classes and stuff. 6 was great too but 5 I loved. I’ve still never played 2/4 though!
@@imaginator85 thanks for the reply! What’s your favourite version/ What should I play 4 on? So many versions, I had a mobile version on a tablet I haven’t used in awhile, and that had the mobile version ff4, AND the ds rom of nes ff3. (Nes ff3 was another one I loved with classes and stuff, I played that when I was really young but the patch wasn’t complete so I only got half way I think.) so I should probably just play those? Since I’ve already acquired both ? Also, sorry for the long reply!
I LOVE Final Fantasy V! Hearing about this sequel movie is very exciting. I'm going to take some time to track it down and watch it myself. It looks very interesting. Awesome video!
@critterwyatt Hahah thanks! I remember going to the theater to see it on day 1 as a teenager and walked out at the end like "What the frik was that trash?" Lol
I tried to get those VHS tapes, but they went out of print really fast, so my local comic shop couldn’t get them in for me. So, a few years later, I acquired digital rips of the English and Japanese versions and just made my own DVD, which I still have on my shelf. I absolutely love this anime.
@@imaginator85 my only regret is I couldn’t fit both language versions on one DVD, and the quality isn’t the best either. I mean, I got the rips off Kazaa, that’s how old they are lol
I picked up a bootleg copy in the nineties on VHS all in Japanese. Watched it even though I didn't understand what they were saying. I'm glad to finally know that it was translated into English & I can see what they were saying so long ago. I didn't know it was tied to FFV which explains why I couldn't make out what was going on since I didn't play that one.
Thank you for talking about Legend of the Crystals! I got both VHS tapes (the first one was subbed, the second dubbed) from a video game magazine in the late 90s (I think EGM). I had just beaten FFVII and was obsessed with it and getting really into anime, so when I saw there was a “Final Fantasy anime”, I had to watch it. I had no idea it was tied to FFV at the time and while the overblown fan service and considerable gore felt weird for something Final Fantasy, it was still fantastic. Having the VAs for Tenchi, Sasami, and Washu was fun too.
Its hard to say Final Fantasy V is completely forgotten. There has been a dedicated and growing community of people participating in the Final Fantasy V Four Job Fiesta every summer for over a decade!
My god I wish Final Fantasy would go back to this type of visuals, world building and artstyle. Hope FF17 does something along these lines, this looks amazing.
@@imaginator85 its not gonna happen, hd pixel remake, maybe. and if you're lucky, some indies who actually know what they're doing might make an homage to classic final fantasies
It's not a true Final Fantasy V sequel unless the characters look nothing like their concept art. The concept art was always "off" in the NES and SNES games, but FFV was the one where you actually need labels to have any idea who is supposed to be who. Only Krile and Galuf bear a passing resemblance to their concept art. No one else does. You know, most Final Fantasy games have some pretty world-changing events at the end of the game, so I'm kind of surprised that more of them don't have distant sequels. Final Fantasy 3, 5, 6, and 7 all have events that massively change the geography of their respective worlds. 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12 have massive geopolitical changes. The first game sees the whole planet getting a 2,000-year cosmic ret-con that makes you wonder what the new/restored timeline gave us and how our heroes will adapt to their new world. Or maybe it was their original world. Who can tell?
Final Fantasy concept art is so useless, I heard that when making Final Fantasy 6, they designed the sprites first, then told the artist to make concepts of the already existent sprites. And even then, they couldn't get some of the characters right.
I remember finding this at Blockbuster Video shortly after playing FFV in ‘98 or ‘99. I was ecstatic that there was a sequel to (what would become) my favorite game of all time. But-I only found the first video, not both. I recall being upset that major characters were killed off after FFV proper. And I still have no clue how it ends.
Awesome video! I rented it (in France) nearly 25 years ago, and I was surprised to see a Final Fantasy OVAs. I'm ashamed to say that I copied it onto my own VHS before returning it, and I watched it several times after that. It's not the best story, but at the time it was magical to have an obscure anime in my possession. I never realized it was a follow-up to Final Fantasy V, as I played it a year later. I just assumed the story was somewhat similar, but nothing more. Cheers from France!
Really surprised to hear we ever had it in France, since I think the first Final Fantasy game we got there was 7. (And afaik the first official French translation was with the GBA games.) How's the French dub?
@@shytendeakatamanoir9740 Yes you're right , it's weird that we've had a VHS release before any game in France. I think FF7 was released in 1998 here, and thanks to emulation and fan translation, I played Final Fantasy IV, V and VI in French as early as 1999. I think it was also in 1999 that I discovered and rented the VHS. The French dub is not great, you can hear it on TH-cam (search for Final Fantasy La Légende des Cristaux VHS).
I can remember seeing previews for this on old Urban Vision anime VHS tapes. Only until recently did I actually watch it. I thought it was a decent OVA! Great video!
>Which resulted in the confusing renumbering Wet streets cause rain. FF4 had already been renamed to FF2. FF6 was renamed to FF3 later. The real reason the numbers got screwed wasn't because of 5, it was because of 2 and 3.
I had the VHS tapes for these too bag in the 90s. Anime was hard to come by for me back then so was excited when I saw the VHS tapes for these at an EB Games in my local mall.
I played it as it was first coming out. It was great to see the progression of expressiveness they were able to achieve during the SFC era. Each game out did the last and it was such a great time to be an RPG fan before the 3D came in.
I have this on VHS somewhere. Oddly, I don't recall realizing it was a sequel, might have been before I played emulated fan-translated FF5 some millions of years ago.
Yeah, I remember these OVAs. I wish I had purchased them on VHS when I had the chance but I didn’t have the money as I was just a broke high school kid at the time. I probably would have loved it. FFIV also has a sequel called “FFIV the after years” that most people kinda forget exists. I think it was a digital only release. I still have it on the Wii. Lol
I know alot people do not like this OVA but i think its so charming! Rintaro director of anime like galaxy express 999 the film, x/1999, and metropolis is the director
Just happened upon your channel while looking to get back into FF classics, and I wanted to say that your content is very entertaining 👍. Subs will definitely come. Subscribed.
Just binged this, had lots of laughs from the entertaining and likable characters, or the just bizarre moments that kept it from being boring. The animators and dub actors seemed like they had a blast making this. Thanks for spreading awareness of it!
I love that you love this movie, and I love that you’re making this video. FFV became my favorite Final Fantasy game after getting it from from the Anthology release on PS1. I was about 12. A bit later my brother and I rented Legend of the Crystals from Blockbuster, not knowing what it was, and we were pumped to realize it was a FFV sequel. I also totally relate to you about anime being less common: we really had to work had to get anime back then. Surprisingly, this anime really holds up, both in story and in animation. It almost reminds me of Nausicaa in terms of art style. I lost my VHS tapes of it. Not that I own a VHS player anyway! I hope it is uploaded to a streaming service eventually!
Suncoast... man you brought back some memories when you showed that still of that store... miss those days of going there buying anime, movies, and all such of things. SUBBED!
This really brings me back! My friend snagged this from some store and let me borrow it (it was the first volume) and I remember watching it and just being confused. I just got into Final Fantasy when I saw it and played Mystic Quest and 3 (6) not knowing anything about the earlier ones and seven was just nearly around the corner. I do remember seeing this in Suncoast(again, the only place I could find Anime in my area) and I was already starting to dabble into anime, but never got it because they only had the first volume (they didn't have the second one, I always assumed it was just a short movie). I finally got around to playing FFV when I started dabbling in ROMS in highschool (early 2000s) and still never knew it was connected to the anime. A few years ago I remember reading that the anime was connected and my mind was BLOWN!
When I was younger, and everybody was talking about how badass of a sword Sephiroth had, I would just be like, "What, you mean that thing that's basically a dagger compared to Pretz's sword?"
@@BJGvideos The younger me who firmly believed that all Final Fantasy games were connected, for no other reason than because they were all part of the same franchise, would've probably been willing to buy into that.
@@BJGvideos Yeah, but all Gilgamesh really evidences is that all Final Fantasy games take place within the same multiverse, but not the same world. That said, being a sword collector himself, it's possible that at some point, he happened upon Sephiroth's sword. Then accidentally left it back in his original world after winding up back there briefly. Resulting in Prettz then finding it in some ancient ruins a hundred years later.
I remember watching this in my friend's house when I was in middle school. I hadn't yet played FFV, so I thought it was just this weird, unconnected thing. The fan service REALLY threw us.
It was also one of my first animes! 🤩 I had never even played a FF game before seeing it (FF 7 was the first game to get a release here in Australia) but I adored this weird cartoon and watched it over and over again, without even understanding its link to the games.
God, I remember seeing this YEARS ago from I think a video rental. I didn't even know FF5 existed. I just saw Final Fantasy, and that's what made me get it
I remember this animation well. For the longest time, I thought I'd imagined it, rented from my local blockbuster. Like Josh Kirby, Time Warrior, which is also apparently real.
I remember this OVA! I recall seeing it in a local rental store in VHS format at some point in time but that was well over 20 years ago. I remember looking at the cover and the back and just thinking how incredibly cool it was to have a Final Fantasy anime but I never got to watch it in full. Now I think I've got the inspiration to do so and unfortunately, I've never beaten FFV, only played very little of it.
Aaaayyy, you got yerself a new subscriber = good stuff! I remember this OVA with fondness, and always wish people goodbye with a hearty "Take Care, Now!"
I am pretty sure I owned it back in the day on VHS when I was in maybe sixth grade. I'm pretty sure it was a set of two, with maybe 4 episodes total? No idea where it is today. it was pretty cool besides some of the awkward parts... eventually I put it together that it was based on FFV, which I had only played on rom back then using some partially finished translations. I tried playing the playstation version but I couldn't get into it. Want to try again at some point.
This was one of my favorite things as a kid. Before this, FFV only existed to me as a soundtrack as my Japanese wasn't really good enough to grasp the full meaning of the story, but this brought FFV to life for me. Still holds up to this day, and I watch it after every playthrough of FFV that I do.
Man thanks for sharing this video. My first FF game was 6 (or FF 3 as I knew it) but once I beat that I immediately found an English rom for FF 5 which became is my favorite game in the franchise and made me fall in love with it. Never knew about this OVA. I'm gonna have to give it a watch. Also cool sword.
Thanks for sharing. You're probably a few years older than me. Video games were how I initially got interested in Japan, which then led to my later interest in anime and watching shows on Toonami and the old Tech TV. I miss the art direction of older anime like this one and of course the fact that it is pre-digital. If you don't mind me asking, how long did you live in Japan? I was over there 6 years before coming back. Love the language and culture.
@Triface-s9s I lived there for 2 years preaching Chrstianity 7 days a week that whole time with no days off, no movies, video games, no dating etc. Haha. So I was able to learn the language really quickly with brute force. 😆
I watched this anime decades before I ever played FFV. I think I rented it from Blockbuster in either 1997 or 1998. I absolutely enjoyed it, even without getting all the references to the FFV lore. I guess that's why FFV felt so familiar when I played it a few years ago 😀
I remember a local gaming magazine mentioning this anime and presenting it as THE final fantasy anime, not just the FFV anime, when it was at least relatively new, probably a few months after its release, and excitedly telling the readers that it was going to be a treat for all FF fans. No information about the plot or anything, the whole hype was centered around the Final Fantasy name, and I'm pretty certain the person who wrote about it had not seen it. I also remember downloading it shortly after I got broadband internet, so either in 1999 or 2000, and then forgetting to watch it (hey, when you get 10mbit internet for the first time you download a lot of things. Even as a young teenager you don't have an unlimited amount of time)
Wow. I'm so glad there is SOMEONE with a deeper appreciation for the pre- golden era titles than me (FF III (the original and the ds version) & FF V are my second and third favorites respectively). I never would've believed that one of my favorite final fantasy series had a sequel in the form of an anime. I'm guessing this is why FF IV got the After Years treatment moreso than FF V did 😮💨. I will most definitely be giving this a watch. I would've loved if Square would've took the budget they had behind that atrocious 2001 adaptation & put it into marketing & if possible... Formed this sequel into an actual video game. Clean some sides of the story up & make it official canon to FF V' timeline. One can only wish though... 🤔 Anyways, beautiful story my guy. It's amazing how influential Final Fantasy can be when appreciated under a certain limelight & your story has given me an even greater appreciation in my most coveted franchise since watching my Mom play FF I on the Nes. Much love and praise 🖤🤍💛🤝, subscribed also!
V was a pretty good game, even if the balancing was a bit funky at spots. III I could never really get into because it was SO random. Having 9 mummy fights in the first real cave which could single turn kill you if you were unlucky enough to encounter them was a major negative factor for me. I can't even imagine playing through the game on original hardware with no save states/fast forward and just praying that each fight was not guaranteed death.
I've replayed FFIII PR three times already, + the original and the DS version (and PSP again for the MogNet content). I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to this one (not as much as IV though). And I also completed V countless times, both on GBA and in the computer (PR and, with emulation back in the day).
Gonna be real with you. Final Fantasy V is my favorite game in the franchise. The characters are charming, and the story is earnest. V taught me JRPGs and their mechanics. I'm floored they continued it in some way, thank you for sharing!
@imaginator85 thank you very much. As a 40 year old man. This hit the right nostalgia buttons. I found the video at Blockbuster after I finished final fantasy 8. Thought I would give it a go. One of my first animes. Then came Ninja scroll, Vampire Hunter D and Biohunter. All blew my mind
These OVAs are so underrated. The artstyle is very reminiscent of Studio Ghibli and I can only imagine what a Final Fantasy anime motion picture would look like if done by them.
I loved this ova back in the day. There wasn't nearly as much Final Fantasy stuff coming out back then as there is today, so it was pretty cool getting my hands on series like this. Made me really happy when FFV came out on playstation so I could finally experience the story that let to this.
I remember getting to rent volume 1 at the video rental store growing up, however at the time I had no knowledge of the actual Final Fantasy V. So this is a cool fact to learn and I need to find it to watch in new context because at this stage in life FF V is one of my favorite FF games.
I was born in 87. Growing up i thought mystic quest was 1, then 2/4 was 2, 3/6 was 3 and the gameboy ones filled in the gap from the confusing release of 7. I didnt get we weren't getting all the games. I was always a huge fan then and found this anime in a Suncoast and begged my parents to let me get it and they wouldnt. About a year or 2 later i rented from a blockbuster and used two vcrs to get it, then about 2 yeats after that i bought it. By then anthology came out and all the number confusion was cleared. The moment i heard the music of 5 all i could think about was this anime. Then i met mid and i was like "okay i totally get this is a prequel". I was also a huge tenchi fan and recognized almost immediately prettz was matt k miller. When he was a npc voice in ten i also noticed. I loved this so much as a teen, and tried to share my past enthusiasm with my daughter i realise... for as long as it is almost nothing happens and the warriors of light names being so off annoyed me. It is pretty mid. Not good or bad really, but cool it exist. When there is action its awesome there is just so much bothing in between it. I enjoy it on some level and am "meh" about it at the same time.
@imaginator85 I felt for the longest time was the only person who felt any kind of nostalgia for this movie. I added your video to my watch later a weekish ago... just got busy being 37 ya know? Most people who talk about it on yotube don't view it through the same lense as someone who had limit access to final fantasy media when turn based rpgs were niche in the west.. so I truly greatly appreciate your point of view. It was nice to see a video from someone who probably got this around the same time and had the same vhs tapes and not someone who is "what the hell is a vhs tape"?
Nobody really talks about Final Fantasy Dimensions. It pulls a lot from Final Fantasy V and, while I don't care for mobile games, this is a game I would highly recommend.
lol
Fully agree
I'm surprised dimensions never got a console port as IV the after years was ported twice; once to the Wii eshop and then to the psp with an additional connecting chapter between the two stories
I tried that a long time ago, it was pretty good, didnt make it far, mobile games being what they are.
The level caps were a pain as much as the to be continued party swaps but the memorist to power up by revisiting cutscene places was a nice means of nostalgia. Better than ffd2 that has no exploration/barely any customization.
1:23 ff5 isn't forgotten at all. People do the 4 job Fiesta and one job party challenges.
FFV is so underrated. It’s one of the best ones and is the most FF lol. I have the sequel on VHS tapes. People NEED to play it and will appreciate Gilgamesh more
@@statesminds THIS.
Is it on TH-cam??? 👀
Legend of the Crystals was actually my introduction to Final Fantasy as a whole. My friend had the tapes and showed them to me and we later got into emulation. I eventually got a PlayStation, and the floodgates opened.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Wow that's epic!
I watched this years before I played ff5. It confused me enough that I named Bartz as Pretz when I played FF5
@NM-np2uz Hahah I used to do the same!
i also saw this before playing FF5. I vaguely remember thinking "What the hell does this have to do with Final Fantasy?" Now that I've actually played FF5, I'd kinda like to see this again.
Man, so glad to find another person who's seen this OVA. I thought it was the coolest thing ever back when I first saw it, and that was before playing FFV (since it wasn't officially out in the US yet). It has that great 90's anime sci-fi/fantasy cheesiness to it, but it's really endearing and solid enough, even if you aren't familiar with the source material. I really enjoyed it, and I still have my VHS copies, too! Back then, liking anime and manga was not only a difficult hobby for a kid/teenager given how rare and expensive works were, but it often got you noticed for being "a nerd" or something similar. Still, Legend of the Crystals ended up being a formative title for me as well, and I still enjoy hearing about it.
@Shuukuriimudaisuki-sama This was so awesome to read! Mad respect to you for being a fan of this show and the "nerd" that liked anime before it was cool and trendy. 😄
I knew it existed and even have the VHS tapes as well, didn't know this was an actual sequel. Thought it was just a retelling of the events of FF5. Neat to know now.
The more you know I guess! Haha
V is straight up the best.
@@myautobiographyafanfic1413 I gotta replay it!
When you waxed nostalgic over being a 90s anime nerd, I really felt it. I used to find some great anime at Suncoast, like Slayers or Ranma 1/2, and even ordered bootlegged subbed Sailor Moon from the internet. What a time to be alive! XD
Edit: The box art from Legends of the Crystals is so damn familiar, I know I passed it by many times as a kid.
@Nanteos You are a legend for being there with us at ground zero. Haha. Slayers is one of my favorites and I even named my daughter Lina after Lina Inverse. 😄
I remember this and yeah, the weird crystal going into the summoner, all the chocobo stuff, the relationship between the general and the pirate. So much weirdness, but it was great.
I’ve recently pre-ordered the pixel remaster edition from my local GameStop. I am looking forward to owning that collection.
Oh man, Legend of the Crystals was my gateway anime back in the 90's! I remember Suncoast being THE place to get anime back then in my hometown. So funny the parallel experiences we can share with others 🤣
@cbrwng I know right? That's honestly what I live most about making TH-cam content. I can post something I thought I was the only person in the world who cares about it and find an awesome group of people to connect with!
the fan translated version i saw as a kid, long before learning the game, was wild af. i loved it so hard
@@ConfusedSoup Whoa fan translated version? Sounds awesome!
@imaginator85 yeah my cousin had it, had no idea it was fan done till i was showing my ffv loving partner the movie as an adult and all the diolog was different
I really like FFV. Hearing it got something like this spinoff anime really brought me a slice of joy I wasn't expecting. Nice job on the sword! 👍
Thanks my friend! Glad you enjoyed!
I remember renting this on tape back in the day but I don't think FF Anthology had come out yet so I didn't even realize it took place in the FFV universe til much later
There’s something special about living in the early era of anime in the early 90s. It’s true there was ‘anime’ even before, but the 90s was when Anime established itself as specific genre. I remember having to wake up early or stay up late to consume any form of televised content since anime back then was relegated to the off hours, but I was such a hardcore fan I was willing to do whatever it took because that was really the only way to watch back then.
Right? It was a special time! Slayers, Vampire Hunter D, Lodoss War...great times.
Yeah back then it was still a comic book shop kind of thing that was discussed amongst enthusiast mostly. It was really cool too when you'd discover monga and Gundam toys. Things that definitely were not American made. A whole new world opened up.
I never knew that! Ff5 was one of my favourites. I was born in 1990 and loved rpgs when I was a kid, none of my friends were into them, nor did they know how to play roms or that roms even existed and I felt like I was playing this secret treasure trove of games that no one else had access to. I was playing ff5 in grade 3 or four I think. So 1999 I believe. That one just drew me in out of all the snes ones, because of the classes and stuff. 6 was great too but 5 I loved. I’ve still never played 2/4 though!
@CenturianEagle Oh man, 2/4 is amazing! And you're totally right...ROMs and fan translations were like a hoard of treasure nobody knew was there!
@@imaginator85 thanks for the reply! What’s your favourite version/ What should I play 4 on? So many versions, I had a mobile version on a tablet I haven’t used in awhile, and that had the mobile version ff4, AND the ds rom of nes ff3. (Nes ff3 was another one I loved with classes and stuff, I played that when I was really young but the patch wasn’t complete so I only got half way I think.) so I should probably just play those? Since I’ve already acquired both ? Also, sorry for the long reply!
V and VI are my top two games in the series
EXCELLENT choices!
Good taste
Same here my brother
You have good taste
Except vi.I will never understand the hype behind this mediocre game.
1:12 Funny that Exdeath & Sephiroth are both either literally or nominally trees.
"Cons
-The Final Boss is a tree"
(This is an obscure GameFAQS comment that stayed with me. Not about FFV (or VII) though.)
Saw this so many years ago. It was a lot of fun, and I'm surprised it was never rereleased on DVD.
I LOVE Final Fantasy V! Hearing about this sequel movie is very exciting. I'm going to take some time to track it down and watch it myself. It looks very interesting.
Awesome video!
@RockHikari92 Thanks friend! It's an enjoyable watch!
I own this on VHS! Glad to see someone covering it!
That spirits within cash grab call out was gold!
FF1-3 then 9 & 10, then 1-6 on GBA, screw spirits within.
@@critterwyatt 😄 🤣
@critterwyatt Hahah thanks! I remember going to the theater to see it on day 1 as a teenager and walked out at the end like "What the frik was that trash?" Lol
I tried to get those VHS tapes, but they went out of print really fast, so my local comic shop couldn’t get them in for me. So, a few years later, I acquired digital rips of the English and Japanese versions and just made my own DVD, which I still have on my shelf. I absolutely love this anime.
@@PointOfLightProds That's amazing! I have them burned on a DVD as well since my VCR no longer works! Haha
@@imaginator85 my only regret is I couldn’t fit both language versions on one DVD, and the quality isn’t the best either. I mean, I got the rips off Kazaa, that’s how old they are lol
I picked up a bootleg copy in the nineties on VHS all in Japanese. Watched it even though I didn't understand what they were saying.
I'm glad to finally know that it was translated into English & I can see what they were saying so long ago.
I didn't know it was tied to FFV which explains why I couldn't make out what was going on since I didn't play that one.
Thank you for talking about Legend of the Crystals! I got both VHS tapes (the first one was subbed, the second dubbed) from a video game magazine in the late 90s (I think EGM). I had just beaten FFVII and was obsessed with it and getting really into anime, so when I saw there was a “Final Fantasy anime”, I had to watch it. I had no idea it was tied to FFV at the time and while the overblown fan service and considerable gore felt weird for something Final Fantasy, it was still fantastic. Having the VAs for Tenchi, Sasami, and Washu was fun too.
Whoooaaa I didn't even realize the other Tenchi stars were in it! Wild!
I used to rent this at Blockbuster all the time when I was a kid
DAMMMN THE SUNCOAST PIC THO
I think that's where I got my first anime on DVD
Haha the brotherhood/sisterhood of the Suncoast! 😂
Its hard to say Final Fantasy V is completely forgotten. There has been a dedicated and growing community of people participating in the Final Fantasy V Four Job Fiesta every summer for over a decade!
My god I wish Final Fantasy would go back to this type of visuals, world building and artstyle. Hope FF17 does something along these lines, this looks amazing.
I think about that all the time. They need to pull a Megaman 10 / 11 and make another mainline game retro.
I've been telling all my friends exactly the same thing!
@@imaginator85 its not gonna happen, hd pixel remake, maybe. and if you're lucky, some indies who actually know what they're doing might make an homage to classic final fantasies
idk why but this video inspired me to include Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within in my PS1-style retelling of the Kingdom Hearts series lol
This anime was a vhs rental staple at blockbuster and Hollywood video.
There was also another FF anime but it's even more obscure
It's not a true Final Fantasy V sequel unless the characters look nothing like their concept art. The concept art was always "off" in the NES and SNES games, but FFV was the one where you actually need labels to have any idea who is supposed to be who. Only Krile and Galuf bear a passing resemblance to their concept art. No one else does.
You know, most Final Fantasy games have some pretty world-changing events at the end of the game, so I'm kind of surprised that more of them don't have distant sequels. Final Fantasy 3, 5, 6, and 7 all have events that massively change the geography of their respective worlds. 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12 have massive geopolitical changes. The first game sees the whole planet getting a 2,000-year cosmic ret-con that makes you wonder what the new/restored timeline gave us and how our heroes will adapt to their new world. Or maybe it was their original world. Who can tell?
So true about the concept designs. 5's massive discrepancies are off the charts! Lol
Final Fantasy concept art is so useless, I heard that when making Final Fantasy 6, they designed the sprites first, then told the artist to make concepts of the already existent sprites. And even then, they couldn't get some of the characters right.
Great job with the video. Didnt know this was a thing. Guess I know how I'll be spending tomorrow :)
@@blueeyeadonishawke2020 DUDE yeeessss
Final Fantasy V is GOAT
PREACH!!!
never !
I remember I forced everyone at my birthday party to watch this with me as a kid lmao
@bradleonn Hahah that's the best thing ever!!! 😄 🤣
lol That's so much better than any other birthday party.
I remember finding this at Blockbuster Video shortly after playing FFV in ‘98 or ‘99. I was ecstatic that there was a sequel to (what would become) my favorite game of all time. But-I only found the first video, not both. I recall being upset that major characters were killed off after FFV proper. And I still have no clue how it ends.
@danielevans7439 Oh man you gotta go watch the rest!
@@imaginator85Will do! Btw, I noticed you know Japanese but still called him “Galoof” despite it being がラフ. Old habits die hard I guess. #Aeris #Reina
Awesome video! I rented it (in France) nearly 25 years ago, and I was surprised to see a Final Fantasy OVAs. I'm ashamed to say that I copied it onto my own VHS before returning it, and I watched it several times after that. It's not the best story, but at the time it was magical to have an obscure anime in my possession. I never realized it was a follow-up to Final Fantasy V, as I played it a year later. I just assumed the story was somewhat similar, but nothing more. Cheers from France!
Awesome story! I remember the fine art of copying tapes back in the day! Lol 😂
Really surprised to hear we ever had it in France, since I think the first Final Fantasy game we got there was 7. (And afaik the first official French translation was with the GBA games.)
How's the French dub?
@@shytendeakatamanoir9740 Yes you're right , it's weird that we've had a VHS release before any game in France. I think FF7 was released in 1998 here, and thanks to emulation and fan translation, I played Final Fantasy IV, V and VI in French as early as 1999. I think it was also in 1999 that I discovered and rented the VHS.
The French dub is not great, you can hear it on TH-cam (search for Final Fantasy La Légende des Cristaux VHS).
I can remember seeing previews for this on old Urban Vision anime VHS tapes. Only until recently did I actually watch it. I thought it was a decent OVA! Great video!
@ZombeeJohnny Oh man...those Urban Vision preview reels were iconic!
@@imaginator85 I sunk my teeth into those! Wicked City and Vampire Hunter D are classics released by them!
heh i remember too, we old. love japanimation
@@martymcintosh5026 Not old just vintage 😆
>Which resulted in the confusing renumbering
Wet streets cause rain. FF4 had already been renamed to FF2. FF6 was renamed to FF3 later. The real reason the numbers got screwed wasn't because of 5, it was because of 2 and 3.
My stepbrother owns this on VHS. I borrowed it from him several times. It’s a good OVA.
I remember stumbling on this a long time ago.
I still have my VHS copy I picked up at Suncoast Video. Can 100% relate to this. Thanks for sharing.
@@jimkincaidz Love that!
I had the VHS tapes for these too bag in the 90s. Anime was hard to come by for me back then so was excited when I saw the VHS tapes for these at an EB Games in my local mall.
I played it as it was first coming out. It was great to see the progression of expressiveness they were able to achieve during the SFC era. Each game out did the last and it was such a great time to be an RPG fan before the 3D came in.
I still have both VHS tapes, watching this made me realize that there's more people out there that even knew about this.
@@matthewovercash8432 Right? That's been my favorite part of making this video!
I have this on VHS somewhere. Oddly, I don't recall realizing it was a sequel, might have been before I played emulated fan-translated FF5 some millions of years ago.
Yeah, I remember these OVAs. I wish I had purchased them on VHS when I had the chance but I didn’t have the money as I was just a broke high school kid at the time. I probably would have loved it.
FFIV also has a sequel called “FFIV the after years” that most people kinda forget exists. I think it was a digital only release. I still have it on the Wii. Lol
I've always wanted to play After Years but never did even though I love 4. 😢
6:20 this river/town sequence is very reminiscent of cowboy bebop episode where they get ein
Totally!
I know alot people do not like this OVA but i think its so charming! Rintaro director of anime like galaxy express 999 the film, x/1999, and metropolis is the director
Just happened upon your channel while looking to get back into FF classics, and I wanted to say that your content is very entertaining 👍. Subs will definitely come.
Subscribed.
@fleiteh Oh heck yeah! Welcome my friend! Great to have you!
Just binged this, had lots of laughs from the entertaining and likable characters, or the just bizarre moments that kept it from being boring. The animators and dub actors seemed like they had a blast making this. Thanks for spreading awareness of it!
@genesisrhapsodos3151 Oh man that's excellent to hear! Glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's really fun!
Played through 5 during quarantine, one of the first JRPGs since I was a kid that I actually finished without taking a break or stopping entirely.
@@ix8750 That's EPIC!
I still have this on VHS from when my local rental place sold off their VHS. Somehow this made it to the US and not the game.
I remember I got this on VHS at Fye after beating ff7. Was not a happy camper lol. Had no idea this was connected to anything let alone 5! 😮
@@individualywrappedcheeseslices 😄 🤣
I love that you love this movie, and I love that you’re making this video.
FFV became my favorite Final Fantasy game after getting it from from the Anthology release on PS1. I was about 12.
A bit later my brother and I rented Legend of the Crystals from Blockbuster, not knowing what it was, and we were pumped to realize it was a FFV sequel.
I also totally relate to you about anime being less common: we really had to work had to get anime back then.
Surprisingly, this anime really holds up, both in story and in animation. It almost reminds me of Nausicaa in terms of art style.
I lost my VHS tapes of it. Not that I own a VHS player anyway!
I hope it is uploaded to a streaming service eventually!
Loved hearing your story!
This was great to watch. Nice use of the Ultimania books for scenes as well 😎
@wizcatcheslightning Yesss! Glad you noticed! Love those things!
Never forgotten. I always loved Legend of the crystals. Still got a copy in my closet.
You're a LEGEND!
Not forgotten. Watched this back in the day. Loved renting it from Blockbuster
Suncoast... man you brought back some memories when you showed that still of that store... miss those days of going there buying anime, movies, and all such of things. SUBBED!
@ButtaMilkBiscuitsGaming Thanks man! Those were the golden years! I've got a video about that coming in the next few days.
@@imaginator85 I'll look forward to it.
This really brings me back! My friend snagged this from some store and let me borrow it (it was the first volume) and I remember watching it and just being confused. I just got into Final Fantasy when I saw it and played Mystic Quest and 3 (6) not knowing anything about the earlier ones and seven was just nearly around the corner. I do remember seeing this in Suncoast(again, the only place I could find Anime in my area) and I was already starting to dabble into anime, but never got it because they only had the first volume (they didn't have the second one, I always assumed it was just a short movie). I finally got around to playing FFV when I started dabbling in ROMS in highschool (early 2000s) and still never knew it was connected to the anime. A few years ago I remember reading that the anime was connected and my mind was BLOWN!
@blahlbinoa Haha that's a great story! Thanks for sharing!
When I was younger, and everybody was talking about how badass of a sword Sephiroth had, I would just be like, "What, you mean that thing that's basically a dagger compared to Pretz's sword?"
😂😂😂
I tend to imagine it's the SAME sword and Prettz just somehow stumbled into getting a legendary sword through unknown means.
@@BJGvideos The younger me who firmly believed that all Final Fantasy games were connected, for no other reason than because they were all part of the same franchise, would've probably been willing to buy into that.
@@gurvmlk Thanks to Gilgamesh and his dimension hopping, an argument can be made.
@@BJGvideos Yeah, but all Gilgamesh really evidences is that all Final Fantasy games take place within the same multiverse, but not the same world. That said, being a sword collector himself, it's possible that at some point, he happened upon Sephiroth's sword. Then accidentally left it back in his original world after winding up back there briefly. Resulting in Prettz then finding it in some ancient ruins a hundred years later.
I remember watching this in my friend's house when I was in middle school. I hadn't yet played FFV, so I thought it was just this weird, unconnected thing. The fan service REALLY threw us.
@PowerPandaMods Haha yeah all the fan service was a strange thing for me to encounter at that age too. 🤣
This was not forgotten. I have it, English subbed and all.
It was also one of my first animes! 🤩 I had never even played a FF game before seeing it (FF 7 was the first game to get a release here in Australia) but I adored this weird cartoon and watched it over and over again, without even understanding its link to the games.
@@irvyne6111 That's amazing! Crazy that 7 was the first one there!
Thanks for sharing this. Always good to learn more about final fantasy
God, I remember seeing this YEARS ago from I think a video rental. I didn't even know FF5 existed. I just saw Final Fantasy, and that's what made me get it
I remember this animation well. For the longest time, I thought I'd imagined it, rented from my local blockbuster. Like Josh Kirby, Time Warrior, which is also apparently real.
Nice diving save! I never heard of this and will definitely check it out. Thanks, man!
I remember this OVA! I recall seeing it in a local rental store in VHS format at some point in time but that was well over 20 years ago. I remember looking at the cover and the back and just thinking how incredibly cool it was to have a Final Fantasy anime but I never got to watch it in full. Now I think I've got the inspiration to do so and unfortunately, I've never beaten FFV, only played very little of it.
@BleedForTheWorld I have never beat FFV either! I really wanna go back and give it a try again though. Wish they would remake it!
Lovely video. I was not aware of another anime based off FF apart from UNLIMITED!
Nice data you got there!
Aaaayyy, you got yerself a new subscriber = good stuff!
I remember this OVA with fondness, and always wish people goodbye with a hearty "Take Care, Now!"
@@capntinwhistle Good to have you my friend!
"I don't want to date myself." insert what I have done during my childhood...
When can I stop hiding underneath my desk?
You got a new subscriber. I loved your video, your love for FF and the way you tell stories. What a beautiful sword, my man.
Man, thank you kind sir! So glad you're along for the ride! A fellow FF (and sword) fan is an instant friend of mine. Haha
Was a great OVA. And enjoyed hearing Tenchi’s VA as the main character. It’s a lot better than Final Fantasy Unlimited
I am pretty sure I owned it back in the day on VHS when I was in maybe sixth grade. I'm pretty sure it was a set of two, with maybe 4 episodes total? No idea where it is today. it was pretty cool besides some of the awkward parts... eventually I put it together that it was based on FFV, which I had only played on rom back then using some partially finished translations. I tried playing the playstation version but I couldn't get into it. Want to try again at some point.
This was one of my favorite things as a kid. Before this, FFV only existed to me as a soundtrack as my Japanese wasn't really good enough to grasp the full meaning of the story, but this brought FFV to life for me. Still holds up to this day, and I watch it after every playthrough of FFV that I do.
@MooglePower Holy crap that's so epic dude! Nice name BTW! 😄 KUPO
@@imaginator85 Haha, thank you! Not enough moogles in Legend of the Crystals, though. :P
I remember this anime when it first came out. I ordered it in at my local comic shop/bookstore
I can proudly say that I have known of this sequel for the past 25 or so years.
LEGEND.
I have all four VHS. They had two episodes on each, and I have it in English and Japanese
@@BJGvideos I think I rented it either from blockbuster video or from some local place. I watched it before I played FF5 though
Man thanks for sharing this video. My first FF game was 6 (or FF 3 as I knew it) but once I beat that I immediately found an English rom for FF 5 which became is my favorite game in the franchise and made me fall in love with it. Never knew about this OVA. I'm gonna have to give it a watch.
Also cool sword.
Thank you much, friend!
Whoa.. I think I saw this before ever playing the game which is probably my second favorite of the classics overall. Great video!
@@NewEstate4thDimension Thank you much!
Thanks for sharing. You're probably a few years older than me. Video games were how I initially got interested in Japan, which then led to my later interest in anime and watching shows on Toonami and the old Tech TV. I miss the art direction of older anime like this one and of course the fact that it is pre-digital. If you don't mind me asking, how long did you live in Japan? I was over there 6 years before coming back. Love the language and culture.
@Triface-s9s I lived there for 2 years preaching Chrstianity 7 days a week that whole time with no days off, no movies, video games, no dating etc. Haha. So I was able to learn the language really quickly with brute force. 😆
What's the Anderson Paak song at 3:50?
It was actually just a freeware song inside my editing software. LOL. I just looked and it seems to be called: 'Fancy Night in That City'.
I watched this anime decades before I ever played FFV. I think I rented it from Blockbuster in either 1997 or 1998. I absolutely enjoyed it, even without getting all the references to the FFV lore. I guess that's why FFV felt so familiar when I played it a few years ago 😀
I remember a local gaming magazine mentioning this anime and presenting it as THE final fantasy anime, not just the FFV anime, when it was at least relatively new, probably a few months after its release, and excitedly telling the readers that it was going to be a treat for all FF fans. No information about the plot or anything, the whole hype was centered around the Final Fantasy name, and I'm pretty certain the person who wrote about it had not seen it.
I also remember downloading it shortly after I got broadband internet, so either in 1999 or 2000, and then forgetting to watch it (hey, when you get 10mbit internet for the first time you download a lot of things. Even as a young teenager you don't have an unlimited amount of time)
Lol thats hilarious! Ah...the early years of torrenting...haha
Wow. I'm so glad there is SOMEONE with a deeper appreciation for the pre- golden era titles than me (FF III (the original and the ds version) & FF V are my second and third favorites respectively). I never would've believed that one of my favorite final fantasy series had a sequel in the form of an anime. I'm guessing this is why FF IV got the After Years treatment moreso than FF V did 😮💨.
I will most definitely be giving this a watch. I would've loved if Square would've took the budget they had behind that atrocious 2001 adaptation & put it into marketing & if possible... Formed this sequel into an actual video game. Clean some sides of the story up & make it official canon to FF V' timeline. One can only wish though... 🤔
Anyways, beautiful story my guy. It's amazing how influential Final Fantasy can be when appreciated under a certain limelight & your story has given me an even greater appreciation in my most coveted franchise since watching my Mom play FF I on the Nes. Much love and praise 🖤🤍💛🤝, subscribed also!
This comment is everything! You took all the words straight out of my head! Thanks for the support. 9 is my all time favorite but I LOVE 4 and 6.
V was a pretty good game, even if the balancing was a bit funky at spots. III I could never really get into because it was SO random. Having 9 mummy fights in the first real cave which could single turn kill you if you were unlucky enough to encounter them was a major negative factor for me. I can't even imagine playing through the game on original hardware with no save states/fast forward and just praying that each fight was not guaranteed death.
I've replayed FFIII PR three times already, + the original and the DS version (and PSP again for the MogNet content). I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to this one (not as much as IV though).
And I also completed V countless times, both on GBA and in the computer (PR and, with emulation back in the day).
I've never watched this series, but I recall always wanting to watch it whenever I saw it on a shelf at Blockbuster
Gonna be real with you. Final Fantasy V is my favorite game in the franchise. The characters are charming, and the story is earnest. V taught me JRPGs and their mechanics.
I'm floored they continued it in some way, thank you for sharing!
@bengalofdaeast1050 Absolutley my friend! You gotta give it a watch! FF4 is the game I cut my RPG teeth on.
I remember this!!!! Holy crap I was just thinking of this the other day but have never been able to find it to watch again
@Sacrificeofsinners Oh heck yeah! Glad you found this video so you can go back to it! 😎🤘
@imaginator85 thank you very much. As a 40 year old man. This hit the right nostalgia buttons. I found the video at Blockbuster after I finished final fantasy 8. Thought I would give it a go. One of my first animes. Then came Ninja scroll, Vampire Hunter D and Biohunter. All blew my mind
Tidus's laugh though 😂
A childhood friend of mine had the anime on VHS, and I remember it being very good
These OVAs are so underrated. The artstyle is very reminiscent of Studio Ghibli and I can only imagine what a Final Fantasy anime motion picture would look like if done by them.
@BingBangPoe PREACH! Can you imagine a Final Fantasy 9 adaption in this style?
@@imaginator85 Yeeees! I think IV and IX would look amazing in this style!
What a refreshingly awesome video on something you clearly care a lot about; thanks for sharing your creations !
@ryanimay Aw man, thank you so much for the kind words!
That Suncoast storefront hit me hard.
The good ol days, right?
I loved this ova back in the day. There wasn't nearly as much Final Fantasy stuff coming out back then as there is today, so it was pretty cool getting my hands on series like this. Made me really happy when FFV came out on playstation so I could finally experience the story that let to this.
Exactly! It was a different time then.
I remember getting to rent volume 1 at the video rental store growing up, however at the time I had no knowledge of the actual Final Fantasy V. So this is a cool fact to learn and I need to find it to watch in new context because at this stage in life FF V is one of my favorite FF games.
@@publius791 That is so awesome! You should!
I was born in 87. Growing up i thought mystic quest was 1, then 2/4 was 2, 3/6 was 3 and the gameboy ones filled in the gap from the confusing release of 7. I didnt get we weren't getting all the games. I was always a huge fan then and found this anime in a Suncoast and begged my parents to let me get it and they wouldnt. About a year or 2 later i rented from a blockbuster and used two vcrs to get it, then about 2 yeats after that i bought it. By then anthology came out and all the number confusion was cleared. The moment i heard the music of 5 all i could think about was this anime. Then i met mid and i was like "okay i totally get this is a prequel". I was also a huge tenchi fan and recognized almost immediately prettz was matt k miller. When he was a npc voice in ten i also noticed. I loved this so much as a teen, and tried to share my past enthusiasm with my daughter i realise... for as long as it is almost nothing happens and the warriors of light names being so off annoyed me. It is pretty mid. Not good or bad really, but cool it exist. When there is action its awesome there is just so much bothing in between it. I enjoy it on some level and am "meh" about it at the same time.
That's a great story!
@imaginator85 I felt for the longest time was the only person who felt any kind of nostalgia for this movie. I added your video to my watch later a weekish ago... just got busy being 37 ya know? Most people who talk about it on yotube don't view it through the same lense as someone who had limit access to final fantasy media when turn based rpgs were niche in the west.. so I truly greatly appreciate your point of view. It was nice to see a video from someone who probably got this around the same time and had the same vhs tapes and not someone who is "what the hell is a vhs tape"?
It's a shame this was only ever released on VHS.
It really is. 😢
That was an interesting bit of lore.
Suppose you never know where the wind will take you :)
Came for the Legend of the Crystals stayed for the sword replica
LOL 😆🤘