I've seen, and played enough of Square Enix's Final Fantasy games to understand the universe of it. Before hearing of the movie Advent Children (a CGI film adaption of Final Fantasy VII), there was an anime I crossed by sheer chance, titled Final Fantasy: Unlimited. It's fair enough that you will definitely see Chocobos, which serves as mascots of the franchise, I guess. Well those, among other familiar elements taken from the games.
Now, for what I know, it's just simply an anime based on the universe of Final Fantasy, so to my knowledge, it's not based completely off either of the games, so don't expect characters from FFVII or FFIV to appear. Instead, the anime focuses on Ai and Yu Hayakawa, who are searching for their parents. I cannot verify how long this has been prior to the story's beginning. Throughout their adventures into this parallel world known as Wonderland, they encounter individuals like Lisa Pacifist, a C2 Organization member, and Kaze, a mysterious individual who can fire summons via the Magun on his right arm. While they meet them, they also encounter a bit of danger, too. The main stem of trouble comes from Wonderland's ruler, Earl Tyrant. There are also other characters, like Cid, who is a genius inventor.
(Bloger note: I'm not sure it's the same Cid heard from the games.)
While there lie Easter eggs from various games, it bears no relation, at least plotwise, to the games, so obviously, Unlimited wouldn't be considered canon. Still, for the only anime in record to be televised, it was worth watching for a while at least. FF: Unlimited gets a 6.5 of 10.
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