Final Fantasy: a French studio is preparing an animated adaptation

Edited By Jason Filankembo

French studio Cyber ​​Group Studios is leading the project with Square Enix to revive a fan-favorite game.

An up-to-date PlayStation 1 game

The Final Fantasy saga is one of the cult licenses in the history of video games. While Final Fantasy XVI is eagerly awaited by fans, and Stranger Of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin was talked about during E3, it is another opus that is at the heart of the news. But this one is over 20 years old. The Kidscreen media reports that the French studio Cyber ​​Group Studios, supported by Square Enix - creator of the license - is carrying out an adaptation project in an animated series for Final Fantasy IX.

The Final Fantasy IX series will be aimed at 8-13 year olds

20 years later, Final Fantasy IX will therefore be back. Without riding the wave of remakes, but by offering an animated adaptation of the game released on PlayStation 1. The president of Cyber ​​Group Studios, Pierre Sissman, indicates that a presentation to broadcasters is planned in the coming months. He adds that the goal is to start production at the end of the year or the beginning of 2022. The number of episodes and their duration have not yet been announced. The target of the Final Fantasy 9 animated series will be 8-13 year olds. An audience that the studio knows very well thanks to the many cartoons it has already produced such as Mini Ninjas or the Chronicles of Zorro.

Cyber ​​Group Studios will have the difficult task of honoring a game adored by the public. Final Fantasy IX, released on the first PlayStation of the name in 2001 (console which is still talked about), has sold almost 6 million copies worldwide. The series should nevertheless delight both fans and neophytes of the gaming world.