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NEWS: Final Fantasy's Yoshitaka Amano Directs 1st Film, Zan




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KabaKabaFruit



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:10 pm Reply with quote
While it's great to hear Yoshitaka Amano getting involved in animation again, I can't help but think that Zan sounds a wee bit similar to Samurai Jack in terms of story.

The panther looks cool though. Kind of like Red XIII with some sleek new body armour. Very Happy

Makes me wonder if in the future, we could Amano's studio make a Final Fantasy film that is more in line with the actual games?
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braves



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:19 pm Reply with quote
I like Amano quite a bit as an artist, but I don't think that talent can translate to a good movie.

I will watch this movie anyways....

KabaKabaFruit wrote:
Makes me wonder if in the future, we could Amano's studio make a Final Fantasy film that is more in line with the actual games?

I thought The Spirits Within was in line with the overall style of storytelling that's present in the games, except for the jarring American influences that were present, but it still wasn't good. Some things are just better as part of an overall gaming experience and not as a standalone film-- and Final Fantasy is one of them.

Though, AC was pretty good...if you're a Nomura fanboy-- I admit to being one.
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JuicyB



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:39 pm Reply with quote
Finally, some good news.
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nhat



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:42 pm Reply with quote
I believe that JP animation industry have been lagging behind on 3-D and cell shading styles. I hope it will become more mainstream and popular. There are a lot of series and scenes that can benefit from the technology but the studios are held back for developing more techniques to please their fans.
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Josh7289



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:44 pm Reply with quote
Looking forward to it.
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littlegreenwolf



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:39 pm Reply with quote
So...

Yoshitaka Amano's Hero (1998-present):
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Hero finds a dark world ruled by creatures of myth and legend, and demons of peril and danger...rides a cybernetic, black panther he meets on the way.


Yoshitaka Amano's Zan (2010):
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... a samurai named Zan is led to a world in an alternate dimension to battle evil... beast named Panther that becomes Zan's partner in the film.


Quote from an interview with 1UP from 2006:

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1UP: I know you were at one point working on various treatments of your HERO characters in 3D, for possible development into a game. Is this something you're still working on?

Yoshitaka Amano: Basically, first I want to release this visual book, and then I'll think about whether I want to make a game out of it, or a movie out of it. What I was doing before was that I drew all the artwork and was thinking it would be cool to make a game out of this. But what I realized that I had to do was complete this book with the scenario and story in place, and then think about what I want to do, so right now I'm in the process. There is a possibility that a game will be released, but it's not a certainty.


I guess I'll just think of Hero as early experimental/development work for Zan. A bit sad to see New York city go with the change.

Really interested to see how they'll go about transferring Amano's art style to 3D.
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Apollo-kun



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 12:45 am Reply with quote
This may be the most immature post on here, but: NERDGASM.

Amano's artistic visions being conjured up onto the big screen in 3D? It's almost too good to be true. Very Happy Needless to say, I cannot WAIT for this to come out!
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UtenaAnthy



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:05 am Reply with quote
Does 3D mean it's going to be in CGI? Because while I'm curious about this, I'd like it to be cel or digital 2D animation, I was so impressed by the beautiful 1001 Nights and I'd love to see another work that's brings Amano's art to life in the same way.
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configspace



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:44 am Reply with quote
Looking foward to the film, but I would also love to see that large Zan panther/feline exhibit in person.
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momamario



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 1:58 am Reply with quote
Hmm... I really don't want to be "that guy" or anything, but I've sort of lost faith in 3d movies directed by people who worked on Final Fantasy...

Sorry Amano. I know it's a generalization and then some but this is a pretty significant legacy...
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Amaranth Sparrow



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:04 pm Reply with quote
I would hardly call this Yoshitaka Amano's first film. He also directed Bird's Song for Toei's ga-nime project, and directed one of the shorts in 10 Nights of Dreams. Not to mention his work on Angel's Egg, and Fantascope: Tylosoma.

And yes, the sounds very much like a treatment of his HERO concept, which started as an art exhibit, became an illustrated novel series (Yoshitaka Amano's HERO, likely canceled), and was adapted into a Neil Gaiman collaboration starring David Bowie called Return of the Thin White Duke (unfinished and unreleased, save for a preview in a magazine).

All of them are about a men who finds themselves in alternate realities, where they team up with a mechanical panther.
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KabaKabaFruit



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:05 pm Reply with quote
braves wrote:
I thought The Spirits Within was in line with the overall style of storytelling that's present in the games, except for the jarring American influences that were present, but it still wasn't good. Some things are just better as part of an overall gaming experience and not as a standalone film-- and Final Fantasy is one of them.

I wouldn't use Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within as an example. The movie flopped terribly considering it wasn't based off of any of the existing Final Fantasy games and really didn't appeal to the mainstream as much. I'm not saying that The Spirits Within was a bad movie, mind you. I'm just stating that a Final Fantasy movie with Amano on board that is also based on an existing title would have better appeal.
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