| Final Fantasy: Unlimited | |
 Title card of the series | |
| ファイナルファンタジー:アンリミテッド (Fainaru Fantajī: Anrimiteddo) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure, fantasy, romance |
| Created by | Square Akitoshi Kawazu (series concept) |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Mahiro Maeda Kenichi Takeuchi (assistant) |
| Produced by | Makiko Iwata Takeshi Sasamura Shinji Nakashima Yuma Sakata |
| Written by | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Music by | Akifumi Tada Shirō Hamaguchi |
| Studio | Gonzo |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| English network | |
| Original run | 2 October 2001 – 26 March 2002 |
| Episodes | 25 |
Final Fantasy: Unlimited[a] (FF:U) is an anime television series based on Square Enix's popular Final Fantasy role-playing video game franchise. Produced by Gonzo, avex mode, TV Tokyo, Dentsu and GDH, the series was directed by Mahiro Maeda, with Atsuhiro Tomioka writing the scripts, Kazuto Nakazawa and Camel 7 designing the characters and Shirō Hamaguchi and Akifumi Tada composing the music. The TV series incorporates both 2D animation and 3D graphics, and takes elements from the Final Fantasy games. It was licensed for North America and the United Kingdom by ADV Films were released on Blu-ray. Square Enix game designer Akitoshi Kawazu served as base concept planning and was intended to be the director for the planned video game series.
Due to a combination of low ratings and the financial failure of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, the anime series's planned 52-episode run was cut to 25, leaving the story unfinished. The continuation of the story has been released in a variety of other media including printed and web novel series, manga, radio dramas, and video games.
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