Setzer Gabbiani

Setzer Gabbiani
Final Fantasy character
Concept artwork of Setzer by Yoshitaka Amano for Final Fantasy VI
First gameFinal Fantasy VI (1994)
Created byTetsuya Nomura[1]
Designed byTetsuya Nomura (preliminary)[2]
Yoshitaka Amano[3]
Kazuko Shibuya (sprites)[4]
Voiced byEN: Crispin Freeman[5]
JA: Ryōtarō Okiayu[5]

Setzer Gabbiani (Japanese: セッツァー・ギャッビアーニ, Hepburn: Settsā Gyabbiāni) is a character introduced in the 1994 role-playing video game Final Fantasy VI by Square Enix. A gambler with an airship casino, he originally plots to kidnap the starlet of an opera, before he is coerced into joining the protagonists in their quest to stop the game's Gestahlian Empire. Created by Tetsuya Nomura, he was based on a character class he had originally planned for the game's preceding title, Final Fantasy V. He has since appeared in other titles related to the Final Fantasy franchise, including Kingdom Hearts II, where he is voiced by Crispin Freeman in English, and Ryōtarō Okiayu in Japanese.

Reviewers regarded Setzer as one of the best characters in the game due to his personality and nature, and unique among the series due to being driven by his own desires and ambitions. However this has also earned him some criticism, seen as a "scumbag" by some reviewers, albeit one that improves once he joins the rest of the game's playable cast. Particular praise was given to his story in the game's second half, where he shares a personal tragedy, a moment that some saw as providing much-needed humanization for his character.

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  5. ^ a b "Setzer Gabbiani Voice - Kingdom Hearts II". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved April 29, 2024.