In the early days of the video game industry square enix It has quickly established itself as a very advanced company in terms of technical expertise. The company took pride in the acclaimed games it produced, many of which were based on the powerful internal tools it had for CG creation.
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Square Enix games deserve more love
Unfortunately, not every game Square Enix makes is as universally loved as its famous franchise. But it still can happen!
With that knowledge and tools, they've advanced not only to games but also to producing their own media, licensing out everything they need to create a media empire centered around Japan. So if you're wondering how many shows and movies are based on Square's work, the answer is quite a few.
Because Square Enix's publishing library is vast, this article will only focus on shows and movies based on properties developed by Square Enix.
How many shows and movies does Square Enix produce on its own?
At this point, many Square Enix assets had already been adapted into shows and movies, but none of them had been developed in-house by Square Enix. Up to this point, Square's in-house CG efforts It was limited to short CG scenes within the game. Wanting to utilize their impressive technology, they turned to film, and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was born.
If you know anything about that movie, it's that it wasn't a huge success. A significant setback for Square's subsequent feature film efforts.. You can see all of their hard work below.
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title |
release date |
|---|---|
|
Final Fantasy: The Soul Within |
July 11, 2001 |
|
Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children |
September 14, 2005 |
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Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy 15 |
July 9, 2016 |
Yes, despite all the ambition and expertise. Square only made three full films on their own.And indeed, Advent children are the only children who are held in high esteem in any way. Thankfully, their efforts were not in vain as their CG department, Square Enix Image Studio Division, is still used for all in-game CG scenes.
How many works have been created based on Square Enix's work?
Now, when it comes to works based on the many games Square Enix has made, it's a whole different ballpark. with You can pull from literally dozens of franchises.Square Enix has no shortage of properties to adapt.
Thankfully, it's not just the biggest games that are being adapted, but some of the smaller ones as well. while Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest are definitely disproportionately represented.They are not completely dominant.
Here is the full list: Square Enix licensing and adaptation production:
Many of Square's adaptations are for smaller games, often exclusive to Japan, so this list may not be complete.
|
title |
release date |
Is it a show or a movie? |
|---|---|---|
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Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystal |
March 21, 1994 |
show |
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Final Fantasy: Unlimited |
October 2, 2001 |
show |
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Last Order: Final Fantasy 7 |
September 14, 2005 |
movie |
|
Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV |
March 30, 2016 |
show |
|
Dragon Quest: The Legend of Hero Abel |
December 2, 1989 |
show |
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Dragon Quest: Dai's Adventure (1991) |
October 17, 1991 |
show |
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Dragon Quest: Dai's Adventure |
October 3, 2020 |
show |
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Dragon Quest Saga – Symbol of Loto |
April 20, 1996 |
movie |
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Dragon Quest: Your Story |
August 2, 2019 |
movie |
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Star Ocean EX |
April 3, 2001 |
show |
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Million Arthur (live action) |
October 3, 2014 |
show |
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Million Arthur (Animation) |
October 25, 2018 |
show |
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Legend of Mana: Teardrop Crystal |
October 8, 2022 |
show |
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Lords of Vermilion: Crimson King |
July 13, 2018 |
show |
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Sleeping with a Gamer Girl (Live Action) |
January 7, 2019 |
show |
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The World Ends with You: Animation |
April 10, 2021 |
show |
|
Nier: Automata Ver1.1a |
January 8, 2023 |
show |
Rooming With A Gamer Gal is a comic published by Square Enix, not created by Square Enix. Since then
It revolves around playing Dragon Quest X.
But it felt like a valid inclusion.
The numbers may change slightly depending on what you want to consider a Square Enix asset, but our own system provides: 17 Adaptations of Square's WorksMost of them are animated shows. from having Started with Dragon Quest in 1989That's a surprisingly more modest number than expected.
How many have Square Enix produced in total?
Square Enix may not have had the success they had hoped for when it came to producing feature films, and because of this, they haven't hesitated to enlist the help of others to produce different versions of their works, even for their biggest series. . Let’s take a look at everything they created below.
- What Square Enix has created for themselves, we Three full-length Final Fantasy films.
- In terms of production and licensing, we 17 modificationsOf those, 3 are movies and 14 are shows.
Overall, it gives you Great and even 20 adaptations. That number would be much higher if you counted the many adaptations of comics published by Square Enix, but 20 is a significant number for a representation of one's own work.
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