6 Final Fantasy Sequels That You Didn't Know Existed

Like many other Japanese developers, Square Enix have utilised animation, albeit sparsely in comparison to some, to build upon several of their universes. The best known of their output is probably Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, though many will also remember Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and how it became one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, terminating Square's plans for a film division in one fell swoop.

More recently, the release of Final Fantasy XV was supplemented by both a feature-length prequel, Kingsglaive, and an anime mini-series, Brotherhood, which built upon the backstories of the leading foursome. The company's first animated effort, however, was Legend Of The Crystals, a 1994 follow-up to Final Fantasy V.

Set in the same world as its predecessor, Legends' plot is hardly original, as a new evil emerges to pose a threat to the world's crystals, following in the footsteps of Exdeath two hundred years after his demise. This prompts Lady Linaly (a descendant of Bartz) to join with three others and become a new set of Warriors Of Light, vanquishing the menace over the span of four episodes.

The series actually made its way to the West before Final Fantasy V did, as its 1998 release prompted the first official English language version (as part of Final Fantasy Anthology on the original PlayStation) by a year. A physical copy is hard to come by, but franchise diehards can watch it on YouTube easily enough.