I highly enjoyed Final Fantasy. I have to admit, there's a scene where Aki is in a dress and bends at the waist (as women are wont to do). And I'll be damned if it didn't get a rise out of me. Of course, she's got a body nobody can have (it's the skimpy waistline, she actually has a fairly small to middlin chest) outside of animation. But I look forward to whatever Square does in the future. They plan to use Aki in future films, either their own or for others. Really excited about it, she was an interesting persona.

The only thing that was missing was tears. I don't think it's a technical problem (there are tears in Twisted Metal: Black on the PS2 for instance), but more they spent their budget early. Other than that, you'd almost never know it was a computer animation...

Rob Nelson
ronelson@vt.edu