A Final Fantasy 9 The project that was seemingly shelved earlier this year is reportedly back on schedule and will be ready for release in just a few years, but it's not the remake many fans have been hoping for. Instead, fans will get an anime adaptation of Final Fantasy 9with the short series targeting 2028 for its release.
The Final Fantasy series has been bringing great RPG adventures to players around the world since the first game was released in 1987, but there have been a number of Final Fantasy anime shows and movie releases spread over the past 31 years. Most of these have been OVAs, but the franchise has also spawned a one-season anime show and a movie in the past, and with a recent announcement, another series seems to have been saved from the scrap heap.
Square Enix Fuels Final Fantasy 9 Remake Rumor Fire
Square Enix is updating its official website to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy 9, and fans believe it's a hint of big things to come.
Final Fantasy 9 is getting an anime adaptation
During the summer, Final Fantasy 9 celebrated its 25th anniversary, having first been released in Japan on the original PlayStation console on July 7, 2000. Part of that celebration included the mention of an upcoming animated series based on the game, which had been officially announced by Cyber Group Studios way back in 2021. However, plans for that series appeared to be tough, tough in France25. animated television producer and distributor had filed for financial insolvency in 2024, and a judge had ordered its assets to be liquidated in April 2025, seemingly shelving the project before it had a chance to be released.
Now, the reasons for the animated series' inclusion in the celebration seem a little clearer, thanks to a report from French TV and film industry publication Ecran Total. According to that report, the series is back on track with an estimated release window of 2028, but it will be completed under the wing of Euro Visual, a company best known for its work on French animated children's series At 5 and the second and third seasons of Bellflower Bunnies. Like Euro Visual's other notable works, the Final Fantasy 9 The project will be a children's animated series aimed at the 6-13 demographic, which is appropriate, given the ninth installment in the RPG series' milder, more cartoonish tone compared to the other games surrounding it on the timeline. The report also states that the series is slated for 13 episodes, each with a 22-minute runtime, and will be presented in a 2D format.
While the animated series being back on track is good news for fans, it's probably not the announcement most of them wanted to hear. After the success of Final Fantasy 7 Remake In 2020, many other classic games in the series have been thrown up by the community for the potential of getting the remake treatment as well. Rumors of one Final Fantasy 9 remake over the past four years has suggested that it is an official Square Enix project, and these claims have been backed up by data efforts at Nvidia and information dumps from reputable leakers.
Still, there's no official confirmation from Square Enix that the 2000 classic RPG has a remake currently in development, and more recent rumors could spell bad news for the potential project, assuming it exists. In October, leaker Nate the Hate reported that he had nothing new to report on the project, assuming Final Fantasy 9 remake had been delayed or otherwise “put on hold,” and said he didn't know if or when the software company would resume work on it. Nate the Hate's reliability as a leaker is a topic of discussion in the gaming community, although he has been right about several things in the past, including the release dates of Nintendo Switch 2 games and the content of several game shows.
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July 7, 2000
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T for Teens: Violence, mild language
