History Anime / FinalFantasyUnlimited

* HeyItsThatVoice: Creator/AkiraIshida as the voice of Kumo, and...
** Creator/HikaruMidorikawa: ... as the voice of Clear.
** Creator/KikukoInoue: ... as the voice of Fabula.
** Creator/TakehitoKoyasu: ... as the voice of Pist.
** Creator/ToshihikoSeki: ... as the voice of Cid.

* The song "Romancing Train" is mostly Japanese, but opens with English and has English peppered throughout.

->''"Welcome to the night of Wonderland."''\\
--'''Fabula'''

* MacGuffinGirl: Clear, arguably.

* {{Expy}}: The cast has got plenty in ''SamuraiChamploo'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'' thanks to the designer liking to recycle his designs; Fabula also has Cosmos in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''.

''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' is, as the name implies, an anime series produced as part of the [[RunningGag mind-flayingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' franchise. It was produced by {{Gonzo}}, and brought to the United States by Creator/ADVFilms; it's available to the Spanish-speaking audience in a subtitled version, and has also been dubbed in French and German. Like many Gonzo anime, ''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' is often guilty of ConspicuousCG (though it uses said CG better than many other Gonzo productions) and varying art quality depending on which studio is working on each episode.

Originally planned as a two-season anime with an open-ended finale to allow for a third season if it was well-received, ''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' actually had the opposite problem: it did not receive sufficient ratings to have its ''second'' season produced. The unanimated plotline was instead released in two voiced dramas, a book, and several short stories released on the official website--[[NoExportForYou none of which were made available in a language other than Japanese]]. That didn't stop the non-Japanese fans from piecing the rest of the story together through unofficial translations and summaries anyway.

Originally planned as a two-season anime with an open-ended finale to allow for a third season if it was well-received, ''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' did not receive enough attention to have its second season produced. The unanimated plotline was instead released in two voiced dramas, a book, and several short stories released on the official website--[[NoExportForYou none of which were made available in a language other than Japanese]]. That didn't stop the non-Japanese fans from piecing the rest of the story together through unofficial translations and summaries anyway.

''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' tells the story of a pair of twins from the real world, Hayakawa Ai and Yuu, who journey to a bizarre parallel dimension in search of their parents, a pair of scientists who've made a living off said parallel dimension and went there to investigate it... and never quite made it home. Along the way, they and the friends they find there discover a great deal about Wonderland's troubles, which might actually present a threat to the real world as well. Being a ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' story, the villains are affiliated with an EldritchAbomination known as Chaos. And Chaos is battled by existences known as the Unlimited, who are said to be more powerful than gods.

* WhamShot: When the Earl touches Yuu's hand.

* NoExportForYou: Damn it, Square-Enix!

* TheMessiah: [[spoiler:Ai, Yuu, and Kumo all display signs of having this role in the second season.]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: AkiraIshida as the voice of Kumo, and...

** KikukoInoue: ... as the voice of Fabula.

** HikaruMidorikawa: ... as the voice of Clear.

** TakehitoKoyasu: ... as the voice of Pist.
** ToshihikoSeki: ... as the voice of Cid.

* WhiteHairedPrettyboy

* StockFootage: Every time Kaze loads his Magun or Lisa uses one of her special abilities.

* DeadLittleSister: [[spoiler:Kaze's little sister Aura sacrificed herself to let him fight Chaos twelve years ago]]. [[spoiler:Kumo]] points out several times that she'd kick his ass for the cockeyed way he's going at [[spoiler:defeating Chaos]], to limited effect.

** And Fungus is noted for being indestructible, surviving everything that gets thrown at him [[spoiler:until he's betrayed by the Earl and infected with mould]].

* DeusExMachina: Twice a season, Fabula finds some loophole (once a {{Pun}} on her role as a Guide) that allows her to assist Lisa and the twins. The first time, it's by giving Ai a few words of encouragement and Poshepocket; the second time, she pulls our heroes out of the dimensional tunnel when it looks like Omega will destroy them. And then, in ''After'', she [[spoiler:sends Ai, Yu, Lisa, and Chobi back to their own world when Chaos attacks the Comodeen]].

* IntimateHealing: Laughed at in episode 15, where Kaze is found drifting in the ocean by the Comodeen and brought aboard their submarine; when Lisa notes that he doesn't seem to be breathing, Yu prompts her to perform CPR. Although she had no problems using it to resuscitate Ai in the sixth episode, Lisa balks at the thought of having to kiss Kaze--so Knave volunteers. Cue [[{{Squick}} a close-up of his puckered lips descending]]; luckily, Kaze wakes up just in time.

''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' tells the story of a pair of twins from the real world, Hayakawa Ai and Yu, who journey to a bizarre parallel dimension in search of their parents, a pair of scientists who've made a living off said parallel dimension and went there to investigate it... and never quite made it home. Along the way, they and the friends they find there discover a great deal about Wonderland's troubles, which might actually present a threat to the real world as well. Being a ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' story, the villains are affiliated with an EldritchAbomination known as Chaos. And Chaos is battled by existences known as the Unlimited, who are said to be more powerful than gods.

What does this have to do with Ai and Yu, who just want to find their parents and go back home? Well, maybe more than anyone would like.

* CanNotSpitItOut: [[spoiler:The whole misunderstanding between Yu and Touya in ''After Spiral''.]]

* DramaticIrony: Possibly true with Lou Lupus. She leaves the party to go looking for Kaze, which is pretty amusing to the audience, given that we know that Kaze always seems to show up wherever Lisa, the twins Ai and Yu and Chobi are.

* KidWithTheLeash: [[spoiler:Ai and Yu are eventually revealed to have an indirect leash on Kaze's Magun.]]

* LimitedWardrobe: In the first season, Ai gets a change of clothes twice, but no one else does; Yu lampshades this once she gets her winter duds in episode 14. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since all they came to Wonderland with was in Ai's backpack, which Fungo ate. Lisa and the twins get new costumes in the second season, though.

* MeaningfulName: ''Lupus'' is the Latin word for "wolf". And [[spoiler:Joe and Mary's names might be considered to be a biblical reference, considering Ai and Yu's eventual role in the story]].

* TheMessiah: [[spoiler:Ai, Yu, and Kumo all display signs of having this role in the second season.]]

* ShooTheDog: Attempted by Yu when Chobi makes friends with Chocoimo's chocobo herd. [[spoiler:It doesn't stick for too long, though.]]

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Ai and Yu are revealed to be parts of Chaos at the end of the first season. Soljashy spends most of the second season trying to convince them to accept their birthright.]]
* TomatoSurprise: Lou Lupus, revealed as a werewolf in the middle of episode 7. Ai and Yu don't care that she's not human, though, and tell her that her transformations are cool.

-->--'''Fabula'''

->''Welcome to the night of Wonderland.''\\
-- Fabula

''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' is, as the name implies, an anime series produced as part of the [[RunningGag mind-flayingly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' franchise. It was produced by Gonzo, and brought to the United States by ADV; it's available to the Spanish-speaking audience in a subtitled version, and has also been dubbed in French and German. Like many Gonzo anime, ''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' is often guilty of ConspicuousCG (though it uses said CG better than many other Gonzo productions) and varying art quality depending on which studio is working on each episode.

!!Final Fantasy: Unlimited utilizes the following tropes:

* BodyHorror: Poor, poor [[spoiler:Dolk]]...

** HikaruMidorikawa: ...as the voice of Clear.
** KikukoInoue: ...as the voice of Fabula.
** TakehitoKoyasu: ...as the voice of Pist.
** ToshihikoSeki: ...as the voice of Cid.

* NotSoHarmless: All the lords of Gaudium, but Soljashy especially.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Sort of. About who's with them- no one cares when [[spoiler:Fungus dies because he never did anything noteworthy.]]

* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: "And when did you wake up?"

''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' is, as the name implies, an anime series produced as part of the [[RunningGag mind-flayingly popular]] ''FinalFantasy'' franchise. It was produced by Gonzo, and brought to the United States by ADV; it's available to the Spanish-speaking audience in a subtitled version, and has also been dubbed in French and German. Like many Gonzo anime, ''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' is often guilty of ConspicuousCG (though it uses said CG better than many other Gonzo productions) and varying art quality depending on which studio is working on each episode.

''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' tells the story of a pair of twins from the real world, Hayakawa Ai and Yu, who journey to a bizarre parallel dimension in search of their parents, a pair of scientists who've made a living off said parallel dimension and went there to investigate it... and never quite made it home. Along the way, they and the friends they find there discover a great deal about Wonderland's troubles, which might actually present a threat to the real world as well. Being a ''FinalFantasy'' story, the villains are affiliated with an EldritchAbomination known as Chaos. And Chaos is battled by existences known as the Unlimited, who are said to be more powerful than gods.

* AfterlifeExpress: Good ol' Elizabeth, which is a ShoutOut to the phantom train of FinalFantasyVI.

* {{Expy}}: The cast has got plenty in ''SamuraiChamploo'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'' thanks to the designer liking to recycle his designs; Fabula also has Cosmos in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyDissidia''.

* ShoutOut: Episode 17 is a play on the traditional FinalFantasy Toad spell, and Kiri and Kumo both seem to use a lot of FinalFantasy spells during their battle in episode 18.

* CuteShotaroBoy: Yu and Clear.

* {{Expy}}: The cast has got plenty in ''SamuraiChamploo'' and ''TalesOfLegendia'' thanks to the designer liking to recycle his designs; Fabula also has Cosmos in ''FinalFantasyDissidia''.

* TheAragorn: Knave and the Comodeen eventually assume this role as the story becomes more serious, but they never quite outgrow being PluckyComicRelief at the same time.