How Square Enix Created Final Fantasy XIV's Incredible Trailers | Game Studio Spotlight

Опубликовано: 22 Июнь 2026
на канале: The Canipa Effect
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Canipa explores the history of Square Enix Visual Works and their creation process to determine how the team are able to create consistently stunning trailers for Final Fantasy XIV Online and its expansions.

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Sources and Further Reading:
Exploring The Intense Visual Mastery of Square-Enix Cutscenes (My article that covers similar topics) - https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feat...
FFXIV Letter From the Producer Part XX Translation - http://tales-of-hydaelyn.guildwork.co...
Hawaii Business on Square Pictures - https://web.archive.org/web/201506260...
Final Fantasy VII: An Oral History - https://www.polygon.com/a/final-fanta...
The Cinematic Legacy of Square Enix -    • THE CINEMATIC LEGACY OF SQUARE ENIX | KAZU...  
Kazuyuki Ikumori on Advent Children - https://www.siliconera.com/final-fant...

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Intro:
Animated by Christian Maize (@CookieficationJ)
Music by Steven Kelly (@Sarifus)
Produced for The Canipa Effect

Games and Anime featured in this video (chronologically):

Final Fantasy XIV Online (A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, Stormblood, Shadowbringers)
Diablo 4
Deathloop
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Gunslinger Stratos: Reloaded
Final Fantasy XIII
Gunslinger Stratos 3
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV
Final Fantasy IX
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Final Fantasy X-2
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Final Fantasy XV
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Music:

Civilizations - Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
Songs of Salt and Suffering - Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood
Freefall - Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
A Long Fall - Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
I Am The Sea - Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Heavensward - Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward

All footage is used for the purpose of review and is fair use.
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