Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Lucis, Noctis Lucis Caelum, sets out on a journey to Caem. His purpose is to meet with Lunafreya Nox Fleuret, an oracle and Noctis' childhood friend, in order to marry her. A strong and silent type, Noctis is accompanied by his friends and Royal Guard Gladiolus, Prompto, and Ignis. The four young men set out on a road trip across the continent in the king's personal convertible, the Regalia. Along the journey, each of them experience various situations which allow them to reflect on their past together, and strengthen their bonds for the future.
A prequel to the 2016 video game Final Fantasy XV, Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV explores the relationships of its four main protagonists and the challenges awaiting them.
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Kashmius
Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV is a five episode short(special sixth episode limited to the special editions) that is supposed to be a treat for those like me who are anticipating the grand game. Now I have waited a decade for this beautiful game so seeing an animation short is pretty sweet. While I would like a full blown 25+ episode anime made for this game, I can see why this exists and its purpose. It's there to present the fans of the series who have been long anticipating this game to connect with the characters and build on them. The animation short does just that.It represents each character nicely. I find it to really deliver on that aspect. A prequel of sorts that tells the story from a more character-based perspective. This is really important as if we are going to be experiencing this game we would love to know more about these characters and who they are.
The four characters have an episode of their own and each episode also shows their connections with each other. In particular, the episodes dedicated to characters other than Noctis always come back to showing their connection with Noctis.
Story-wise, it does what it does. It tells the character's background story as an overhead of what is to come in the future. This requires them taking flashbacks to past moments in the lives of these characters, ultimately achieving the goal to present us with details on who they were before the present. And it is all done in a very sweet way. It certainly feels like "an anime." It's Final Fantasy XV in anime form. Characters all feel alive to me now after watching this.
The art is gloriously beautiful. Honestly, I prefer the art in this to any of the stuff we have coming from the more established anime titles now(anime like Sword Art Online and Shingeki no Kyojin). It's just magnificent. Colors and lighting are just so flexible and vibrant. The vast detail in the scenes(especially the fight scenes) is perhaps where the animation and art is the best.
Any music related to Square is an automatic 10/10. For anything related to Final Fantasy XV, it's beyond that. The music for this game was spectacular to begin with. Carrying over to the animated series just takes it even further. If there's one thing good about Final Fantasy XV, it's the music(although I love everything about it). The music is orchestrated divinely. Yoko Shimomura deserves a lot of credit for it.
Overall, I have to say I extremely enjoyed it, as I do with anything related to Final Fantasy XV. If you are someone anticipating this game or are a newcomer to the franchise I recommend checking this out because it really lets you know the characters are alive. They have personalities and we have information as to who they are. It's not something you would watch if you are treating it like some seasonal anime, it's more like something for the fans to watch and understand.
The characters won't have to be a worry for me while playing this beautiful game. The animated short, for me, did a really good job at actually getting to know Noctis, Prompto, Ignis, and Gladio.
ArchStanton
I have to admit, given Final Fantasy's bad record of anime/3D animation adaptations I wasn't particularly excited about these shorts. But when I heard the minor buzz that they were actually better than they had any right to be I decided to give them a shot. And I'm glad I did. While Kingsglaive shows off the effects and action that Final Fantasy XV is capable of these shorts focus more on the characters. And that gives them a tremendous advantage. Each episode is focused on a different character, apart from episode one which establishes the basics of their relationships. These shorts are only about fifteenminutes long so they don't have time to show us too much and instead focus on one aspect of their personalities. The focus at all times is on their relationship with Noctis. Episode 2 shows how Prompto and Noctis became friends despite his being a filthy peasant, episode 3 shows how Gladio came to respect Noctis despite his being a bit of a spoiled brat, and episode 4 is about Ignis' attempts to educate/understand Noctis. Episode 5 tells how Noctis' mother(?) died and a bit about why he's so detatched. These are all told through flashbacks set up by events on their roadtrip. The series as a whole is bookended by an attack that happens in the first episode and is resolved in the final one.
I enjoyed all of these and especially appreciated how the characters were actually allowed to experience real change throughout the series. It's not overly long or complicated, and it barely has any overarching plot, but it works well at humanizing these characters. The series is basically just an advertisement for the game (they're available for free online) and as such they do their job well. If this level of quality is what Final Fantasy XV is like I'm game.
Gundroog
I went into this anime to mainly get a feel for the main company of characters and their dynamics and was kinda disappointed, kinda because it turned out to be what I expected. The main cast consistent of very one-note characters and getting an episode to learn a bit more about them unfortunately doesn't change that since it adds very little aside from past details that become seemingly irrelevant in the grand scheme. Noct is a moody brat, Prompto is a cheerful bishounen, Ignis is a wet sponge and Gladiolus is a big guy who doesn't know how to wear a shirt. All of themjust feel like a bunch of archetypes thrown together for the sake of variety rather than a proper company of friends who share a history. They go through a couple of pretty personal interactions but that's it, otherwise you could claim they met each other yesterday and it wouldn't feel much different, I feel like having some interesting banter and more real friendship moments could've helped to change that.
Otherwise there's little going on in this story-wise, there are some plot points that might be relevant to the game but I don't know of them so pretty much all I got out of this is a short road trip filled with flashbacks providing insights for the characters and occasional glimpse of the world surrounding them. Each individual story was bit of a bland plot template with FFXV characters drawn on top so that wasn't exactly an interesting watch.
All character designs themselves are painfully boring, I don't know why but everyone seems to be opposed to characters wearing something other than lame black outfits most of which reflect their personality in the most blatant way possible. Doesn't help that a lot of the time animation is underwhelming and stiff with character art eventually having a stroke thanks to designs being quite detailed and not animation friendly. One thing show does really well however are backgrounds, they're all quite nicely drawn and composed, almost to a point where I'd say it's worth watching just to look at how nice they are.
To summarize it's a mediocre show with nothing going for it aside from the gorgeous background art.
karlyn__kei
I really enjoyed these shorts. While I have some things to critique, overall they exceeded my expectations (by far) and served their purpose (i.e. got my hyped for the game). The story is what you would expect from a FF game/spin-off (or prequel, in this case)--but in my opinion, I personally like this story more than others from preceding games. It has a uniqueness I can't quite delineate--in fact, it might just be Noct as a character that draws me in, as opposed to, say, Tidus (lol citing basically the only other FF game I've invested any sort of time into). Despite the subtle cliché basisthat comes from FF as a whole, the fact that Noct is a character I've come so quickly to care about is enough to make the story feel, from what we were given, well composed.
The art, while I have no complaints about it particularly (considering I normally prefer the hand-drawn style), was nothing to flaunt. I almost wish (and I know this probably wouldn't have been feasible) that these shorts were in the beautiful CGI style that the game demo advertised. Again, that's just my preference, but it was what I was sort of expecting (given that I did no research whatsoever before diving into watching these shorts).
Overall, I'd certainly recommend these shorts to anyone planning or contemplating buying FFXV. After playing the demo I was already pretty excited for the release, but this little mini-series gives a lot more information as to our main characters in the game and their backstories.
Pytbull-san
Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV is a prequel to Final Fantasy XV, one of my favorite games. Thanks to this anime I was able to better understand the game. Even though it has a few episodes, the story, as short as it is, helped me understand the relationship between Noctis and his friends. The characters are presented quite well, each with an episode dedicated to him. Argentum Prompto, the best friend of Noctis, is a funny guy, but sometimes he seemed careless. Scientia Ignis is the king's adviser, a serious character, but a bit too serious. Gladiolus's friendship with the prince's bodyguard, his occupation makes him very protective. Irecommend this miniseries to all fans of the Final Fantasy game series. The only downside is that the series is short.
Nlochoco
This series of Final Fantasy sounds like a rip off rather than an actual game. The story, which is the core of every Final Fantasy media is not well written at all. These free episodes were just an excuse for the bad story telling, and not only the didn't fix the story, they just made it look even more plain. The character interactions are nothing like the previous series, Noctis and his friends are like complete strangers to each other. That gives me an uncomfortable feeling like they're forced to be together. I know that this is a tragic story but where are the emotions?The story could be developed into a master piece. On the other hand, I really like the Art style. It some how reminds me of Japanese anime style and western style at the same time, just like how the way it should be.
seekr12
I guess this was a serviceable little show. I'm deep into FFXV now and I heard this series gives you a greater appreciation for the characters. Basically, it goes into some little vignettes in the past about each member of the party, but it doesn't really show anything major. Prompto loses weight as a kid, Gladiolus gains respect in training Noctis, Ignis gains respect in taking care of Noctis, Noctis gets revenge on a lamia thing that killed his mom. Out of the four, Noctis' story is the most interesting as something of consequence actually happens. It would have been cool to see further intothe other 3's backstories but I'm guessing this is either explored in the game or will be explored further. Overall, a decent show that will give you a little more appreciation for the characters you play as, as the game does kinda throw you right in expecting who these characters are.
ziratrugar
Watching this show made me wish they would've adapted the whole game into an anime. It was so much better than I was anticipating it was going to be. I enjoyed playing Final Fantasy XV because it did a great job exploring the relationship between Noctis and his friends. Giving us more backstory into the leadup of the game. This made for a very compelling anime. Story: The story follows the origins into the relationships between each member of Noctis' party with Noctis himself. Each episode flipped between the past, and their current journey at the start of the game. It added important context into the establishmentof their friendships, making them seem more important.
Art:
The art was the weak point of the show. It didn't look like a high-end production, more like a cheap tie-in to promote the game. Which it probably was. But that's unfortunate
Sound:
The voice acting was really good. But the theme music was lacking.
Character:
Brotherhood was character-driven to the max. It was all about further developing the main characters in the game, so it went to 11 with this mission. The stories they told about how each member of Noctis' party met Noctis was compelling, and built intrigue in their relationships. I don;t know how a show could do better character development in 5 episodes.
Enjoyment:
For a short anime, it was very fun to watch. I thought everybody came off better, and each story was really fun to watch.
Overall:
This show would've been better had it been a 24-26 episode anime. They could've really done more development while also adding in the events from the game. It could've been much more, but that wasn't really the show's purpose. A great show that wasn't really intended to be that.
robert788
Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV (2016) Enjoyable as a sort of prequel to the game and gives a good insight into what to expect if you haven't played the game along with the other media for FFXV to date. The story is 4 sort of introductions/backstories and the final is a more formal introduction to the game as such. The art used is a good standard, I actually prefer the FFXV style CGI used in the other media to this. It is nicely done however and emotional. The sound is good but lacks some depth that the other stuff didn't. Characters develop in as much as itis a backstory to the main game. This is done nicely and in some ways a bit more unexpected than I expected.
It is a solid watch just not amazing. Definitely worth watching if you plan to play the game for some insight.
7/10.
AtomicQueen
Brotherhood serves as a prequel to the video game Final Fantasy XV and gives some insight on the characters that had to be cut from the video game itself. It does well in what it sets out to do, which is to serve as a supplement to the game. Story: 5/10 Mediocre The central plot itself isn't very exciting, Noctis is to be married as some sort of peace agreement with Niflheim and must go on a long road trip to meet up with his bride so they can protect the fate of the world. The majority of screentime is devoted to banter and bromantic momentsbetween the main cast ( I mean what else do you get when you send four hot guys on a roadtrip). There are some fight scenes where you get to see the awesome weapons the guys have but they are short and only exist to create an actual plot in between the character interactions. For 3 out of the 5 episodes something happens to one of the main characters which triggers a flashback on how they become friends with Noctis and the entire episode is spent in that flashback. Not saying this is necessarily bad but its very clear that the central plot exists just to tie the flashbacks together and create a story.
Art: 7/10 Good
All the main characters are designed to be good looking and are enjoyable to look at. The backgrounds are beautiful and diverse and the animation is fluid enough. However nothing about the art in this series is above average. The main characters do not get much expression and at times appear stiff. As a result I found the characters rather bland compared to other anime I've watched. I tend to enjoy more over the top expressions but some may prefer the more scaled back emotional displays. The art is solid and is no way bad enough to hinder the viewing experience but is nothing special either.
Sound: 6/10 Fair
First off I have to say the video games OST is much better than the anime's but that's to be expected with the anime only being 5 episodes. I'm a sucker for piano music so I enjoyed those bits quite a lot (the main theme is my favorite out of the soundtrack). I am by no means a music genius so take my opinion in this section with a grain of salt, but I didn't find much of the music to really enhance the scenes for me. It had the classic danger music when an enemy appeared but no songs that had me thinking to myself "this is awesome". The voice acting was good but average, I like Prompto's voice the most. The majority sounded like the typical anime male to me.
Character: 7/10 Good
Brotherhood is all about the characters. The goal of this series was to provide background information about the characters relationship with one another and in that they succeeded. It is almost crucial to watch this anime if you have any interest in playing the video game because it gives much more depth to the characters relationships than what is provided in the game. The game sort of just plonks you down on a roadtrip with these four guys with little explanation. It made me care much more about the characters after seeing the anime. Prompto is the most interesting character in my opinion and his episode was my favorite. However all the characters seem to fall into a stereotype. Prompto is the happy go lucky comedic relief, Ignis is the serious silent one, Gladiolus is the gruff but caring older brother type and Noctis is the distressed pretty boy. They are still enjoyable but if you're looking for unique characters you won't find them here.
Enjoyment: 6/10 Fair
I started playing Final Fantasy XV and heard about the anime and figured I would give it a watch. I'm glad I did so because it let me appreciate the characters and gave me an actual sense of why I was on a road trip with four hot guys who screamed bromance. Prompto's backstory made me laugh and was the best episode in my opinion. The others were interesting enough to keep my interest and enhance my experience. One thing the anime did right was the length, the episodes put together equal about an hour. So whether you enjoy it or not, it doesn't waste much of your time.
Final Verdict: 6/10 Fair
If you plan on watching this anime by itself I don't think you would enjoy it very much. There is no "ending" that leaves you satisfied since its basically a prequel to the video game. In order to enjoy this anime the most I would watch it as a companion to the video game. If you're playing Final Fantasy XV this anime serves as a great way to get more immersed in the characters and actually care about them. Otherwise I would give this show a pass.
