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>I didnt like this when it came out "wheres the summons? wheres the iconic swords? where are the moogles? etc..."
And you were right. Spirits Within is a fine film, but its not Final Fantasy and it put off people who wanted something like Final Fantasy.

If they made something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CUepYCA4c8 into the feature length film Squaresoft might not have gone into bankruptcy and ultimately got bought out by Enix.

Lord of the Rings came out only a few months later to massive boxoffice success, showing there was huge demand for fantasy films in 2001. Hindsight is 20/20 though.