Final Fantasy IX Anime Adaption Idea

Season One:

Episode #1: Zidane Tribal, Blank, Marcus, and Cinna fight Baku. Princess Garnet wakens, and Vivi explores Alexandria, meeting Puck and sneaking into the castle. Tantalus performs “I Want to be Your Canary” and eventually convince Princess Garnet to come with them. Steiner corners Zidane and friends and a battle begins on the stage.

Episode #2: Zidane and friends fight off Steiner while the Queen orders the destruction of the Prima Vista. The Prima Vista escapes, crashing into the Evil Forest.

Episode #3: Zidane and Steiner save Vivi, Zidane unlocking his Trance form. Zidane goes up against Baku and wins, earning the right to leave Tantalus. Zidane, Vivi, and Steiner go after the captured Princess. Zidane and friends save Garnet and make a run for it as the forest petrifies. The gang barely escapes, Blank sacrificing himself to save them.

Episode #4: Zidane and friends explore the Ice Cavern before falling prey to Black Waltz No. 1’s spell. Fighting alone, Zidane barely manages to defeat the Black Waltz before passing out. The others find Zidane and wake him up, continuing their journey. Finding the small village of Dali, Garnet decides to go by the name Dagger so nobody knows she is the princess. The gang explores the mysterious village separately and Vivi winds up being captured.

Episode #5: When Vivi doesn’t return to the inn, Zidane and Dagger sense something is wrong. Hearing Vivi crying from underground, Zidane and Dagger find the underground passage and make their way through the underground factory. Finding Vivi, the three come across the mass-production of black mages. Dagger worries her mother is up to something foul when she sees the mages are headed to the castle. The three sneak into a barrel to hide, soon being found out by Steiner. Suddenly, a second Black Waltz appears to retrieve the princess. The gang defeats the second Black Waltz and hitch a ride on the airship.

Episode #6: The third Black Waltz appears and incurs Vivi’s wrath by destroying some of the black mages. Vivi enters Trance, defeating the third Black Waltz with Zidane and Steiner’s help. The Black Waltz chases after the airship using Zorn and Thorn’s air boat. After an elaborate chase scene the airship (piloted by Dagger) makes it through the South Gate, but the South Gate is damaged by the crashed air boat (and the seemingly destroyed Black Waltz No. 3). The gang is taken in by the sight of the titanic Lindblum City.

Episode #7: The gang meets with Regent Cid, who has been turned into an oglop. Cid agrees with Dagger that something is fishy in Alexandria. Later, the gang splits up and explores Lindblum. Zidane meets up with an old friend, Freya the Dragon Knight, Vivi buys a Kupo Nut and Steiner gets lost. Zidane decides to enter the Festival of the Hunt taking place the next day.

Episode #8: The Festival of the Hunt begins. Zidane, Vivi, Freya and a host of others enter. After a while Zidane, Freya, and Vivi team up to fight a Zaghnol who is attacking some children. Zidane enters trance to deliver the finishing blow, but Freya’s powerful Jump ability allows her to land the finishing blow. With the Zaghnol defeated Freya wins the Festival of the Hunt.

Episode #9: Cid hosts a celebratory feast, but a wounded Burmecian soldier interrupts. The gang learns that black mages are attacking Burmecia. Learning of the invasion of Burmecia Freya decides to return home immediately. Zidane offers to go, but when Dagger wishes to go as well Cid and the others forbid it. Dagger laces the feast with sleeping weed and she and Steiner leave. When Zidane and the others recover they head for the Gizamaluke’s Grotto using the Dragon Gate.

Episode #10: Zidane, Vivi, and Freya meet Quina Qu. Quina joins the gang. Meanwhile, Dagger and Steiner sneak into the South Gate. Freya and company pass through the Gizamaluke’s Grotto, horrified by all of the dead soldiers. The gang spots Gizamaluke attacking a newly married Moogle couple and step in to save them. After a difficult battle Freya deals the finishing blow with her Trance.

Episode #11: Dagger and Steiner meet up with Marcus and Cinna at South Gate. Cinna heads off on his own while Marcus reveals he too is headed to Treno. Along the way the mountain cab is stopped by…the third Black Waltz?! The three join forces, but Dagger struggles to fight her first real battle without Zidane. At the end of the battle Steiner congratulates Dagger as the princess looks forward to becoming stronger.

Episode #12: Zidane and friends reach Burmecia’s capital and are struck by the carnage. Slashing past a few black mage troupes the party reaches the castle and find it empty…except for the presence of the Queen, General Beatrix, and the mysterious Kuja. The Queen returns to her ship while Beatrix quickly defeats Zidane and crew.

Episode #13: Licking their wounds, Zidane and friends quickly head for the neighboring settlement of Cleyra. Meanwhile, Dagger and company arrive in Treno. After trying to steal the Supersoft, Dagger learns that it is owned by Doctor Tot, her old teacher. Tot agrees to give them the Supersoft so that Blank can be revived. Meanwhile, Zidane and company sneak past the weakened sandstorm barrier of Cleyra.

Episode #14: Dagger’s group ride on the Gargant and arrive in Alexandria. Zorn and Thorn capture Dagger’s group. Meanwhile, Zidane’s group climbs the Cleyra tree. Zidane’s group saves Puck from the Antlion. Puck reveals he found Sir Fratley on his journey, but Fratley has lost his memories.

Episode #15: As Zidane’s group explores Cleyra, Alexandrian soldiers begin their invasion as the sandstorm disperses. Zidane’s group and the remaining citizens hold up in the temple. Beatrix sneaks in and steals the jewel. Zidane and friends fight Beatrix once more, but are defeated. Beatrix returns to the Red Rose, Zidane, Freya, and Vivi following. On the Red Rose Zidane and friends watch as Queen Brahne summons Odin and destroys Cleyra.

Episode #16: Horrified, Zidane and company learn that Brahne plans to execute Garnet. Using the telepods, Zidane, Vivi, and Freya make their way to the Alexandria Castle Dungeon, meeting up with a recently escaped Steiner. Steiner reveals that Marcus and he escaped earlier. While Marcus went on to save Blank, Steiner has been looking for the Princess. Finally finding Dagger in the underground chapel, the gang rushes her up to the throne room to escape, but not before being confronted by Zorn, Thorn, and Beatrix. A four-on-three battle breaks out!

Episode #17: Beatrix finally realizes that the Queen has gone off the deep end. Using her White Magic, Beatrix revives Dagger. Beatrix, Freya, and Steiner work together to hold Brahne’s forces off while Zidane, Dagger, and Vivi escape to the Gargant. The Gargant goes nuts as it is chased by a serpent monster and eventually crashes past the Treno stop.

Episode #18: At the Pinnacle Rocks Dagger earns Ramuh as her newest (and now only) Eidolon. As they leave, Zidane, Dagger, and Vivi witness Alexandria’s invasion of Lindblum. With Lindblum devastated Zidane, Dagger, and Vivi plan with Regent Cid the next course of action. Knowing Kuja is located somewhere on the north’s Outer Continent, Cid sends Zidane and company to the excavation site at the Qu’s Marsh so that they might reach the Outer Continent and storm Kuja’s hideout. Meanwhile, the Alexandria naval fleet prepares to set out from Lindblum’s harbor.

Episode #19: At the Qu’s Marsh Zidane and friends find that Quina survived the destruction of Cleyra and is ready to go with them to the Outer Continent. Finding the entrance to the excavation site, the gang enters but is soon chased by a giant machine! Just barely escaping their pursuer, the gang is attacked by Lani the Bounty Hunter. They chase Lani off and continue exploring the Fossil Roo. Eventually they reach the end of Fossil Roo and walk out under the sun…

Episode #20: The gang notices that without Mist the lighting on the Outer Continent is much different. Reaching Conte Petie, Zidane and the others explore…eventually coming across a black mage! The gang follows the mage back to the southeast forest and find an entire settlement of ‘aware’ black mages.

Episode #21: Vivi and the gang learn about the black mages. That night Zidane tells Dagger about his past, saying Vivi might be contemplating staying with the black mages. The next morning Vivi says he’s going to see the world so he can tell the others about it and the four set off again. Zidane and Dagger ‘get married’ so that they can go to the Sanctuary. The group meets Eiko, the last of the summoners. Quina runs off after Mog to eat her. Eiko joins the party and they set off to Madain Sari, her home village.

Episode #24: At Madain Sari Eiko prepares dinner for the group while Dagger visits the Eidolon Wall. Quina helps Eiko cook. Later that night Zidane and Vivi pee away their troubles under the stars. The next morning Eiko decides to take the gang to the Iifa Tree. The gang explores the Iifa Tree and eventually fights and destroys the monster creating the mist.

Episode #25: The gang learns that a pendant has been stolen from Madain Sari. Returning, Eiko is soon captured by Lani and held random. Salamander appears and drives off Lani, disagreeing with the use of kidnapping. Salamander challenges Zidane. As the battle heats up, both enter Trance. Zidane defeats Salamander, who agrees to join their group to learn more about Zidane. The gang heads to the Iifa Tree, finally spotting Kuja…but also the Alexandria Naval Fleet.

Episode #26: Queen Brahne summons Bahamut to kill Kuja. Dagger unseals Leviathan, hoping he can help her save her mother. Kuja uses the Invincible to take control of Bahamut. Bahamut destroys the fleet. Vivi narrates as Queen Brahne dies in her daughter’s presence, finally free of her greed.