Dawn: The Worlds of Final Fantasy(2009)

Yoshitaka Amano

The game Final Fantasy is a tale of bold heroes and heroines, breathtaking landscapes and terrifying creatures. "Dawn" collects the paintings, detailed line art, and preliminary sketches designed for the first four games.


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From book cover:

There is only one Final Fantasy.

Through more than two dozen wildly diverse adventures since the first game was released in 1987, the international influence of the game is legendary both inside the video-game industry and throughout popular culture. It is a tale of bold heroes and heroines, breath-taking landscapes and terrifying creatures. Through Final Fantasy, characters such as Luneth, Refia, Rosa Farrell, Cecil Harvey, and many others have become household names to millions of players across the globe. And for many of the games, the epic landscapes have all been brought to life through the remarkable vision of one man: Yoshitaka Amano.

Now, for the first time outside Japan, Amano and Square-Enix, Inc., have permitted the artwork that inspired the designs of the Final Fantasy games to be published. In Dawn, you will see the development of the first four games through Amano's paintings, detailed line art, and preliminary sketches.

If you've taken this journey before, prepare to see the world you know through new eyes. If you're embarking on this quest for the first time, brace yourself. Your life will never be the same again.

There's never been a game, a world, an adventure, like Final Fantasy.


Cover design by Scott Cook