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   1 {{short description|2014 role-playing video game and its franchise}}
   2 {{use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}
   3 {{Distinguish|Grand Blue Dreaming}}
   4 {{Infobox video game
   5 | title = Granblue Fantasy
   6 | image = Granblue Fantasy logo.png
   7 | caption =
   8 | developer = [[Cygames]]
   9 | publisher = Cygames
  10 | series =
  11 | platforms = {{ubl |[[Android (operating system)|Android]]|[[iOS]]|[[iPadOS]]|[[Browser game|Web browser]]}}
  12 | released = {{Video game release|JP|March 10, 2014}}
  13 | genre = [[Massively multiplayer online role-playing game]]
  14 | modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
  15 | director = Tetsuya Fukuhara
  16 | producer = Yuito Kimura (Launch - 2014),
  17 Koichi Haruta (2014 - 2016),
  18 Yuito Kimura (2016 - Current)
  19 | artist = Hideo Minaba, Yuya Nagai, Ryoji Ohara, Ryota Murayama, Hitomi Yoshimura
  20 | writer =
  21 | composer = {{ubl|[[Nobuo Uematsu]]|Tsutomu Narita}}
  22 }}
  23 {{nihongo foot|'''''Granblue Fantasy'''''|グランブルーファンタジー|Guranburū Fantajī|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]:グランブルーファンタジー, [[Hepburn romanization|Hepburn]]: ''Guranburū Fantajī)'' is a Japanese [[social-network game]] and [[role-playing video game]] developed by [[Cygames]] for [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[iOS]] and [[web browser]]s, which first released in Japan in March 2014. The game reunites [[music composer]] [[Nobuo Uematsu]] and [[art director]] Hideo Minaba, who previously collaborated on ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' (1992), ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' (1994), ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' (2000) and ''[[Lost Odyssey]]'' (2007).
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  25 ==Gameplay==
  26 The game plays as a [[role-playing video game]] with [[turn-based]] battles.<ref name="jps">{{cite web|last=James |first=Dean |url=http://www.justpushstart.com/2013/11/granblue-fantasy-revealed-nobuo-uematsus-mobile-blockbuster-jrpg/ |title=Granblue Fantasy revealed as Nobuo Uematsu's mobile 'blockbuster' JRPG |publisher=Just Push Start |access-date=2013-11-27}}</ref> The game also contains [[Summon magic (Final Fantasy)|summon]]s and a [[Final Fantasy character jobs|class system]] that alters the main character's move-set and growth.<ref name="polygon.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/11/8/5080618/final-fantasy-veterans-team-up-for-blockbuster-jrpg-granblue-fantasy |title=Final Fantasy veterans team up for mobile 'blockbuster JRPG' Granblue Fantasy |publisher=Polygon |date=2013-11-08 |access-date=2013-11-27}}</ref>  Characters gain levels and abilities by accruing experience; by collecting certain materials, some character may earn an extra star (which is called "FLB" or full limit break) summons and weapons equipped also confer characters with bonuses on attack power and HP.  The characters themselves are gained either via quests (the main story quests or special event quests) or by using in-game currency to receive random crystal fragments, which may contain special weapons that add specific characters to the party.  Characters, summons, and weapons are ranked (from best to worst) as SSR, SR, R, or N; each is also of type wind, water, fire, earth, light, or darkness. It is recommended to use a superior element on battle (for example using water against fire) as some dungeon giving a penalty to the non-superior element. Voice actors provide voices for all of the characters in battle, and for much of the main and event story lines including tie-in/collaboration's characters and stories.
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  28 ==Plot==
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  30 Act 1: Girl in Blue<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=ジャイアント黒田 (ライター) |first=武藤先輩 (編集部) |date=9 April 2022 |title=【グラブル】シナリオチームリーダー陣インタビュー。『グラブル』のシナリオの作りかたや四騎士誕生秘話などを語る【8周年記念特集】 {{!}} ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com (Interview) |url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/202204/09256537.html |magazine=[[Famitsu]]}}</ref>
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  32 The Captain ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: 団長, Danchō) (the player character, either Gran (Male) or Djeeta (Female) by default) and their winged companion Vyrn are relaxing in the town of Zinkenstill, when they spot an Erste Empire airship in the sky nearby. The Captain inadvertently comes to the rescue of a girl named Lyria and an Imperial Officer named Katalina as they try to escape from the Empire. However, the Captain suffers a mortal wound during the fight, forcing Lyria to merge her soul with them in order to bring them back from the brink of death. Lyria then uses her power to summon a giant monster called Proto-Bahamut, driving the Empire's forces away. With the Captain and Katalina's fates now tied to Lyria, the three of them decide to head to the island of Estalucia, both to escape from the Empire and possibly find clues about the Captain's estranged father.
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  34 Unfortunately, Katalina's poor piloting skills cause them to crash-land elsewhere in the Port Breeze Archipelago. The trio look for a working airship and a pilot to steer it. They end up meeting Rackam, an odd helmsman working on an airship that has been broken for years. However, the Empire follows them to the island as well, looking to recapture Lyria. The three eventually manage to convince Rackam to help them fight off the Imperial soldiers chasing them, and in return help him finish repairing his airship, the ''Grandcypher'', to make it skyworthy.
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  36 As the Captain travels across the skies, gathering up more allies on their journey and fighting Primal Beasts, creatures created by those many years ago, the crew find themselves slowly dragged into a plot involving the mysterious Black Knight, the doll-like Orchis, and the history that the Empire seeks to keep secret while they pursue Lyria.
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  38 Act 2: Dawning Sky<ref name=":0" />
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  40 After thwarted Freesia's ambitions and collected the remaining Skydom Map Pieces, with the completed Phantagrande Skydom Map, they manage to break thru the miasma of the Grim Basin, but due to Loki's manipulation the Grandcypher crew were separated. The destination they have arrived was the unified kingdom that was destroyed ten years ago, it was the Nalhegrande Skydom. As the Main characters and Katalina have safety gathered in one place, they had met a young man named Cain on Melkmaar Island where they had drifted to.
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  42 Act 3: Wayfaring Astral<ref name=":0" />
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  44 After preventing The True King from taking over the Nalhe Great Wall, the Grandcypher Crew went to chase after the Main Character who had fell from the collapsing island who had rescued Alliah.
  45
  46 ==Development==
  47 {{quotebox|I thought to myself, "Can we really make a mobile RPG with such a large-scale feeling from this?" but after seeing the game screen, I was truly surprised...It's as if you completely forget that you're playing a mobile game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2013/11/08/final-fantasy-vi-art-director-reunites-nobuo-uematsu-new-rpg/#cyLffZTAQdc5D3w7.99 |title=Final Fantasy VI Art Director Reunites With Nobuo Uematsu For A New RPG |publisher=Siliconera |date=2013-11-08 |access-date=2013-11-27}}</ref>|– [[DeNA]] director Kenji Kobayashi  |width=20%|align=right}}Uematsu worked on eleven tracks for the game, with Tsutomu Narita doing nine others, and Minaba drawing roughly 100 potential character designs.<ref>{{cite web|last=Schulenberg |first=Thomas |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2013/11/09/final-fantasy-6-art-director-composer-working-on-granblue-fanta/ |title=Final Fantasy 6 art director, composer working on Granblue Fantasy |publisher=Joystiq |date=2013-11-09 |access-date=2013-11-27}}</ref> The game also contains [[voice over]]s from [[Hiroaki Hirata]] as Rackam, who previously worked on ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' and ''[[Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy]]''.<ref name="polygon.com"/>
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  49 The game was originally planned for release in Japan for December 17, 2013, but it was put back to March 10, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shearer |first=Stew |url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/129483-Nobuo-Uematsu-and-FFVI-Art-Director-Join-Mobile-RPG-Granblue-Fantasy |title=Nobuo Uematsu and FFVI Art Director Join Mobile RPG Granblue Fantasy |publisher=The Escapist |access-date=2013-11-27 |archive-date=2013-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230903/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/129483-Nobuo-Uematsu-and-FFVI-Art-Director-Join-Mobile-RPG-Granblue-Fantasy |url-status=dead }}</ref> The game is [[free-to-play]] and published by [[Mobage]].<ref name="pgamer">{{cite web|url=http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/Granblue+Fantasy/news.asp?c=55156 |title=Nobuo Uematsu and FFVI art director reunite for Granblue Fantasy, a Mobage mobile game |publisher=Pocket Gamer |access-date=2013-11-27}}</ref> At [[TGS 2015]], it was announced that the game would receive an international release in March 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Musgrave|first1=Shaun|title=TGS 2015: Hit Social RPG 'Granblue Fantasy' Will Be Coming To The West In March 2016|url=http://toucharcade.com/2015/09/18/tgs-2015-hit-social-rpg-granblue-fantasy-will-be-coming-to-the-west-in-march-2016/|publisher=Touch Arcade|access-date=22 September 2015}}</ref> Instead of an international launch, a language patch was released adding an in-game option to switch from Japanese to English.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 『グラブル』新ジョブの賢者・ガンスリンガー・剣聖・アサシンが発表。新コラボ情報も【TGS2015】|url = http://dengekionline.com/elem/000/001/122/1122673/|website = 電撃オンライン|access-date = 2015-11-11|language = ja-JP}}</ref> This allows international players who have been playing the Japanese version to keep all of their data.
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  51 The designs were created from subsidiary company CyDesignation that had created designs for different series such as a few [[Final Fantasy]] series ([[Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII|Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII]], [[Mobius Final Fantasy|MOBIUS FINAL FANTASY]] and [[Final Fantasy Legends II|Final Fantasy Legends Space-Time Crystal]]), [[Lord of Vermilion III|LORD of VERMILION III]], [[Bravely Second: End Layer|Bravely Second]] and [[Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Art {{!}} 株式会社CyDesignation |url=https://www.cydesignation.co.jp/art/}}</ref> Granblue Fantasy's character designs were done by Hideo Minaba, Yuya Nagai, Ryoji Ohara, Ryota Murayama and Hitomi Yoshimura. Scenery designs by Sotaro Hori, Hitomi Yoshimura, Yutaro Kaneda, Megumi Hasegawa, Masaki Hirooka, YUU Kikuchi, Toronn and Fumio Seno.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cydesignation Art Gallery |url=https://www.cydesignation.co.jp/art/detail.php?id=art-0001&img=1 |website=Cydesignation}}</ref>
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  53 ==Reception==
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  55 By March 2016, the game had been downloaded over 10 million times in Japan,<ref>{{cite web|title=登録者数1000万人突破！！|url=http://granbluefantasy.jp/pages/?p=7194|website=Granblue Fantasy|publisher=Cygames|access-date=29 April 2016|date=25 March 2016}}</ref> which had risen to over 25{{nbsp}}million by December 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=2200万人突破キャンペーン開催のお知らせ |url=http://granbluefantasy.jp/pages/?p=21193 |work=Granblue Fantasy |publisher=[[Cygames]] |date=October 13, 2018 |language=ja}}</ref> The game grossed {{JPY|20.9 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|20900|JPN}} million|long=no}}) between January 2017 and October 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=課金売上トップは『モンスト』、勢いを増す『FGO』―『ファミ通モバイルゲーム白書2018』12月12日発売 |url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/201712/08147606.html |magazine=[[Famitsu]] |date=December 8, 2017 |language=ja}}</ref> In 2018, it grossed {{JPY|33.9 billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|33900|JPN}} million|long=no}}) where it was the year's sixth highest-grossing mobile game.<ref>{{cite web |title=2018年アプリ収益予測@Game-i |url=http://game-i.daa.jp/?2018%E5%B9%B4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E5%8F%8E%E7%9B%8A%E4%BA%88%E6%B8%AC |website=#セルラン分析/ゲーム株『Game-i』 |access-date=10 January 2019 |language=ja}}</ref> Combined, the game grossed at least {{JPY|{{#expr:20.9+33.9}} billion}} ({{US$|{{To USD|54800|JPN|round=yes}} million|long=no}}) in Japan between 2017 and 2018. Many journalists compared it favorably to earlier ''Final Fantasy'' games.<ref name="jps" /><ref name="pgamer" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/final-fantasy-devs-collaborating-on-blockbuster-mobile-jrpg-granblue-fantasy/ |title=Final Fantasy Devs Collaborating on 'Blockbuster' JRPG Granblue Fantasy |publisher=EGMNOW |date=2013-11-11 |access-date=2013-11-27 |archive-date=2013-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231923/http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/final-fantasy-devs-collaborating-on-blockbuster-mobile-jrpg-granblue-fantasy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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  57 On 31st December of 2015. Due to the proven lucrative system of the game economy, as some players compulsively attempt to get desired characters via spending money on repeated random character acquisitions.<ref name="bloomberg">[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-09/-6-065-hunt-for-blonde-avatar-exposes-dark-side-of-japan-gaming $6,065 Spent in One Night Shows Dark Side of Japan's Mobile Games]</ref><ref name="anchira">[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/03/14/business/smartphone-gamers-blow-small-fortune-on-their-obsession/#.WQgvl4jyuUk Smartphone gamers blow small fortune on their obsession]</ref> It was so effective to the point of raising worries of government regulation to stop exploitation; the Japan Online Game Association imposed stricter restrictions on the industry after a player streamed themselves spending around {{Yen|link=yes}}700,000 (~6,000 US dollars) attempting to get Andira, a new and heavily advertised character, on December 31, 2015.<ref name="anchira" />  There was a time-limited period where Andira's appearance rate increased, with her becoming more difficult to acquire on January 3, fueling "[[delirium]]" and pressure on players to attempt to get her immediately.<ref name="bloomberg" />  Frustration and claims of Andira's "drop rate" being less than advertised from other players as well led developer Cygames to offer compensation in crystals to people caught in the incident, a promise to set up a system to automatically give a drop after too many "misses", and an apology from the management.<ref>[http://business.nikkeibp.co.jp/atcl/opinion/15/279975/033100001/?rt=nocnt グラブル」高額課金をサイバー副社長に問う]</ref> On 8th January, the management had issued an in-game apology for the confusion and discomfort caused to the rest of the customers. However, no compensation has been announced for the apology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ガチャ炎上中の「グランブルーファンタジー」が謝罪 ユーザーからは「謝罪になってない」「そこじゃない」などの声も |url=https://nlab.itmedia.co.jp/nl/articles/1601/08/news159.html |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=ねとらぼ |language=ja}}</ref> After the change in policy, players choose and immediately acquire a desired character after spending 90,000 crystals (totaling 300 draws).
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  59 ==Other media==
  60
  61 === Animation ===
  62
  63 *''[[Granblue Fantasy The Animation]]'' (2017),  an [[anime]] series adaption of the franchise. [[A-1 Pictures]] produced it in the Spring 2017 season.
  64 *''Granblue Fantasy The Animation Season 2'' (2019),<ref>{{Citation|title=TVアニメ「GRANBLUE FANTASY The Animation Season 2」PV第1弾/2019年10月放送開始|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhpbIms1_hA|language=en|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref> began airing in Japan in the Fall 2019 season.  The voice cast of Season 2 remained mostly the same as Season 1, but the production staff were almost entirely different as the studio was changed to [[MAPPA (studio)|MAPPA]].<ref name="gbf_20190803_s2mappa">{{Cite web|url=https://anime.granbluefantasy.jp/news/?article_id=51337|title=スタッフ情報・キャスト情報・放送情報公開！ |website=anime.granbluefantasy.jp |language=ja |access-date=2023-03-30}}</ref>
  65 *''Grand Blues!'' (2020), an anime adaptation of the 4-panel comedy manga by Kikuhitomoji.  DMM.futureworks produced it in the Fall 2020 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-08-08/granblue-fantasy-game-guraburu-comedy-anime-spinoff-unveils-studio-october-tv-debut/.162734|title=Granblue Fantasy Game's Guraburu! Comedy Anime Spinoff Unveils Studio, October TV Debut|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=August 8, 2020|access-date=August 8, 2020 }}</ref>
  66
  67 === Video game ===
  68
  69 *''[[Granblue Fantasy Versus]]'', 2.5D animated console fighting video game series, developed by [[Arc System Works]] for the PlayStation 4 and 5, and PC via Steam.
  70 ** The first game of ''Granblue Fantasy Versus'' was announced at Granblue Fantasy Fes in December, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://granbluefantasy.jp/pages/?p=22304|title=GRANBLUE FANTASY｜Cygames|website=granbluefantasy.jp|language=ja|access-date=2019-11-02}}</ref> It was first released on PlayStation 4 and later ported to PC via Steam. Versus initially planned to release in 2019, and the closed beta test was held from May 8 to May 24. The game was officially released on Feb 6, 2020, according to the latest announcement at "Granblue Summer Fes" in August.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://granbluefantasy.jp/pages/?p=26215|title=GRANBLUE FANTASY｜Cygames|website=granbluefantasy.jp|language=ja|access-date=2019-11-02}}</ref>
  71 ** The sequel known as ''[[Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising]]'' was announced at GBVS Cygames Cup Special in January 2023, and set to be released around the same year, which also adds PlayStation 5 port. In additions to returning contents from the first game, it features new playable characters, stages and storyline, updated graphics and gameplay systems, lobby avatar mini games, rollback netcode and crossplay.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rising.granbluefantasy.jp/|title=GRANBLUE FANTASY VERSUS: RISING｜Cygames|website=rising.granbluefantasy.jp|language=ja|access-date=2023-01-21}}</ref>
  72 *''[[Granblue Fantasy: Relink]]'' (2023), an upcoming action role-playing game developed by Cygames Osaka (replacing the originally announced [[PlatinumGames]]).
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  74 ==Notes==
  75 {{notelist}}
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  77 ==References==
  78 {{reflist}}
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  80 ==External links==
  81 * {{official website|http://granbluefantasy.jp/}} {{in lang|ja}}
  82 * {{official website|http://granbluefantasy.jp/en/}} {{in lang|en}}
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