^ First of all, you're missing my overall point: To argue which FF is "most" fantasy is about as moronic as asking which of apples, pears, and oranges are "most" like a fruit.
This is your other major problem - you're looking at it in a black/white manner, as if you're unaware that sci fi and fantasy share many subgenres which overlap the two.Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno
Sci Fi is a work of fiction with elements that could reasonably occur relatively within the realm of scientific possibility. I'm not going to use an English word to define a Japanese film, because Akira obviously embodies sci fi elements, but at the same time, the whole idea of Akira's powers/return borders much on the supernatural. Again, it illuminates the problem with your "fantasy or sci fi"/"one or the other" question.
The two defining aspects of fantasy are extremely imaginative qualities and using magic/the supernatural as a primary focus. The core plot factors of both VII and VIII, popularly misconstrued as "Sci Fi" (at least on this forum - i've never heard it in real life) very much "personify the definition of fantasy".
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