'Brotherhood Final Fantasy XV' prequel to the game is now available; Art Director Yusuke Naora leaves Square Enix

By Menahem Zen / Oct 05, 2016 04:27 PM EDT
(Photo : Getty Images/Yuya Shino) Visitors play the Final Fantasy XV video game on Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.'s PlayStation 4 game consoles in the Square Enix Co. booth at Tokyo Game Show on September 17, 2016 in Chiba, Japan. Tokyo Game Show 2016 is held from September 15 to September 18, 2016.
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"Brotherhood" the prequel to"Final Fantasy XV" is completed its five episodes and available now. But approaching the scheduled release in November, Square Enix art director Yusuke Naora announced his resignation from the game company to spend more time with his family.

"Brotherhood Final Fantasy XV" is a web anime prequel to the game "Final Fantasy XV." The anime depicted beginning of the journey of four main characters - Crown Prince Noctis, Gladiolus Amicitia, Ignis Scientia and Prompto Argentum.

The five-episode of "Brotherhood Final Fantasy XV" is available to watch via Crunchyroll video streaming service and YouTube. Each episode consist of 12-minute separate stories to provide a background story for the game.

"Final Fantasy XV" is due to release on Nov. 29, and the game development is already in the data lock phase. Which means the game is in the beginning of finalization stage, and there will be no more changes to be comitted to the game data, unless critical fixes. However as the game is in the final state of development, art director Naora announced his resignation as game director of Square Enix on Friday, Sept. 30 as reported by Forbes.

The 45-year old game director has been working in Square Enix for 24 years. He started his career as the graphic designer for the classic game "Final Fantasy VI" released in 1994, and he took the role of the art director for three final fantasy franchise - "Final Fantasy VII," "Final Fantasy VIII" and "Final Fantasy X."

According to his tweet, as reported by Crunchy Roll News, Naora said that he wanted to spend more time with his family after resigning from the gamemaker. But he will not completely leave the company, as he will continue to work with Square Enix as freelancer on project bases

"On September 30, I resigned from Square Enix after working for them for 24 year," Naora said. "With my family in mind, I'll be going back to my home town of Izumo."

"Final Fantasy XV" has already in the final stage of development and the game will be released on schedule on Nov. 29. Meanwhile watch the final episode of its anime prequel "Brotherhood Final Fantasy XV" from the official Final Fantasy YouTube channel below: