In 1937 Wollheim founded the Fantasy Amateur Press Association, whose first mailing ( July 1937 ) included this statement from Wollheim: " There are many fans desiring to put out a voice who dare not, for fear of being obliged to keep it up, and for the worry and time taken by subscriptions and advertising.

Jun Iwasaki, president, mentioned an " overwhelming number " of requests to re-release Chrono Trigger, and believed the compilation of it and Final Fantasy IV would " appeal to fans of the original games and introduce a new generation of gamers to some of our classic titles.

The first science fiction APA was the Fantasy Amateur Press Association ( FAPA ) formed by a group of science fiction fans in 1937.

The group would also employ newer production techniques to achieve a more refined studio sound on the albums Sleepwalker ( 1977 ) and Misfits ( 1978 ), as Davies ' focus shifted to wistful ballads of restless alienation (" Life on the Road ", " Misfits "), meditations on the inner lives of obsessed pop fans (" Juke Box Music ", " A Rock & Roll Fantasy "), and exhortations of carpe diem (" Life Goes On ", " Live Life ", " Get Up ").

It includes music from Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Live A Live, Kingdom Hearts, Front Mission, Legend of Mana, and Heroes of Mana ; Shimomura has stated that she chose music that was popular among fans and well-suited for orchestration, but had never been performed by an orchestra.

Fantasy sports players watch more game telecasts, buy more tickets and spend money at stadiums at a much higher rate than general sports fans.

AnimeFringe stated Cloud's appearance in Kingdom Hearts was one of the things that excited the Final Fantasy VII fans the most.

Sponsored by the Society for the Furtherance and Study of Fantasy and Science Fiction or ( SF ) ³, WisCon gathers together women and men: fans, writers, editors, publishers, scholars and artists from around the world to discuss science fiction and fantasy, with emphasis on issues of feminism, gender, race, and class.

Bakshi also provided fans with the first origin story for the character ever presented on TV, the aptly titled " The Origin of Spider-Man ," which used entire chunks of Stan Lee's dialogue, not from the hero's first appearance in Amazing Fantasy # 15, published in August 1962, but instead from a drastically updated retelling in Spectacular Spider-Man # 1, titled " In the Beginning ," which was published in July 1968, only a few months before the episode was aired.

He decided to make the project longer and more grand in scope when early word of the film generated great interest amongst Final Fantasy VII fans, the majority of whom wanted something feature length.

He also lauded the film's fighting scenes, stating that " the film feels very much like a love letter to the fans of Final Fantasy VII.

" Somner highly recommended the Blu-ray to people who had already seen the film and fans of Final Fantasy VII, while non-fans would do best to rent it first ; " I'd remind you to consider the near-perfect audio / video quality and perhaps take a leap of faith in adding the disc to your collection.

Despite his optional status and lack of concrete detail as to his background, he proved extremely popular with both fans and critics, and his history was developed greatly in other installments of the Compilation, primarily Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus.

This version was soon contradicted by the Warhammer Fantasy Battles army books, but remained popular with WFRP fans who mostly continued to use the older setting.

" Before Crisis Core began development, the staff had planned to create a PlayStation Portable port of Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, but soon changed their minds to create a game that focused on Zack, whose fate was already predetermined ; fans knew how the game was going to end.

As the first shooter game in the Final Fantasy series, the game's staff had various problems during development, although producer Yoshinori Kitase found the experience challenging, and added role-playing elements in order to make the game more entertaining for traditional fans of the main series.

GameSpot stated that Dirge of Cerberus " does have a few interesting and even entertaining moments, but will ultimately leave action game fans and Final Fantasy fans feeling unfulfilled.

" Compilation producer Yoshinori Kitase said that when given the opportunity to expand any previous Final Fantasy title for the company's experiment in polymorphic content, he " immediately chose Final Fantasy VII ," because of its status as a milestone in the series ' history and its popularity among fans.

The first science fiction APA was the Fantasy Amateur Press Association ( FAPA ) formed by a group of science fiction fans in 1937.

Their first ( which had originally been slated as a Spice release which becomes apparent after listening to " The Lansdowne Tapes ", " Very ' eavy Very ' Umble ", " Salisbury ", " Look At Yourself ", " Demons And Wizards ", " The Magician's Birthday ", " Live " ( also known amongst fans as " Friday Night In Birmingham ", " Sweet Freedom ", " Wonderworld ", " Return To Fantasy ", " High And Mighty ".

Chris Carle of IGN noted that Last Order was " the true meat of the new extras the Advent Children collector's set … a traditionally animated chapter for FF Fantasy fans that centers on the story of Zack and Cloud " and that " it adds even more dimension to the story Final Fantasy VII.

Fantasy Games Unlimited, often referred to as just FGU, is a publishing house for both table-top and role-playing games.

Fantasy films often have an element of magic, myth, wonder, escapism, and the extraordinary.

Fantasy flights often refer to a flight to the North Pole for these same reasons.

All Fighting Fantasy gamebooks are illustrated, including full-page pieces and smaller, generic images scattered at random throughout the book, often serving as breaks or space fillers between sections.

* In Terry Pratchett's Humour / Fantasy series Discworld, the Lancre Witch Nanny Ogg's cat Greebo ( also known as " The Terror of the Ramtops ") is often depicted in art as resembling the British Blue.

As the technology improved, polyphonic and often orchestral soundtracks replaced simple monophonic melodies starting in the late 1980s and the soundtracks to popular games such as the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series began to be released separately.

Jessica Amanda Salmonson similarly sought to broaden the range of roles for female characters in S & S through both her own stories and in editing the World Fantasy Award-winning Amazons ( 1979 ) and Amazons II ( 1982 ) anthologies ; both drew on real and folkloric women warriors, often from areas outside of Europe.

Though collectors often focus on dōjinshi based on particular manga, any male character may become the subject of a yaoi dōjinshi, even characters from non-manga titles such as Harry Potter or The Lord of the Rings, or video games such as Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy, real people such as politicians, or personifications such as Hetalia: Axis Powers, or complementary items such as salt and pepper or peanut butter and jelly.

Fantasy cloaks are often magical.

Fantasy authors often want to bring characters from the author's ( and the reader's ) reality into their created world.

Fantasy fiction often wins the older Hugo Award for Best Novel, so Worldcon organizers considered the Gandalf to be partly a duplicate and it was not awarded again.

The Orcs of Warhammer Fantasy, Dungeons & Dragons and other games most often differ from Tolkien's Orcs in that they are taller than Humans ( instead of always being shorter ) and usually have green or greyish-green skin ( instead of dark or yellowish skin ).

Early Ellington hits, such as Black and Tan Fantasy, Doin ' the Voom Voom, East Saint Louis Toodle-oo and Creole Love Call prominently feature Miley's solo work and were thematically inspired by his melodic ideas, which he, in turn, often borrowed from Baptist hymns sung in his church, such as Stephen Adams ' Holy City.

In a more general sense, the term " piano concerto " could extend to the numerous often programmatic concerted works for piano and orchestra from the era – Beethoven's Choral Fantasy, Liszt's Totentanz and Ruins of Athens Variations, and Richard Strauss's Burleske are only a few of the hundreds of such works.

The Skaven centric Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay supplement " Children of the Horned Rat " gives the average Skaven an expected lifespan of about 20 years, asserting that, were it not for the ( often violent ) internal competition of their species, they might live well past 50.

Because of the small number of judges for the World Fantasy Awards, and because they usually try to read very comprehensively in the field, selections for the awards are often eclectic.

For example, low-selling but high-quality works from small press publications, which may be overlooked by other awards, often receive a critical spotlight in the World Fantasy Awards.

Like several other series of the era, such as the previously mentioned The Love Boat and Murder, She Wrote, Fantasy Island employed many celebrity guest stars, often bringing them back repeatedly for different roles.

It was first used in this sense in the game Final Fantasy I, and was subsequently used in many other Square games, such as Secret of Mana, often appearing as sub-bosses.

He often works with best friend and ex-flatmate David Baddiel, notably on the popular late night entertainment show Fantasy Football League, from 1994 to 2004 and on Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned from 2000 to 2005.

Fantasy films should not be confused with the cinema of science fiction, which, of course, is often the scene of the facts considered impossible, but always presented as rational.

Splatterpunk — a term coined in 1986 by David J. Schow at the Twelfth World Fantasy Convention in Providence, Rhode Island — refers to a movement within horror fiction distinguished by its graphic, often gory, depiction of violence and " hyperintensive horror with no limits.

Bendis adapted the 11-page origin story of Spider-Man from 1962's Amazing Fantasy # 15 into a seven issues story arc, with Peter Parker becoming the titular hero after the fifth issue, making the book a bestseller, often surpassing in sales those of the mainstream Marvel universe title The Amazing Spider-Man.

For those who play Warhammer 40K, Mordheim is often cited as the Necromunda equivalent for the Warhammer Fantasy Universe.