Final Fantasy : Legend of the Crystals Final Fantasy : Legend of the Crystals is a four - episode anime that was released in Japan from March to July in 1994 and in the United States in 1998 . The series is set 200 years after " Final Fantasy V " and follows Linaly , a descendant of Bartz Klauser , and her friend Prettz . The series is split into four episodes : " " , " " , " " , and " " . Story . Two hundred years after Bartz , Lenna , Galuf , Krile , and Faris saved Planet R from Exdeath , a new evil arrives from the Black Moon , and seeks to take the Crystals . Linaly , a descendant of Bartz , and her friend and protector , Prettz , journey to the Temple Of Wind to seek the source of this new danger , forming a new generation of Light Warriors . Linaly learns of the disturbance in the crystals ' force , and upon this , Linaly and her grandfather , both descendants of Bartz Klauser , embark on a quest to protect the Wind Crystal . Prettz , a boy hailing from the same village as the two , follows despite having been told not to . Their journey leads to a deserted town where they are attacked by a mantis - like monster , whose threat they can only overcome thanks to Prettz ' s intervention . As Linaly ' s grandfather is unable to continue the journey , Prettz takes his place . The pair gets attacked by Rouge and her pirates , but Prettz tricks and defeat them . Using her earring , Linaly asks the spirits of the land for guidance through the Valley of Dragons , beyond which the Wind Shrine lies . Having been told to follow the flow of the wind , Linaly allows herself to be taken away when she and Prettz enter a sandstorm . While she finds the way thanks to her trust in the wind , Prettz is buried with his motorcycle and has to be dug out by Linaly . The pair makes it to the Wind Shrine , which is floating in a hidden valley . While Prettz goes off to hijack the pirates ' airship , Linaly solves an ancient puzzle , bringing her to the shrine ' s entrance moments before Prettz crashes the airship near it . The pair climbs the Wind Crystal and soon discover that using a motorcycle in the shrine is a bad idea . The pair reaches the Wind Crystal and obtains it , albeit not exactly the way they intended to : The Wind Crystal decides to hide within Linaly ' s body leaving her in pain and glowing . Prettz and Linaly exit the Wind Shrine to go to the Blue Mage of Tycoon Castle , so that he may cure Linaly . Prettz and Linaly are apprehended by the Iron Wings of Tycoon after leaving the Wind Shrine . Due to being under the suspicion of having stolen the Wind Crystal , and being a companion of those who stole the other three , the Iron Wings Commander Valkus asks them to surrender . Prettz denies everything and starts escaping with Linaly . After being shot by Valkus , Prettz engages the commander in battle . Rouge ' s pirates emerge and put everyone to sleep . The pirates capture Linaly and Prettz as well as Valkus , hoping to make some profit from them in one way or another . They take them to Rouge Island where Rouge intends to learn the Wind Crystal ' s hiding place . She orders one of her pirates to torture Prettz , but has no result with this method . When she tries to torture Linaly , Prettz attacks her despite being tied up , before getting knocked out . Back in their cell , Valkus ponders over his feelings as he has fallen for Rouge , while Linaly is in pain . The Wind Crystal leaves her body and summons the ghost of Mid Previa , one of the courageous ones who assisted the Light Warriors in their battle against Exdeath 200 years ago . Linaly is surprised over meeting a former companion of her ancestor , while Prettz begins to dislike the ghost of the young boy and names him a dirty old man for hiding in a young girl ' s body . Mid and Prettz continue to go at each other . Mid apologizes for hiding the crystal within Linaly , but states it was necessary to fool the enemy , Deathgyunos . He hides the crystal within Linaly once more , ignoring protests from Prettz . Rouge returns and takes Linaly away to interrogate her . Prettz snaps Valkus out of his trance and gets him to open an escape path . He storms Rouge ' s room , knocks out two guards and grabs a sword to go on a rampage before escaping with Linaly . Guided by Mid , they find a storehouse with Prettz ' s motorcycle and Kiku - ichimonji , which they use to escape . The Deathgyunos troupes launch an attack , forcing the heroes , Valkus and the pirates to work together . Prettz plays the bait and lures the enemy soldiers away , creating an opening for his allies to flee . He lures them into the storehouse where he sets up the explosives . The ensuing explosion obliterates the island , leaving Prettz ' s fate in the dark . Linaly spots a single barrel in the sea and jumps off the airship to swim to his side , overjoyed he is alive . An angered Deathgyunos commander states the failure of his soldiers is unacceptable , and his soldiers assure him they ' ll capture the girl without fail . The Iron Wings return to Tycoon after the battle on Rouge Island . Having taken the pirates prisoner , the soldiers are proud of themselves , much to the displeasure of both the tied up Rouge and Valkus , who is pained to see his beloved one in chains . A message from Queen Lenna arrives , ordering the soldiers to treat Prettz , Linaly , Mid and Rouge as guests . Upon arriving at Tycoon Castle Valkus and Queen Lenna ' s guests meet the queen for an audience , during which the queen labels them as the new Light Warriors . Mid is interrogated and tells his story : Following his grandfather ' s death , Ra Devil appeared and stole Cid ' s brain , killing Mid in the process . He reveals Ra Devil ' s goal is to become Deathgyunos , god of the universe . The party deduces that the Deathgyunos ' s hideout is located on the Black Moon . They plan to travel to the moon and recapture the crystals of Fire , Earth and Water by using the Hyriuu , the guardian god of the Tycoon Kingdom . Linaly , Prettz and Mid opt to go through the ancient dungeon below the castle to reach the dragon and awaken it . While the trio is on its way , Tycoon Castle is attacked by the Deathgyunos forces , and has to depend not only on the Iron Wings , but on the pirates and their airship to withstand the onslaught . Some of the mechanical soldiers slip through the defenses and pursue Linaly ' s group , leading to Prettz having to fight them . Linaly is captured by the last remaining soldier . Prettz attacks him while riding on his back and the group falls from the bridge they had been crossing . At the bottom they find the Hyriuu ' s tower , which has been sealed . After standing on an ancient floor sigil the power of the Wind Crystal residing in Linaly ' s body is unleashed and she fires a beam of light at the tower , unsealing it . The trio enters the tower and finds a miniature Hyriuu . Disappointed , Prettz laments their bad luck , while Linaly befriends the little dragon . A golem controlled by Ra Devil appears and captures Linaly , leaving Prettz to fight him , albeit with temporary success — after being struck down once , the golem reforms around Linaly ' s body rendering Prettz unable to attack him , forcing him to let Ra Devil escape with the girl . While Prettz finds Linaly ' s earring and laments his inability to protect her , the saddened Hyriuu cries out and transforms into a flying dragon . Filled with hope , Prettz swears to free Linaly . Ra Devil is in a bad shape and is only held up by a multitude of machines . He has wandered the universe in search of the truth before finding it in Deathgyunos and says the time has come for him to become Deathgyunos himself , the ruler of the universe . The four crystals have been placed in a machine where Linaly takes the place of the Wind Crystal due to carrying it inside her . The spheres containing the crystals start glowing and Deathgyunos ' s reforms itself , opening a solar sail . Several streams of energy converge on the Black Moon and are gathered by the airship and propagated to the machine . Ra Devil announces he can feel the power of the entire universe flowing through him . The power is drawn from the crystals , which awakens Linaly . The pirates ' airship approaches the Black Moon being pulled by the Hyriuu along with the Iron Wing , aboard which Valkus concerns over Ra Devil absorbing energy out of the universe . Ra Devil ' s body begins rebuilding himself , a feat upon which the imp - like beings on the moon ' s surface rejoice , stating that their god is about to be born . The Hyriuu along with the two airships enters the Black Moon ' s atmosphere but the dragon is hit by a lightning bolt and tumbles down , and the airships crash on the Black Moon . The pirates ' ship is heavily damaged , leaving Rouge to order her crew to repair it while she goes to the Iron Wing along with two of her pirates . On the way she catches the unconscious and now once more minuscule Hyriuu as he falls from the sky . She tosses him over to her remaining crew , stating that while fixing the ship , they should fix him too . Ra Devil ' s new and still incomplete body rises into the air , while the imps rejoice as Deathgyunos , god of the universe , has been reborn as their master . Using Linaly ' s earring Prettz tries to mimic her and converse with the spirits . He contacts Mid who tells him to head north . The Iron Wing is engaged by the enemy and the Iron Wings send out their elite troops , but get in the line of fire . Rouge is hit on her shoulder and Valkus turns berserk , shooting at every enemy without hesitation eliminating them on his own , to which Mid only can say that " Love makes one insane . " Deathgyunos is still not fully constructed , but nonetheless opens fire at the Iron Wing and the heroes launch a full - scale attack , colliding the ship with Deathgyunos . Prettz and Valkus split up with Prettz looking for Linaly , and Valkus searching for the crystals in the debris . Prettz encounters a robot carrying Linaly , which opens fire on him before attempting to escape . Prettz catches up and destroys the robot with his Kiku - ichimonji , rescuing Linaly . Linaly attacks Prettz knocking him out , before Mid appears and lifts the mind control off her . After Prettz regains consciousness and learns Linaly was under mind control , he returns her earring to her . Valkus and his men find the three crystals , and Rouge urges them to leave the Black Moon , but the Iron Wing is unusable . Mid can hear Cid ' s voice calling out to him and goes to look for it , finding his grandfather ' s enlarged brain . Mid talks with him , promising to take him home . Deathgyunos starts moving once more , claiming it is the truth of the universe , and as such does not know death . Mid engages Deathgyunos and stalls him , buying his friends time to make their escape , but before they can reach the pirates ' airship , Deathgyunos emerges once more . Valkus and Prettz lure Deathgyunos away from the airship . Linaly and Rouge join them and Linaly starts emitting light from her body just before the Wind Crystal leaves her to make its new home in Prettz . The heroes battle Deathgyunos and Linaly summons a wave of chocobo s at him . The onslaught of featherless birds takes Deathgyunos down , but his upper part rises to attack them . His last stand is short lived as Prettz charges and cuts it cleanly into two halves . Following this victory , Mid reappears , fine and well . He thanks the party for having helped him free his grandfather , before the old Light Warriors appear with Cid holding his brain in the middle . Mid departs alongside his grandfather . Using the chocobos summoned by Linaly , the party returns to the pirates ' airship ready to return to Planet R . Linaly ' s grandfather is heard complimenting his granddaughter as she has proven herself a true descendant of the courageous Bartz . Hyriuu pulls the pirates ' airship back to the planet , and the party , along with Queen Lenna , visit the Wind Shrine , returning the Wind Crystal to its rightful place . Rouge returns to pirating and Valkus joins her crew . Linaly , her grandfather and Prettz continue their journey home . Music . Though the soundtrack was composed by Masahiko Sato , it contains numerous cues to Nobuo Uematsu ' s original soundtrack to " Final Fantasy V " including the " opening " and the " Chocobo Theme " .