The combat looks like quite a bit of fun actually. The only thing I could pick that looked a bit funny was the character running through the town. Animation was stiff.
Not Final Fantasy.. no.. Last Story.. have to love the original names. haha
In all seriousness though, I love Japanese anime RPGs... the last two favourites, other than FF of course, were Dragon Quest (PS2) and Rogue Galaxy (PS2).. Very nice games both..
I didn't realise there was so much doubt of this making it down under. Considering Ninty made monster hunter work in the west and the recent financial issues around mistwalker I thought it was a given or we'd at least be able to import from the UK (which alot of people here seem to preference anyway).
It does look good though and that combat system really has me intrigued.