Sorry, Kraellin-san.

FMV = Full Motion Video. Basically, a digitized video clip captured straight from the screen into the game. Not the kind of thing you spend months coding and perfecting (unlike the 3D rendered animations, or the game itself).

Ran is not an abbreviation, it is the third most famous film by the legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. I haven't seen it, but there are threads about it at the History Forum.

IMHO, it is extremely unlikely that the devs would choose to chop out the video clip. It doesn't take up much space (if properly packed, and especially if the CD has all the free space they intended for the online campaign), is quick and easy to include, the perfect kind of "sugar-on-the-top" to appease new players, and in all likelihood they've already paid the royalties to whatever firm owns the rights.

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