In a recent live-streamed internet show “Washanaga”, Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida revealed that the game is being filmed first with English voice actors. FFXVI is also using full facial mocap to animate character expressions and dialogue.

On the topic of the production of Final Fantasy XVI, Yoshida revealed that the team specifically chose voice actors with English accents to play the game’s characters. The Japanese film production, he said, will start soon.

Furthermore, Yoshida states that many of Final Fantasy XVI‘s cutscenes will feature “full facial mocap,” with voice actors playing out the characters while wearing special motion capture equipment. This means that, in contrast to Final Fantasy VII Remake‘s AI-generated facial animations and lip-syncing, the game will feature English-speaking voice actors with performance capture spoken in English similar to Final Fantasy XV.
Final Fantasy XVI Will Have Full Facial Mocap Using English Voice Actors