The art director of Granblue (Hideo Minaba) and the OG art director of FFXIV 1.0 through HW (Akihiko Yoshida) used to work a lot together on the Ivalice and Bravely Default games so it’s no surprise they’re very similar. For a long time I even thought Akihiko Yoshida did Granblue.
Minaba got a “special thanks” credit for 1.0, for whatever that’s worth as well.
