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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children[a]is a 2005 Japaneseadult animatedscience fantasyaction-adventurefilm directed byTetsuya Nomura,written byKazushige Nojima,and produced byYoshinori KitaseandShinji Hashimoto.Developed byVisual WorksandSquare Enix,Advent Childrenis part of theCompilation of Final Fantasy VIIseries of media, which is based in the world and continuity of the 1997role-playing video gameFinal Fantasy VII.Final Fantasy VII: Advent Childrenwas released onDVDandUniversal Media Discwith Japanese voice acting in Japan on September 14, 2005, and on April 25, 2006 with English voice acting in North America and the UK.

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Japanese theatrical release poster
Directed byTetsuya Nomura
Written byKazushige Nojima
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyYasuharu Yoshizawa
Edited byKeiichi Kojima
Music byNobuo Uematsu
Production
company
Distributed bySquare Enix Holdings
Release dates
Running time
101 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguagesJapanese
English

Advent Childrentakes place two years after the events ofFinal Fantasy VIIand focuses on the appearance of a trio that kidnaps children infected with an unexplained disease called Geostigma.Final Fantasy VIIheroCloud Strife,suffering from the same disease, goes to rescue the children. He discovers that the trio plan to resurrectSephirothusing the remains of the extraterrestrial villain Jenova, and he and his compatriots from the game fight to stop them. The film's voice acting cast includesTakahiro Sakurai,Ayumi Ito,andToshiyuki Morikawain Japanese, andSteve Burton,Rachael Leigh Cook,andGeorge Newbernin English.

An extended version,Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete,was released onBlu-ray Discin 2009, adding 26 minutes of new and expanded scenes to the 101-minute original. It has received mixed reviews; critics praised itsanimationandCGI,but criticized the plot as being incomprehensible to viewers who did not playFinal Fantasy VIIand having a thin connection between action scenes. The film received the "Maria Award" at theSitges Film Festivalin 2005 and the "BestAnimeFeature "at the 2007American Anime Awards.The original release was one of the best-selling animated films in Japan and the United States in its release year. TheCompleterelease was noted as driving a large increase in sales of thePlayStation 3console in its release week. By May 2009, the DVD and Universal Media Disc releases had sold over 4.1 million copies worldwide.Advent Children(theCompleteversion) returned to Japanese theaters from January 19, 2024 to February 1, 2024, and returned to stateside theaters on February 21, 2024, to promote the launch of the video gameFinal Fantasy VII Rebirth.[1]

Plot

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See also:Characters of the Final Fantasy VII seriesandFinal Fantasy VII § Plot

Setting

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Advent Childrentakes place two years following the events of the 1997role-playing video gameFinal Fantasy VII,during which the antagonistSephirothattempted to absorb the Lifestream, the lifeblood and soul of the Planet, and be reborn as a god.[2]He was defeated byCloud Strifeandhis companions,but his final spell, Meteor, destroyed the city ofMidgar.

Since the end of the game, the survivors of Midgar founded the new city of Edge, where Cloud and his childhood friendTifa Lockhartnow run a courier service and are the caretakers of an orphanDenzeland the adopted daughter ofBarret Wallace,Marlene.Out of guilt for failing to saveAerith Gainsborough,Cloud has recently moved out and isolated himself from his friends. The story also portrays that many people, including Cloud and Denzel, are infected with a mysterious and incurable disease known as "Geostigma".

Story

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Cloud is contacted through Tifa and summoned to a meeting with the Shinra Company's former presidentRufus Shinra,who was presumed dead inFinal Fantasy VII.[3]Rufus asks for Cloud's help to stopKadaj, Loz, and Yazoo,who are the physical manifestation of Sephiroth's surviving spirit and seek to resurrect him using the remains of the extraterrestrial villainJenova.[4]Cloud refuses to help and leaves.

Meanwhile, Kadaj and his colleagues are recruiting children infected with Geostigma, and Denzel falls in with the group after being attracted by their promises of a cure. Loz follows Tifa and Marlene to Aerith's church, where they are searching for Cloud, and attacks them. Tifa is knocked unconscious in the fight, and Loz kidnaps Marlene. The abducted children are taken to the ruins of the Forgotten City, where Kadaj embraces them as brethren and announces his intention for them to be reunited with Jenova. When Cloud arrives to rescue them, Kadaj's gang overpowers him, but he is saved by the arrival of his old comradeVincent Valentine.Cloud then returns to the city, where Kadaj has summoned Bahamut SIN and other monsters to terrorize the population.[5]With the help of his companions, Cloud engages and defeats the monsters.

Kadaj confronts Rufus Shinra, who reveals he possesses Jenova's remains. He attempts to destroy it, but Kadaj saves it and flees the city with his companions, with Yazoo and Loz being caught in a blast by an explosive planted by Reno and Rude. Cloud chases Kadaj down and engages him in battle, ultimately subduing him. Outmatched, Kadaj opens Jenova's box and fuses with its contents, transforming into Sephiroth. He tells Cloud he will use the souls of Geostigma's deceased victims to dominate the Planet.[6]He and Cloud then fight; throughout the encounter, Sephiroth appears to have the upper hand and ultimately impales him through the shoulder. He asks Cloud to tell him what he most cherishes so that he can have the pleasure of taking it away. Cloud replies that he cherishes everything and then uses his Limit Break, Omnislash Ver. 5, to defeat Sephiroth. Sephiroth's spirit departs, leaving behind the mortally wounded Kadaj. As he lies dying in Cloud's arms, a healing rain starts falling across the land, curing the people of their Geostigma. Yazoo and Loz appear and confront Cloud; setting off a massive explosion that engulfs the three.

Cloud has visions of his deceased friends Aerith andZack Fair,who say that his time to join them has not yet come. He then awakens in the church, healed of his injuries and surrounded by his friends. Behind them, he sees the spirits of Aerith and Zack, smiling at him before departing to the afterlife. Aerith says to Cloud, "You see, everything's all right". He agrees: "I know. I'm not alone... not anymore". Cloud and the sick children celebrate by bathing in the rainwater.

During the credits, Cloud is seen driving his motorcycle to parts unknown.Advent Children Completeadds a new post-credit scene where Zack's Buster Sword is seen in Aerith's church while flowers from the church are seen blooming at the location of Zack's last stand, having been placed there by Cloud.

Voice cast

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Takahiro Sakurai (left) and Toshiyuki Morikawa (right) voiced Cloud Strife and Sephiroth, respectively.

Advent Childrenwas released with a Japanese voice track in Japan, and an English voice track elsewhere.[7]

Production

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Advent Childrenbegan as a short film byVisual Works,a company used by Square to developCGIscenes for their video games, based onFinal Fantasy VII.Kazushige Nojima,who had written the script for the game, was brought on to write a 20-minute script. He decided to write "a story about Cloud and Tifa and the kids".[20]The film was developed as a part of theCompilation of Final Fantasy VII,a set of different media content intended to expand upon the world ofFinal Fantasy VII.[21]Square's research and development department worked withVisual Workson the piece, andTetsuya Nomurajoined the crew afterVII's directorYoshinori Kitasecalled him. Early in pre-production, the team thought about makingAdvent Childreninto a game. Still, Nomura decided against it, partially becauseVisual Workshad no experience making a full game. The creators had no prior experience working on films, so they fell back on their knowledge ofin-game movies.[22]

The film was planned to focus on the characters of Cloud and Tifa in a similar way to how other titles fromCompilation of Final Fantasy VIIcentered on certain characters; for example,Before Crisisfocuses on the Turks,Crisis Coreon Zack Fair, andDirge of Cerberuson Vincent.[21]Nomura says the film was, in its first manifestation, only going to be 20 minutes long. The original story featured someone requesting a message to be sent to Cloud; the message is relayed to Cloud through several children. When the message finally reaches Cloud, it is revealed who the messenger is. Nomura very much liked the original script, and it became the foundation of the final version. He decided to make the project longer and grander in scope when the early word of the film generated great interest amongFinal Fantasy VIIfans, most of whom wanted something feature-length. The film's length was expanded to 100 minutes.[23]

Takeshi Nozue and Nomura, who had first worked together on the video gameKingdom Hearts,split the role of directing, as Nomura felt this would add depth to the film. In designing the battle scenes, they first discussed the setting and layout. They then went to the staff with their ideas, deciding which were the best and developing them further. The battle between Cloud's group and Bahamut was the most difficult to design due to the size of the area and the number of objects the staff had to add to the scene to keep it realistic. The alternating positions of the characters, including Bahamut itself, took the staff a long time to complete to give the scene a sense of flow.[24]Nomura said that the team decided not to worry about making the fight sequences realistic, as they felt this would restrict their ability to give the film a "cool look". Therefore, they worked by creating their "own rules".Motion capturewas used for many of the film's battle scenes; maneuvers that were not physically possible for live actors to perform were constructed digitally.[25]

While designing the characters, the staff discovered that it was impossible to translate theFinal Fantasy VIIdesigns into the film. Thus some identifying characteristics had to be discarded.[26]Cloud's redesign was a combination of eight different designs, from hissuper deformedappearance in the game to his more realistic appearance in the film. The difficulties in making Sephiroth led the staff to reduce his appearances in the film. It took them two years to develop and refine his look.[24]Nozue also had difficulty developing a framework for Tifa's body that was "balanced, yet showed off her feminine qualities".[27]Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo were designed to be a manifestations of Sephiroth's spirit—his cruelty,strength,andallurerespectively.[10]In contrast to Sephiroth, the trio was meant to be younger than Cloud, to focus on the "next generation" theme.[25]By October 2003, the film was 10% complete; while the script was written, not all the characters were designed.[26]

Nomura felt thatAdvent Childrendiffered fromHollywood films,where the meaning of most scenes tends to be explained. However, withAdvent Children,the staff wanted viewers to interpret the scenes individually, allowing them to come to different conclusions.[24]Nojima described the theme of the film as "survival".[26]Other themes Nomura and Nojima were concerned to include Cloud's feelings of guilt and regret for failing to save his friends Zack and Aerith. These feelings are symbolized by a grey wolf that appears whenever Cloud thinks about them. The wolf disappears at the end of the film as Cloud comes to terms with his feelings.[28]The word "children" was used in the title to refer to the film's children, as they represent the "next generation".[25]

Music

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Main article:Music of the Final Fantasy VII series § Advent Children
Nobuo Uematsu in 2006

The music ofFinal Fantasy VII Advent Childrenwas composed byNobuo Uematsu,Keiji Kawamori,Kenichiro Fukui,andTsuyoshi Sekito,and arranged by Fukui, Sekito, Kawamori,Shirō Hamaguchi,andKazuhiko Toyama.Nomura would make some changes and have the composers re-record the piece upon hearing each track.[29]The end theme, "Calling", was written and performed by formerBoøwyvocalistKyosuke Himuro.The soundtrack includes both pieces original to the film and arrangements of works fromFinal Fantasy VII,originally composed by Uematsu. Some of the arrangements, including "Advent: One-Winged Angel", are performed byThe Black Mages,a rock band formed by Uematsu, Fukui, and Sekito.[30]Both the pieces are original to the film, and the film arrangements cover a variety of musical styles, includingorchestral,choral,classical piano,androck music;Varietynoted that the styles vary between "sparse piano noodlings, pop-metal thrashings, and cloying power ballads".[31]The 2005 soundtrack albumFinal Fantasy VII Advent Children Original Soundtrackcollects 26 tracks of music from the film on two discs. Square Enix published it on September 28, 2005. In addition to the regular release, a limited edition was produced containing alternative cover art and a booklet of credits and lyrics.[30]The soundtrack album reached position #15 on the JapaneseOriconmusic charts and stayed on the charts for ten weeks.[32]

A mini-album entitledFinal Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete Mini Albumwas released on April 10, 2009, to coincide with the release of theFinal Fantasy VII Advent Children Completeversion of the film.[33]This version of the film included a new ending theme, "Safe and Sound", by Kyosuke Himuro andMy Chemical RomancesingerGerard Way.[34]"Water" was replaced with a new song— "Anxious Heart".[33]Tracks on the album included new versions of "The Chase of Highway", "Fight On!", "Sign", "Advent: One-Winged Angel", and "On the Way to a Smile".[35]A larger album,Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete: Reunion Tracks,was released with 21 tracks on September 16 the same year. This album contains the tracks from the mini-album and several lengthened pieces for theCompletefilm version but not rearranged.[36]Reunion Tracksappeared on the Oricon charts for a single week at position #108.[37]

Promotion and release

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Advent Childrenand theCompilation of Final Fantasy VIIseries were first announced at the 2003Tokyo Game Showin September, the former as adirect-to-DVDfilm.[38][39]The first trailer for the film was featured in the international version of the video gameFinal Fantasy X-2,released in February 2004.[40]The trailer used a motion capture that was altered in the final film.[26]Advent Childrenwas initially scheduled for a September 13, 2005 release in North America and a September 14 in Japan,[41][42]but the North American release date was pushed back several times. It was first moved to November,[43]then to January 2006,[44]and finally scheduled for April 25 for release on DVD andUniversal Media Discsfor thePlayStation Portable.[45]

In 2004,Panasonicproduced the Japanese exclusive FOMA P900iV cell phone identical to the one Cloud uses in the movie; the phone contained several features related toAdvent Childrensuch as wallpapers andringtones.[40]Before the film's release, Square Enix serialized the web novel "On the Way to a Smile" written by Kazushige Nojima on the JapaneseAdvent Childrenwebsite on September 5, 2005,[46]which was later released with "Episode: Tifa" byShueishain a 118-page book about the film's story titledFinal Fantasy VII Advent Children Prologue Bookon September 14, 2005.[47]On September 8, 2005, Square Enix premiered the movie in Japan at Virgin Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills in Tokyo.[48][49]Following the premiere, from September 10 to September 16, Square Enix screened the movie at Virgin Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills in Tokyo, Toho Cinemas Nagoya Bay City in Nagoya, and Toho Cinemas Nijou in Kyoto. The movie screened once per day at 6:30 p.m.. In order to view the movie, fans had to receive an invite from Square Enix by already being registered to the official "Shinra Company" online fan club on Square Enix's website. In 2006,SoftBank Creativepublished a guidebook entitledFinal Fantasy VII Advent Children Reunion Files,which contains interviews with the film's staff and information regarding the development of the film.

A limited edition of the film titledFinal Fantasy VII Advent Pieceswas released in Japan simultaneously asAdvent Children;only 77,777 sets were produced. The edition contains various pieces of merchandise, a copy of the script, the originalFinal Fantasy VIIgame, a strategy guidebook for the game, and a disc containing theoriginal video animation(OVA)Last Order: Final Fantasy VII.[40]Nomura stated that meaning of the nameAdvent Pieceswas that "advent" means "the recognition and commemoration of something", while "pieces" was added to bring special meaning to the release.[50]A special one-time-only theatrical screening of the English version of the film took place on April 3, 2006, at theArclight TheatreinLos Angeles.The event was promoted viaemailto those who subscribed to the Square Enixmailing list.[51]The screening included trailers of the video gamesKingdom Hearts IIandDirge of Cerberus,and featured appearances from the English language cast and the Japanese developers.[52]

The film's DVD release is a 2-disc set that contains several bonus features, includingLast Order.Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (Limited Edition Collector's Set)was released in North America on February 20, 2007.[53]The set included more bonus material than the previous DVD releases, including a copy of the script, several postcards with imagery from the film, and the first three stories from theOn the Way to a Smileshort story series.[54]

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete

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In addition to new scenes and higher visual quality, the director's cut added new details. In this example, the director's cut (above) adds a wound across Cloud's left cheek, and blood smears on his right arm.

A director's cut of the film, entitledFinal Fantasy VII Advent Children Completewas released on the Blu-ray format.[55][56]The new edition of the film was released in Japan on April 16, 2009.[57]A separate version was sold that included a demo ofFinal Fantasy XIII.Both editions included the firstHDtrailers ofFinal Fantasy Versus XIIIandFinal Fantasy Agito XIII,though the third edition without the extra videos or demos was also released.[58]On April 11 and 12, days beforeAdvent Children Complete's release, Square Enix held four special screenings ofAdvent Children Completeat theGinza Sony Buildingin Tokyo. There were 800 seats available to those who reserved the Blu-ray or thePlayStation 3bundle at the Square Enix e-store and were Square Enix's online website members.[59]

Advent Children Completehas a higher visual quality than the original release, is 26 minutes longer than the film's original cut, and contains roughly one thousand revised scenes.[60][61]Themes expanded inAdvent Children Completeinclude Cloud's development, Denzel's background, and a more in-depth view of the Turks and Rufus Shinra. The film's staff wanted to add links to the other titles in theCompilation of Final Fantasy VIIreleased since the original film. This version has more violence, specifically blood during the fights, as the staff wanted to bring a "dirtier" look to the film, with characters' faces and clothes getting darker and dirtier throughout the battles.[62]Additionally, the fight between Cloud and Sephiroth was expanded by several minutes and included a scene in which Sephiroth impales Cloud on his sword and holds him in the air, mirroring the scene in the game where he performs the same action.[63]

During the same year,Advent Children Completewas released in North America on June 2,[64]and in the UK on July 27.[65]The North American and European versions come with a new trailer forFinal Fantasy XIIIrather than a demo.[66]The releases in all regions also feature an animated piece entitled "On the Way to a Smile - Episode: Denzel", as well as the story digests "Reminiscence ofFinal Fantasy VII"and" Reminiscence ofFinal Fantasy VII Compilation".The Japanese and English voice actors returned to record additional dialogues for the new and expanded scenes. Nomura said that they had no major problems with this process, noting that Sakurai and Morikawa were already used to their characters from voicing them in other media. However, some child characters, most notably Denzel and Marlene, had to be recast and have all their lines re-recorded. The original performers' voices now sounded more mature in both languages.[63][67]Nomura has stated that whileAdvent Children Completedid not represent the end ofCompilation of Final Fantasy VII,as the staff still had more ideas, it marked "the end of theAdvent Childrensaga "as there would be no more re-releases or extended versions.[68]Later,Advent Children Completewas released inUltra HD Blu-rayon June 8, 2021 bySony Pictures Home Entertainment.[69]

Tie-ins

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Last Order: Final Fantasy VII

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Main article:Last Order: Final Fantasy VII

Last Order: Final Fantasy VIIis anoriginal video animationdirected byMorio Asaka,written by Kazuhiko Inukai, and animated byMadhouse.[70][71]It depicts an alternate rendition of two flashbacks found withinFinal Fantasy VII.It was originally released in Japan on theAdvent PiecesDVD, on September 14, 2005.[72][73]It was released in North America in the Limited Edition Collector's Set on February 20, 2007 and in Europe on November 6, 2008.[74][75]There is currently no Englishdubfor the film, and the North America and Europe versions are subtitled.[76]

On the Way to a Smile

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On the Way to a Smileis a series of short stories betweenFinal Fantasy VIIandAdvent Children.Written by Kazushige Nojima, the first story, "Case of Denzel", was released in a serialized form on the official JapaneseAdvent Childrenwebsite. "Case of Denzel" is told indirectly from the perspective of Denzel, who has requested an interview withReeve Tuestiin the hopes that he may become part of Reeve's newly formed World Regenesis Organization, an army devoted to rebuilding the Planet. Denzel tells his life story, including how he became an orphan, the events leading up to his becoming afflicted with Geostigma, and how he came under the care of Tifa and Cloud.[77]"Case of Denzel" was adapted intoOn the Way to a Smile - Episode: Denzel,a short OVA animated byA-1 Picturesand directed byShinji Ishihara,that was released withAdvent Children Complete.[64][78]

The second short story, "Case of Tifa", is Tifa's account of the events following Meteor's destruction and her life with Cloud, overlapping in part with Denzel's story. A thirdOn the Way to a Smilestory, "Case of Barrett", involves Barret and his struggles to find a new energy source for the world's people. To coincide with the release ofAdvent Children Completein 2009, four more stories were written: "Case of Red XIII", "Case of Yuffie", "Case of Shinra", and "Case of Lifestream - Black & White". All the stories were released together as a book titledOn the Way to a Smileat the same time thatAdvent Children Completewas released.[77]

Reception

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Sales

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The DVD releases ofAdvent Childrensold over 410,000 copies in Japan during their first week on sale, with roughly half of the sales coming from the limited edition.[79]The DVD and UMD releases combined sold over 700,000 units in Japan in the first three weeks and over one million copies by January 2006.[80]In a 2005OriconJapanese sales report, the regular edition of the DVD ranked twelfth on the bestseller list in Japan for the entire year after one week of sales, and the limited edition ranked fifteenth. The two editions ranked third and fourth on the animated feature sublist.[79]The English language DVD sold over 960,000 units, which translated to almost US$15 million in revenue by the fifth week of release. In the United States, it sold over 832,000 copies by May 2006, and eventually grossed over US$58 million in DVD sales in the country.[81]The DVD ranked a "surprise" #2 during its first week on the AmericanNielsen VideoScansales charts after being released in North America.[82]Nielsen's "Top Selling Anime Releases of 2006" report hadAdvent Childrenranked first,[83]and the 2006 report by theJapan External Trade Organizationalso ranked the film as the best-selling Japanese anime DVD in the United States. In the 2007 list, the DVD was at the tenth spot.[84]As of June 2006, the DVD and UMD releases combined sold over 2.4 million units worldwide, with 1 million units sold in Japan, 1.3 million in North America, and 100,000 in Europe.[85]By May 2009, just before the release ofAdvent Children Complete,the film had sold over 4.1 million copies across all versions.[60]

On its first day of release, over 100,000 Blu-ray copies ofAdvent Children Completewere sold in Japan across all three versions.[86]During its initial week, the Blu-ray was #2 on the American Nielsen VideoScan Blu-ray bestseller list,[87]with 274,774 units sold.[88]During 2009, the regular version ofAdvent Children Completesold 49,000 units in Japan according to Oricon, ranking second in their category "Animation/Special Effects Blu-ray Discs".[89]It ranked eighth in the category "Overall Blu-ray Discs, by Yen" with 310 million yen (US$3.4 million) sold in 2009.[90]Gaming sitesGamasutraandKotakucitedAdvent Children Completeas one of the main reasons why sales of the PlayStation 3 video game console radically increased during the film's first week of release.[57][88]

Critical response

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Advent Childrenhas received mixed reviews. Onreview aggregatorwebsiteRotten Tomatoes,the film received anapproval ratingof 50% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10.[91]The computer-animated graphics were generally praised;1UP's James Mielke, who awarded the film an "A−", said the quality and clarity of the CG visuals were "genuinely amazing".[92]Anime News Networkwriter Carlo Santos praised the animation while awarding the film a "B", calling it "outstanding".About's Roger Altizer, while giving the film overall 2 and a half stars out of 5, cited the visuals as one of its few positive points.[93][94]The film's plot was generally criticized as confusing; Leslie Felperin ofVariety,in a sharply negative review, described the plot as "soulless" and "utterly impenetrable" to anyone who had not played the game, and Anime News Network's Santos agreed that people who had not playedFinal Fantasy VIIwould not understand the story.[31][93]Mania Entertainment's John Eriani also found the plot confusing to non-players, though he liked how the characters were further explored in the film.[95]Todd Douglass Jr. fromDVD Talk,while "highly recommending" the film, praised Cloud's character development in particular.[96]About's Altizer summarized the plot and dialogue as "weak", andIGN's Chris Carle, in their 9 out of 10 reviews, felt that the plot was just an excuse to get to the next action sequence.[94][97]The story digest "Reminiscence ofFinal Fantasy VII",included with the DVD to explain the plot ofFinal Fantasy VII,was described by Anime News Network's Santos as "just as confusing as the movie" and of no help in explaining the plot to anyone who had not already played the game, though Carle of IGN felt it was helpful to those who had not played the game in a while.[93][97]

The action scenes were generally praised. RPGamer's Michael Beckett, while giving the film a 4 out of 5, lauded the film's fighting scenes, calling them "mesmerizing" and the primary focus of the film.[98]Anime News Network's Santos also heavily praised the action sequences, and Felperin ofVarietyfelt they were the only point to the film, which they felt focused entirely on the technical aspects of the action.[31][93]The music received mixed reviews; Eriani of Mania Entertainment heavily praised it, as did Santos of Anime News Network, but 1UP 's Mielke called it "a bit sappy".[92][93][95]Douglass Jr. from DVD Talk concluded thatAdvent Children"is pretty much the film that fans all over the world have been waiting for"; RPGamer's Beckett said that "the film feels very much like a love letter to the fans ofFinal Fantasy VII";and IGN's Carle summed up the film as" glorious, beautiful, well-executed fan service ".[96][97][98]

Destructoid noted there was a message within the writing of the film regarding the characters' lives in Midgar, leading them to move on with their lives in a similar fashion toFinal Fantasy VIIgamers since the story ended with Cloud saving Midgar from Sephiroth's resurrection which would threaten it again especially when the spirit of Zack Fair reminds him that he has already defeated him already.[99]Kotakusaw the focus on the Midgar's ruins as a parallelism with psychological trauma due to how all of its survivors suffer a disease that cannot be fought with Cloud's striking weaponry on its own.[100]

The director's cut,Advent Children Complete,was generally praised over the original version.Joystiq's Andrew Yoon foundAdvent Children Completea better film, feeling it was more accessible to people who had not playedFinal Fantasy VII.[101]Blu-ray 's Dustin Somner called it "a nice improvement on an entertaining film", and DVD Talk's Todd Douglass Jr. said it was "the best version of the film" due to its audio quality, the new scenes, and the expansion of Cloud's battle against Sephiroth.[102][103]Douglass also found the addition ofOn the Way to a Smile - Episode: Denzelto be a welcome edition, though he felt that the bonus features as a whole were underwhelming, belying the "Complete" title.[103]Yoon of Joystiq thought that the new scenes helped give more depth to Cloud's development, to the point of "humanizing" him, though he felt the change in pacing for some scenes made the plot hard to follow.[101]Kotakuwriter AJ Glasser, however, summed up the director's cut as "26 extra minutes and it still doesn't make any sense", saying that the new scenes did little to improve the plot of the film itself.[104]

Legacy

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Advent Childrenreceived the Honorary Maria Award at theSitges Film Festivalon October 15, 2005.[105]The film was also awarded "best anime feature" at the 2007American Anime Awards.[106]IGN placed it second in their "Top 10 Straight-to-DVD Animated Movies" list.[107]

In 2007, themusic videofor the song "Sonata of Temptation" by Korean singerIvyrecreated the fight between Tifa and Loz.[108]The director of the video, Hong Jung-ho, stated that it was just aparodyof the film but could not get Square Enix's official permission.[109]That December, Square Enix launched a lawsuit against Fantom Entertainment (Ivy's agency) and Hong, asking for₩160,000,000 total.[108]In April 2008, the Seoul District Court ruled that the video was considered plagiarism and ordered Fantom Entertainment and Hong to pay the fine.[108]The video was subsequently banned from airing onKorean television.[110]

OverClocked ReMix's four-discFinal Fantasy VIIunofficialtribute album,Voices of the Lifestream,contains one disc remi xing music from the film.[111]

Final Fantasy XIIIdirectorMotomu Toriyamahas stated that he felt the film showed "battles that have not been achievable inFFso far ", and so tried to design the battle system forFinal Fantasy XIIIto create cinematic battles like the film.[112]

Cloud's design from the film is available as an alternate costume for Cloud in the crossover fighting gamesSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii UandSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.[113]The reveal trailer for Sephiroth as downloadable content inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimaterecreates the final battle between him and Cloud from the film, and several songs from the film appear as part of the Sephiroth DLC pack. As part of the update, the Final Smash of Cloud'sAdvent Childrencostume was changed to Omnislash Ver. 5.[114]

The film's storyline is planned to be recreated as part of the mobile gameFinal Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis.[115]

Nia DaCosta,director ofThe Marvels(2023), said that she citedAdvent Childrenin her pitch for her film.[116]

Notes

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  1. ^Japanese:ファイナルファンタジーVII アドベントチルドレン,Hepburn:Fainaru Fantajī Sebun Adobento Chirudoren

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