Advent Children
Directed by Tetsuya Nomura
Takeshi Nozue (Co-Director)
Produced by Yoshinori Kitase
Shinji Hashimoto
Written by Kazushige Nojima
Starring Japanese:
Takahiro Sakurai
Ayumi Ito
Showtaro Morikubo
Maaya Sakamoto
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Shogo Suzuki
English:
Steve Burton
Rachael Leigh Cook
Steve Staley
Mena Suvari
George Newbern
Wally Wingert
Steven Blum
Music by Nobuo Uematsu
Keiji Kawamori
Kenichiro Fukui
Tsuyoshi Sekito
Cinematography Yasuharu Yoshizawa
Editing by Keiichi Kojima
Studio Square Enix
Distributed by Square Enix (Japan)
Sony Pictures (International)
Release date(s) September 14, 2005 (2005-09-14)
Running time 100 minutes
It takes place two years after the events of the game and is set in the city of Edge. Cloud Strife, now living as a delivery boy alongside Tifa Lockhart and taking care of two kids, is summoned to find the cause of "Geostigma", a mysterious disease that is threatening the city's population. The film was released on DVD in Japan on September 14, 2005, and a year later in North America and Europe. Special editions of the film contain official tie-ins that depict events that happen before and after the period covered by the film. On April 16, 2009, Square Enix released a director's cut version titled Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete for the Blu-ray Disc format which was also released overseas.
The idea of the film was conceived when Kitase wrote a script that focused on Cloud's and Tifa's story. Visual Works picked Final Fantasy VII as the theme for their next film, and Square Enix helped them develop it. Final Fantasy VII Advent Children received mixed reviews by online writers, who praised its battles and animation, but criticized how non-Final Fantasy VII gamers would not understand the plot. The film received the "Maria Award" at the Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya in 2005, and it was awarded "best anime feature" at the 2007 American Anime Awards. As of May 2009, the DVD and Universal Media Disc releases of Advent Children sold over 4.1 million copies worldwide. Advent Children Complete earned better reviews due to some changes and new features, and it also enjoyed good sales.
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