Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

Also Wally Wingert confirmed that he would play Rufus on his webpage. It also retained the iPod's seamless integration with iTunes and the iTunes Music Store, allowing for true auto-sync between the software application and the iPod mini. Walter Roberts was the narrator in E3 2004 and Steamboy trailers (according to iMDB). Like the larger iPod, the iPod mini supported MP3, AAC/M4A, WAV, AIFF, and Apple Lossless audio formats. Square-Enix's reluctance to release the names of any voice actors is evidence of this. Along the top, it has a hold switch, a headphone jack, and a jack for connecting accessories. It is also believed that a lack of appropriate English voice actors is the cause of the significant delay of the American, British, and Australian releases of the movie. The unit's battery is charged during connection.

It is widely speculated by fans that the characters that appeared in Kingdom Hearts will be voiced by the actors who voiced them in that game. A proprietary dock connector was provided on the bottom of the device for a connection to a computer (Hi-Speed USB or FireWire).
. However, the 2nd generation iPod minis no longer came with a FireWire cable or an AC power adapter, which were left out to reduce the selling prices of the new iPod minis. Due to the delay, many fans have resorted to downloading fansubs over BitTorrent and/or importing the Japanese R2 version in order to watch the film. This problem was addressed in the second generation models which had a claimed battery life of about 18 hours. [2]. The battery life of the first generation of iPod mini was about 8 hours (similar to the 3G iPod that was available when the mini was released,) which led to some criticism of the battery's short duration.

It was mentioned that it is taking extra time in completing the bonus supplements. Towards the end of the life of the iPod mini, Apple laser etched 2 lines of 32 characters each on the top of the reverse side of the iPod mini for free. In an article for the website The Digital Bits, it was hinted that the movie is at least on track to be released by the end of 2006. Second generation models were available in both 4GB and 6GB versions (capable of storing roughly 1,000 and 1,500 songs) and eventually had the drive size laser etched on the case to help distinguish between the two. Currently there is no known date for when Advent Children will be released in the North American market, though many online retailers, mostly those specializing in sale of anime dvd titles, list March 28, 2006 as the most common unconfirmed release date. First generation models were confined to a 4GB hard drive. Fans have pointed out that the idea is a questionable one, given the track record of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, which bankrupted Square Pictures after the movie made a substantial loss. The iPod mini used ultra-thin Compact Flash Microdrive hard drives made by Hitachi.

The time was changed again in early November to a January release date (with initial confusion given that many retail outlets got different release dates and information that didn't match), with a limited theatrical run before the release of the DVD. While the button labels were gray on the first generation iPod, the second generation iPod sported button labels that matched the color of the case. But days before the United States release, Square Enix changed the date to November 2005, in a move that would indicate that Square Enix was trying to release the DVD during the lucrative holiday sales times. The gold model was dropped from the second generation range due to unpopularity. Originally, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children was scheduled for a September dual-release in both Japan and North America, with Japan obtaining a special release of the DVD with more extras and collectable offers than the US release (which is the norm in Japan where rabid Otaku are known to pay more for collectables and there is a defined market for these items.) The official website for the English version of Advent Children even had a countdown clock to the release of the DVD. First generation iPod minis were available in five colors: silver, gold, pink, blue, and green. Once Jenova's cells are erradicated through the healing power of Aerith's Great Gospel, the illness is cured. Its case was composed of anodized aluminum.

Once implanted within the Lifestream and once the Lifestream breached the Planet's surface during the ending of Final Fantasy VII, Jenova's cells are distributed to the surface populace. Both versions were 3.6 by 2.0 by 0.5 inches (91 by 51 by 13 mm) and weighed 3.6 ounces (102 grams). This is also how materia/magic is made (since the Lifestream has infinite knowledge, in a concentrated form the knowledge is used as magic for living beings). The two generations of the iPod mini were externally almost identical, with the differences lying in their storage and battery capacities. Once the body dies, the stream within the body reconvenes with the larger stream, bringing back knowledge and information. . The Lifestream gives life by breaking itself into smaller streams allowing people to live. Above the wheel was a display which showed menus or information about the currently selected track.

It is explained that the body itself has a Lifestream born of the larger Lifestream encompassing the planet. The click wheel is now also used in the fourth and fifth generation iPods as well as in the iPod nano. After Cloud and company defeat Sephiroth and Jenova inside the Northern Crater in Final Fantasy VII, Jenova's cells are distributed within the Lifestream. Like its predecessors, the wheel was developed for Apple by Synaptics. What geostigma is exactly was widely speculated upon amongst fans of the game prior to the film's release; however, in the movie it was revealed geostigma is actually the negative side-effects of one's body overexerting itself in an attempt to purge Jenova's cells from within. To access one of the four buttons, a user physically pushed the edge of the wheel inward over one of the four labels. Geostigma is a term used to describe the illness plaguing the inhabitants of the film world of Advent Children. The device retained the popular touch-sensitive scroll wheel of the third generation iPod; however, instead of the four touch buttons located above the wheel, the buttons were once again made mechanical beneath the wheel itself (hence, the new wheel was known as a "click wheel").

This story was never released in English, which led to many fan-based sites to do their own translating [1]. The iPod mini line was discontinued on September 7, 2005, replaced by the iPod nano. It helps to uncover some of the mysteries around the beginning of the movie, and its location. A second generation version was announced on February 23, 2005. Case of Tifa
Shortly after the release of Case of Denzel, Nomura and his team released a second story, Case Of Tifa, which consists of Tifa's account on what happened after Meteor was destroyed, up to and including part of Denzel's story. The device interoperated with both Macintosh and Windows PCs, with limited third-party support for Linux and other Unix workalikes. Denzel then goes on to tell his story of how he became an orphan, the events of that fateful day in which the Lifestream emerged to save the Planet from Meteor, when he got Geostigma, and how came into the care of Tifa, Cloud, and Marlene. It was announced on January 6, 2004, and released on February 20 of the same year.

He is interviewing to become part of Reeve's new World Restoration Order, an army devoted to rebuilding the Planet. The iPod mini was a smaller version of Apple Computer's iPod portable audio player. One day Denzel shows up in Johnny's store to have a private meeting with Reeve Tuetsi. However, her attention is mostly focused on caring for the children orphaned by the many recent tragedies. Many started going to Tifa's new 7th Heaven, also rebuilt in Edge, because they saw her as something of a feature attraction.

Impressed by Tifa's decisiveness as to how to get on with life while everyone else still seemed at a loss, Johnny would start telling his customers stories about how wonderful Tifa was, and soon he lost business because of it. Johnny, the bumbling regular of Tifa's 7th Heaven bar from the original game, has opened up his own bar in the newly built city of Edge. Case of Denzel
These episodes are told indirectly through the perspective of Denzel, the young orphan featured in Advent Children. Various fan translations are available online.

Written by Kazushige Nojima, they are being released in episodes on the Japanese Advent Children website, and are currently only in Japanese. There is a small series of stories taking place between the time Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. A close up of his desk is shown with a new photograph of him and the AVALANCHE crew together (notable because the picture that was originally shown, only showed Tifa, Marlene, Denzel, and on the side; the new picture implies that Cloud is holding on to his new happiness) and a small bouquet of flowers (from the field shown earlier) laid in front of it. The last scene shows Cloud's desk at 7th Heaven filled with postcards, letters and photographs of the places he has visited.

Cloud rides further into the horizon towards the flower field, smiling. We see her at first from the side, but she turns her head eventually to face the camera, and, many speculate, to face Cloud. As the song reaches its climax, a flower field is shown that Cloud appears to be approaching and the camera pans out to show Aerith standing in this field. This scene features images of Cloud travelling on his motorcycle, Fenrir, through various landscapes.

A small cutscene is shown after the main credits to "Calling" by Kyosuke Himuro. not alone.". I'm.. Cloud watches them leave, smiles, and says, "Yeah..

She and Zack walk out the door and into the light, finally at peace. Knowing he is alright now, Aerith turns back and smiles at Cloud, revealing her face for the first time in the movie. Aerith stands up and walks to the door, where Zack is leaning. His eyes widen and his mouth falls open slightly.

Everything else stops. He then looks up and scans the church, doing a doubletake when he sees Aerith crouching by two children. It is here where Cloud smiles for the first time in the movie. He cures Denzel, the last child with Geostigma, by bringing him into the newly formed pool in the middle of the church and pouring some water on Denzel's head.

He awakens in Aerith's church in Sector 5, surrounded by his friends and the children. Cloud calls out, "Mother?" Aerith then replies "Again? I wonder how many times I've been called 'Mother' today?" Zack, seeing this, asks Aerith "Isn't it nice to be yearned for?" Finally, he explains to Cloud that his place isn't here with them, and that he must return home. Lying in a blank expanse, Aerith puts her hand on Cloud's forehead. Denzel and Marlene are shown in Tifa's bar holding hands and looking out the window, Denzel asking "Cloud is coming back...right?".

Seeing the area where Cloud was fighting explode, the crew onboard the Sierra react in shock, and Tifa calls out to Cloud. Loz and Yazoo raise their hands, a blue aura surrounding both of their arms, and as Cloud makes his swing, they unleash a final blast, and the explosion covers the entire roof. He turns, his lips distorted into a snarl as he charges them, scraping his sword on the roof of the building. Cloud rises up again, ready for one last go.

As Cloud stands in the rain, smiling, he is suddenly shot from behind by Yazoo, who along with Loz, has survived the Turks' blast (although they too are being taken by the purifying water). She says (referring to Aerith) "You were with us all along, weren't you? Thank you.". A drop of water catches Tifa's eye, and she looks up, smiling. The party onboard the Sierra are shown celebrating.

Rufus is shown in an alley, sitting in his wheelchair, surrounded by Elena, Tseng, Rude, and Reno, and is also cured by the healing rain. Scenes are shown throughout Edge of the sick children with Geostigma being cured with this rain, a large scale version of Great Gospel. It begins raining. Mistaking Aerith for "mother", he makes the motion of reaching out to the sky, and joyfully returns to the Lifestream, leaving Cloud behind, victorious.

Kadaj, dying in Cloud's arms, hears the voice of Aerith, telling him to return home. Cloud says, "Stay there for me, trapped in memories" Sephiroth just smiles and replies, "I won't just be a memory..." before his wing wraps around him and crumbles, revealing a wasted away Kadaj. The defeated Sephiroth floats over Cloud with a newly formed single black-feathered wing. The new limit break consists of him manifesting 6 swords and dashing through Sephiroth with each one.) to defeat Sephiroth.

Cloud removes Sephiroth's blade from his shoulder, and states, "I pity you who understands nothing." Sephiroth leaps into the air and Cloud declares, "There's nothing that isn't important to me!" right before he leaps into the air, separating his sword into six pieces and performs a new Limit Break (Translates to " Omnislash Version 5," a variation of Cloud's infamous ultimate Limit Break from Final Fantasy VII. Scenes of Aerith, Zack, Tifa, Marlene, and Denzel are flashed by. He asks Cloud what is most important to him, so that he can have the pleasure of destroying it. Sephiroth tires Cloud to exhaustion, and as Cloud collapses on a wall, Sephiroth stabs him below the shoulder.

Sephiroth commenting that Cloud has become stronger. An awesome fight scene follows, and Cloud battles Sephiroth for some time,including performing "Cross Slash" against him, but Sephiroth successfully dodged it. He would use it to travel the stars until he finds another planet to crash into, just like Jenova did. Sephiroth reveals to Cloud that the spirits of people who died with Geostigma would stain the planet, thus allowing him to control it.

(background music changes to Sairin: Katayoku no Tenshi, a reprised, rock-orchestra version of One-Winged Angel). Cloud jumps down after him, and tries to finish him with one strike, but Kadaj stops him by raising his hands and instantly transforms into Sephiroth while the Masamune forms in his grasp at the point of Cloud's impact. However, instead of admitting defeat, Kadaj throws the container containing Jenova's remains Cloud, who slices it open out of reaction, allwoing Kadaj to absorb the contents as he falls. Kadaj hangs from the edge of a building with one hand, with Cloud standing above him.

Kadaj drops his sword and falls from the building. The Sierra flies off, which puts a small smile to Cloud's face, before he finally defeats Kadaj with his other Limit Break, Finishing Touch. Vincent reveals that Kadaj is in fact a "Larva" of Sephiroth, meaning that one day he would turn into Sephiroth. However, Tifa and Vincent manage to convince everyone not to interfere, because this is Cloud's fight.

He had named it after his assistant Sierra (Shera in English localizations). Cloud continues to pursue Kadaj, and confronts him again in a one on one battle, which is almost cut short due to the rest of the party arriving in the Sierra, Cid Highwind's new airship. This rain water is thought to be Aerith's final limit break, Great Gospel. A drop of water falls and Aerith's voice is heard, softly encouraging him "Let's go, Cloud".

Water wells up from the created hole and rises into the air, both physically harming Kadaj and healing Cloud of his Geostigma. He misses, but hits the still blooming flower garden. Cloud manages to catch up to Kadaj in the Church, where Kadaj tries to attack Cloud with magic. Its speculated that this is a sign of their friendship and also to show their grief for Aerith's death.

He removes his sleeve to reveal a pink ribbon which all of the party members have tied to their arms. A duel on the cycles gives Kadaj a head start, and slashes at Cloud's infected arm. Rude had made a "refinement of Shinra technology," AKA strapping a bunch of TNT and fireworks together, which detonates and damages Loz and Yazoo. There is a chase scene on a partially constructed highway, where Loz and Yazoo both try and stall Cloud, who fail due to a timely arrival of Reno and Rude.

Before Kadaj can celebrate, he notices Cloud is hot on his tail. Rufus is then saved by Tseng and Elena, who quickly shoot nets to break Rufus' fall. Kadaj still manages to retrieve it but doesn't know it has been hit. After a few missed shots, he manages to hit the box, causing its contents to spill.

Rufus changes his target to the falling Jenova container. Kadaj leaps off the exploding buidling in order to try and save the box from hitting the ground. He then quickly pulls out his shotgun out from his jacket, and begins to fire at the gas pipe above Kadaj's head. Surprisingly, Rufus easily dodges it, and in the process he loses the bandages covering his head and allows himself to fall of the ledge.

He tosses it off the edge of the building, and in a blind rage Kadaj fires a materia blast at Rufus. He also reveals the remains of Jenova that is sealed in a black box, which he had been hiding on his lap under the blanket. Meanwhile, Rufus reveals to Kadaj that he really isn't as weak as he was leading everyone to believe, jumping out of the wheel chair and throwing off the white blanket he had been wearing. With that, he goes through Bahamut's Mega Flare and finally takes it down using his Limit Break "Climhazzard".

He takes her hand, and she gives him the strength he needs to push through. With the help of the entire party boosting Cloud into the sky toward Bahamut, Cloud has a vision Aerith reaching out to him, helping to get Cloud through Bahamut's largest attack. But, "Braver" is not powerful enough to defeat Bahamut. At first, Cloud performs his limit break "Braver" to hit Bahamut down the ground.

Bahamut wreaks havoc on the newly constructed Edge until Cloud joins in. Cloud nods as the boy turns to run back to the bar. Denzel then says he'll go back to the bar too, asking Cloud if he'll return. Cloud tells Tifa that he returned Marlene to the bar, and that the sin feels lighter, to which she smiles.

The members each protect them in turn, finally with the arrival of Cloud on Fenrir. Denzel awakens from his zombie-like state after Denzel and Tifa are knocked unconscious from one of Bahmut's blasts. A sort of nostalgic scene ensues when the other Final Fantasy VII party members (Barrett, Red XIII, Cait Sith, Yuffie, Cid, and Vincent) show up at this point to battle Ex-Bahamut, as Tifa protects the possessed Denzel. The Turks rescue some of the possessed children from Bahamut's first blast and then proceed to engage in a fierce melee with Loz and Yazoo, though they ultimately come out on the bottom.

Reno and Rude appear to call out Yazoo and Loz, and to add to the confusion, Kadaj then summons Bahamut Sin. Loz and Yazoo have used the children as human shields while they search for Jenova's head in a memorial statue dedicated to Meteor's destruction of Midgar. Kadaj has unleashed numerous Shadow Creeper monsters to attack the people, and is seen in an incomplete building with the wheelchair bound Rufus.
The two return back to Edge, where they find the city in havoc.

Hand in hand with Marlene, they head back to the city. This slightly confuses Cloud, but he says he'll give it a try and let Vincent know how it goes. Vincent just replies that he had never tried. As the flashback ends, he asks Vincent if his sin can be forgiven.

She pauses and says, "Have we lost to our memories?" Cloud just hangs his head and says, "But...we just let her die." Aerith's voice is then heard, suggesting to Cloud that he should forgive himself instead of drifting away. Tifa has obviously had it with Cloud, and lectures him, speaking her thoughts about how he is pained by past failures, and how he always wants to be alone. Hesitating, Cloud decides instead to go talk to Rufus. Rude tells them that the children have been taken to Ajit.

It is here Cloud has a another flashback of what happened prior to arriving to the Forgotten Capital. After having a discussion about their current situation, Marlene comes and yells at Cloud when he says he wants to back down from fighting again. Vincent says he had also saved Tseng and Elena by nursing them back to health after they had been tortured by Kadaj's gang. This leads to a battle, in which Cloud is defeated by the three, but saved by Vincent Valentine.

During the battle of one VS three, Cloud performs his limit break "Blade Beam" against the "Quake" magic attack from Loz. Kadaj begins calling him a "traitor" and is about to execute him when Marlene calls out Cloud's name, distracting Kadaj and allowing Cloud to grab his sword. Kadaj "controls" the children, using them as a human shield, and making them surround Cloud, ensuring that he cannot escape. Suddenly, he is confronted by a hail of gunfire.

Cloud hangs his head and asks to be forgiven, but Aerith just giggles and asks "By whom?" Cloud tries to turn around to face her, but the vision ends. She puts a hand gently on his arm, asking him why exactly he came. On his way, riding on his motorcycle Fenrir, Cloud has a vision of Aerith, standing back-to-back with him in a field of flowers. Reno and Rude return, telling Cloud and Tifa that Kadaj has taken the children to The Forgotten City of Ajit.

Cloud does not answer, which clearly frustrates Tifa. She confronts him about his Geostigma, asking him if he wants to die alone. As it gets late, Tifa wakes up, finding Cloud staring out the window. They do, entering a trance-like state, the pupils of their eyes becoming narrow slits like those of Kadaj.

He takes a drink and tells the children to follow suit. He then walks into the very lake where Aerith was laid to rest two years prior, and as he does so, corrupts it, turning it black. They take the children to the Forgotten Capital, Ajit, where Kadaj tries to persuade them that the planet is inflicting this disease upon them and that they should rally together against the planet. The three members of Kadaj's gang begin kidnapping the children who are infected with Geostigma, including Denzel.

They are found by the Turks Reno and Rude who bring them back to 7th Heaven. Cloud returns to the church where he discovers Tifa unconscious and his materia stolen, and collapses next to Tifa due to the effects his Geostigma. After a hard fought battle, Tifa is knocked unconscious, and Loz kidnaps Marlene and steals Cloud's materia. Loz arrives at the church, attacking Tifa while searching for the location of Jenova.

It is here they discover that Cloud has Geostigma and does not have the will to fight it. Tifa and Marlene go looking for Cloud at the church where Aerith spent time and grew her flowers, and where Cloud has apparently been living. Vincent Valentine suspects that the trio is seeking to obtain the remains of Jenova to create another Sephiroth, and suggests that Geostigma is the result of Lifestream inside one's body battling the Jenova cells within it. He somewhat knows Cloud, referring to him as "brother" and "traitor," most likely due to the fact that, though they are both "bound" by Jenova and Geostigma, Cloud is trying to stop Kadaj and his crew rather than embrace their efforts to further the virus.

The leader of the trio, Kadaj, claims that Geostigma is due to the Jenova cells corrupting the Lifestream. Three unknown figures appear and begin searching for Jenova's remains to complete the Reunion. He is coordinating searches by the Turks for the effects that Sephiroth had left on the planet. The president of the former Shin-Ra company, Rufus Shinra, is confined to a wheelchair, due to the energy draining effects of geostigma.

In the center is a monument to Midgar's destruction - Meteor. The survivors of Midgar have begun to build a new home on the edge of the city, aptly named 'Edge'. With them is a boy named Denzel, who Cloud, Tifa, and Marlene have taken in as their own. While Barrett is away to settle his past, Marlene Wallace, Barrett's adopted daughter, is entrusted to the care of Tifa.

Tifa's bar is now an orphanage for the infected children. He had lived with her along with Barret Wallace and Marlene Wallace for a while in their newly recontructed bar, 7th Heaven in the city of Edge. However, he has established his own delivery service with the aide of Tifa Lockhart. Cloud Strife, who is also infected with the disease, has secluded himself from the world, still haunted by Aerith Gainsborough's death.

It is proving to be fatal, and children seem to be at greater risk. Two years after the events of Final Fantasy VII, the Planet has begun healing itself from the devastating attack from Meteor, but a strange disease known as "Geostigma" ("Seikon-Shoukougun" or Star Scar Syndrome in Japanese version) has arisen. The information below was compiled using various sources such as the FF7:AC IMDB Page, trailers, the Japanese release of the film, and the short stories contained in "On the Way to a Smile" written by Kazushige Nojima.. .

The film's soundtrack, scored by Nobuo Uematsu, was released on September 28, 2005. This was the first announced title in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. Special Editions of this movie have been released, including the Ultimate Edition "Advent Pieces: Limited", which includes the OVA Last Order: Final Fantasy VII. However, due to the release date being pushed back several times, the timer was removed.

The official Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children website placed a countdown, showing the number of days, hours, minutes and seconds until the final release. The movie received the Honorary Maria Award at the Festival Internacional de Cinema de Cataluña on October 15, 2005. It was released in Japan on September 14, 2005, and the release dates for North America, Europe, Australia, and other countries are TBA. Its official theatrical release date was on September 10, 2005 as the grand public opening.

It is slated to be released on DVD and on a UMD disc for the PSP handheld console. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (Japanese: ファイナルファンタジーVII アドベントチルドレン) is a CGI-animated film based on the successful PlayStation game Final Fantasy VII that is set two years after the events of the game. Riichi. Miwa Hashiguchi.

Masahiro Watanabe. Kenji Arai. Yukiko Nakamura. Tesshin Murata.

Masakazu Morita. Mayuko Aoki. Jun Ishii. Isamu Tachihara.

Akihiko Kikuma. Mechanical & Creature Designer: Takayuki Takeya. Art Direction by: Yusuke Naora. Original music composed by: Nobuo Uematsu.

Scenario Writer: Kazushige Nojima. Co-producer: Shinji Hashimoto. Producer: Yoshinori Kitase. Co-director: Takeshi Nozue.

Director: Tetsuya Nomura.