![]() He then tells Cloud he will use the souls of Geostigma's deceased victims to dominate the Planet. Outmatched, Kadaj opens Jenova's box and fuses with its contents, transforming into Sephiroth. Cloud chases Kadaj down and engages him in battle, ultimately subduing him. Yazoo and Loz are caught in a blast along the way by an explosive planted by Reno and Rude. He attempts to destroy it, but Kadaj saves it and flees the city with his companions. Kadaj confronts Rufus Shinra, who reveals he possesses Jenova's remains. With the help of his companions from Final Fantasy VII, Cloud engages and defeats the monsters. ![]() Cloud then returns to the city, where Kadaj has summoned Bahamut SIN and other monsters to terrorize the population. When Cloud arrives to rescue them, Kadaj's gang overpower him but is saved by his old comrade Vincent Valentine. He announces his intention for them all to be reunited with Jenova. All the abducted children are taken to the ruins of the Forgotten City, where Kadaj embraces them as brethren. Tifa is knocked unconscious in the fight, and Loz kidnaps Marlene. Loz follows Tifa and Marlene to Aerith's church, where they had gone looking for Cloud, and attacks them. Denzel falls in with the group, attracted by their promises of a cure for the disease. Meanwhile, Kadaj and his colleagues are recruiting children infected with Geostigma. They are seeking to resurrect him using the remains of the extraterrestrial villain Jenova. The trio is the physical manifestation of Sephiroth's surviving spirit. Rufus asks for Cloud's help to stop Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo. The story also portrays that many people, including Cloud and Denzel, are infected with a mysterious disease known as "Geostigma", which has no known cure.Ĭloud is contacted through Tifa and summoned to a meeting with the Shinra Company's former president Rufus Shinra, who was presumed killed in Final Fantasy VII. Due to feeling guilty for failing to save Aerith Gainsborough, Cloud has recently moved out and isolated himself from his friends. Since the end of the game, the survivors of Midgar founded the new city of Edge, where Cloud and his childhood friend Tifa Lockhart now run a courier service and are the caretakers of an orphan Denzel and the adopted daughter of Barret Wallace, Marlene. Still, Sephiroth's final spell, Meteor, destroyed the city of Midgar. He was defeated by Cloud Strife and his companions. See also: Characters of the Final Fantasy VII series and Final Fantasy VII § Plot Setting Īdvent Children takes place two years following the events of the 1997 role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII, during which the antagonist Sephiroth attempted to absorb the Lifestream (the lifeblood and soul of the Planet) and be reborn as a god. By May 2009, the DVD and Universal Media Disc releases had sold over 4.1 million copies worldwide. The Complete release was noted as driving a large increase in sales of the PlayStation 3 console in its release week. The original release was one of the best-selling animated films in Japan and the United States in its release year. ![]() It received the "Maria Award" at the Sitges Film Festival in 2005 and the "Best Anime Feature" at the 2007 American Anime Awards. Still, the plot has been criticized as incomprehensible to viewers who did not play Final Fantasy VII and a thin connection between action scenes. Critics have praised its animation and CGI work. The film has been released in multiple versions Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete, released on Blu-ray Disc in 2009, is the last version and adds 26 minutes of new and expanded scenes to the 101-minute original. The film's voice acting cast includes Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumi Ito, and Toshiyuki Morikawa in Japanese, and Steve Burton, Rachael Leigh Cook, and George Newbern in English. He discovers that the trio plan to resurrect the villain Sephiroth using the remains of the extraterrestrial villain Jenova, and he and his compatriots from the game fight to stop them. Final Fantasy VII hero Cloud Strife, suffering from the same disease, goes to rescue the children. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children was released on DVD and Universal Media Discs with Japanese voice acting in Japan on September 14, 2005, and on April 25, 2006, with English voice acting in North America and the UK.Īdvent Children takes place two years after the events of Final Fantasy VII and focuses on the appearance of a trio that kidnaps children infected with an unexplained disease. Developed by Visual Works and Square Enix, Advent Children is part of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series of media, which is based in the world and continuity of the highly successful 1997 role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is a 2005 Japanese computer-animated film directed by Tetsuya Nomura, written by Kazushige Nojima, and produced by Yoshinori Kitase and Shinji Hashimoto. ![]()
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