Last Order: Final Fantasy VII (2005)

Original title

ラストオーダー -ファイナルファンタジーVII-

Directed by

Morio Asaka

Genre

fantasy film, action film, science fiction film, science fiction anime and manga, action anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

25 min

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 80 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This animated film retells key flashbacks from the Final Fantasy VII video game. It shows two major events from the past of the game's main characters, including a mission gone wrong and a city's destruction.

action-packedfast-paceddarkmelancholicvisually stylizedintensedramaticnostalgic

What happens

Last Order: Final Fantasy VII, also abbreviated as Last Order or LO, is a 2005 Japanese original video animation (OVA) produced by Madhouse and released by Square Enix. It was directed by Morio Asaka, and produced by Masao Maruyama, Jungo Maruta and Akio Ofuji. Tetsuya Nomura served as supervising director. The OVA is an alternate rendition of two flashbacks which were first seen in the 1997 video game Final Fantasy VII. Last Order was released in Japan with Advent Pieces: Limited, a special edition release of the film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, and as a bonus feature in the North American "Limited Edition Collector's Set" release. Last Order is associated with the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, a series of prequels and sequels to the original Final Fantasy VII. Although not an official Compilation installment, Last Order has nonetheless been included in official guidebooks. The OVA's soundtrack was released with the music of Before Crisis, and select songs were later remixed for Crisis Core. Last Order was created due to the success of promotional commercials for Before Crisis, with production lasting six months. The plot encompasses two events occurring before the events of Final Fantasy VII. One follows Sephiroth destroying a village, and the other follows Zack Fair and Cloud Strife escaping from the Shinra Electric Power Company. These flashbacks are narrated by the Turks leader Tseng. Originally meant to focus on Zack, Last Order highlighted Tseng's feelings and position in the Shinra company. Last Order received negative fan response due to differences from the original game's content, and the Crisis Core game designers avoided recreating certain scenes from Last Order. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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