Advent Children

"What I have shown you is reality. What you remember...that is the illusion."

Sephiroth


Square Enix, the company that brought you the famous Final Fantasy series, will be coming up with a new digitally enhanced movie called Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, only available in DVD. Who can forget the touching scene in the game where Aerith sacrificed herself to save Cloud. As the name suggests, it is a sequel for the game and is set 2 years after the ending of the game. So far it is known that main story revolves around 3 men, Kadaj, Loz, and Yazoo, also known as the Silver Haired Men (SHM for short). Translations from Japanese scans shows that they are the advent children . It also shows that people suffer from Star Scar Syndrome (Geostigma ) and they have something to do with it. Children suffer from this illness the most. It looks like Cloud supposed to save those children and find answers why this is all happening.

As mentioned above, most of characters from Final Fantasy 7 return and play important roles in this movie. Due to advances in technology, this time around, characters are designed beautifully with new outfits. There are many new characters which are still not known such as the white-caped man in the wheelchair commanding the 3 silver-haired men. There are many theories regarding this person, including Sephiroth and even Aeris. One thing is known, theories like this will not be confirmed until you watch the movie. Square-Enix is keepping tight-lipped about most of this movie and ensuring the plot is not leaked. So, I will have to wait until the DVD is in sale in Singapore. To view the trailer, go to the Japanese original site.