Final Fantasy VII: Last Order

With reports of monsters terrorizing the reactor at Mount Nibel, the Shinra Electric Power Company dispatches their elite fighting force SOLDIER to investigate. Accompanied by fellow SOLDIER First Class Zack Fair and a small contingent of company guards, the war hero Sephiroth is to assess the condition of the Mako reactor at the behest of the company. In Nibelheim, the village that the reactor powers, Sephiroth discovers the source of the monsters and the origins of Shinra's legendary Jenova Project.

Running through the woods months later, Zack is no longer the hero he once dreamt of becoming. He flees from the General Affairs Department of the Shinra Electric Power Company, better known as the Turks, who desperately seek to bury the evidence living within the two.

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Strife, Cloud Main

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Sephiroth Main

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Fair, Zack Main

Suzumura, Kenichi Japanese

Lockhart, Tifa Supporting

Ito, Ayumi Japanese

Reno Supporting

Fujiwara, Keiji Japanese

Tseng Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Rude Supporting

Kusunoki, Taiten Japanese

Hojo, Professor Supporting

Nozawa, Nachi Japanese

Jenova Supporting

Rod Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Maruyama, Masao Producer

Asaka, Morio Director, Storyboard

Shimizu, Youji Sound Director

Nomura, Tetsuya Animation Director, Original Character Design

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Jun 19, 2024

OsageSan

Recommended

As someone who was a fan of Crisis Core as a child, this was a pleasant watch. Of course, this episode was nothing more than a little treat for fans of this franchise than for fans of anime in general, there is just too little you can showcase in just one episode besides the animation, voice acting and action, which were handled very well, it reminds me of Death Note quite a lot. It's a shame though, as if this anime were to be extended to 12 or 24 episodes, I'm sure it would've reached the micro-classic status, but let's just be happy we got ... this much. 7/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jul 7, 2021

d-a-r-k-l-x-r-d

Recommended

If you have played Final Fantasy VII (mostly Crisis Core) and liked the game, you have to love this special piece of art from Square Enix. Otherwise you expected something else.

For me personaly, this is not anime at all. It is add-on to perfectly balanced game with complex storyline, which is not for everyone. If you wonder about confusing story part with Cloud/Zack amnesia thing, this Special can bring a little understanding into all the confusion.

The animation is really good and smooth, it is not computer graphic (like Advent Children), just old school anime style. I really like how all the characters were drawned, especially ... members of Turks.

The music is fair, well composed, but it would be perfect if Square would used the original music from the game. Nobuo Uematsu simply captured the atmosphere and essence of each character.

Definitely 9/10. Maybe we will see something more in FF VII Remake.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Oct 18, 2010

AssassinDX

Mixed Feelings

Final Fantasy VII: Last Order is something that you shouldn't watch before completing the video game, otherwise Last Order probably won't make a lot of sense. Despite that you won't miss out on much if you don't see it, it's essentially a short re-telling of the events of the Nibelheim incident found in the Final Fantasy VII video game.

Story - 5/10

Last Order tells the story of what happened in the town of Nibelheim a few years before the events of Final Fantasy VII took place, in the game itself it was shown as a flashback sequence. It also touches upon Shin-Ra's and The ... Turks pursuit of Zack and Cloud leading up to that, and ends with a brief conversation on the back of a truck presumably a few months or years later after the aftermath of the Nibelheim incident; it's not explained in the OAV and it's been a while since I played the video game so my memory is a little hazy.
Overall I was disappointed with the story of Last Order, you're simply thrown into a key event of the Final Fantasy VII story arc and just as quickly as it starts it... ends. It's an above average recalling of the event itself but I was hoping for more, and at under 25 minutes in total there simply isn't enough time to explain everything and the transition from one part of the story to the next is confusing. Final Fantasy VII: Last Order should have been at least 45 minutes long or perhaps even an hour, it's a major plot point that deserved more effort devoted to it.

Art - 7/10

Good but nothing outstanding, in a nutshell. The brief battle scene between Zack and Sephiroth looks nice, but the OAV seemed to be a little too dark in places. The characters themselves looked suitably detailed so there are no complaints there.

Sound - 6/10

Again, good but not outstanding pretty much sums up my opinion here. I liked the soundtrack as a rock fan and the sound effects were decent, but I didn't particularly enjoy the voice acting from the Japanese cast members. The guy who voices Sephiroth probably put in the best performance, but Tifa in particular was underwhelming.
I'm not sure if the voice cast are the same as those found in Advent Children, although that wasn't an aspect of that film I found to be all that good either.

Character - 6/10

Due to the length of the OAV very little time was devoted to any character development, although if you're a fan of the Final Fantasy VII franchise you should be all too familiar with most of the cast.

Enjoyment - 6/10

As I previously mentioned you shouldn't watch Final Fantasy VII: Last Order before completing the video game, otherwise you'll likely get absolutely no enjoyment out of this whatsoever. With that said as an avid fan with a slightly hazy memory I didn't enjoy this as much as I'd hoped, it was far too short and only really rehashed a plot point I'm all too familiar with.

Overall - 6.0/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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