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logic340
Final Fantasy 7: Last Order is a Special meant to expand upon the events of the Final Fantasy VII universe, specifically the Nibelheim incident and Zack Fair’s final moments. While the concept sounds promising, the execution leans more toward nostalgia-bait than meaningful expansion, offering little new insight into the beloved story.
Plot: 7/10
The story follows Zack as he flees Shinra’s forces, we also get to see Tseng’s reflections on the Nibelheim incident. While it provides a slightly different perspective on these events, it doesn’t add much substance beyond what fans already knew. Instead of deepening the story, it mostly feels like a visual recap with minor alterations. For longtime fans, it’s enjoyable to see these moments reanimated, but it lacks the emotional depth that made th…
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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
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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 capture…
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When you watch this, you will probably feel dissastisfied. I´m no trying to say that "this is bullshit" no, this is good in a lot of ways, the OST is cool, the plot is the same as the prequel-game (good) and the animation is done by Madhouse (should i say more?).
My problem with the OVA is the duration of this, the 25 minutes are very enjoyable, but, when this ends, i feel like "is this all?" this should be more long. Anyways, i think they are just 25 minutes because this OVA encourages you to play the game (or buy it).
Oh, and I must admit, this OVA can be considered "fan service". Does not add anything to the plot we've had in both games, is more, anyone who has not played not possibly understand anything (although not think anyone who has not played the games, see this).
Finally, I th…
Read at the sourceDracosword95
The last order? Ah who really knows, this anime follows the back story to my favorite game of all time. Final Fantasy 7, and Last Order didn't fail to keep up with the awesome story. As the back story, it tells the story of the ordeal, first-class SOLDIER, Zack Fair went through while carrying the unconscious Cloud while escaping the infamous Shinra Turks, and I can not lie, it was just wonderful to watch. The song that's name matches that of the title quickly became a favorite of mine, and everything down to the characters either filled me with blissful nostalgia or gave me other feelings of joy that can only be described as feeling pretty f***ing awesome. This is a must see if you are a fan of FF7. Well I think some punk ninja chick stole my materia, so I gotta go. See ya!
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First and foremost this is not for those that haven't played Final Fantasy 7. This is a prequel to the game, and it's pretty much a teaser for fans. If you haven't played the game but plan to, then this is a nice introduction to get the story started.
As far as OVAs go this isn't bad. It has a lot of interesting events and characters but no development. The action is good, the voice acting is good, the animation is ok, and the sound is ok. All in all it's a solid 7 for me. I liked it, but I am also a fan of the video game. It could have been better, and I say this based on the other material they have for the Final Fantasy 7 franchise. The video clips in the other prequel games were a little better, but this one isn't bad as a standalone OVA. Definitely worth watching if you're a fan (I…
Read at the sourceUnicorn-rider
I think this little OVA/Anime got a lot of bad reviews it didn't deserve. I watched it for the first time before watching Final Fantasy Advent Children just to get a view into the plot. As far as I know, I learned a lot from it + videos from the games.
Story: 8 - The story is good, not the best, but good. It's exciting and you get to know more about Zack.
Art: 10! - The art is outstanding! I really like the drawings and the colors used looks good thinking of the situation.
Sound: 8 - The music isn't way to exciting, but sound effects and the voice actors are very good!
Character: 8 - The Characters are awesome, although you don't get a deep look into all of them, and the main characters like Cloud, Zack and Sephiroth are the ones in focus.
Enjoyment: 9 - I really enjoyed watching it, alt…
Read at the sourceAssassinDX
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…
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A short OVA detailing part of the story concerning Cloud and Zak's entwined background from the infamous "Final Fantasy VII" game.
If you haven't played that game, there's no point watching "Final Fantasy VII: Last Order" - it's basically some background events told in a linear fashion (as opposed to having to put the bits and pieces together as you discover them in the game) and coupled with having proper animation (as opposed to the original "Final Fantasy VII" graphics that made the characters look like lego men).
Considering it's a 30 minute anime, there's not much to say about it. If you've played the game, you'll be familiar with the this segment of the story where Zak and a barely conscious cloud escape like labrats from the Shinra laboratory where scientists conduct experiments t…
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Let me start off by saying: If you've played Final Fantasy VII extensively, or have just taken in all necessary information from playing it through once then this will have a drastic effect on your opinion of this anime. I'll explain what I mean by this and review it in full:
First off I have given this anime a 5 due to it being (for the most part) a recap of a portion of the FFVII storyline. Just to reiterate: if you have played FFVII and remember all information relating to the whole 5 years ago incidents at Nibelheim then I think you will agree with me when I say this anime is (to an extent) Square Enix's attempt at milking FFVII.
Now I am huge fan of the Final Fantasy games having played them all through numerous times, VII included, but in all honesty all the new content you get fro…
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Too much like the game the only difference was the new guy Zack so it wasn't very interesting as most people who would watch this would've already have seen this in the game so the storyline was kind of predictable but i don't think Zack fitted in aswell as Square-Enix wanted him to,
But sound was perfect and the animation was very good.
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Title: Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
Manga or Anime or Both?: Anime alone, as far as I'm aware, released with the Collector's Edition in the US, and the Ultimate Edition in Japan.
Story: Last Order cuts between flashbacks to the Nibelheim Incident, Zack's escape from the lab with Cloud five years later, and ShinRa and the Turks' pursuit of the former.
Story Critique: ...Honestly, it's not what I was expecting. I knew that it covered the Nibelheim Incident and it's aftermath, but still. They didn't even cover anything before Sephiroth goes crazy and burns down/slaughters Nibelheim. I was really looking forward to that. (pouts) Decent rehash of things already covered in the game, for the most part. As for the Zack/Cloud escape... for the most part, it's gratuitous action scenes, peppered…
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This is kind of a let down, and a waste of money as well. This anime is basically most of the scenes we saw during the game, like when Sephiroth went to Jenova, and why Cloud lost his memory, etc. Plus extra scenes that were also shown in the game, but I think you had to do some stuff to unlock the extra scenes.. If I wanted to revisit those scenes I would just play the whole game. (But for those who don\'t have the game, well I guess this would be a good thing)
I bought the DVD cause I thought it was like FF7: Advent Children, thinking it was a new story or a continuation of FF7. Boy, was I wrong.. I was even excited to see them in anime form, but that too was a let down. It even ended on a \"cliff hanger\".. (I can\'t remember what happened after that scene)
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Let me begin with saying that if you are reading this review, you probably have played Final Fantasy VII or at least know the basic story of the game as Last Order is not a show that you will randomly watch. You really need to know the story behind the game in order to fully appreciate what the people at Square-Enix did with Last Order.
Last Order basically gives the gamer what they have wondered since seeing the flashback in the basement of the Nibelheim Mansion - what exactly is the history behind Zack and how does he fit into the grand scheme of things. If you paid attention to all of the minute details in the game, you can get a decent idea of who Zack exactly is and what his role is. Last Order tells us that story and Zack's relationship with Cloud and Sephiroth and how Cloud ended u…
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