Final Fantasy Vll Advent Children Complete
At the
Tokyo Game Show 2006,
Square Enix showed a trailer of a director's cut of the film, titled
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete for release on the
Blu-ray Disc format. New scenes will be added to the film. The film also benefits from high-definition video and audio that the Blu-ray format offers. In Japan, came with a playable demo of
Final Fantasy XIII. The cut had formerly been expected to be released in mid 2007, but Square Enix announced at the Tokyo Game Show 2007 that they would postpone the product until 2008.
[8]
At the 2008 Square Enix DKΣ3713 Party, it was announced that
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete would be released in March 2009 in Japan,
[9] but it was delayed soon after and was released on April 16, 2009. A separate bundle was sold that included a demo of
Final Fantasy XIII. Both editions included the first HD trailers of
Final Fantasy Versus XIII and
Final Fantasy Agito XIII. The film features a 20-minute long extra movie on the disc, which is an anime version of the "Case of Denzel" chapter featured in the
On the Way to a Smile novella.
[9] Advent Children Complete was released in North America on June 2, 2009
[10] and will be released on July 27, 2009 in Europe. However, both the North American and the European versions do not come with the playable demo of
Final Fantasy XIII. Instead, it comes with a new trailer for
Final Fantasy XIII.
It contains a considerable amount of new footage that the original version lacks, as well as roughly a thousand revised scenes. This adds a total of 26 minutes to the film, some of the new scenes inlcude a more in depth look at the Geostigma, Denzel and Kadaj's origins, as well as an extended fight between Cloud and Sephiroth.
The Japanese release of this edition features a new ending track from
Kyosuke Himuro called "Safe and Sound", with additional lyrics from
My Chemical Romance frontman
Gerard Way. The track replaces Himuro's previous track "Calling" from the original cut of the film. However, in the North American release, the song "Calling" remains, and "Safe and Sound" is absent.
The film was released in Japanese in three bundles. One included a limited edition 160GB "Cloud Black" PS3 bundle with the Final Fantasy XIII demo, another was the film with the demo, and the last was be the stand-alone film. The film also includes an OVA based on On the Way to a Smile: Case of Denzel, along with never-before-seen trailers for Final Fantasy Versus XIII and Final Fantasy Agito XIII. Nomura also said that Complete may be the last installment of the Compilation for some time, but he and Nozue have other ideas and are contemplating another film project.
