Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
2005JapanLanguage: jaDirected by Tetsuya Nomura★ 7.2
Available in English: subtitled
Two years have passed since the final battle with Sephiroth. Though Midgar, city of mako, city of prosperity, has been reduced to ruins, its people slowly but steadily walk the road to reconstruction. However, a mysterious illness called Geostigma torments them. With no cure in sight, it brings death to the afflicted, one after another, robbing the people of their fledgling hope.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholichauntingbleakhopeful
Pacing
slow burnescalatingslow build to explosion
Story
survivalpursuitunravelingreunion
Emotion
griefredemptionguiltfiguring out who you arebelonging
Themes
family wounds passed downreligion and faithold ways vs. new worldpoverty
Feel
catharticrewatchablecrowd pleasercerebral
Violence
graphic