Final cast and date for Advent Children (Spoilers?)

[Dr. Doom]

I dunno anything about the movie, so I'd like to state that there's a good chance this article may SPOIL some stuff for some of you, mainly characters. If you are worried about that, then I wouldn't read below here. For those who don't, the release date is April 25th.




















http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3147962

Hot on the heels of the Kingdom Hearts II voice cast, which was announced just last week, comes the first peek at the English-language voice cast of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, which has been delayed repeatedly due to some last minute signings, most notably that of American Beauty jailbait, Mena Suvari, who was brought on to perform the voice of Aerith Gainsborough in not only Kingdom Hearts II, but also to reprise the role in Advent Children. While Sony's DVD head of marketing, Mike Stratford, was quoted talking all kinds of crap to The Digital Bits, claiming that we'd see the release of Advent Children in North America by "end of 2006" (causing much consternation among Final Fantasy fans nationwide), 1UP is glad to inform you that the DVD and UMD will ship in the U.S. on April 25, 2006. So in case you haven't already downloaded the movie from the Internet (bad, pirates, bad!) and are looking forward to seeing this hour-and-a-half slice of CG Final Fantasy fan-service for yourself, you've roughly two months to go. Here's the mostly anonymous voice cast, with the exception of Rachel Leigh Cook (Tifa), and Mena Suvari (Aerith), with Steve Burton playing the role of Cloud Strife (he was the voice of Cloud in Kingdom Hearts 1). But who cares about that when it can finally be revealed that "Girl" will be played by Andrea Bowen?

[Editor's Note: This information pertains specifically to the English dub, and does not indicate whether or not the original Japanese language track will be included -- featuring English subtitles -- which it will, because Square Enix is very aware that that's how their fans like it.]

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children voice cast:
Cloud Strife: Steve Burton
Tifa Lockhart: Rachael Leigh Cook
Kadaj: Steve Staley
Rufus Shinra: Wally Wingert
Reno: Quinton Flynn
Rude: Crispin Freeman
Yazoo: Dave Wittenberg
Loz: Fred Tatasciore
Vincent Valentine: Steve Blum
Barett Wallace: Beau Billingslea
Cid Highwind: Chris Edgerly
Yuffie Kisaragi: Christy Romano
Cait Sith: Gregg Ellis
Red XIII: Liam O'Brien
Reeve: Jamieson Price
Tseng: Ryun Yu
Elena: Bettina Bush
Marlene: Wallace Grace Rolek
Denzel: Benjamin Bryan
Girl: Andrea Bowen
Zack: Rick Gomez
Aerith Gainsborough: Mena Suvari
Sephiroth: George Newbern

Here are the specific details of the U.S. release of the DVD, as described by Sony:

FINAL FANTASY VII: Advent Children continues the game's storyline in this CG-animated film, featuring non-stop action and exciting visual effects. Two years have passed since the ruins of Midgar stand as a testament to the sacrifices made in order to bring peace. However, the world will soon face a new menace. A mysterious illness is spreading fast. Old enemies are astir. And Cloud, who walked away from the life of a hero to live in solitude, must step forward yet again...

DVD BONUS FEATURES INCLUDE:
# Story Digest
# Deleted Scenes
# Making Of Featurette
# FINAL FANTASY VII: Advent Children Venice Film Festival Footage
# Sneak Peek of the Upcoming FINAL FANTASY VII Games

FINAL FANTASY VII: Advent Children will be available in widescreen presentation, has a run time of 101 minutes and is rated PG-13, and will arrive as a Special Edition DVD in a 2-disc set (SLP of $26.96) as well as UMD video for PSP (SLP of $28.96). The DVD set will be exploding with bonus materials, including a story digest, deleted scenes, a Making Of featurette, FINAL FANTASY VII: Advent Children Venice Film Festival footage and a Sneak Peek of the upcoming games in the Compilation of FINAL FANTASY VII series.

If that's the final cast, then it was well worth the wait. -=Bows before Steve Blum=-

[Spitfire]

Yay Steve Blum! I saw it subbed twice...I don't know if I trust a dub even with Blum in it. But I'll give it a shot. I'd still prefere if they add the Japanese track with Subtitles though. I just like having it to fall back on in case I can't stand the dub. Like with Hero...I watched about a minute of that dubbed and I couldn't take it O_O Devilman too but that didn't come with subtitles!

I have a feeling this will be one of the movies that will take awhile to get your hands on since it has such a big fan base it will probly sell out everywhere.

Go Sony!
DVD in a 2-disc set (SLP of $26.96) as well as UMD video for PSP (SLP of $28.96)

[damnhooligan]

Steve Burton as Cloud has me... intrigued. Forgive me if I always imagined Cloud with a pansy boy voice, but Burton's everything but. He's f***ing Jason from GH, that's what!

Though I'm glad to see, aside from a couple somewhat recognizable actresses, that they've stuck with a cast of voice actors instead of going for the big A-List Hollywood names. Plus, bonus Endless Mike as Zach!

[MikesPizzaShack]

i have a jap copy with eng subs...i cant wait for the end ver. im gonna get it on dvd and umd lol

[Barkworm]

I liked it when I saw it because of all the awesome characters but a Final Fantasy movie without a story just isn't right...

[ThirdMarioBro]

I still find it disgusting that the UMD costs more, but otherwise, it looks like a killer package.

[Peanut]

The only thing related to FF that I enjoy. I'm actually quite excited for it's release.