Final Fantasy VII: Last Order-English?
I apologize if this is in the wrong section, as I figured this would be the most fitting place considering this is connected to AC. I don't want to classify this as spoilers, considering we see these things in the game, but I'll do it anyway.
(SPOILER)In case anyone didn't, when the Japanese DVD of AC came out, it came with the bonus one-shot anime titled FFVII: Last Order. It was a 25 minute anime that featured two past VII events: Cloud and Zack on the run from Shin-Ra and the crisis at Nibeheim when Sephiroth lashed out at the town with rage. To many fan's disappointment, Square did not release this with the English version and it wasn't even dubbed.
My question: is there a possibility this could eventually be released to the States dubbed? I thought it over and figured there could at least be a chance. Since they're dubbing, the only thing they will maily concern themselves with is voices for the characters. Looking at Last Order, quite a few characters in it are also voiced in AC. If they could hire these VAs to return for this anime, there would only be a few voices they would have to concern themselves with.
Possible Returns:
Steve Burton as Cloud
George Newbern as Sephiroth
Rick Gomez as Zack
Rachael Leigh Cook as Tifa
Quinton Flynn as Reno
Crispin Freeman as Rude
Bettina Bush as Elena
Ryan Yu as Tseng
Characters that need voices:
Hojo
Zangan
Truck Driver
Tifa's Father
Various Turks (Most had one liners)
Random Shin-Ra soldiers and townspeople
Ok, assuming the VAs for the top characters return, that would leave only the bottom few to cast. I keep up with a lot of voice acting news and their actors and actresses, and I can say with confidence most of these VAs would be happy to return. Naturally, they get paid and most have done other things with their character.
Still a big "IF" of course, as there can be a number of reasons why one wouldn't return, but I'd bet a majority would. A usual recording session can last anywhere from 5 hours to even a day depending upon the character (lines) and takes. Usually though, a 20 min episode of most anime can be done in a few days providing they work in this cycle. In
this case, I'd wager LO wouldn't take much longer and could be ready to go in a few months.
Really, right now would have been a good time to releae it, as very much anything that has FFVII on it is hot right now merchandise-wise. It probably could sell very well indeed here, even as an individual release. So, do you guys think there's a possibility it may be around here one of these days, as I can definitely see this as a individual release in the future and even with a $15-20 price, most fans would go for it. Granted, it is only 25 mins but they could include some extras I imagine and again, it is FFVII after all, so it's bound to be appealing to most.
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Originally Posted by ~SapphireStar~
