Fresh from Japan

Just got my original copy of the Japanese DVD release of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. As expected, the movie is crystal clear and awesome in terms of picture quality, though there are no subtitles except for default Japanese (which will only be of use to deaf Japanese people, I guess). The extras are pretty sparse- there's a section called Reminiscence of FFVII which is basically a half-hour's worth of scenes from the FFVII game, both CG FMV and In-game scenes that take you through the story of FFVII. Of course, the words are all in Japanese. Then there's the Compilation of FFVII which are a collection of trailers from the FFVII games/features due out or already out- this includes the Japan-only cellphone game Before Crisis, the upcoming FFVII FPS Shooter Dirge of Cerberus (which is pretty cool since it shows off a lot of stuff I haven't seen before), the enigmatic Crisis Core (which has anime segments from the FFVII Last Order anime) and of course, Advent Children itself. That's about it for extras.

Aside from that, the original DVD is just basically my support to Squaresoft for giving me AC. And a nice souvenir piece, albeit a bit pricey. Still, I think it's worth every centavo. Yay!