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is a 2005 Japanese computer-animated science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

film directed by Tetsuya Nomura

Tetsuya Nomura

is a Japanese video game director and character designer working for Square Enix , best known for his work on both the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts series.-Time before Square:Nomura was born in Kōchi, Japan...

, co-directed by Takeshi Nozue, and produced by Yoshinori Kitase

Yoshinori Kitase

is a Japanese game producer and former game director that has been working for Square Enix since April 1, 1990. He is mostly known for his work on the role-playing video game series Final Fantasy and is currently the manager of 1st Production Department....

and Shinji Hashimoto

Shinji Hashimoto

Shinji Hashimoto is a Japanese game producer. He currently works for Square Enix, which he joined in 1995, and has been the producer for several of their titles, including games in the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts series...

. It was written by Kazushige Nojima

Kazushige Nojima

is a Japanese game scenario writer and is the founder of Stellavista Ltd.. He is best known for writing parts of Square Enix's Final Fantasy video game series—namely Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2—and the Kingdom Hearts series...

and the music was composed by Nobuo Uematsu

Nobuo Uematsu

is a Japanese video game composer, best known for scoring the majority of titles in the Final Fantasy series. He is considered as one of the most famous and respected composers in the video game community...

. Developed by Visual Works and Square Enix

Square Enix

is a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, and the action-RPG Kingdom Hearts series...

, Advent Children was the first announced title in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
Compilation of Final Fantasy VII
Compilation of Final Fantasy VII is a series of games and animated features developed by Square Enix based in the world and continuity of Final Fantasy VII...

series, which is composed of titles related to the highly successful 1997 console role-playing game Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII
is a role-playing video game developed by Square and published by Sony Computer Entertainment as the seventh installment in the Final Fantasy series. It was originally released in 1997 for the Sony PlayStation and was re-released in 1998 for Microsoft Windows-based personal computers and in 2009...

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It takes place two years after the events of the game and is set in the city of Edge.