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I was very pleased with this movie. I was kind of expecting another "Spirits Within" (which sucked), but this actually stuck to the Final Fantasy world and feel. The story was new and creative, so as not to bore the ones who have played the game before. Even if you haven't played the game it shouldn't be too hard to understand the story. The graphics were amazing. So detailed and great quality. I can only imagine how much work it took to complete this movie. You can tell it was definitely not half-assed. That in itself makes the movie worth watching. I liked the new ... characters that were introduced. The original characters from the game, however, did not meet my expectations. The Cloud I knew from the game had a sense of humor. No chance of that in the movie with his uber emoness. Which I like uber emoness, too, but he just didn't feel like Cloud to me. Maybe in that respect it would be better for people who haven't played the game.

I have nothing personal against this anime or people who like it...but...I didn't think it was very good at all. It was completely underdeveloped: the story, characters, everything. And it seems little effort was put into it. Not that you can expect a lot from a two episode show, but they could have done better than THAT. It wasn't put together well enough for me to get anything out of it. Maybe that's why they call it an OVA, 'cause you're supposed to play the game first, but still...At least with other OVAs I'm able to get the gist of the story and enjoy them ... a little bit. I'd expect much more in both the story and quality of an OVA made in 2006.

I give it a 5. It just was not worth my time. Definitely not my thing. If you like the style of the game and really cliche shounen-ai stuff, you could possibly enjoy this somewhat.

Don't get me wrong, this was a good oneshot manga, but I wasn't expecting it to be so historical. I guess having to read all the text was a bit boring for someone like me. It was like reading a history text book more than anything else. However, I think it's a very interesting and well put together was of representing the relationship of Afghanistan and the countries involved in it's history.

If you want to learn about the history of Afghanistan, this manga is for you. If you're not interested in that, you might want to skip this (or just read the panels and skip ... the history text. The panels were entertaining and good without the history).