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Post Made by Nomura on Shin-Ra Website is Now Fully Translated On August 8th, Tetsuya Nomura added a long update to the Shin-Ra website. The full translation of this post is now available, and the post can now be read. In the post, Tetsuya Nomura commented on things such as the Square Enix Party, Advent Pieces, and some information about Advent Children itself. The whole post can be found below. --- A message from staff to all you Shinra execs: 2005/8/8�@Recent status report - Nomura Nomura speaking. I'm about to nod off here...but the site's just been renewed so if I were to say nothing it'd seem rather cold, won't it? Thus I'll make the effort to let you in on the latest. First off, I'd like to offer my sincerest thanks to the many people who came to the Square Enix Party 2005. I was pretty much stuck behind the booth the whole time but the cheers and claps that I sometimes hear coming from the mini-theatre had me feeling very moved. Speaking of the Party, a lot of interviews that I got kept asking me the same thing; "What about all those things that people misunderstood?"So let me take the opportunity to clear some things up. I know some of you may think that the Limited Edition box looks like it's made out of skin but the truth is, it's just a prototype design printed on a regular paper box, not something that's fashioned out of some poor animal's hide. In the exhibition area, the paper box for the mass-produced version sits right next to this prototype design so, I'm not too sure whether it's the likeliness to real skin of the prototype design, or if the print made too deep an impression or even if the explanation provided at the exhibition was insufficient, but to everyone who were misled, please accept my deepest and sincerest apologies. If it were real leather, trust me, the prize wouldn't be as you've seen. I'm really sorry for the confusion caused. Now, for the actual thing itself! The project has finally reached completion!!! Lots of problems kept popping up at the last minute so it almost gave me a heart attack but well, we made it and now it should reach you on time! Well, we've got roughly about a month more, haven't we? Man, that was REALLY close...I'm tellin ya, SO many problems came up. I'll tell you all about them the next chance I get, OK? Since there's so much left we have to do in preparation of the approaching release date, we've been super busy. The commercial is being put together as we speak, so I'd have to go back to the studio for a bit to oversee the last of the finishing touches. I think it'll hit the TV stations somewhere mid-August to September. Anyway, if I get anymore info on that, I'll be sure to kiss and tell, no worries. As for the North American version, there are still several people we have yet to decide upon so I guess we'd better hurry our asses there as well...only 3 characters left, though! But we can't seem to find someone who's able to hit the right note on them... This may be a little early but also on the actual product, just let me explain the order in which to watch your DVD. For the Limited Edition owners, it's from the "LAST ORDER" OVA. For the mass-produced version owners, you watch it from the original digest called "REMINISCENCE". After that, you may proceed to AC itself. Of course, you may choose to skip REMINISCENCE but I recommend going through it anyway because who knows, you may just discover many things. As for the Limited Edition, when watching DISTANCE, which showcases the making process and accompanied by commentary, I would strongly urge for you to watch it right to the end. Lots of spoilers, you'll find. Also, the Making might come off as a technically revealing sort of hard interview, what with commentaries that are presented as conversations between primary staffers and all, so it's more like a complete breakdown of sorts. Some of you might not be so hot about that so let me apologize beforehand. We did it this way because we wanted you to feel as if you're part of the process while watching it. It would greatly please us greatly to know that you'd be as absorbed into the whole process as we were while making it. Now I'll go on to explain a little about the public cinema release. In truth, AC was never intended to be the sort of movie you'd go watch in a cinema so we didn't take it as one when we made it. This means it's void of the usual flow, format and general treatment you would see in a made-for-big-screen kinda movie. And eventhough it seemed impossible, we tried to negotiate and discuss our way through but even with the company's (SE) best intentions, there were limits we couldn't cross no matter what. However, driven to answer all the many requests and demands to see it on the big screen, we've somehow managed to whine our way into getting a not-so-conventional way to publicly show it to you all. And this is possible thanks to the goodwill of certain companies related to the industry. However, I'm still sad to say that, as much as we want to, we might not be able to answer to those who have been looking forward to see it on major big screens across the city. There's a lot left that I can't say so please feel free to check the AC website for more pending updates. Details and the Japan Premiere will soon be announced on the official website. And lastly, Venice. Thanks to everyone, we've once again been invited to show our work there for the second year in a row. Thank you so much! It's truly a pleasant surprise to find out that we're able to attend despite almost not being able to make it in time. Speaking of almost being out of the competition, it seems that, unlike last year, we'd be able to walk on the red carpet this year! w00t! And if that's true, we should be so nervous by now but due to our busy schedule, we don't have time even for that. For instance, right after we return from Venice, there'd be the Japan Premiere, public screening and release date to take care of. Not only that, there're still the preparations that need to be done in regards to many other related things and let's not forget the North American and European releases. Of course, before all these, there's still the matter of KINGDOM HEARTS II, and there are more that need our attention even BEFORE this one, believe it or not. Having typed all this down, I now only realize how close we're really cutting it. This isn't good, there's just not enough time to go around. Which brings to mind something. Recently there's only been announcements and apologies, there really hasn't been any room for mischief and light humor on our end, has there? And I want to keep on with this little messages right up to the date of release but come to think of it, I'm the only one still writing this. These days, the 4 people from the PR dept holed up in the operations department office have worn themselves out working all the way till morning (these guys were placed in charge of handling the PR side of everything, from AC to DC to KH) so maybe something in them shorted out because every line they utter now seems to inevitably have something or other to do with the likes of AC, DC and KH. And, late at night, on the floors where there is little people, you'd suddenly hear a voice going "A duel do the death that lasts for days!!"(line uttered by Azul from DC) as late-night staffers amuse themselves with an unique online recreation of the game (DC) via the office network. Source: Advent Children.net

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