Last Order - Final Fantasy VII - Last Order - Final Fantasy VII - is an Original Video Animation based on events that occurred in " Final Fantasy VII " . The movie was released in Japan with " " , which is part of the " Compilation of Final Fantasy VII " . The twenty - five - minute anime is about two events that happen in " Final Fantasy VII " : a flashback that takes place five years before the game begins , revolving around Zack Fair , Cloud Strife , Tifa Lockhart , and Sephiroth at Nibelheim , and another flashback , which involves Zack and Cloud on the run from the Shinra Electric Power Company . The anime cuts back and forth between these two events , with the Turk commander Tseng reminiscing on the Nibelheim Incident . " Last Order " forms the basis of the PlayStation Portable game " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " and serves as a tie - in with the mobile phone game " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " , as several of the game ' s playable Turk characters appear as minor characters . Although the anime was originally only released in Japan , it was released in the collector ' s edition of " Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children " in North America and Europe . This Limited Edition Collector ' s Set was released on February 6 , 2007 . The anime was made over a period of roughly six months , from Tetsuya Nomura ' s approaching Studio MadHouse to create the short to its completion . Nomura worked heavily with Studio MadHouse during this period making sure what they were making fit with the ideas he was trying to portray , and several scenes underwent numerous revisions , changing both major and minuscule points to meet with Nomura ' s approval . Though the events as depicted contradict " Final Fantasy VII " and are again contradicted by " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " , " Last Order - Final Fantasy VII - " has still been included as an important part of the " Compilation of Final Fantasy VII " in both the " Crisis Core " and " 10th Anniversary Ultimania " s , and several explanations - such as the contradictory events being the reports of the present Turk and Cloud and Tifa not consciously recalling their conversation until Cloud ' s memories are restored - have been offered to explain the differences in the " Last Order - Final Fantasy VII - " telling and the rest of the " Compilation of Final Fantasy VII " . The " Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary " edition , however , states that " Last Order " is " a work outside the Compilation " and an " interpretation " of the backstory from " Final Fantasy VII " . Story . An unresponsive Cloud is being carried by Zack on his back in a forest . The two are being pursued by men in grunt uniforms , but they escape and jump off a cliff . Meanwhile in the Shinra Headquarters Tseng is talking on a cellphone how the military has made contact with the " target " and the Turks will be sent to where it was encountered . Seventy - two hours ago , the Turks received a mission to capture " samples " on run from a Shinra facility , two adult males , one formerly a SOLDIER First Class . Five years ago Nibelheim was torched by Sephiroth . Sephiroth walked away from the town and Tifa searched around Nibelheim for her father and saw Zangan helping an injured civilian . Zangan told her Sephiroth set the town aflame and that her father is at the Mako Reactor on Mt . Nibel with him , and despite Zangan ' s warnings , Tifa ran off . Zack , still carrying Cloud , is surrounded by troops . Zack places Cloud on the ground and fights them , but as more troops arrive , Zack runs off , leaving Cloud behind . During the Nibelheim Incident , Zack , along with a troop , arrived at the burning Nibelheim and met Zangan , who told Sephiroth has gone to Mt . Nibel with Tifa . Zack told the troop to help Zangan and that he will help Tifa . Zack runs down a street and two troops on bikes stop him and a helicopter arrives , containing two Turks — Rude and Elena ' s older sister . Rude asks via his headset if they are supposed to kill or capture Zack . Tseng in his office tells them to try their best to catch him alive . The female Turk tells Zack to surrender , and that if he does , they can promise his personal safety . The two troops on the bikes decide to take him , readying their guns , and Zack declares " what he wants is freedom " , and runs at the troops . During the Nibelheim Incident Tifa arrived at Mako Reactor where she saw her father on the ground with a bloodied sword beside him . He told her to run and died , and Tifa grabbed the sword saying she hates SOLDIER , Shinra and the Mako Reactors . Sephiroth entered the Mako Reactor but stopped at a door that led to the deepest chamber , saying , " Mother . I ' ve come for you " . Tifa tried to attack Sephiroth with the sword , but Sephiroth disarmed her and knocked her down the stairs . Tifa reminisced about a promise that when she would be in trouble , Cloud would come and save her . Cloud is lying motionless on the ground with Zack ' s Buster Sword in front of him . Two troops try to lift the sword but are unable to . Zack arrives on a bike he stole and saves Cloud . Zack and Cloud ride away with Rude and Gun in a helicopter above them , following , but they lose them and inform Tseng they will return to Midgar . Tseng in his office says Midgar has to be cordoned off . Back at the reactor , Zack woke Tifa up and entered the door Sephiroth went through . Sephiroth was standing in front of the metallic sculpture of Jenova saying they should take back the Planet together and go to the Promised Land . Zack demanded to know why Sephiroth killed the villagers and hurt Tifa , but Sephiroth laughed and said that with Jenova ' s superior powers and knowledge , she should have become the ruler of the Planet . Sephiroth ripped off the metal cover to reveal Jenova within a large glass container . Zack threatened Sephiroth who called him a traitor , and the two fought . Zack said Sephiroth is no longer the Sephiroth he once knew . Sephiroth said he is the chosen ruler of the Planet who will take it back from humans and return it to the Cetra . Sephiroth defeated Zack and threw him out of Jenova ' s chamber . As Sephiroth was telling Jenova everything would be fine now , a sword is shoved through his abdomen ; it was Cloud , who ran back down to tend to Tifa . Tifa was amazed to see Cloud kept his promise . Sephiroth broke Jenova ' s container and cut off her head , taking it with him as he left . Zack encouraged Cloud to finish him off . Sephiroth stabbed Cloud through the stomach , but was still overcome by Cloud , who suddenly appeared much stronger . Sephiroth saw Cloud ' s glowing eyes and laughed . He told Jenova to come with him to the Promised Land and jumped off the platform to the bottom of the reactor , disappearing . Cloud , still with Sephiroth ' s sword in him , passed out . Zack and Cloud were found collapsed in the Nibelheim Reactor by the Turks , with Zangan having taken Tifa away . The reactor became filled with Turks and scientists , and as Zack was being carried out of the reactor , Professor Hojo said he is to be taken to Shinra Manor basement . Hojo found Cloud interesting and wanted to use him as a new sample for his experiments . Zack has abandoned the bike after running out of gas and has hitchhiked a truck leaving for Midgar . Tseng and eight other Turks board a helicopter . Zack and Cloud are in the back of a yellow truck driving in the Midgar Wasteland . Cloud is unresponsive , but Zack promises Cloud he won ' t leave him and that once they get to Midgar , they can become jack - of - all - trades . A sniping scope locks onto Cloud , and a person says they will be within firing range soon . Another person says to go for it . The first person says the Turks said to wait until after they arrive , but the second person says they are not going to give the Turks the credit . The Turks ' helicopter is above the wasteland , with Tseng and Elena ' s sister piloting . Zack asks the driver why they are not in Midgar yet , but suddenly blinks and dashes to Cloud and the scene goes black . Zack tells Cloud to run when a gun goes off . Discrepancies with the game . Because " Final Fantasy VII " was produced several years prior to the release of " Last Order - Final Fantasy VII - " , the interpretations of events sometimes differ between the game and the OVA . Further discrepancies are made in " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . Voice actors . Despite the anime ' s release on the collector ' s edition of " Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children " in North America and Europe , it was not dubbed . The voices remained Japanese ; however , English subtitles could be turned on .