Nomura stated that the reason for the name Advent Pieces was because " advent " means " the recognition and commemoration of something ," while " pieces " was added in order to bring special meaning to the release.

During the credit roll at the end of the game, Cloud is shown reuniting residents of Hollow Bastion, although Nomura has stated that the answer to the person Cloud was looking for was up to the players.

Cloud was one of the first two characters designed for Final Fantasy VII by Tetsuya Nomura, with influences from Yoshinori Kitase, Kazushige Nojima and Hironobu Sakaguchi.

However, to make Cloud stand out more and emphasize his role in the game as the lead protagonist, Nomura altered Cloud's design to give him spiky, bright, blonde hair.

Cloud's weapon, the Buster Sword, was originally smaller than its final form, but its height increased as Nomura redesigned Cloud.

For Advent Children, Nomura agreed to direct the project largely because of his attachment to the character of Cloud.

Although Nomura stated that Cloud was a more upbeat character in Final Fantasy VII than in Advent Children, he chose a Cloud whose personality would be more familiar to gamers, and the script was written to explain the reasons for his state of mind.

Nomura, explaining Cloud's situation in the film, has said " Cloud tried to lead his life positively after the end of FF7 but he cracked ...

" Nomura concluded, " Cloud seems to be a weak guy.

For Advent Children Nomura wanted Cloud and Vincent's voices to contrast with each other because of their similarities in terms of personality.

Character designer Tetsuya Nomura wanted his role in the story to be different from other Final Fantasy villains, while his design was intended to contrast directly with that of the game's main character, Cloud Strife.

His character existed from the earliest stages of development, as originally, Nomura thought that the game's plot would deal exclusively with Cloud Strife pursuing Sephiroth, who was always the game's main antagonist.

Nomura has stated that Sephiroth was made to be a complete contrast to the game's main protagonist, Cloud, who was originally designed to have slicked-back, black hair with no spikes.

Sephiroth was not included in the sequel Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, as director Tetsuya Nomura could not give him a storyline related to Cloud, and he feared negative fan response if Sephiroth did not have a notable role in the story.

" Nomura wanted Cloud and Vincent's voices to contrast with each other due to their similarities in terms of personality.

Designed by Tetsuya Nomura, Tifa was not present in early versions of Final Fantasy VII, as initially, the game was to have only three playable characters ; the protagonist Cloud Strife, the heroine Aerith Gainsborough and Barret Wallace.

He was designed by Tetsuya Nomura, and his name derived from " fair weather ," to contrast with Cloud Strife's name.

Nomura stated that Zack's name was derived from ' fair weather ' and specifically chosen because it contrasted with Cloud Strife's name.

Nomura agreed to direct the project, largely in part because of his attachment to the character of Cloud Strife.

However, to give Cloud a unique look that would emphasize his role as the game's protagonist, Nomura changed the design to feature Cloud's shock of spiky, bright blond hair.

Image is an artwork by Tetsuya Nomura showing Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII, and is copyright Square Enix.

When designing Cloud Strife, Nomura gave him distinctly spiky, bright blonde hair to emphasize his role as that game's protagonist.

Nomura has stated that Cloud's left arm was inspired by Vincent Valentine, noting that, in this game, the character was supposed to illustrate a " demon-like " appearance due to his ties to the " dark side.

Nomura has said the original parameters of Cloud's character design called for slicked-back, black hair with no spikes.

Nomura has offices located throughout the world, with regional headquarters in Hong Kong, London, New York and employs more than 27, 000 professionals.

Nomura makes most of its profits in the Japanese retail banking market, but has expanded its international investment banking capabilities.

Shortly before the miai, Sachiko has a miscarriage, and the Makiokas are forced to postpone meeting Nomura.

Nomura has called Sephiroth " the ultimate antagonist in the Final Fantasy VII saga.

Character designer Tetsuya Nomura has explained that Vincent's character shifted from that of horror researcher, to detective, to chemist, and finally to the figure of a former Turk with a tragic past.

He has discovered a number of asteroids, including 5881 Akashi ( with T. Nomura ), 6559 Nomura ( with K. Kawanishi ), and 8892 Kakogawa ( with T. Nomura ).

Created by character designer Tetsuya Nomura, he has since appeared in the CGI film sequel, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children as well as other games and media in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series.

Created and designed by Tetsuya Nomura, she has since appeared in the fighting game Ehrgeiz and made cameo appearances in several other titles, as well as the CGI film sequel to Final Fantasy VII, Advent Children and related games and media in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series.

Ken Kitabayashi of the Nomura Research Institute has defined moe as " being strongly attracted to one's ideals " Kitabayashi has identified the word " moe " to be a pun with the Japanese verb for " to sprout " and its homonym " to burn ".

Nomura said that this design has a specific order to the belts and that each buckles in a specific manner.

She was ranked eighth on IGN's top 25 best Final Fantasy characters list in 2008, as the highest ranked character from Final Fantasy X on the list, with a comment on Nomura being famous for over-accessorizing his characters, she was " over-accessorized enough ", citing her " floor-length skirt, elaborately-pinned hair, and collection of super-cute mascot dolls " as why she's the coolest looking character Nomura has ever drawn.

Nomura has been number one on the London Stock Exchange since the summer of 2007.

Nomura previously made most of its profits in the Japanese retail banking market but has expanded its international investment banking capabilities.

However, Makoto has a rival for the role in Tsugumi Nomura, an upperclassman who is obsessed with the boyish Ito.

Nomura made most of its profits in the Japanese retail banking market, but has expanded its international investment banking capabilities.

* January 1, 1922 — The village of No gained town status to become the town of Nomura.

Nomura wanted Sephiroth to appear early in the game, and then have the plot dealing with the protagonists following him, so that gamers would not meet the final boss until extremely late in the game.

For the game, Nomura redesigned Vincent's gun in the same way that Cloud's Buster Sword was redesigned for Advent Children, so as to demonstrate that Vincent is the protagonist of the game.

Nomura later joked that this was his idea, so as to enable him to introduce Tifa into the game.

Nomura initially had doubts when designing Shelke's ordinary clothes for the end of the game, but he felt it was important for her to appear out of uniform so as to indicate she was truly free from Deepground.

Key amongst these changes was the Japanese government's decision to issue foreign currency denominated public bonds to fund the Russo-Japanese war ; Nomura employed English speaking staff so that they could take on this international business.

However, they soon began to face difficulties in doing so, and Nomura eventually decided to create different design concepts for each title.

Nomura also worked with the staff so that characters ' clothes would be identical in full motion scenes and in-game parts unlike in Final Fantasy VIII, During February 2000, he started working as the director for the development of Kingdom Hearts with the production team consisting of over one hundred members from both Square and Disney Interactive.

" Nomura and Ofuji agreed that many scenes showing important events and feelings in Final Fantasy VII had been fragmented and disjointed, and so they had decided that those scenes would be the subject of Last Order, giving the audience of Advent Children ( the film Last Order was released with ) a " more enjoyable understanding.

A complete history was not yet conceived, so Nomura left the explanation for Squall's scar to Nojima.