Final Fantasy VII: Vincent Valentine 03

Cloud Strife first met Vincent Valentine sleeping in a locked room at the basement of Shinra Manor. After some careful coaxing, Cloud was able to speak to Vincent and told him about Sephiroth. Vincent knew he was the child Lucrecia had conceived and considered it to be another “sin”. Vincent then asked if Cloud and his party will meet Hojo, and Cloud confirmed his inquiry. He then decided to accompany the party with thoughts of claiming revenge.

Way too awesome for words! Then again, I’m beginning to wonder if this is real or CG (computer-generated)? What do you guys think? Thanks to Remi for sending this!

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Final Fantasy VII: Tifa Lockhart 05

In a flashback detailing the events prior to the game, Tifa and Cloud had decided to follow a path to a mountain near her hometown, Nilbelheim when they were still children. Although they both thought it would be a fun adventure at the time, things didn’t turn out so well when both of them became injured. Tifa ended up in a coma for a week and her father blamed Cloud for her injuries.

That’s kind of sad. I didn’t really play this game so I didn’t know they had such a sad past together.

Anyway! You can probably recognize this cosplayer! She’s Rachel, who was featured about a month ago for her cosplay of Rinoa Heartily from Kingdom Hearts III! Thanks again for allowing me to post this and we definitely look forward to more cosplays from you!

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Final Fantasy XII: Fran 02

Like all Viera, Fran is exceptionally sensitive to the magical Mist that permeates Ivalice. She is known to have been affected on three separate occasions: in the Tomb of Raithwall, when Judge Ghis heated the Dawn Shard in his airship’s engine, and when she was in the presence of the Sun-Cryst. When they reached Giruvegan, she also detected the Mist nearby had cooled and lessened in intensity.

Beautiful cosplay! Those rabbit ears look heavy, I wonder if she’s actually just holding it in place? Thanks again to Jamie for sending this in!

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Final Fantasy X: Shiva

The Aeon Shiva, who appears as a Macalanian priestess, was obtained by Yuna when she visited the Fayth in the Macalania Temple. Possessing the highest initial Agility and Evasion, Shiva starts out knowing only ice magic. However, she can be taught any ability provided that her summoner has all of the items necessary.

Quite a daring cosplay to wear in the Anime Expo 2011, but I suppose that makes it all the more impressive. Thanks again to Stilzkin for sending this in!

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Final Fantasy X: Lulu 03

Lulu is said to be highly intelligent; one of the few Yevonites who easily questions the Yevon religion on objective terms. She was also far more accepting of Rikku’s Al Bhed nature than Wakka initially was. Before becoming Yuna’s guardian, Lulu guarded two previous summoners: Lady Ginnem and Father Zuke.

Impressive cosplay by Ani-Mia! Really love all the details she put in her costume. Please do visit her gallery for more of her amazing photos!

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Final Fantasy VII Advent Children: Tifa Lockhart 09

When Final Fantasy VII Advent Children was being developed, director Takeshi Nozue had some difficulty in developing a framework for Tifa’s body that needed to be “balanced, yet showed off her feminine qualities”. Her outfit was also redesigned to emphasize on expressing those qualities while being pleasing to the eye. Lastly, Tifa’s hairstyle was cut short due to the difficulty of animating her dolphin tail tipped hair, as well as problems that arose due to its black color and lighting.

Unwound Ribbon is our 9th Tifa cosplayer who wore her costume in this year’s Anime Expo. She has several action shots available on her deviant art as well, so please take some time to visit her gallery! Thanks again for allowing me to post this!

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Final Fantasy VII Advent Children: Tifa Lockhart 08

Tifa Lockhart has made several appearances in other media, including her own novella “Smile: Case of Tifa”. The story is set in her point of view, telling the events between the end of Final Fantasy VII and Advent Children. In the short novel, she creates a new 7th Heaven bar and attempts to hold onto the concept of a normal family with herself and Cloud Strife as he begins isolating himself from others.

Very pretty cosplayer! The setting actually looks good too! Thanks to again Tamia for sending this in!

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Final Fantasy XII: Larsa Ferrinas Solidor and Vayne Carudas Solidor

Humes Larsa Ferrinas Solidor and Vayne Carudas Solidor are the fourth and third sons of Emperor Gramis of Archadia. They are 12 and 27 years of age respectively.  While Larsa remains pure and free form the stain of politics and war, Vayne is the Hume Council of the Archadian-occupied Dalmasca and Commandant of the Archadian Empire’s Western Armada. Larsa is idealistic and believes that the strife within Ivalice can be quelled without war, but Vayne is willing to use any means necessary to maintain order and retain power.

It’s a little sad that they are so different when they care for one another as brothers. Thanks to Machika for sending this in!

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Final Fantasy IX: Zidane Tribal

A Genome created by Garland on the planet Terra, Zidane Tribal was created to replace Kuja as a more powerful “Angel of Death”. However, Kuja became jealous of his successor and cast Zidane down to Gaia, where he was found by Baku and his group of thieves, Tantalus.

Before the events of the game, Zidane left Baku in search of his real home with only his memory of a blue light to guide him. He was unsuccessful in his quest and returned to Baku to rejoin Tantalus.

Awesome cosplay by da-monkey! Definitely well-deserving of the Daily Deviation award. Congratulations also to the photographer, Kogenta85!

NOTE: Photo was only cropped for thumbnail purposes. See the original for a more detailed view.

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Dissidia: Final Fantasy: Squall Leonhart 02

Squall Leonhart is the hero representing Final Fantasy VIII in the fighting game, Dissidia: Final Fantasy. His personality was designed to reflect the original in the previous game. He and the entire cast have been confirmed to appear in the sequel, Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy.

That is one very cool cosplayer! And is that a phoenix down in his hand? Thanks to again to Michael for sending this!

EDIT: Thanks to Fang Shinobi for letting us know the cosplayer is Score6 from Deviant Art!

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Final Fantasy VII Advent Children: Tifa Lockhart and Cloud Stife

Two years after Cloud Strife was able to defeat Sephiroth, Cloud lived with Tifa Lockhart in a city called Edge where they have been taking care of Barret Wallace’s daughter, Marlene, and an orphan named Denzel. A strange new disease called “Geostigma” threatened the lives of many citizens, including Cloud. He then journeys to meet the Turks, a group that performs operations with the megacorporation Shinra. It was later revealed that Jenova, the extraterrestrial life form whose cells were injected into Sephiroth, was connected to the cause of the Geostigma.

Impressive cosplay by You Mi as Tifa and her friend, Jasmine! This somehow reminds me of a scene from Dead Fantasy, but I think I’d rather add this to Advent Children. Thanks to You Mi for sending this!

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Final Fantasy IV: Rydia

Born to one of the few remaining pure-blood Summoner families in Mist, Rydia is the daughter of the protector of a remote village with the Eidolon Mist Dragon. One day, the Dark Knight Cecil Harvey along with his best friend, Kain Highwind, were ordered by the King of Baron to deliver a ring to Mist Village and killed the dragon barring their way. What they didn’t know was that once an Eidolon dies, its respective summoner dies as well, inadvertently killing Rydia’s mother in the process. Once they realized what they had done, they offered to take Rydia to safety, but she refused their help, overhearing that they were indeed the dragon slayers.

Beautiful cosplay by Ukrainian cosplayer Anita Lust! I really love how she interpreted the original character design with all the gold details! Thanks to Anita for sending this and please visit her blog for more of her cosplay photos!

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Final Fantasy VII: Tifa Lockhart 04

Tifa Lockhart’s character was developed to use the “Martial Artist” character class that appeared in previous games in the Final Fantasy series. Nomura Tetsuya described Tifa to have several dimensions, calling her “like a mother, a sweetheart, and a close ally in battle” and “remarkably strong, not only emotionally, but physically as well”.

Nomura initially had difficulty deciding whether to give her a mini-skirt or long pants, so he passed his sketches around Square’s offices and the majority approved of the mini-skirt design.

Does this mean most of the people who work in Square are guys? Then again, I like the mini-skirt design too and I’m a girl! Hee!

Awesome Tifa cosplay by Frankiki though! And thanks to Andrew for sending this!

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Final Fantasy VII: Vincent Valentine 02

Thirty years before the beginning of Final Fantasy VII, Vincent was a member of the Shin-Ra Electric Power Company's Administrative Research Division; a fancy title for the company’s Black Ops unit more commonly known as the Turks. At the age of 27, he was assigned to supervise the Jenova Project in a town called Nibelheim, and fell in love with one of the supporting scientists, Lucrecia Crescent. Despite their love for each other, Lucrecia harbored a secret past related to the death of Vincent’s father and therefore decided to break off the relationship, leaving Vincent for another scientist named Hojo.

Impressive cosplay of a much younger Vincent! Although I didn’t think he was actually so old in the game. Thanks to Feanne for sharing this!

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Final Fantasy XIII: Serah Farron

An 18-year old human from Cocoon, Serah Farron was born in Bodhum and is the younger sister of Lightning. After the loss of their parents, Lightning’s decision to raise Serah on her own unfortunately caused tensions between them. Worse, Serah’s engagement to Snow Villiers caused even more conflict as Lightning strongly objected to their relationship.

Cute cosplay! I mean, who doesn’t love pink hair, right? Thanks to Mist for sending this!

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