Aerith kneels among glowing yellow flowers in her garden as Cloud stands in the foreground, a frame from Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Revelation release date trailer. Image: Square Enix
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Final Fantasy VII Revelation’s English Cast Records Its Last Lines. Square Enix Filmed the Tears

Owen Castellano · October 9, 2026 · 6 min read

Square Enix has posted a short film of the Final Fantasy VII Revelation English cast recording their last sessions for the remake trilogy, and it isn't a dry-eyed affair. The same week, the cast took the stage at New York Comic Con to say goodbye to seven years of Cloud, Tifa, Aerith and Sephiroth.

The game doesn't come out until April 8, 2027. For the people who voice it, though, the story is already over. On October 8, Final Fantasy VII's official X account shared a 110-second video titled "Behind the Booth," shot in the recording studio as the English cast wrapped the third and final game in the series that began with Final Fantasy VII Remake in 2020 and continued with Rebirth in 2024.

It opens with Cody Christian, the voice of Cloud Strife, in headphones and a dark shirt, inviting fans in. "I'm very excited to bring you in and invite you into a session of the making of Cloud Strife," he says. Within a few seconds, Briana White, who plays Aerith Gainsborough, is dabbing her eyes with a tissue.

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