I don't think Aerith is supposed to be an anagram for earth. Aerith=Aeris=Αέρας(greek)=Air is supposed to be an anagram for wind and is symbolizing the lifestream of Gaia that flows like the wind
Thank you so much for doing a video on Aerith! (AKA, my favorite FF lady of all time.) Her design in the OG is simple, yet says so much about her. Her upgraded design in the Remake is definitely one of my favorites in the whole game. Choosing one is hard, but I guess I'd have to say it's a toss-up between her OG design and her Remake design. Both suit her the best in my opinion. (And I agree, it's a shame she missed out in Dissidia NT. It would have been awesome to see what she looked like there.) Though, I kinda wish you had covered her 3 optional dresses she can get during the Wall Market scenario in the Remake, but I guess that's fine, since this video is to focus on her default designs in all her appearances. (Or maybe it's simply because you haven't gotten to play the Remake yet, which I understand.) Overall, great video! Thanks again! 👍
as a new fan of final fantasy 7 after playing the remake I just hope she doesnt get killed with another oversized sword again,I cant bear to feel the pain those 20 years ago felt
16:39 I also like in RR7 Remake how her necklace pendant is the same yellow flower she gives to cloud, stating to cloud the flower is a symbol of reunion between lovers.
Can I ask hiw god damn long it takes to edit these videos and research for the designs ,and making sure you didn't miss anything ?! Just saying but your work is impressive .
They genuinely take quite a while and sometimes finishing them actually becomes a very daunting task! Looking at pretty much a full day of editing the video after a lot of time spent researching and scripting, I'm quite lucky that there are lots of places with the info out there and I'm obsessed with most of the games I choose to cover. I ultimately want to tone down the amount of games I cover in episodes though, it's getting a bit much! Thanks so much for watching and the kind words, making videos is my biggest passion so I'm happy you enjoy them :)
A interesting note about remake in comparison to others is something i just noticed. The 'thickness' of her hair strands in front of her ears. They seemed to thin them out in later games for different purposes. To show her youth in crisis core and possibly to make her hair a wee bit more realistic in AC. However, I find having them thicker, to more closely resemble her Nomura sketch, looks a lot better and really sells the transition from OG to Remake
Most ppl says that best part of Remake is the expansion of Jessie, biggs, wedge's story but i beg to differ. It's the expansion of aerith tragic back story, abt her being selfless and insecurities on her preordained fate. Yes, it's the best aerith design not just looks, but the heart aswell.
I'm going to be honest here. Remake Aerith creeps me out. Why? She's so realistic that she reminds me of a girl I used to know, but I don't remember anything about that person. I've never even touched an FF game in my life. I knew of its existence, but never interacted with the series until I bought Sephiroth in SSBU. Curious about his origins, I watched countless FF videos. Remake Aerith always felt familiar in a way, like maybe I've seen her before... No. As it turns out, FF7 Remake came out LAST YEAR. I started freaking out. She gives me weird and creepy nostalgic vibes. Now when I feel nostalgic but don't know why, I call that "Aerith syndrome"
Advent Children Aerith is the best one. I think the dress/jacket looks better with buttons. I'd also choose Itadaki Street 2nd. Weird but I think the design and the style are just matched right.
@@ArtistMarkFlynn I think the more important NPCs look great updated in the remake, but the ones that don't really have any bearing on the plot look so generic. How the hell does Barret and Cloud blend in surrounded by so many generic people haha
@@ArtistMarkFlynn one thing I enjoyed about final fantasy ix was that a lot of npcs stood out due to the presence of non human races. how are you gonna argue about this monkey tailed guy when there's an actual hippo thing standing two feet away? I understand that coming up with super unique models for every npc would be nuts, but I'm hoping at least that future installments will put spins on the npc designs. give them different fashion choices. definitely want to see how the folks from wutai will look!
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Btw. Voice actors. Have you covered them yet? In my opinion tho. Remake Aerith's VA is the best. Plus she played the game herself and talked about it and shit. And also played the Original. Dunno if she played it all but I know she did. Along with Barret lol. (Why do I wanna call him Barry? Damn Resident Evil. Jill Sandwich master)
I don't think Aerith is supposed to be an anagram for earth. Aerith=Aeris=Αέρας(greek)=Air is supposed to be an anagram for wind and is symbolizing the lifestream of Gaia that flows like the wind
@@ArtistMarkFlynn okay but for real, barret's updated design is incredible. I love the little details like how he takes off his sunglasses when expressing vulnerability. It's such a nice touch that they probably didn't need to go that far for, but they did. 👌😩
Arieth is exellent in the game visually and just all around super fleshed out. Didnt like her in the orginal but love her in this in every aspect. Watched your other videos pertaining to the visuals subject all great. Lets see the barret one soon!
Video idea for you doing a formula simular to this but as artistic characterization for all characters. I bet youll get to 30k subs by the time your done with all the vids if you do that. It would be highly orginal content for ff7 characters. No one has done yet and youll get a lot of views as well as make some very enjoyable and useful content. Ff peasent is about to do character reviews for the remake but hasn't yet i saw a characterization video on barrett in remake but that all that currently exsists. Using your multi game formate throughout all series of there exsistance has not even been close to touched and i personally would love to see you pick appart the evolotion or develoution from title to title of these characters. "By artistic characterization i mean there personalities ect" ....backed up by there visual presentions maybe.
On Aerith's name though: Her name is indeed intended to sound like "Earth" - for obvious reasons connected to the main themes of the game. But within the bigger elements that FFVII is based on her name is also part of something else too. FFVII draws a lot of inspiration from the Jewish faith system and its mythology. I'm not an expert, but as far as I understand there is a thing in Kaballah (the foundations of jewish religion) called Sefirot (on which the name Sephiroth is also inspired). This Sefirot is best imagined as a tree-like structure (which can also correspond to a part of the body btw, but the tree thing is easier to understand). Each branch of this tree states one of 10 attributes through which The Infinite / God will reveal itself in our world. One such branch can be called Sefirah . . . and Aerith is HALF of a Sefirah; namely the seventh branch: Tiferet (pronounced Tifereth). And also partially another called Chesed. Within FFVII Tiferet is broken up and shared between Tifa and Aerith, it's obvious their names both form Tiferet. Tiferet is symbolic of Love, Beauty and (curiously enough) Self Sacrifice. Chesed stands for kindness, and man's love for and responsibility to heal / repair the world. And within the Thalmud, one of the holy Jewish books a Rabbi called Simlai says that: "The Torah begins with Chesed and ends with Chesed." Aerith is the first and last character you see in the original game.
I don't think Aerith is supposed to be an anagram for earth. Aerith=Aeris=Αέρας(greek)=Air is supposed to be an anagram for wind and is symbolizing the lifestream of Gaia that flows like the wind
@@serenityssolace While that might also be correct, I took this from the wiki (though you can never know how trustworthy a wiki is): "Aerith's name is meant to sound similar to "earth" due to her connection to the Planet. In the September 1997 issue of the Famitsu magazine, it is said "Aeris" is the transliteration of the word into katakana: "earth" turned into "earisu," Aerith's Japanese name."
I got 100% and I love this remake so much, it broke my expectations for a video games in general and it’s my second favourite game of all time (number one is sonic unleashed, I just love that game too much.) the characters are soo likeable and amazing, the new bits are great and I like the ending which I won’t spoil because I’m not that kinda guy. I never enjoyed a game as much as I did with remake. best girl is Jessie. Great video Mark! Always tune in for each upload that you post, keep it up man! Edit: but I have to say Aerith is goddamn beautiful in remake.
Love this redesign, especially her dress. While the OG makes her look like a lady (which is cool), this one makes her belong to the slums, so to speak. More down to earth, in a way.
can't say design wise, but what I can say, compared to Kingdom Hearts appearance, in the remake she has SOME personality (and I think in the original she had too) and I appreciate that
Aww man, was gonna say I was heart broken on your behalf that you haven't been able to play it but then I remembered you saying on Twitter you were playing so I guess you buckled. I think the OG is my fav game of all time and I genuinely think the remake might be better, it's absolutely UNREAL! I love the actual OG artwork that goes along with the original game, and I have a weird nostalgic love of her original blocky self but I gotta say that... Yes, FF7 Remake does have the best Aeris design... and yes I still say Aeris lol. They did an amazing job in the remake, she looks pretty much exactly as I would have imagined her from the OG but with improved graphics. In fact it was seeing her in that E3 trailer so long ago that totally got me on board with buying the game. I wasn't really on board cos I thought it'd be like FF15 which i didn't like but seeing her wow'd me, then the combat looked great and I was in Great video man! P.S. Cloud + Aeris for life! lol
I agree the best Aerith design is in FF7 Remake. HD up model from the og FF7 yes that what she would look like. As for Tifa though Dissidia NT is our nostalgic Tifa from the og FF7 model to the new HD model.
I like her remake design best, but the dress is a little too billowy. I like how it looks a little more like her crisis core dress though. 1. Remake 2. Advent children 3. Crisis core 4. Yoshitaka Amano 5. Everything else lol
Wow I just noticed how her dress in remake is a lot more open and flowy compared to her original dress. But I guess that was needed because she kind of hops around a lot.
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You should do a Resident Evil design video
I did. Made a Jill Valentine one very recently!
I would like a Bowser video, but tbh I don't think there's a lot to cover :(
PS. I totally didn't buy a PS4 half way through making the video and am definitely not 40+ hours into a completed save.
Great choice
I don't think Aerith is supposed to be an anagram for earth. Aerith=Aeris=Αέρας(greek)=Air is supposed to be an anagram for wind and is symbolizing the lifestream of Gaia that flows like the wind
@@serenityssolace Aerith sounding like Earth has been a thing for years, move on. "Return to the planet" is a phrase she uses in Remake
@@ubergamer2010 Yea, because she represents the lifestream that's contained in the earth. She doesn't represent the earth itself
I really really liked it, probably going to make a video summarising my thoughts when I get a chance.
"possibility of the earth being hit by a meteor before the end of the year"
well, I'm sure sephiroth would oblige.
More than likely!
Aerith is literally my favorite character in all of gaming, thank you for making this :)
No worries. Thanks for watching!
Remake is easily the best she’s ever looked. Hell, every damn main character has never looked better than they do in Remake.
I agree, but with one exception. I've always liked Tifa's Advent Children look best, and Remake has not changed that.
@@keybladesrus u trippin
@@PenguinsAreColdish How so?
@@keybladesrus tifa's finer in the remake imo
@@PenguinsAreColdish Character model, sure. But I like her AC outfit better.
Im a gay man but she makes my heart race with her beauty 🥺💐
BITCH SAAME!
The red dress scene 😩
I'm a straight woman, but same
Aerith is a girl we fall in love with her soul.
That's not how gay works
Thank you so much for doing a video on Aerith! (AKA, my favorite FF lady of all time.)
Her design in the OG is simple, yet says so much about her. Her upgraded design in the Remake is definitely one of my favorites in the whole game. Choosing one is hard, but I guess I'd have to say it's a toss-up between her OG design and her Remake design. Both suit her the best in my opinion. (And I agree, it's a shame she missed out in Dissidia NT. It would have been awesome to see what she looked like there.)
Though, I kinda wish you had covered her 3 optional dresses she can get during the Wall Market scenario in the Remake, but I guess that's fine, since this video is to focus on her default designs in all her appearances. (Or maybe it's simply because you haven't gotten to play the Remake yet, which I understand.)
Overall, great video! Thanks again! 👍
Keep the FF7 coming man, Zack next would be great
Now you Should do Zack Fair! Can't be a complete series without Zack!
I guess you could say that that would be... unFAIR
I've always been an Aerith fan, but her FF7R design is by far her best look. She's gorgeous and the portrayal of her character is perfect.
as a new fan of final fantasy 7 after playing the remake
I just hope she doesnt get killed with another oversized sword again,I cant bear to feel the pain those 20 years ago felt
It might happen. Pray it doesn't.
Wish not granted. Sort of.
Thank you so much for making an Aerith video too! :D Seeing this video show up in my notifications made me so happy omg
No worries 😊 thanks for watching!
The Remake designs are my favorites for all characters so far
If the reason they gave her white dress so her dress would turn red/pink when got stabbed, I'm out
16:39 I also like in RR7 Remake how her necklace pendant is the same yellow flower she gives to cloud, stating to cloud the flower is a symbol of reunion between lovers.
I guess because he acted like Zack she reunited with Zack?
I love how it takes five whole minutes for the actual video to start.
Can I ask hiw god damn long it takes to edit these videos and research for the designs ,and making sure you didn't miss anything ?!
Just saying but your work is impressive .
They genuinely take quite a while and sometimes finishing them actually becomes a very daunting task! Looking at pretty much a full day of editing the video after a lot of time spent researching and scripting, I'm quite lucky that there are lots of places with the info out there and I'm obsessed with most of the games I choose to cover. I ultimately want to tone down the amount of games I cover in episodes though, it's getting a bit much!
Thanks so much for watching and the kind words, making videos is my biggest passion so I'm happy you enjoy them :)
A interesting note about remake in comparison to others is something i just noticed. The 'thickness' of her hair strands in front of her ears. They seemed to thin them out in later games for different purposes. To show her youth in crisis core and possibly to make her hair a wee bit more realistic in AC. However, I find having them thicker, to more closely resemble her Nomura sketch, looks a lot better and really sells the transition from OG to Remake
Most ppl says that best part of Remake is the expansion of Jessie, biggs, wedge's story but i beg to differ. It's the expansion of aerith tragic back story, abt her being selfless and insecurities on her preordained fate. Yes, it's the best aerith design not just looks, but the heart aswell.
I'm going to be honest here. Remake Aerith creeps me out. Why? She's so realistic that she reminds me of a girl I used to know, but I don't remember anything about that person.
I've never even touched an FF game in my life. I knew of its existence, but never interacted with the series until I bought Sephiroth in SSBU. Curious about his origins, I watched countless FF videos. Remake Aerith always felt familiar in a way, like maybe I've seen her before...
No. As it turns out, FF7 Remake came out LAST YEAR. I started freaking out. She gives me weird and creepy nostalgic vibes. Now when I feel nostalgic but don't know why, I call that "Aerith syndrome"
It would be interesting if you did a design of shulk considering that definitive edition is out.
Awesome video! Love the remake designs! ❤️❤️
What's everyone's favourite Aerith look?
i love that light pink dress from the fighting game so much 🥺 i want her in ittttttt
Any plans for a Kyo Kusanagi / Kazuya Mishima episode???
I honestly know nothing about either of them!
Advent Children Aerith is the best one. I think the dress/jacket looks better with buttons. I'd also choose Itadaki Street 2nd. Weird but I think the design and the style are just matched right.
You make some good content. I like it a lot.👍🏻
You should do Yuffie with Integrade coming out
I think the new ones are better,but the old ones are so nostalgic
On the whole, I'm super super happy with them. Its the npc's that didn't quite leave the same impression 😂.
@@ArtistMarkFlynn I think the more important NPCs look great updated in the remake, but the ones that don't really have any bearing on the plot look so generic. How the hell does Barret and Cloud blend in surrounded by so many generic people haha
The generic people are one of the low points of the game tbh. I understand why but its a challenge I never even imagined when playing the original.
@@ArtistMarkFlynn one thing I enjoyed about final fantasy ix was that a lot of npcs stood out due to the presence of non human races. how are you gonna argue about this monkey tailed guy when there's an actual hippo thing standing two feet away?
I understand that coming up with super unique models for every npc would be nuts, but I'm hoping at least that future installments will put spins on the npc designs. give them different fashion choices. definitely want to see how the folks from wutai will look!
Ff7 remake version is King.
All I got to say
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Btw. Voice actors. Have you covered them yet? In my opinion tho. Remake Aerith's VA is the best. Plus she played the game herself and talked about it and shit. And also played the Original. Dunno if she played it all but I know she did. Along with Barret lol. (Why do I wanna call him Barry? Damn Resident Evil. Jill Sandwich master)
Again I find myself going in the direction of the remake. Though most of my experience with her is in the original.
The best one is clearly her Sackboy costume
Hey it’s Pac-Man’s 40th, I think now is a better time than ever to make a best character design for him! Don’t you think?
Yes.
6 minute intro?
The intro was 3 minutes long? But yes this did include an ad so guess it probably felt longer.
@@ArtistMarkFlynn It certainly did. Didn't mean to come off as arrogant, not my intention.
I love your channel :)
@@HamzaAnsari1425 Thanks! I don't think you came across arrogant, don't worry, it was a longer intro regardless!
I don't think Aerith is supposed to be an anagram for earth. Aerith=Aeris=Αέρας(greek)=Air is supposed to be an anagram for wind and is symbolizing the lifestream of Gaia that flows like the wind
Her Japanese name is エアリス (EARISU).
It's based on the Japanese pronunciation for "Earth" ^^
Now do Barrett 😅
Might just upload him climbing the stairs
@@ArtistMarkFlynn okay but for real, barret's updated design is incredible. I love the little details like how he takes off his sunglasses when expressing vulnerability. It's such a nice touch that they probably didn't need to go that far for, but they did. 👌😩
The best Aerith design is obviously from that obscure yet laughingly bad PS2 called The Sniper 2
Wait what? I have not heard of this
Man just buy a ps4 the game is worth 300$
I bought the ps4 just to play this and im not sad about the choice.
Check my hearted comment in the comments section lol
Good man!
Arieth is exellent in the game visually and just all around super fleshed out. Didnt like her in the orginal but love her in this in every aspect. Watched your other videos pertaining to the visuals subject all great. Lets see the barret one soon!
Video idea for you doing a formula simular to this but as artistic characterization for all characters. I bet youll get to 30k subs by the time your done with all the vids if you do that. It would be highly orginal content for ff7 characters. No one has done yet and youll get a lot of views as well as make some very enjoyable and useful content. Ff peasent is about to do character reviews for the remake but hasn't yet i saw a characterization video on barrett in remake but that all that currently exsists. Using your multi game formate throughout all series of there exsistance has not even been close to touched and i personally would love to see you pick appart the evolotion or develoution from title to title of these characters. "By artistic characterization i mean there personalities ect" ....backed up by there visual presentions maybe.
On Aerith's name though: Her name is indeed intended to sound like "Earth" - for obvious reasons connected to the main themes of the game. But within the bigger elements that FFVII is based on her name is also part of something else too. FFVII draws a lot of inspiration from the Jewish faith system and its mythology.
I'm not an expert, but as far as I understand there is a thing in Kaballah (the foundations of jewish religion) called Sefirot (on which the name Sephiroth is also inspired). This Sefirot is best imagined as a tree-like structure (which can also correspond to a part of the body btw, but the tree thing is easier to understand). Each branch of this tree states one of 10 attributes through which The Infinite / God will reveal itself in our world. One such branch can be called Sefirah . . . and Aerith is HALF of a Sefirah; namely the seventh branch: Tiferet (pronounced Tifereth). And also partially another called Chesed.
Within FFVII Tiferet is broken up and shared between Tifa and Aerith, it's obvious their names both form Tiferet. Tiferet is symbolic of Love, Beauty and (curiously enough) Self Sacrifice.
Chesed stands for kindness, and man's love for and responsibility to heal / repair the world. And within the Thalmud, one of the holy Jewish books a Rabbi called Simlai says that: "The Torah begins with Chesed and ends with Chesed." Aerith is the first and last character you see in the original game.
I don't think Aerith is supposed to be an anagram for earth. Aerith=Aeris=Αέρας(greek)=Air is supposed to be an anagram for wind and is symbolizing the lifestream of Gaia that flows like the wind
@@serenityssolace While that might also be correct, I took this from the wiki (though you can never know how trustworthy a wiki is):
"Aerith's name is meant to sound similar to "earth" due to her connection to the Planet. In the September 1997 issue of the Famitsu magazine, it is said "Aeris" is the transliteration of the word into katakana: "earth" turned into "earisu," Aerith's Japanese name."
@@TacoTimePablo Oh, then that's my bad. Then my interpretation was wrong. Since Famitsu says so
Saving this to read about aerith
Whatever her design is, she will always be Best Girl. Though I do like her Amano alternate design the best. The FF7 remake is a close second.
I got 100% and I love this remake so much, it broke my expectations for a video games in general and it’s my second favourite game of all time (number one is sonic unleashed, I just love that game too much.) the characters are soo likeable and amazing, the new bits are great and I like the ending which I won’t spoil because I’m not that kinda guy. I never enjoyed a game as much as I did with remake. best girl is Jessie. Great video Mark! Always tune in for each upload that you post, keep it up man! Edit: but I have to say Aerith is goddamn beautiful in remake.
Sonic Unleashed? You absolute unit.
Sonic unleashed a man of culture I see ;)
I can also confirm that I love Unleashed
Love this redesign, especially her dress. While the OG makes her look like a lady (which is cool), this one makes her belong to the slums, so to speak. More down to earth, in a way.
can't say design wise, but what I can say, compared to Kingdom Hearts appearance, in the remake she has SOME personality (and I think in the original she had too) and I appreciate that
I think that there is great heartache in our future..... T_T
could you do a review on FF7 remake once you played it?
Probably won't do a proper review, but I definitely want to make a video about my experiences with the game on the whole.
Aww man, was gonna say I was heart broken on your behalf that you haven't been able to play it but then I remembered you saying on Twitter you were playing so I guess you buckled. I think the OG is my fav game of all time and I genuinely think the remake might be better, it's absolutely UNREAL!
I love the actual OG artwork that goes along with the original game, and I have a weird nostalgic love of her original blocky self but I gotta say that... Yes, FF7 Remake does have the best Aeris design... and yes I still say Aeris lol. They did an amazing job in the remake, she looks pretty much exactly as I would have imagined her from the OG but with improved graphics. In fact it was seeing her in that E3 trailer so long ago that totally got me on board with buying the game. I wasn't really on board cos I thought it'd be like FF15 which i didn't like but seeing her wow'd me, then the combat looked great and I was in
Great video man!
P.S. Cloud + Aeris for life! lol
Check my top hearted comment 🤣 cheers for watching buddy!
everyone looks great in the remake!
This show is always a ton of fun! I do have to say that I love Final Fantasy Theatrhythm. That game rules.
ok fine the artstyle is kinda ugly
I'd love to actually play it, but god damn do I hate how it looks lol
@@ArtistMarkFlynn Have you seen any of the enemy/boss designs? They are at least interesting, if nothing else haha
I love these videos. Please keep'em comin!👍
Thanks! Will do!
I agree the best Aerith design is in FF7 Remake. HD up model from the og FF7 yes that what she would look like. As for Tifa though Dissidia NT is our nostalgic Tifa from the og FF7 model to the new HD model.
I like her remake design best, but the dress is a little too billowy. I like how it looks a little more like her crisis core dress though.
1. Remake
2. Advent children
3. Crisis core
4. Yoshitaka Amano
5. Everything else lol
You don't have a PS4?
(EMULATE 😈)
Wow I just noticed how her dress in remake is a lot more open and flowy compared to her original dress. But I guess that was needed because she kind of hops around a lot.
Dude, even if you did have a playstation 4, you'd still be crying internally.
Can you do a design video for Lara Croft plz.
Not a bad shout
Um I don't know if you've done this..... But King K. Rool best design?
Someone give this man a ps4.
Bro check my second pinned comment... 🤣
Hi, What anime title that white shirt comes from? Been bugging me cause i know I've seen that title art somewhere.
? What white shirt? Got a timestamp?
@@ArtistMarkFlynn 3:19 Thanks for reply.
@@darthboyzzee Dragonball bro, the OG!
@@ArtistMarkFlynn Of course! I think I see a little bit of Goku hair there. :p
Love this channel this is great content
Cheers, appreciate that!
Spoilers! Now I know sephiroth killed dumbledore
Come on bro get those big Spoilery bois under control
Bruh I can't believe Darth Vader is Aerith's father
Unpopular opinion, aerith wears too much pink