[Tyrien]

It's part of the Final Fantasy 7 Compilation.

The anime itself is just some back story that takes place before FF7, in face it relates directly to the "hidden" dialog scene on disc 3 of FF7 when you go back down into the Library in Nibelheim's Shinra Mansion basement.

The Compilation was 6 works related to FF7 that were released. Mostly as a nostalgic PR attempt by Square to pull more money out of the series, and it worked. However to Fans this delivered a more rich, nostalgic and informative look into FF7's story.

These were:

• Crisis Core (PSP)
• Before Crisis (Cell Phone Game)
• Advent Children (DVD/Blu-Ray CGI Feature)
• Dirge Of Cerberus (PS2)
• Dirge Of Cerberus: Lost Episode (Cell Phone Game)
• The Last Order (OVA)

The Last Order has no real relation to Advent Children. The Last Order takes place about 5 years prior to the game, while Advent Children takes place about 2 years after the game ends. Dirge of Cerberus takes place 3 years after the game. Crisis core is the earliest game Chronologically.

So:

Crisis Core > The Last Order > FF7 > Advent Children > Dirge of Cerberus.

Yea I didn't put the cell games. I don't regard them as real games. >>;

As for The Last Order itself. It was okay. I only watched it once but I still have it. Heh, actually resting playable on my PS3 right now.