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Cloud and Aerith's Height
Topic Started: Nov 11 2011, 02:31 PM (1,252 Views)
Akane
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Just something I ran across the other day. In terms of height, I've read online that Aerith is 5'3 and Cloud is 5'7. I know these measurements are normal for Japanese people (and many others), but Aerith's legs look really long to me and she just looks like she should be taller, maybe around 5'7 or 5'8. Cloud also looks like he could pass for someone in the 5'10 or 5'11 range.

So what do you guys think about this? Do you think they're taller than they're listed? I mean, I'm a 5'9 woman.... and I'm taller than Cloud Strife. I guess I'd be like a frickin' Viera next to him XD And my best friend is 5'4 and she definitely looks like she'd be shorter than Aerith. I guess height is relative depending on how you look at it.

Then again, Squall is 5'8, and I still beat him. ._. And in Final Fantasy VIII, everyone looks tall... Just my randoms thoughts, anyway. No offense to my shorter fellow Cleriths <3
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revan
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I think I'm about 5'8 now. Squall, come to me. :lol:

It seems like most main characters in Final Fantasy are rather short. I don't remember one being over six foot, but there's usually one other person in the party who is. I think Lightning, Fang and Fran are some of the tallest females. And yeah, I always thought Aerith had long legs, too!
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Akane
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Nov 11 2011, 07:27 PM
I think I'm about 5'8 now. Squall, come to me. :lol:

It seems like most main characters in Final Fantasy are rather short. I don't remember one being over six foot, but there's usually one other person in the party who is. I think Lightning, Fang and Fran are some of the tallest females. And yeah, I always thought Aerith had long legs, too!
Fran is apparently 6'2, which sounds about right. I don't know if her high heels factor into that though. :P Lightning is 5'7 (just like Cloud, again XD) and Fang is 5'9.
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Anastar
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I think Nomura tends to draw characters with longer legs, doesn't he? :unsure: In one interview, he was asked which girl in FFVII he liked most and said:

EGM: Which female character in FFVII is your personal favorite?
TN: [Laughs] I'm not really interested in any superdeformed females.

~Electronic Gaming Monthly, issue #196, October 2005
Source: http://www.ff7citadel.com/press/int_egm.shtml

So I get the impression that he isn't too worried about accuracy. ^_^
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aerithbunny
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I'm 6'1" and want to cosplay Aerith some day XP
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Myko
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I thought Squall was 6'0"? All I know is that he's a GIANT either way. Especially compared to Rinoa.

I didn't think Cloud was taller than stated. 5'7". Same with Aerith. She has long legs, yeah, but her torso may be shorter y'know? My torso's long and I have some stubby legs, I think. It CAN HAPPEN.

But yeah... like in Dissidia... All their heights are WEIRD. Onion Knight should be 3'0" or something compared to Terra. She's supposed to be 5'3" and Onion's at least 14 and coming up to her waist. o.O And then Cloud towers over her like he's 6'0" even though he's 5'7", but Squall towers over him, and then you have Sephiroth who's supposed to be 6'0" but he towers over Squall, as well as Zack in CC who's supposed to be 6'0" as well.... o__O
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Jon Snow
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Cloud looks about 5'9" not 5'8". He's 173cm which would make him 5'8" and a half. so I guess his height is good enough. But Aerith definitely looks 5'3". :3
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Ultimavara
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I think it's just because of the anime-influenced style, where everyone is drawn with really long legs no mater what their height is.

One thing I wondered about in Dissidia was Zidane's height. Why did they make him half the size of everybody else? I know FF9 had kind of a bobble-head style going on, but relative to everyone else in his world, he's normal height. So I'm just a little curious as to why they didn't translate that over to Dissidia. The FF9 characters weren't given official heights, so it's not like they had to make him that short.

It seems like the same goes for the other extra short characters in Dissidia. I haven't played their games yet, so I'm not familiar with how tall they were, but the Dissidia height charts I've been looking at (here) don't give official heights for them either.
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Aprillis
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Myko
Nov 12 2011, 12:50 AM
I thought Squall was 6'0"? All I know is that he's a GIANT either way. Especially compared to Rinoa.
I feel like we can't determine Squall's height from FFVIII because he was only 17 in there, and he'd probably have grown taller by the time he was featured in KH. But the thought that Squall was taller than Cloud when he was still a teen... and Cloud was already past his growth-stage... Poor Cloud XD
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ClerithRaven
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I didn't know they had official heights. 0.o

I always figured that Squall would be taller than Cloud because of their physique. But I did think that Aerith was taller than Rinoa and Tifa.
Either way, as long as Cloud is taller than Aerith, it's fine by me.

Anyways. I'm 5'2" so their heights have no problem for me. They are all taller than me. :razz:
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Akane
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Nov 12 2011, 02:32 AM
I think it's just because of the anime-influenced style, where everyone is drawn with really long legs no mater what their height is.

One thing I wondered about in Dissidia was Zidane's height. Why did they make him half the size of everybody else? I know FF9 had kind of a bobble-head style going on, but relative to everyone else in his world, he's normal height. So I'm just a little curious as to why they didn't translate that over to Dissidia. The FF9 characters weren't given official heights, so it's not like they had to make him that short.

It seems like the same goes for the other extra short characters in Dissidia. I haven't played their games yet, so I'm not familiar with how tall they were, but the Dissidia height charts I've been looking at (here) don't give official heights for them either.
I've always wondered that too about Zidane! I thought it was just the art style of IX, not that he was actually shorter than all the other male protagonists. In Amano's artwork, he doesn't seem noticeably short at all, but I could be wrong.

Of course if that's true, then he and Garnet are pint-sized lovers. <3
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Prince Roxas
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I think they are just catering to each game's unique style and world. For me it would look weird and bizarre to have Onion Knight and Zidane at the same height style as Squall and company.
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