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>VII having good character design influences is one reason it was better than VI
I'm going to go there. Amano may have a signature artstyle that works well in some areas (VHD) but god damn if Final Fantasy and him -never- meshed well, especially when trying to spritify those designs. Dear god.
As far s influences, there's a famitsu interview out there where Kitase flat out admitted to reading berserk during the production of VII. Given that Cloud was originally black-haired (and supposedly more muscular, though none of the originals showed this) you can clearly see where the ideas came from.
Despite production "starting" right after FFVI, the actual concept for VII was only in production for one year, 1996. It was rushed and incomplete (I'm actually making a video series about this stuff)
Ironically, modern FFs have 3-5 year production times and are arguably overdeveloped or completely lacking in plot+characters.