Full credits for Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001).
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Opening
Columbia Pictures and Square Pictures present
"FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN"
Closing
Produced and Directed by
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Produced by
Jun Aida
Co-Director
Moto Sakakibara
Produced by
Chris Lee
Original Story by
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Written by
Al Reinert
Jeff Vintar
Original Score by
Elliot Goldenthal
Music Supervisor
Richard Rudolph
Associate Producer
Katsuhiko Toyota
Casting and Voice Director
Jack Fletcher
Crawl Art
Cast
(In Order of Appearance)
Doctor Aki Ross | Ming-Na |
Captain Gray Edwards | Alec Baldwin |
Ryan | Ving Rhames |
Neil | Steve Buscemi |
Jane | Peri Gilpin |
Doctor Sid | Donald Sutherland |
General Hein | James Wood |
Council Member #1 | Keith David |
Council Member #2 | Jean Simmons |
Major Elliot | Matt McKenzie |
Animation Director | Andy Jones |
Line Producer | Deirdre Morrison |
Editor | Christopher S. Capp |
Staging Director | Tani Kunitake |
Computer Graphics Supervisor | Gary Mundell |
Sequence Supervisors
Eiji Fujii
Hiroyuki Hayashida
Kenichi Isaka
Takumi Kimura
Claude Precourt
Steve Preeg
Teru "Yosh" Yoshida
Layout Supervisor | Takashi Kubota |
Character Supervisor | Taiji Okusawa |
Creature Supervisor | Takao Noguchi |
Sets & Props Supervisor | Tadao Odaka |
Lighting Supervisor | David Seager |
Visual Effects Art Director | Takahiko Akiyama |
Visual Effects Supervisor | Remo Balcells |
Compositing Supervisor | Kazuyuki Hashimoto |
Motion Capture Directors | Jack Fletcher Remington Scott |
Motion Capture Supervisor | Yoshinobu Shima |
Production Systems Supervisor | Troy Brooks |
Production Software Supervisor | Shinichi Soeda |
System Director | Koichi Ise |
System Administration Supervisor | Masayuki Kasuya |
Rendering & Shading Supervisor | Kevin Bjorke |
Image Supervisor | Michael Gibson |
Computer Graphics Producer | Cameron Stevning |
Art
Conceptual Design Artist | Kazunori Nakazawa |
Concept Artists
Eric Brown
Patrick Janicke
Thomas Roland Johnson
Tony Kim
Joseph Moro
Shuko Murase
Nobuhito Sue
Mechanical Designer | Yoshinori Sayama |
Storyboard Artists
John Fox
Trevor Goring
Raymond Harvie
Tim Holtrop
Ed Klautky
Shinsaku Kozuma
Mark Moretti
Akira Oguro
Masao Okubo
Marc Vena
Masahito Yamatrouta
Layout
Layout Artists
Yoshinori Kanada
Shinichi Kimura
Yoshihiro Kitano
Mamoru Kurosawa
Andrea Maiolo
Yuichi Nakamura
Hideki Suda
Layout Assistant | Yasushi Matsumura |
Animation
Doctor Aki Ross | Roy Sato |
Captain Gray Edwards | Toby M. Haruno Ben Rush |
Ryan | Christopher Erin Walsh |
Neil | Jay Randall |
Jane | Alice Kaiserian |
Doctor Sid | Louis LeFebvre |
General Hein | Matthew T. Hackett |
Major Elliot | Timothy Heath |
Lead Animator | Jongbo Kim |
Character Animators
Robin Akin
Walton Burgwyn
Kelly Hartigan Goldstein
Yoshinobu Inano
Yung Sheng Jong
Michael Kitchen
Kanji Nishida
Kunihiko Noguchi
Jeff Schu
Eric Weiss
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma
Cindy Yamauchi
Character
Original Character Design by
Shuko Murase
Lead Character Artist | Steven Eric Giesler |
Francisco A. Cortina Veronique Garcia Koichi Iwatsuka |
Tatsuya Kosaka Rene Morel Jeremy Ray |
Cloth Simulation Artists | Patricia Pawlak Cheryl Rye |
Character Technical Directors | Benjamin Cheung Naotaka Horiguchi Ayumu Imaizumi Kevin M. Ochs |
Creature
Creature Design by
Yasushi Nirasawa
Creature Technical Director | Yoshinori Moriizumi |
Creature Effects Artists | Koji Kawamura Kengo Takeuchi Koji Tanaka Takuji Tomooka Masahito Yoshioka |
Sets & Props
Daniel Casey Andrew Harbeck Hiroshi "Duck" Kamohara |
Koji Kobayashi Tatsuro Maruyama Bo Mosley |
Sets & Props Artists
Sergia Garcia Abad
Eriko Arata
Robert Bourgeault
Karl Coyner
James Dargie
Alejandro Gil
Takuya Hada
Takehiko Hoashi
Masahisa Kaneko
Jae Kim
Lisa Kim
Edmund Leo
Takahiro Matsuhira
Clear Menser
Andrea Merlo
Motohito Nasu
Behrooz Roozbeh
Jake Rowell
Aoya Shigematsu
Eric Sterner
Suan Ching Tan
Michael Withem
Texture Artists | Claudia Candia Robin Foley Takayuki Hayashi Hiroshi Mori |
Graphic Designers | Kanwa Nagafuji Osamu Yamazaki |
Lighting
Lead Lighting Artists | Angela M. Eliasz Greg Lev John Monos Jeff Stern |
Lighting Artists
Bela Brozsek
Herman Cheng
Mark De La Garza
Michael Foley
Haskell Friedman
Riki Fujimoto
Hsun Ho
Yoshihito Ikuta
Ryan Leasher
Stanley Miskiewicz
Frank Ritlop
Saba Roufchaie
Hiroyuki Setrouta
Michiko Setrouta
Don Taylor
Carlos A. Vidal
Visual Effects
Lead Visual Effects Artists
Yasuko Asakura
Spencer Knapp
Gustav Melich
David Tanner
Joanne Thiel
Visual Effects Artists
Jeffrey Benoit
Andy Chen
Matthew Davies
Petronella Evers
Michael Fadollone
Steven Galle
David Howe
Kenneth Ibrahim
Muqeem Khan
Mach Tony Kobayashi
Hae-Jeon Lee
Rosa Lin
Jeffrey Martin
Sandor Rabb
Michael Rivero
Robert Shrider
Neville Spiteri
Paul van Camp
Matte Painting
Digital Matte Painters
Ronald Bushaw
Roger Gibbon
Roger Kupelian
Richard Mahon
Craig Mullins
Christian Lorenz Scheurer
Masahiko Tani
Kazumasa Uchio
Compositing
Senior Compositor | Tim Crosbie |
Lead Compositors | Miku Kayama Stephen R. Lunn Ron Roberts Yasuharu Yoshizawa |
Compositors
Jonathan Bowen
Sonia Calvert
Feric Yi Feng
Jerry Hall
Lily Vasconcellos Ibbotson
Kory Juul
Don Klingler
Tetsuo Maeda
William McCoy
Heiji Moritrouta
Adam K. Moura
Hideto Ozaki
Geoffrey Richardson
Joshua Saeta
Andrew Schwartz
Tomoko Shin
Sharmishtha Sohoni
Kat Szuminska
Linda Tremblay
Editorial
Associate Editor | Keiichi Kojima |
First Assistant Editor | William Steinberg |
Assistant Editor | Patrick Day Kennedy |
Research & Development
Manager | Kaveh Kardan |
Senior Programmers
Gerard Banel
Per Christensen
Li-Han Chen
Toshi Kato
Shiro Kawai
Jack Liao
Hitoshi Nishimura
Programmers
Paolo Costabel
Tadashi Endo
Peter Ju
Junichi Kimura
Cyriaque Kouadio
Yong Hwam Lee
Tamotsu Maruyama
Bernd Raabe
Jonathan Rice
Jun Saito
Andrei Sherstyuk
Shawn Taras
Coordinators | Ayumi Baba Masahiro Yoshida |
Motion Capture
Motion Capture Engineers | Udai Haraguchi Matthew Karnes |
Set Designer | Ron Perry |
Motion Capture Staff
James Brennan
Gemini Burke
Jamie Dixon
Tori Mei-Lin Eldridge
Rod Gnapp
Wesley Mann
Matt McKenzie
Michael Scott Ryan
Erik Subusch
Motion Capture Director | Bradley G. Bate |
Software & Systems
Production Software Programmers
Motohisa Adachi
Scot Brew
Atsushi Ebisawa
Junko Igarashi
Saed Mirsepassi
Koji Nagashima
Seymour
Shinya Yarimizo
System Administration | Takaaki Cho Tomohiro Haysaka Yuji Sato Bryce Watanabe Yukiko Yamanaka |
System Administration Assistants | Mikiko Nagakura Cronin Etsuko Ono Chikako Teratrouta |
Rendering & Technical Support
Rendering Technical Directors | Kelly Cowles Michael Fu Bret Hughes Satomi Uchida |
Sequence Technical Directors | Jay Carina Tetsuichiro Kitagawa Ken Saito Eric Salituro Kiyoshi Shigenaga |
Rendering Technical Assistants | Anthony Higa Judith Kazel Catherine Mistunaga Chih-Chieh (Michael) Yang |
Data Wranglers
Jason J.K. Antonio
Michael Bush
Wai Chi Chan
Cindy P.Y. Chu
Duane Joseph Dubuque
Sean Eyestone
Christine L. Galiza
Russell Jaralba
Ken Kyung Nam Kang
Michael K. Koga
Samson Lee
Ronnie Livingston
Steve Luh
Cuong Nguyen
Reid Oishi
Christopher Richmond
Joseph Tumpap
Holly S. Yokomichi
Production
Hiroyoshi Hamada Kaoru Hiyama Rogers |
Terri Sasaki Kenji Takemoto |
Computer Graphics Managers
Ivy Agregan
Rei Matsuoka
Naoko Muldowney
Ken Niiyama
Meghan Nishimizu
Kay Sasatomi
Hiroshi Tanaka
Post Production Manager | Kerry Shea |
Editorial Manager | Heather Elisa Hill |
Editorial Coordinator | Keiko Shinozuka |
VFX Manager | Christopher Paizis |
Production Coordinators
Mayumi Arakaki
Artemio de Pala
Christina de Silva
Thomas Hendrickson
Keiko Jaffuel
Noriko Wada
Caroline Winkler
Production Assistants | Minori Hashimoto Hung Kathy Keegan Yoshiko Mayeaux Sherry Sasuga Maya Zibung |
Associate Producer | Dan Kletzky |
Additional Production Support by the Following:
Compositor | Yasuhiro Ohtsuka |
Director | Yoji Nakaza |
Designers
Hideyasu Narita
Tadashi Iwasa
Kazuo Ogura
Ken Arai
Kazuyuki Hashimoto
Sadahiko Tanaka
Director | Kazuki Akane |
Director | Toshifumi Kawahara |
OVERLOAD CO., LTD.
Shuji Asano
OZ COMPANY CO., LTD.
Ko Yokoyama
Producer | Toshio Yamamoto |
CG Designers | Shoichi Matsubara Takayuki Taketa Semin Tho Yoshihiro Komori |
Conceptual Designer | Hitoshi Yoneda |
Mechanical Designers | Shinji Aramaki Rei Nakahara |
Pre Production Writers | Giti Ohtsuka Shigeru Kimiya |
Makeup Artist | Daisuke Dobashi |
Lighting Artist | Shigeki Hayashi |
Post Production
Post Production Sound Services provided by
Skywalker Sound
a division of Lucas Digital Ltd., LLC
Marin County, California
Sound Design | Randy Thom |
Re-Recording Mixers | Randy Thom Gary Rizzo |
Supervising Sound Editor | Dennis Leonard |
ADR Editor | Sue Fox |
Sound Effects Editor | David C. Hughes |
Foley Editor | Andrea Stelter Gard |
Supervising Assistant | Erich Stratmann |
Sound Design Assistant | Stuart McCowan |
Effects Assistant | Colin O'Neill |
ADR Assistant | Sam Hinkley |
Sound Design Apprentice | Mac Smith |
Foley Artists | Dennie Thorpe Jana Vance |
Foley Mixer | Tony Eckert |
Foley Recordist | Frank "Pepe" Merel |
Additional Sound Effects Editing | Bob Shoup David Farmer Jim McKee Chris Scarabosio Andea Stelter Gard |
Sound Effects Assistants | Doug Winningham Dee Selby |
Mix Technician | Gabriel Guy |
Re-Recordist | Ron Roumas |
Machine Room Operators | Steve Romanko Sean England |
Digital Transfer | Jonathan Greber Christopher Barron Tim Burby John Countryman |
Video Services | Ed Dunkley John "J.T." Torrijos |
Engineering Services | John Taylor Chris Barnett |
Digital Editorial Services | David Hunter Brian Chumney Noah Katz |
Client Services | Mike Lane Eva Napolean Megan Fouts Gordon NG |
Additional Dialog by | Jack Fletcher |
Action Sequence Director | Coling Fong |
Casting Agent | Anna Fishburn |
ADR Voice Casting | Barbara Harris |
Additional Cast
BCR Soldier #1, Space Station Technician #2 | John Demita |
BFW Soldier #1 | John Dimaggio |
Space Station Technician #3 | Alex Fernandez |
Space Station Technician #1 & 4 | David Rasner |
Scan Technician | Dwight Schultz |
Additional Voices
Matt Adler
Steve Alterman
David Arnott
Catherine Cavadini
Lanei Chapman
Vicki Davis
John Demita
Judi Durand
Greg Finley
Jack Fletcher
Julia Fletcher
Barbara Iley
David McCharen
Tracy Metro
David Michie
Richard Penn
David Randolph
Andrea Taylor
Music Produced by
Gohl/McLaughlin with Elliott Goldenthal
Supervising Music Editor
Curtis Roush
Orchestration by | Robert Elhai Elliot Goldenthal |
Recorded and Mixed by | Joel Iwataki |
Electronic Music Producer | Richard Martinez |
Music Performed by | London Symphony Orchestra & London Voices |
Solo Vocal by | Lara Fabian |
Conducted by | Dirk Brosse |
Recorded at | Watford Hall & Air Lyndurst, England |
Mixed at | Manhattan Center Studios, New York |
Assistant Engineer | Lawrence Manchester |
Music Preparation | Vic Fraser |
Soundtrack on
Sony Classical/Sony Music Soundtrax
Music
"The Dream Within"
Written by Elliot Goldenthal and Richard Rudolph
Produced by Elliot Goldenthal and Teese Gohl
Performed by Lara Fabian
Courtesy of Columbia Records
"Spirit Dreams Inside"
Written by hyde
English translation by Lynne Hobday
Performed by L'Arc~en~Ciel
Produced and Arranged by L'Arc~en~Ciel and Hajime Okano
Courtesy of Ki/oon Records, a Group of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Negative Cutter | Gary Burrit |
Color Timers | Mike Hatzer Jim Passon |
Processing by | Consolidated Film Industries |
Special Thanks to
Sony Corporation
Norio Ohga
Nobuyuki Idei
Kunitake Ando
Teruhisa Tokunaka
Masayuki Nozoe
Ken Kutaragi
Thanks to everyone at Square who supported this production
Square USA
Senior Vice President | Akio Sakai |
Senior Vice President/Legal Affairs | Junichi O. Yanagihara |
Senior Vice President and CFO | Yoshiyuki Ishiguro |
Vice President and Controller | Hiroko I. Marcinkowski |
Vice President, OFC Admin | Shinichiro Kajitani |
Director of Human Resources | Debbie Yatogo |
Human Resources Assistant | Yuki Adams |
Public Relations Managers | Grace McNamee Yumi Ozaki |
Administration Manager | Naoko Tunnicliff |
Administration | Christopher Flynn Stephanie James Naoko Kanai Miho Kurashina Lani Mathews |
Executive Assistants | Mie Reynolds Miki Yoshida |
Accounting Manager | Mikiko Sugihara-Dote |
Accounting | Michelle Abe Misako Kawakami Nancy A. Toepfer Carolyn Cavins |
Square Group Companies
Masafumi Miyamoto
Moyuki Takechi
Tetsuo Mizuno
Hisashi Suzuki
Yoichi Wada
Kenichi Omae
Makoto Naruke
Yoko Yasuoka
Terufumi Mikasa
Haruhiko Nishida
Yasuo Nakagawa
Akitoshi Kawazu
Hiromichi Tanaka
Shinji Hashimoto
Toru Morita
Koji Yamatrouta
Koichi Ishii
Yoshinori Kitase
Yasumi Matsuno
Yusuke Hirata
Masashi Hiramatsu
Hideaki Moritrouta
Jun Iwasaki
Yuji Shibata
Tom Yoshikai
Takuya Okada
Yuko Tomizawa
Akira Kashiwagi
Yasutaka Kiriya
Kazuyoshi Murakawa
Toshiaki Nagashima
Tadashi Nomura
Michio Okamiya
Yasunori Orikasa
Yoshinori Suzuki
Satoshi Tsukamoto
Izumi Tsukushi
Kazuhiko Aoki
Katsunobu Iida
Hiroyuki Itou
Hiroshi Kuwabara
Hideo Minaba
Yusuke Naora
Ken Narita
Tetsuya Nomura
Shiyu Rimoto
Takshi Tokita
Hiroshi Arai
Mikiko Ebata
Akira Fujii
Tomohiro Hayasaka
Kimie Inagi
Nobuko Izumida
Yoshinori Kamei
Miduki Kubo
Norimichi Kurosawa
Hideyuki Matsumoto
Yasushi Matsumura
Miyuki Miyazaki
Mie Mizushima
Hiromi Nagahara
Noriko Watanabe
Andrew Shiozaki
Yuji Okada
Kyoko Yamatrouta
Troy Boren
Andy Hsu
Mari Nishikawa
Yasushi Kurosawa
Square Sounds Co., Ltd.
Nobuo Uematsu
Masashi Hamauzu
Ryo Yamazaki
Hitoshi Sakimoto
Eiji Nakamura
Shojiro Nakoka
Final Fantasy Film Partners
(In Alphabetical Order)
AMUSE INC.
BANDAI CO., LTD.
DENTSU INC.
DIGICUBE CO., LTD.
GAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC.
HUMAX PICTURES INC.
SQUARE CO., LTD.
Dialog Recorded at | SCREENMUSIC STUDIOS |
Additional Digital Compositing Services by | PHOTON VFX |
Editorial and Compositing Tools by | AVID/SOFTIMAGE |
Rendered by | RENDERMAN |
Network Hardware and Support by

3-D Software

Additional Rendering Services by

Laser Film Recording by

Special Thanks to
The United Stats Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
The State of Hawaii and the People of Hawaii
Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism Hawaii Film Office
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Sony Computer Entertainment INC.
Sony Hawaii, INC.
Alias Wavefront
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Stephen Scharf, ESQ.
Christopher Breaton, ESQ.
Ilanna Bavli, ESQ.
Iris R. Okawa, ESQ./The Pacific Law Group
Brandon C. Valvo, ESQ.
Signature Theaters, Dole Cannery
Additional Special Thanks
Tokyo Mode Gakuen
Yakiniku Hiroshi
First Hawaiian Bank
T&M Food Service
Imari Take Out
Kentaro Kawai
Kensuke Tanaka
Kazuhiko Yorishima
Michael Basket
Hitoshi Takemura
Akira Saito
Norio Hiruma
Eiko Sakaguchi and Aya Sakaguchi
Yoko, Yuka and Takuya Aida
In memory of
Jack Liao
1967 - 2001
No. 37629 |
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