Directed by
| Takashi Tokita | ||
Writing Credits
| Hideaki Sena | ... | (based on a novel by) |
| Hironobu Sakaguchi | ... | (concept) & |
| Takashi Tokita | ... | (story) |
Produced by
| Tetsuo Mizuno | ... | executive producer |
| Hironobu Sakaguchi | ... | producer |
| Tomoyuki Takechi | ... | executive producer |
Music by
| Yôko Shimomura | ||
Production Management
| Nobuko Izumida | ... | assistant production manager |
| Shin-ichiro Kajitani | ... | production manager |
| Naoko Kanai | ... | production manager |
| Mika Onishi | ... | assistant production manager |
Art Department
| Darren Gilford | ... | storyboard artist: Square USA |
| Ira Gilford | ... | storyboard artist: Square USA |
| Masashi Ikeda | ... | storyboard artist: Tokyo |
| Cecil Hong-sik Kim | ... | storyboard artist: Square USA |
| Ikurô Satô | ... | storyboard coordinator: CGI movie, Tokyo |
| Nozomu Yamagishi | ... | design assistant |
Sound Department
| Minoru Akao | ... | sound programmer |
| Tom Bellfort | ... | sound |
| Yoshitaka Fujita | ... | sound |
| Yoshitaka Hirota | ... | sound effects |
| Makoto Ise | ... | sound effects |
| Dan Kollmorgen | ... | sound engineer |
| Junya Kuroda | ... | sound effects |
| Chiharu Minekawa | ... | sound |
| Kazumi Mitome | ... | sound effects |
| Eiji Nakamura | ... | sound (as Eiji 'AJ' Nakamura) |
| Jun Nakamura | ... | sound effects |
| Yoshikuni Nakamura | ... | sound effects |
| Shôjirô Nakaoka | ... | sound effects (as Shojiro Nakaoka) |
| Tak Ogawa | ... | sound supervisor |
| Teruaki Sugawara | ... | sound engineer |
| Motoko Watanabe | ... | sound engineer |
| Masayoshi Ôkawa | ... | sound effect recording engineer (as Masayoshi Okawa) |
Special Effects by
| Jeff Willette | ... | special effects: 3DSite Inc. |
| John Willette | ... | special effects: 3DSite Inc. |
Visual Effects by
| Brian Adams | ... | modeler: CGI movie, Tokyo |
| Jeanne Anderson | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Shawnalee Anderton | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Christopher Bellaci | ... | motion capture artist: House of Moves |
| Holly Bloom | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Virginia Bowman | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| John Burk | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Kay Cloud | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Diane Cooper | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Francisco Cortina | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Petra Evers | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Lisa Foster | ... | CGI supervisor: USA |
| Akira Fujii | ... | 3D Animator |
| Lori Gilmour | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Hiroyuki Hamada | ... | 3D animator |
| Kazuyuki Hashimoto | ... | CGI movie technical director |
| Tatsuo Heianzan | ... | 3D animator |
| Takayuki Higurashi | ... | CGI animator: Digital Media Lab. |
| Michael Hobbs | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Sangwoo Hong | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Kseniya Hoppe | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Nicholas Hoppe | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| John Hughes | ... | studio head: Rhythm & Hues |
| Manabu Inokuchi | ... | 3D animator |
| Erik Jamison | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| B.L. Jurgens | ... | cgi supervisor: USA (as Bruce Jurgens) |
| Yukari Kaneko | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Junichi Kanzaki | ... | CGI director: Digital Media Lab. |
| Go Kikuchi | ... | 3D animator |
| Kyle Kirby | ... | 3D animator |
| John Lally | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Mark Lambert | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Michael Latschislaw | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Thomas Lee | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Kimberley Liptrap | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA (as Kimberly Liptrap) |
| Tom Lynnes | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Rick Makoul | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Richard Matsushita | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Michael Miller | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Aung Min | ... | lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc. (as Min) |
| Mari Miyamoto | ... | 3D animator |
| Toshiyuki Momose | ... | CGI movie editor |
| Shuichi Murata | ... | CGI animator: Digital Media Lab. |
| Takamasa Namiki | ... | CGI animator: Digital Media Lab. |
| David Nix | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Izumi Obata | ... | CGI painter: Digital Media Lab. |
| Noriyuki Ohmi | ... | CGI animator: Digital Media Lab. |
| Hideki Okano | ... | visual effects: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Daniel Oken | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Caleb Owens | ... | cgi supervisor: USA |
| Sharon Packer | ... | CGI supervisor: USA |
| Andrew Paquette | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Eric Pavey | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Jennifer Pearce | ... | CGI supervisor: USA |
| Kristina Reed | ... | line producer: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Behrooz Roozbeh | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Ken Roupenian | ... | executive producer: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Nozomi Sanada | ... | CGI animator: Digital Media Lab. |
| Hitoshi Sasaki | ... | CGI director: Tokyo |
| Richard Semple | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Christopher Sjoholm | ... | visual effects: Rhythm & Hues Inc. (as Chris Sjoholm) |
| Geri Smith | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Neville Spiteri | ... | CGI supervisor: USA |
| Dottie Starling | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Masateru Suzuki | ... | 3D animator |
| Toshinori Takata | ... | CGI programmer: Digital Media Lab. |
| Kuniharu Takeuchi | ... | 3D animator |
| Tim Teramoto | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Kazue Tsukamoto | ... | CGI animator: Digital Media Lab. |
| Satoshi Tsukamoto | ... | CGI supervisor: Tokyo |
| Koichi Tsumori | ... | CGI animator: Digital Media Lab. |
| Renée Tymn | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA (as Renee Chamblin) |
| Peter Warner | ... | CGI supervisor: USA |
| Caleb Weissberg | ... | CGI supervisor: USA |
| Mike Wendell | ... | CGI supervisor: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Darnell Williams | ... | CGI supervisor: USA |
| Makoto Yagishita | ... | 3D animator |
| Tomohiro Yamakawa | ... | CGI animator: Digital Media Lab. |
| Robert Yang | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Jason Yanofsky | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA |
| Theodore Bialek | ... | technical director (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Theodore Ballek | ... | lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Theodore Capizzi | ... | lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Duffy Knox | ... | lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Tim Prentice | ... | lighting director: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Suponwich Juck Somsaman | ... | lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc. (as Juck Somsaman) |
| Sandra Voelker | ... | lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Randy Wei | ... | lighting artist: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
Animation Department
| Hiroshi Arai | ... | 3-D animation director / 3-D character director / modeler: main characters |
| Lyndon Barrois | ... | animator: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| J.J. Blumenkranz | ... | animation set-up: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Daniele Colajacomo | ... | animator: 3DSite Inc. |
| St. John Colon | ... | sub character modeling and texture |
| Melanie Cordan | ... | animator: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Gregory Ecklund | ... | CGI movie and map 3D animator: Square USA / animator |
| Erik Jamison | ... | animation director |
| Tatsuya Kando | ... | 3-d animation director |
| Tomohiro Kayano | ... | 3-D character director / character supervisor: Tokyo / modeler: main characters |
| Darren Lurie | ... | animator: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Joe Mancewicz | ... | animation set-up: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Fumi Nakashima | ... | main character design assistant |
| Tetsuya Nomura | ... | character designer: main characters |
| Kazuhiro Okawa | ... | main character texture |
| Dan Oken | ... | animator |
| Glenn Ramos | ... | animator: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Hans Rijpkema | ... | animation set-up: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| David J. Smith | ... | animator: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Ryotaro Takahashi | ... | animator: Manhatten map |
| Kuniharu Takeuchi | ... | sub character and creature designer |
| Craig Talmy | ... | animation director: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Kelly Wilcox | ... | animator: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Darnell Williams | ... | animator: Manhatten map |
Music Department
| Kenji Nagashima | ... | song recordist engineer |
| Tony Rambo | ... | assistant engineer: theme song |
| Shigeo Tamaru | ... | additional music arranger: "Somnia Memorias" |
Additional Crew
| Lisa Ahern | ... | marketing (US version) |
| Jun Aida | ... | management (US version) |
| Yoshiro Akata | ... | battle designer / tutorial designer |
| Erik Akutagawa | ... | scan record coordinator: Rhythm & Hues |
| Mica Osugi Allalouf | ... | interpreter |
| Caroline Allen | ... | technical department: Square USA |
| Naushad Allibhoy | ... | systems administrator |
| Elisabeth Arko | ... | systems administrator (as Beth Arko) |
| Paul Ashdown | ... | technical department: Square USA |
| Ted Baer | ... | legal support: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Sagit Barnea | ... | assistant: Square USA |
| Brian Bell | ... | localization specialist: Square Soft Inc. |
| Gary Boswood | ... | technical department: Square USA |
| Jeffy Branion | ... | systems administrator |
| Bela Brozsek | ... | map illustrator / map retouch artist |
| Fernando Bustamante | ... | customer service (US version) |
| John Butiu | ... | modeler: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Michelle Butler | ... | production coordinator: Santa Barbara Studios |
| John Carey | ... | director of technology: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Clayton Chan | ... | quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc. (as Clayton S. Chan) |
| Sissie Chang | ... | lead quality technician: Square Soft Inc. |
| Yeen-Shi Chen | ... | modeler: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Buck Claborn | ... | systems administrator: Santa Barbara Studios (as Buckie Claborn) |
| Cynthia Cobb | ... | assistant: Square USA |
| Scott J. Compton | ... | battle designer (as Scott Compton) / game designer |
| Matt Coohill | ... | event designer / game designer |
| Manabu Daishima | ... | battle effect graphics / staff credit graphics |
| Yun-Po Paul Fan | ... | technical department: Square USA (as Paul Fan) |
| Mark Fattibene | ... | technical director: Santa Barbara Studios |
| John Ford | ... | technical director: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Akira Fujii | ... | creature texture supervisor |
| Yoshimi Fujii | ... | support staff director |
| Randall Fujimoto | ... | localization manager: Square Soft Inc. |
| Makoto Fukushima | ... | producer: Digital Media Lab. |
| Steve Galle | ... | technical director: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Naotaka Hiro | ... | interpreter / translator |
| Stephen A. Holder | ... | quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc. |
| Diane Holland | ... | producer: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Hiroyuki Honda | ... | modeler: cgi movie, Tokyo |
| Sangwoo Hong | ... | map data designer |
| Mieko Hoshino | ... | menu graphics |
| Caleb J. Howard | ... | programmer: event compiler (as Caleb Howard) |
| Andy Hsu | ... | quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc. |
| Jeffrey Hsu | ... | quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc. |
| Ian Hulbert | ... | modeler: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Keith Hunter | ... | modeling manager: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Hiroyuki Ikeda | ... | battle effect graphics |
| Koichi Ise | ... | systems director: support staff |
| Jun Iwasaki | ... | president (US version) |
| Kaori Iwasaki | ... | interpreter / translator |
| Steffan Jays | ... | systems administrator |
| Byron Jelden | ... | event designer |
| Arthur Jeppe | ... | technical director: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Jay Johnson | ... | 3-D painting: 3DSite Inc. |
| Bruce Jones | ... | executive producer: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Rob Jones | ... | map data designer |
| Michael Kaelin | ... | technical assistant: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Junnosuke Kanazawa | ... | map retouch artist |
| Tatsuya Kando | ... | creature modeler (as Tatsuya Kando) |
| Hiroyuki Kashima | ... | producer: support staff |
| Masayuki Kasuya | ... | systems administrator |
| Masahiro Kataoka | ... | battle creature script |
| Keiko Katô | ... | marketing (US version) (as Keiko Kato) |
| Jake Kauth | ... | systems administrator |
| Hiroshi Kawai | ... | main programmer |
| Cecil Hong-sik Kim | ... | map illustrator / map retouch artist |
| Nancy Kimley | ... | modeler: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Kyle Kirby | ... | creature modeler |
| Yasunaga Kobari | ... | systems administrator |
| Koji Kobayashi | ... | modeler: cgi movie, Tokyo |
| Hiroki Koike | ... | producer: support staff |
| Akira Kudo | ... | producer: support staff |
| Yasuhiro Kurosawa | ... | battle creature script |
| Hiroshi Kuwabara | ... | modeler: cgi movie, Tokyo |
| Yasuo Kuwahara | ... | programmer: menu |
| Han Jong Lee | ... | 3-D programmer |
| Scott Liedtka | ... | 3-D manager: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Pakin Liptawat | ... | staff: Kronos Digital Entertainment |
| Robert Lurye | ... | choreographer: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Sachiko Machida | ... | systems administrator |
| Jason MacLeod | ... | technical director: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Yoshihiko Maekawa | ... | battle director |
| Kyoko Makino | ... | quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc. |
| Bradford Mar | ... | map retouch artist |
| Rika Maruya | ... | interpreter / translator |
| Hiromi Masuda | ... | quality assurance coordinator |
| Hideaki Matsuoka | ... | quality assurance coordinator |
| Michael Miller | ... | map data designer |
| Kenji Mimura | ... | marketing (US version) |
| Hideo Minaba | ... | tutorial graphics |
| Toshiyuki Momose | ... | staff credit graphics |
| Takashi Morishima | ... | staff: Kronos Digital Entertainment |
| Hideaki Morita | ... | map retouch artist |
| Vangthonhoua Moua | ... | quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc. |
| Shin Nagasawa | ... | map retouch artist |
| Masahiro Nakajima | ... | localization manager: Square Soft Inc. |
| Saori Nakajima | ... | publicist (US version) |
| Jane Nakano | ... | marketing (US version) |
| Stanford Ng | ... | quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc. |
| Mari Nishikawa | ... | assistant translator: Square Soft Inc. / quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc. |
| Takayuki Niwa | ... | main programmer: battle / programmer: dialogue |
| Ichiro Nonaka | ... | localization specialist |
| Koji Nonoyama | ... | publicist (US version) |
| Tadamichi Obinata | ... | programmer: battle creature |
| Yuuri Ohtake | ... | producer: support staff |
| Shinichiro Okaniwa | ... | battle effect director / menu graphics |
| Marion Okazaki | ... | interpreter / translator |
| Maxx Okazaki | ... | modeler: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Maki Onishi | ... | publicist (US version) |
| Mika Onishi | ... | interpreter / translator |
| Yasunori Orikasa | ... | systems administrator |
| John Paik | ... | staff: Kronos Digital Entertainment |
| Ivo Panayotov | ... | systems administrator (as Ivo Panaytov) |
| Jennifer Park | ... | systems administrator |
| Chiensen Peng | ... | producer: support staff |
| Thomas Shih-Ta Peng | ... | programmer: event system and background interaction / staff credits programmer |
| Chiara Perin | ... | lighting artist: 3DSite Inc. |
| Charles Pinady | ... | data conversion / event designer / map data designer |
| Matt Rhodes | ... | software developer: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Eran Rich | ... | technical department: Square USA |
| Akio Sakai | ... | management (US version) |
| Masaki Sakai | ... | production manager: Digital Media Lab. |
| Kathleen Samee | ... | systems administrator: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Katsuo Sano | ... | producer: support staff |
| Robert Schajer | ... | production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Ira Shain | ... | additional lighting artist: 3DSite Inc. |
| Bradley Sick | ... | modeler: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Takahiro 'Tak' So | ... | quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc. (as Takahiro So) |
| Suponwich Juck Somsaman | ... | head technical director: Rhythm & Hues Inc. (as Juck Somsaman) |
| Simon Son | ... | quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc. |
| Tsuyoshi Sonoda | ... | programmer: battle effect |
| James Straus | ... | anmation director: Santa Barbara Studios (as James Satoru Straus) |
| Takanari Tajima | ... | creature modeler |
| Yusuke Takagi | ... | producer: support staff |
| Tetsuya Takahashi | ... | map illustrator (as Tetsuya 'T2' Takahashi) |
| Tetsuya Takahashi | ... | map illustrator (as Tetsuya 'T2' Takahashi) |
| Norihiro Takami | ... | modeler: cgi movie, Tokyo |
| Kenji Takemoto | ... | manager: Tokyo |
| Hiroshi Tanaka | ... | communications coordinator: support staff |
| Motoharu Tanaka | ... | event designer (as Motoharu 'MOCCHI' Tanaka) / map director (as Motoharu 'MOCCHI' Tanaka) / menu designer (as Motoharu 'MOCCHI' Tanaka) |
| Chu Tang | ... | technical department: Square USA |
| Shawn Taras | ... | map data designer / programmer: cgi movie and Chysler building |
| Richard Temple | ... | map data designer |
| Chikako Terashita | ... | systems administrator |
| Rick Thompson | ... | customer service (US version) |
| Mutsuo Tomizawa | ... | producer: support staff |
| Juliana Tong | ... | staff: Menfond Electronic Art and Computer Design Ltd. |
| Mitsuru George Torii | ... | marketing (US version) (as George Torii) |
| Ryota Toyama | ... | event designer |
| Keisuke Toyoshima | ... | producer: Digital Media Lab. |
| Douglas Trelfa | ... | interpreter / translator |
| Eric Tsai | ... | technical support: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Randy Tse | ... | staff: Menfond Electronic Art and Computer Design Ltd. |
| Sachiko Usui | ... | interpreter / translator |
| Lila Vesely | ... | technical director trainee: Santa Barbara Studios (as Lilla Vesely) |
| Chien-Hsiung Wang | ... | modeler: Rhythm & Hues Inc. |
| Noriko Watanabe | ... | publicist (US version) |
| Matthew P. Welker | ... | technical director: Santa Barbara Studios (as Mathew P. Walker) |
| Jonathan Williams | ... | quality assurance manager: Square Soft Inc. |
| Eddie Wong | ... | staff: Menfond Electronic Art and Computer Design Ltd. |
| James P. Wong | ... | quality assurance technician: Square Soft Inc. |
| Victor Wong | ... | staff: Menfond Electronic Art and Computer Design Ltd. |
| Malcolm Wright | ... | modeler: 3DSite Inc. |
| Sharon Wrinkle | ... | production accountant: Santa Barbara Studios |
| Yoshimasa Yamada | ... | systems administrator |
| Yoshio Yamakawa | ... | creature modeler |
| Yukiko Yamanaka | ... | systems administrator |
| Kyoko Yamashita | ... | marketing (US version) |
| Junichi Yanagihara | ... | management (US version) |
| Yongki Yoon | ... | creature texture assistant / map retouch artist |
| Tatsuya Yoshinari | ... | programmer: battle effects and Manhatten map |
| Yammie Yu | ... | staff: Menfond Electronic Art and Computer Design Ltd. |
| Takayuki Ôdachi | ... | map illustrator (as Takayuki Odachi) |
Thanks
| Machi Abe | ... | special thanks |
| Kazuko Aita | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Carol Carvins | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Carol Duran | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Shari Girdlestone | ... | special thanks |
| Christy Huang | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Toshikatsu Iijima | ... | special thanks |
| Nemiko Inada | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Stephanie James | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Jeffrey Kinart | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Hiroko Marcinkowski | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Rei Matsuoka | ... | special thanks |
| Margarita Meza | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Yukiko Mori | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Tetsuya Moriguchi | ... | special thanks |
| Kenzo Nogimura | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Maria Robinson | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Terry Sasaki | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Ayako Takeda | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Yumi Takehoshi | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Hiroshi Tanaka | ... | special thanks |
| Sachiko Usui | ... | special thanks |
| Stacy Williams | ... | special thanks: US version |
| Debbie Yatogo | ... | special thanks: US version |
