Final Fantasy
Japanese media franchise
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| 2025 | Motomu Toriyama serves as deputy head of studio for SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered video game project |
| 2025 | Kitase serves as Head of Studio for SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered. |
| March 2025 | Final Fantasy series reached cumulative global physical and digital sales of 200 million units. |
| 2024 | Motomu Toriyama works as deputy head of studio for Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven video game project |
| 2024 | Kitase will be the producer for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth |
| 2024 | Kitase worked as Square Enix special tester for Foamstars, became vice president for SaGa Emerald Beyond and Star Ocean: The Second Story R, and provided special thanks for Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail. He also became Head of Studio for Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven. |
| 2024 | Returns as co-director for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, again contributing scenario, lyrics, and song titles to the project |
| 2024 | Confirmed as director and producer for Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail and co-producer for Fantasian: Neo Dimension |
| 2024 | Final Fantasy VII Rebirth was released on PlayStation 5, the second installment in the remake trilogy. |
| 2023 |
Hiromichi Tanaka
Hiromichi Tanaka received special thanks credit for the iOS game JET DRAGON
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| 2023 | Kitase served as executive producer for Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis |
| 2023 | Serving as vice president, Kitase was involved with Theatrhythm Final Bar Line and Star Ocean: The Second Story R. He also provided special thanks for Final Fantasy XVI. |
| 2023 | Motomu Toriyama served as a supervisor for the Final Fantasy X kabuki play production |
| 2023 | Directs Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis, continuing the Final Fantasy VII expanded universe project |
| 2023 | Provided special thanks for Theatrhythm Final Bar Line and produced Final Fantasy XVI |
| 2023 | Final Fantasy Union collaborated with Lost in Cult on the sixth volume of Lock-On art journal, featuring interviews with Hironobu Sakaguchi, Nobuo Uematsu, and Matt Mercer, and an exclusive cover illustration by Yoshitaka Amano. |
| 2023 | Final Fantasy XVI was released for PlayStation 5, continuing the mainline series. |
| June 2023 | Final Fantasy series reached cumulative global physical and digital sales of 185 million units. |
| June 22 2023 | Final Fantasy XVI was released, with Minagawa serving as art director, focusing on blending Kazuya Takahashi's light art style with the game's dark setting. |
| 2022 | Kitase continued his vice president role for multiple titles including Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, Chrono Cross The Radical Dreamers Edition, Star Ocean: The Divine Force, and Tactics Ogre: Reborn. He was also executive officer for Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song Remastered. |
| 2022 | Kitase supervised Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster and served as executive producer for Chocobo GP and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion |
| 2022 | Provided special thanks for Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin |
| 2021 | Received special thanks credit for Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker |
| 2021 | Developed Fantasian, a two-part RPG for Apple Arcade, potentially his last major game project due to advancing age. |
| 2021 | As executive officer, Kitase oversaw SaGa Frontier Remastered. He also served as vice president for Neo: The World Ends with You and Dungeon Encounters, and provided special thanks for Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker. |
| 2021 | Kitase supervised multiple Pixel Remaster projects including Final Fantasy II, III, IV, V, and served as executive producer for Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier |
| 2021 | Provides supervisory support for Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier mobile game |
| 2021 | Yoshida directed and produced Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker expansion |
| 2020 | Kitase took on the vice president role for Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Edition and Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, and served as executive officer for Collection of SaGa. |
| 2020 | Kitase worked as producer for Final Fantasy VII Remake |
| 2020 | Motomu Toriyama serves as co-director, scenario designer, and contributes lyrics and song titles for Final Fantasy VII Remake |
| 2020 | The first installment of the Final Fantasy VII Remake project was released on PlayStation 4. |
| September 2020 | Served as producer for the PlayStation 5 video game Final Fantasy XVI. |
| 2019 | Minagawa served as art director for Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers |
| 2019 | Hironobu Sakaguchi worked as a producer on the game Terra Wars. |
| 2019 | Yoshinori Kitase served as special thanks and supervisor for Final Fantasy VIII Remastered release |
| 2019 | Kitase served as executive officer for Romancing SaGa 3 remaster and SaGa: Scarlet Grace Ambitions English Version, while providing special thanks for War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. He also became vice president for Star Ocean: First Departure R. |
| 2019 | Naoki Yoshida directed and produced Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers expansion |
| 2019 | Naoki Yoshida published 'Yoshida Uncensored Volume 3', continuing his series of publications. |
| 2019 | Square Enix released Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ardyn – Prologue, a short anime produced by Satelight Inc, on their YouTube channel. |
| December 2019 | Ended his Famitsu column due to lack of time to continue writing. |
| 2018 | Hiroshi Minagawa received special thanks credit for Dragon Quest Builders 2 |
| 2018 | Yoshinori Kitase provided special thanks for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT and Chrono Trigger Upgrade Version, and served as original game supervisor for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. |
| 2018 | Yoshida provided special thanks for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT and served as division executive for Dragon Quest Builders 2 |
| 2018 | Naoki Yoshida released 'Yoshida Uncensored Volume 2', a publication documenting his work or perspectives. |
| 2018 | Final Fantasy VII was inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. |
| 2017 | Square Enix released Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light, an 8-episode Japanese soap opera based on the game. |
| 2016 | Kingsglaive, a CGI film set during Final Fantasy XV's opening, was released in Summer. |
| 2016 |
Recurring elements in the Final Fantasy series
Kazushige Nojima creates the original scenario for Final Fantasy XV (initially Final Fantasy Versus XIII), which was later reworked by Saori Itamuro.
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| 2013 | Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn was released for PlayStation 3, effectively relaunching the game after its initial poor reception. |
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