Square Enix Celebrates Final Fantasy VII Rebirth's Success With Extensive Documentary Series

Would you like to learn more about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth? Square Enix is celebrating its success with an extensive documentary series in 4 parts starring the developers and more.


Published: March 28, 2024 8:16 PM /

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Today Square Enix released an extensive documentary series in four parts celebrating the success of its new JRPG Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

The series is a deep dive into the creation of the game, touching on a wide variety of topics.

We hear about world design, art, music, storytelling, cutscenes, character design, combat design, localization, and voice acting. 

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It appears that, at least for now, the 4th episode about the voiceovers is available only in English, and an equivalent about the Japanese voice acting has not been released at the moment of this writing.

Besides that, the four episodes provide a very interesting perspective on the creation of such a successful game, which has been received very well by both veteran fans and newcomers. 

You can watch all the episodes below. 

The cast of developers and actors who appear in the documentary is quite rich, and you can find a full list below.

  • Naoki Hamaguchi (Director)
  • Yoshinori Kitase (Producer)
  • Tetsuya Nomura (Creative Director)
  • Makoto Ise (Sound Director)
  • Keiji Kawamori (Music Supervisor)
  • Mitsuto Suzuki (Composer)
  • Takako Miyake (Environment Director)
  • Iichiro Yamaguchi (Lighting Director)
  • Shintaro Takai (Art Director)
  • Mizushi Sugawara (Environment Artwork Supervisor)
  • Teruki Endo (Battle Director)
  • Motomu Toriyama (Co-Director)
  • Kazushige Nojima (STELLAVISTA LTD.) (Story & Scenario)
  • Dai Suzuki (Main Character Modeler & Lead Character Artist)
  • Hiroyuki Yamaji (Animation Director (Battle))
  • Hidekazu Miyake (Cutscene Director)
  • Junichi Hayashi (Cutscene Co-Director)
  • Akira Iwasawa (Facial Director)
  • Cody Christian (Voice of Cloud Strife)
  • Britt Baron (Voice of Tifa Lockhart)
  • Briana White (Voice of Aerith Gainsborough)
  • John Eric Bentley (Voice of Barret Wallace)
  • Max Mittelman (Voice of Red XIII)
  • Suzie Yeung (Voice of Yuffie Kisaragi)
  • Matthew Mercer (Voice of Vincent Valentine)
  • Caleb Pierce (Voice of Zack Fair)
  • Eri Asano (Localization Producer)
  • Ben Sabin (English Translator)
  • Laurent Sautière (French Translator)
  • Diana Kawamata (German Translator)

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is currently available only for PS5. If you haven't already, you can still pre-order a physical copy on Amazon. For the moment, no announcement has been made about a possible release for PC, albeit many expect it, as it happened with Final Fantasy VII Remake. 

Square Enix just released update 1.020,  which included several improvements to gameplay and visuals.

If you'd like to read more about the game, you can check out our enthusiastic review, which awarded Final Fantasy VII Rebirth with a flattering 9.5 out of 10. You can also read further details in our interview with director Naoki Hamaguchi and producer Yoshinori Kitase.

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Developer
Square Enix
Publisher
Square Enix
Platforms
PlayStation 5
Release Date
February 29, 2024 (Calendar)
Genre
RPG
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