Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy VII is an American/Japanese animated series created by Craig McCracken and based on Square (now Square Enix)'s popular 1997 RPG videogame of the same name. Premiering in 2000, the show met widespread acclaim for its thematic complexity, darker tone, artistic quality and postive comparisons to Batman: The Animated Series.

The show was produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons for the first season and by Cartoon Network Studios for the rest of its run, in partnership with Square Pictures. It ended its successful run in 2004 after 4 seasons and 65 episodes.

Production
The show was produced by Craig McCracken and employs a similar animation style to his most famous creation The Powerpuff Girls.

Animation
Originally, Hanna-Barbera contracted a huge variety of overseas animation studios. They were Mook Co. Ltd., Rough Draft Studios, Wang Film Productions, Saerom Animation Company, Milimetros Dibujos Animados, Hong Ying Animation and Hanho Heung Up. Due to the death of H-B co-founder William Hanna in 2001, Hanna-Barbera was shut down by Warner Bros. Animation as animation studio itself and all of its Cartoon Network product was shifted to the channel's in-house production arm Cartoon Network Studios who later introduced CGI animated portions on the show. These CGI animations were produced using the cel-shading technology. Rough Draft also animated the opening main titles.