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.

Legacy
The show is also notable for lauching the careers of several cartoon creators such as Butch Hartman (The Fairly Oddparents, Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy and Bunsen's a Beast), Rob Renzetti (My Life as a Teenage Robot), Brian Konietzko and Michael Dante diMartino (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra), Jhonen Vasquez (Invader Zim), Chris Savino (The Loud House), Jorge R. Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera), Carlos Ramos (The X's), David Cooper and Johnny Ryan (Pig Goat Banana Cricket), Dave Wasson (Time Squad), Greg Miller (Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?), Maxwell Atoms (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy/Evil Con Carne), C.H. Greenblatt (Chowder and Harvey Beaks), Tom Warburton (Codename: Kids Next Door), Thurop Van Orman (The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack), Man of Action (Ben 10 and Generator Rex), Judd Winick (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee), Jody Schaffer and George Krstic (Megas XLR), Scott M. Gimple (Fillmore!), Jeff Goode (American Dragon: Jake Long), Dan Povenmire (Phineas and Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law), Sandro Corsaro (Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil) and Paul Rudish (Mickey Mouse).

Voice Cast Members

 * James Arnold Taylor as Cloud Strife (voice)