2013 · VIDEO GAME
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2013)
Platforms: Xbox 360 · PlayStation 3Genres: Genres · Role-playing (RPG) · Behind view · Anime / Manga · Real-time · Action RPG · Fantasy
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is the third episode in the Final Fantasy XIII saga. It follows the story of Lightning who returns after a long period of time, having to fight her way through against various foes and even allies because of a...
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Cast & Crew · 296 people
- Nao Nakashima· Motion Actors
- Makoto Obata· Motion Actors
- Kaori Kawabuchi· Motion Actors
- Yutaka Miyauchi· Motion Actors
- Mayumi Hashiguchi· Motion Actors
- Tomoya Suzuki· Motion Capture Artists
- Hiroshi Fukasawa· Motion Capture Artists
- Hiroki Minami· Motion Capture Artists
- Hansok Kim· Motion Capture Artists
- Nobuaki Kume· Motion Capture Artists
- Kosuke Asano· Motion Capture Artists
- Miki Fukawatase· Motion Capture Artists
- Hitoshi Araki· Motion Capture Artists
- Masashi Hamauzu· Music
- Masahiro Matsuda· In-Game Music Mastering, Recording & Mixing Engineers
- Naoshi Mizuta· Music
- Mitsuto Suzuki· Music
- Tomohiro Yajima· Sound Director
- Keiji Kawamori· Music Administrator
- Kazuhiro Hosoe· Lead Sound Designer
- Atsushi Suganuma· Sound Designer
- Yuji Abe· Game Design Director
- Tetsuya Nomura· Main Character Designer
- Takeshi Iwabuchi· Level Design Director
- Nobuyuki Matsuoka· Battle Design Director
- Junichi Ando· Lead Level Designer
- Yusuke Shimizu· Level Designers
- Yayoi Hattori· Level Designers
- Keisuke Matsuhara· Level Designers
- Megumi Kawabata· Level Designers
- Masahiro Yanagisawa· Level Designers
- Takeo Kujiraoka· Battle Designers
- Mitsuru Yokoyama· Battle Designers
- Munetoshi Omodani· Battle Designers
- Shinya Yamada· Battle Designers
- Takayuki Ohdachi· Art Designers
- Mizushi Sugawara· Art Designers
- Seiji Watanabe· Art Designers
- Yusuke Iwasa· Art Designers
- Takehiko Yamamoto· Art Designers
- Kaoru Kawaguchi· Art Designers
- Toshiyuki Itahana· Character Designers
- Yasuhisa Izumisawa· Character Designers
- Chikako Nakano· Monster Art Designer
- Takanori Nakayama· Outerworld Network Designer
- Motomu Toriyama· Director, Lyrics
- Kazutaka Someya· Re-Recording Mixers
- Hiroki Sawada· Re-Recording Mixers
- Ryo Yamazaki· Arrangers
- Aska Kaneko· Arrangers
- Kengo Tokusashi· Arrangers
- Mina Kubota· Arrangers
- Takuro Iga· Arrangers
- Seiji Toda· Arrangers
- Yosuke Kakegawa· Arrangers, Bards
- Kazuki Hamamoto· Project Manager
- Yuko Sakae· Project Assistants
- Shihoko Karube· Project Assistants
- Andreas Wollny· Bards
- Prasert Prasertvithyakarn· Bards
- Kenneth Pinyopusarerk· Bards
- Gabe McNair· Vocalists
- MINA· Vocalists
- Mistera Feo· Choir
- Rei Kato· Cutscene Artists
- Syutsu Kitagawa· Interpreter/Translator
- Jota Goto· Dialogue Editors
- Hideki Uchimura· Dialogue Editors
- Naoyuki Honzawa· Arrangers, Recording & Mixing Engineers
- Masashi Kimura· Arrangers
- Natsumi Asari· Arrangers
- Yoshitaka Suzuki· Synthesizer Operator
- Isamu Kamikokuryo· Art Director
- Shintaro Takai· Graphics & VFX Director
- Kazuyuki Shindo· Lead Planners
- Masahiro Ishihara· Lead Planners
- Daisuke Inoue· Lead Planners
- Yui Sawada· Lead Planners
- Masaaki Kazeno· Character Model Director
- Yoshiyuki Soma· Gameplay Animation Director
- Yusuke Tanaka· Cutscene Animation Director
- Hidekazu Miyake· Cutscene Layout Director
- Toshitaka Matsuda· Lead Art Director
- Norihito Ueno· Environment Director
- Yoji Iio· Environment Technical Artist
- Yoichi Seki· Menu Director
- Kazuyuki Ikumori· Movie Director
- Kaori Sato· Assistant Movie Directors
- Shuzo Tadokoro· Assistant Movie Directors
- Yohei Murakami· Lead Marketing & Publicity Planner
- Naoki Kurita· Lead VFX Artists
- Shota Sagae· Lead VFX Artists
- Akiko Yamaguchi· VFX Artists
- Yosuke Shimizu· VFX Artists
- Aya Izumi· VFX Artists
- Rie Koyama· Asset Manager & Lead Character Artist
- Dai Suzuki· Character Team Coordinator & Monster Artist
- Nobuhiro Goto· DLC Director & Character Artist
- Wataru Bantani· Main Character Artist
- Tomohiko Goto· Lead Character Artists
- Ryoutaro Hashimoto· Lead Character Artists
- Mio Matsuda· Character Artists
- Kumiko Kaji· Character Artists
- Yuuki Matsuo· Character Artists
- Tetsurou Noda· Character Artists
- Hiroyuki Nakamura· Character Artists
- Haruna Kato· Character Artists
- Kazuakisawa Shun· Character Artists
- Takahiro Matsumoto· Character Artists
- Hideo Kubota· Character Artists
- Akihiko Kishi· Technical Animator
- Mizuki Muramatsu· Cloth/Hair Animator
- Hiroyuki Yamaji· Lead Animators
- Hiroyuki Nagatsuka· Lead Animators
- Kohei Toyama· Animators
- Yuichi Takasaki· Animators
- Takashi Hara· Animators
- Yoshiyuki Oku· Lead Animator
- Atsushi Inuzuka· Layout Artists
- Atsuhiro Ishikawa· Layout Artists
- Hidekazu Kato· Layout Artists
- Takaaki Fuke· Layout Artists
- Minoru Kawamura· Layout Artists
- Asami Fukuda· Layout Artists
- Keisuke Shimada· Lighting Artist
- Takako Miyake· Lead Environment Artists
- Eiji Saitō· Lead Environment Artists
- Junichi Miyajima· Lead Environment Artists
- Nozomi Shibahara· Lead Environment Artists
- Takuma Ichibakase· Lead Environment Artists
- Shihori Tanzawa· Lead Environment Artists
- Yujiro Takahashi· Environment Artists
- Tatsuya Fukuyama· Environment Artists
- Akira Fujiki· Environment Artists
- Shinji Nariai· Environment Artists
- Naoko Hakamada· Environment Artists
- Hiroaki Kobayashi· Menu Artist
- Noriaki Nishi· Assistant Planner
- Hiroyuki Honda· Layout & Previs Artists
- Ken Okazaki· Layout & Previs Artists
- Hiroaki Kibe· Layout & Previs Artists
- Ayako Hayashi· Layout & Previs Artists
- Goichirō Inoue· Layout & Previs Artists
- Kenichi Toguchi· Layout & Previs Artists
- Ken Yuasa· Character Modeling Supervisor
- Naomi Horigome· Character Modelers
- Akito Mogi· Character Modelers
- Moriyasu Kokubu· Character Modelers
- Akio Hamashima· Character Modelers
- Takafumi Asai· Character Modelers
- Keiichi Morita· Character Modelers
- Yuki Saeki· Character Modelers
- Mitsuharu Fushie· Character Modelers
- Ryota Tanaka· Character Modelers
- Kazuaki Iwasawa· Character Modelers
- Takumi Iwanaga· Character Modelers
- Toshihide Funato· Character Modelers
- Kazuhisa Chida· Character Technical Supervisor
- Yasutomo Kawarai· Character Technical Directors
- Yasuhiro Nishimura· Character Technical Directors
- Mio Tagiri· Character Technical Directors
- Daisuke Shirasuna· Character Technical Directors
- Saw Takeyama· Character Technical Directors
- Ruri Ohyama· Character Technical Directors
- Koichi Takahashi· Character Technical Directors
- Hideo Katsuta· Character Technical Directors
- Masahiro Hamada· Character Technical Directors
- Shiho Kobayashi· Character Technical Directors
- Misato Sakuragi· Character Technical Directors
- Kuniaki Saito· Sets & Props Modeling Supervisor
- Takafumi Nishimura· Sets & Props Modelers
- Hiroshi Nishinaka· Sets & Props Modelers
- Eric Le Dieu De Ville· Sets & Props Modelers
- Yoko Kobayashi· Sets & Props Modelers
- Kenji Horii· Sets & Props Modelers
- Jing Wang· Sets & Props Modelers
- Seichi Oguchi· Sets & Props Modelers
- Wataru Shiraishi· Animation Supervisor
- Mio Shoji· Animators
- Shigeru Kawamura· Animators
- Kenta Matsubara· Animators
- Takashi Yokoya· Animators
- Kenta Sasaki· Animators
- Kohichiro Shiratori· Animators
- Hirotaka Sawada· Animators
- Yuko Ikeda· Animators
- Satoshi Naitō· Crowd Simulation Supervisor
- Jun Usui· Crowd Simulation Artist
- Soichi Shirakabe· Effects Supervisor
- Mitsuharu Yoshida· Effects Technical Directors
- Yōichi Iwata· Effects Technical Directors
- Masanori Yamao· Effects Technical Directors
- Noriaki Maruyama· Effects Technical Directors
- Naoya Okutani· Effects Technical Directors
- Ikuyo Hirai· Effects Technical Directors
- Akihiro Yoshida· Effects Technical Directors
- Takeyuki Suzuki· Effects Technical Directors
- Masahiro Yasuda· Effects Technical Directors
- Mitsuru Onodera· Effects Technical Directors
- Koichi Sato· Effects Technical Directors
- Hiroshi Fujiwara· Lighting & Compositing Artists
- Hideki Mizoguchi· Lighting & Compositing Artists
- Yuki Akama· Lighting & Compositing Artists
- Toshiaki Yamada· Lighting & Compositing Artists
- Zhang Yao· Lighting & Compositing Artists
- Mistuharu Fukai· Lighting & Compositing Artists
- Yoshinori Osaki· Lighting & Compositing Artists
- Iichiro Yamaguchi· Lighting & Compositing Artists
- Shinya Fukaura· Lighting & Compositing Artists
- Tatsuya Horii· Lighting & Compositing Artists
- Matthew Smith· Lighting & Compositing Artists
- Isamu Watamori· Compositing Supervisor
- Koji Kobayahi· Cutscene Supervisor
- Yoshikazu Kotake· Cutscene Artists
- Akie Ogaki· Cutscene Artists
- Go Sakuyama· Cutscene Artists
- Ruuska V. Akseli· Cutscene Artists
- Junichi Hayashi· Cutscene Technical Artist
- Yuko Karube· Cutscene Facial Supervisor
- Tomoko Funakubo· Cutscene Facial Supervisor
- Kiyoshi Iwabuchi· Cutscene Facial Supervisor
- Haruka Suenaga· Cutscene Facial Supervisor
- Kimitoshi Tsumura· Technical Supervisors
- Tetsuichiro Kitagawa· Technical Supervisors
- Yoichi Kimura· Technical Supervisors
- Yusuke Miyaoka· Editor
- Ryuhei Ozai· Production Coordinators
- Rinko Yamada· Production Coordinators
- Takeshi Nagahama· Production Coordinators
- Yuka Tero· Production Coordinators
- Maki Nishibori· Production Coordinators
- Kanae Hizume· Production Coordinators
- Keisuke Ishikawa· Production Coordinators
- Makiko Nasu· Production Coordinators
- Yoshinori Kitase· Producer
- Hiroshi Kamohara· Production Supervisor
- Wakako Murata· Production Manager
- Yuko Nakamura· Assistant Production Coordinator
- Yuichi Nishimatsu· Audio Programmers
- Akihiro Minami· Audio Programmers
- Yoshinori Tsuchida· Audio Programmers
- Nao Kasahara· Audio Programmers
- Hikaru Taniyama· Audio Programmers
- Nobuyuki Aoyagi· Recording & Mixing Engineers
- Yutaka Une· Recording Engineers
- Kunihiro Imazeki· Recording Engineers
- Yukihiro Kanesaka· Recording Engineers
- Naoki Hamaguchi· Main Programmer
- Daiki Hoshina· Lead Application Programmer
- Satoru Koyama· Lead Battle Programmer
- Shuichi Ikeda· Lead Technical Director & Rendering Programmer
- Hideki Shibuya· Lead Tools & Build Engine Programmer
- Yoshikazu Miyake· Lead Menu Programmer
- Takeshi Mouri· Lead Social Network Programmer
- Dining Yang· Application Programmers
- Ayako Kubo· Application Programmers
- Yoshiaki Ito· Battle Programmer
- Satoshi Kagawa· Character Animation Programmers
- Morihiko Kiryu· Character Animation Programmers
- Kenzo Sadahiro· Tools Programmer
- Lee Minseob· Technical Engine & Rendering Programmer
- Keisuke Miyazaki· Production Engineers
- Hirofumi Kawai· Production Engineers
- Tomohiro Shiga· Production Engineers
- KiHang Park· Production Engineers
- Yutaka Ono· Production Engineers
- Daisuke Nagayasu· Production Engineers
- Takashi Shiraga· Production Engineers
- Takuya Morimoto· Production Engineers
- Yoshinobu Sugain· Production Engineers
- Soichiro Sunagawa· Production Engineers
- Masatoshi Oochi· Production Engineers
- Ryoichi Kato· Production Engineers
- Xinling Chen· Production Engineers
- Kazuyo Kojima· Production Engineers
- Yoshikazu Sasahara· Recording Engineers
- Ali Hillis· Voice Actors
- Vincent Martella· Voice Actors
- Jessica DiCicco· Voice Actors
- Troy Baker· Voice Actors
- Laura Bailey· Voice Actors
- Rachel Robinson· Voice Actors
- Georgia Van Cuylenburg· Voice Actors
- Jason Marsden· Voice Actors
- Liam C. O'Brien· Voice Actors
- Amber Hood· Voice Actors
- Bailey Gambertoglio· Voice Actors
- Reno Wilson· Voice Actors
- Andre Robinson· Voice Actors
- Erik Davies· Voice Actors
- Julie Nathanson· Voice Actors
- Daniel Riordan· Voice Actors
- Daisuke Watanabe· Lead Scenario Writer
- Kazuhiko Yajima· Scenario Writers
- Hiroki Chiba· Scenario Writers
- Akiko Ishibashi· Scenario Writers
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