Kazushige Nojima
"Final Fantasy XV" was originally a spin-off title named "Final Fantasy Versus XIII", created by Square Enix as part of the wider "Final Fantasy" franchise. It was directed by Tetsuya Nomura, and produced by Shinji Hashimoto and Yoshinori Kitase. Nomura created the original scenario, designed the main character, and was also the original director and one of the original game designers. The CGI cutscenes were directed by Takeshi Nozue, who had previously worked on "". The music was composed by Yoko Shimomura, and the script was written by regular "Final Fantasy" scenario writer Kazushige Nojima. Tomohiro Hasewaga was art director, the mechanical designer was Takeyuki Takeya, and the event planning director was Jun Akiyama.