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Hironobu Sakaguchi (坂口 博信, born 1962 ) was the Director of Planning and Development for Square Co., Ltd. . He is the creator of the '' Final Fantasy '' series. In 1991 he was honored with the position of Executive Vice President followed shortly thereafter by an appointment of President of Square USA, Inc. In 2001 , he founded Mistwalker , which began operation three years later. Sakaguchi has had a long career in gaming with over 60 million units of '', an animated motion picture based on his world-famous ''Final Fantasy'' series. However, the movie was one of the most expensive Box Office Bomb s in cinema history, losing over $120 million and leading to the closure of Square Pictures . A long time proponent of bringing together the story-telling vehicle of film and the interactive elements of games, which he has pursued through the ''Final Fantasy'' series. The Franchise has sold more than 40 million units worldwide and remains popular to this day. In 2000 , Sakaguchi became the third person inducted into the Academy Of Interactive Arts And Sciences' Hall Of Fame . In February 2005 it was announced that Sakaguchi's company, Mist Walker , would be working with Microsoft Game Studios to produce three Computer Role-playing Game s for the Xbox 360 . GAMES CREDITED Hironobu Sakaguchi has been credited, in some capacity, with the following games. This list was taken from MobyGames.com .
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