Japanese animators. This was the best choice according to him technically and a logical one too in view of the inspirations that had fuelled the creation of the series. Savin Yeatman-Eiffel succeeded in the end, involving major financial partners like Disney and Bandai without surrendering his control of the artistic elements. But it took him a total of nine years to complete the series from initial idea to delivery of the final episode (the concept was created in 1997, with initial production having begun in Paris in 2000, moving to Tokyo three years later). While this is Sav! The World's first TV series, the company has previously existed as a maker of various short films (including the aforementioned Molly, Star-Racer). Yeatman-Eiffel originally wrote the show's scripts in English and would adapt them into French, with that audio track being recorded first. The English version was recorded by Airwaves Sound Design in Vancouver, Canada - the voice director for the series is Michael Donovan. Yeatman-Eiffel flew to Vancouver and was directly involved in its production. Music The musical score is composed by Taku Iwasaki. The series has one official soundtrack consisting of 20 tracks available only through the official site which include extended versions of "Chance To Shine" and other music. The 15th Anniversary Blu-ray Kickstarter project rewards included downloads for 50 tracks of the soundtrack, which released for download to backers April 5th, 2022. The full soundtrack of the series comprises 85 tracks. The opening and ending theme songs were composed by Yoko Kanno (of Macross Plus, Escaflowne and Cowboy Bebop fame). In the US broadcast, the opening theme song was replaced by an original rock oriented theme song entitled "Never Say Never", which was also used for international broadcasts outside of Europe when Disney XD launched in February 2009. The closing song had also been replaced during the first broadcasts, but now features "Waratteta", the original closing song is composed by Yoko Kanno. This is the first song to retain its original Japanese lyrics to be featured on Jetix USA. European broadcasts feature a remixed version of "Chance to Shine", but replaced the ending theme with an instrumental version of the opening theme. The German and French broadcast used respectively a German and a French version of "Chance to Shine". The lyrics of the French version, titled "Envole-toi vers l'infini", were written by Oban creator Savin Yeatman-Eiffel. Opening Themes