The "Toonami/Final Fantasy Giveaway" Sweepstakes was a sweepstakes held by Cartoon Network's Toonami block that began on Monday, July 9, 2001 and ended on Monday, July 16, 2001. To enter, participants were instructed to log on to either toonami.com or cartoonnetwork.com and submit an online entry form. 100 1st prize winners were selected at random from the pool of entrants and received a copy of the Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within soundtrack. 1 grand prize winner was also chosen at random from the pool of entrants and received a PlayStation2 game console.
Prizes[]
The following is a list of the prizes that could be won through this sweepstakes.
- 1 grand prize winner received a PlayStation2 game console
- 100 1st prize winners received a copy of the Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within soundtrack
Trivia[]
- This sweepstakes was sponsored by Columbia Pictures and Square Pictures.[1]
- This sweepstakes was open to all legal residents of the United States, except residents of Colorado.[1]
- This sweepstakes required entrants to be at least 13 years of age because the film was PG-13.[1]
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was released to theaters on July 11, 2001.
- Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was the first photorealistic computer-animated feature film.
- The film was the most expensive video game-inspired film until the release of Prince of Persia in 2010.
- The film was a flop at the box office, losing the studio anywhere from $50–100 million.[2]
- Due to the huge loss, the film also effectively shut down Square Pictures.[2]
Gallery[]
Final Fantasy The Spirits Within - Toonami Sweepstakes (July 2001)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Final Fantasy Sweepstakes ". cartoonnetwork.com. July 2001. http://web.archive.org/web/20010712003422/http://cartoonnetwork.com:80/promotion/200107.ff/index.html. Retrieved on August 13, 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "A Look Back at the Folly of ‘Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within’ ". waypoint.vice.com. July 7, 2016. https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/qbvjn3/a-look-back-at-the-folly-of-final-fantasy-the-spirits-within. Retrieved on August 13, 2018.