The younger Saito became official instructor of the Iwama dojo in 1986 and remained so until 2004 when he separated from the Aikikai organization and formed his own group.

Akihiko Saito had been working for Hart Security Ltd., a Cyprus-based British firm as a security specialist since December 2004 until his abduction by armed Jaish Ansar al-Sunna militants.

A special orchestral arrangement of selected tracks from the game, arranged by Shiro Sagisu and Tsuneyoshi Saito, and performed by the Milan Symphony Orchestra, was released under the title Final Fantasy VI Grand Finale by NTT Publishing in 1994 and 2004, and a collection of piano arrangements, arranged by Shirou Satou and performed by Reiko Nomura, was released under the title Piano Collections Final Fantasy VI by Square / NTT Publishing in 1994 and by NTT Publishing in 2001.

* Ark ( 2004 film ), a 2004 computer-generated film directed by Kenny Hwang

* D ' autres mondes ( 2004 ), directed by Jan Kounen.

In July 2004, Morris directed another series of commercials in the style of the " Switch " ads.

In the fall of 2004, Morris also directed a series of noteworthy commercials for Sharp Electronics.

These include Gérard Pirès ( Riders, 2002 ), Pitof ( Catwoman, 2004 ), Jean-François Richet ( Assault on Precinct 13, 2005 ), Florent Emilio Siri ( Hostage, 2005 ), Christophe Gans ( Silent Hill, 2006 ), Mathieu Kassovitz ( Babylon A. D., 2008 ), Louis Leterrier ( The Transporter, 2002 ; Transporter 2, 2005 ; Olivier Megaton directed Transporter 3, 2008 ), Alexandre Aja ( Mirrors, 2008 ), and Pierre Morel ( Taken, 2009 ).

In 2004, Godzilla: Final Wars, directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, was released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Godzilla.

In anime, Hayao Miyazaki directed Spirited Away in 2001, breaking Japanese box office records and winning several awards, followed by Howl's Moving Castle and Ponyo in 2004 and 2008 respectively.

The film was followed by a theatrical film sequel, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, produced in 2004, which was also directed by Oshii and places the character of Batou in the lead role.

Spacey's first season started in September 2004, and opened with the British premiere of the play Cloaca by Maria Goos, directed by Spacey, which opened to mixed reviews.

In 2004, Indian director Vishal Bharadwaj directed his own adaptation to Macbeth, titled Maqbool.

A Broadway revival ran at Studio 54 from December 2, 2004 to January 30, 2005, directed by Amon Miyamoto and starring B. D.

* Spin ( 2004 film ), directed by James Redford

The story was eventually adapted and directed by Clint Eastwood as the Oscar-winning film, Million Dollar Baby ( 2004 ).

* 2004: Hum Tum directed by Kunal Kohli

* 2004: Ocean's Twelve directed by Steven Soderbergh

" He also appears briefly in both the 1997 John Woo directed Face / Off ( his single " Christiansands " is also played during his brief cameo ) as well as the 2004 Olivier Assayas film Clean, playing himself, and had a large role in the music video for " Parabol / Parabola " by Tool.

* Forgiveness ( 2004 ) directed by Ian Gabriel.

* Zulu Love Letter ( 2004 ) directed by Ramadan Suleman and starring Pamela Nomvete.

The Austrian Bregenz Festival presented West Side Story in a German translation by Marcel Prawy in 2003 and 2004, directed by the Francesca Zambello, followed by a German tour.

* Roma ( 2004 film ), Argentinian film directed by Adolfo Aristarain

* 2004: Vanity Fair: directed by Mira Nair.

Raincoat ( 2004 ), a Hindi film directed by Rituparno Ghosh is an adaptation of the story.

* Method ( film ), a 2004 film directed by Duncan Roy

She filmed two projects in Canada during this time: the independent film Between Strangers ( 2002 ), directed by her son Edoardo and co-starring Mira Sorvino, and the television miniseries Lives of the Saints ( 2004 ).

In the 2004 mini-series Superman: Birthright, a new retelling of Superman's origin and early years, Mark Waid depicted a Krypton, officially stated as being located in the Andromeda Galaxy 2. 5 million light-years away, with elements of various versions of the planet, but closer to the pre-Crisis version.

In 2004, DC began an anthology series titled JLA: Classified, which would feature rotating writers and artists producing self-contained story-arcs and aborted mini-series projects that were reappropriated for publication within the pages of the series, starring the JLA.

In 2004, he appeared in the year's highest rated mini-series on German television, " Die Nibelungen ", which was released in the USA in 2006 as Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King.

Other stories featuring Drusilla include " The Problem With Vampires ", from the 2004 comic mini-series Tales of the Vampires.

Buxton co-wrote and acted in the Channel 4 mini-series The Last Chancers ( broadcast in December 2004 ).

He returned to play John Crichton in the 2004 SciFi Channel mini-series Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars.

McKean was also a concept artist on the TV mini-series Neverwhere ( 1996 ), which was created and co-written by Neil Gaiman, and the feature films Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ( 2004 ) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ( 2005 ).

In the 2004 graphic novel, Trinity mini-series, by Matt Wagner, Bizarro is a genetic clone of Superman that is the result of Luthorcorp's " Project Replica ".

* The 2004 mini-series Mine All Mine starring Griff Rhys Jones was filmed in Mumbles.

In 2004, she appeared in a German television movie, Die Nibelungen ( also known as " Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King " or " Sword of Xanten "), which aired as a 2-part mini-series and set a ratings record.

* Full House, a Korean mini-series ( 2004 )

The stroll along the mostly wooded path between the Berghof and the teahouse was less than a kilometre and at one spot featured a scenic overlook of the whole valley, fitted with wooden railings and a bench, where many widely known photographs were taken and political discussions were held ( in 2004 this site was somewhat restored to its early 1940s era appearance for a German television mini-series ).

Salem's Lot has been adapted into a television mini-series twice, first in 1979 and then in 2004.

* ' Salem's Lot ( TV mini-series ) ( 2004 ) with Patrick Cassidy and Christopher Gordon

Another classic version of the Squad ( Rick Flag, Karen Grace, Jess Bright, and Dr. Hugh Evans ) appears in the non-canon 2004 mini-series DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke.

After guest-starring in Superman books, in 2004 DC published a Mr. Majestic mini-series to test waters for an ongoing series that ran for seventeen issues.

American horror writer Stephen King developed a thirteen-episode mini-series based on Riget, under the title Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital, which was broadcast in 2004.

In 2004, McDermott starred alongside Julianna Margulies four-part mini-series The Grid, playing FBI Special Agent Max Canary in an anti-terrorist unit.

Since leaving New X-Men, Quitely has drawn the mini-series We3 in 2004, again in collaboration with Morrison.

** Black Widow 2 # 1 – 6 ( Marvel Comics / Marvel Knights, 2005 – 2006, covers subtitled with The Things They Say About Her but internal indicia reads simply Black Widow 2, indicating it is a sequel to the 2004 mini-series by the same writer )

Miranda Otto played Chamberlain in the 2004 Australian TV mini-series Through My Eyes: The Lindy Chamberlain Story.

Ivy gained even wider recognition in 2003 / 2004 for their song " Worry About You " which has been used as the theme song of the Stephen King series Kingdom Hospital and in the pilot episode of the television mini-series The 4400.

Fairuza Balk portrayed her in the television mini-series Murder in the Heartland ( 1993 ), and actress Shannon Lucio portrayed her in the feature film Starkweather ( 2004 ).

* Adam Strange Planet Heist, extensive look at 2004 – 05 mini-series