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This week, the first concert in the Kingdom Hearts Concert -First Breath- concert tour in Japan contained a special surprise for those in attendance. Attending the concert were Tetsuya Nomura, as well as the Japanese VAs of Terra and Naminé, Ryotaro Okiayu and Iku Nakahara. And they weren't there just to listen to Yoko Shimomura's gorgeous music. In fact, the two voice actors acted out a canon scene that takes place prior to '0.2 Birth by Sleep -A Fragmentary Passage-', and won't be included in a game. The scene goes as follows:
In addition to this surprise, Nomura has stated that the rest of the concerts (both in Japan and worldwide) will include surprises of their own, stating:
Source: KH13(Translation) + KHInsider

Hey everyone! Summer's here, and if you've been a member here for at least a year, you know what that means. If you're a new member around the block, or just haven't noticed them too much before, the annual KH-Vids User Awards is finally here!

Join us in a friendly, unserious (yeah right!) competition to elect members and content for a variety of categories. Nominations are quite a ways off at the moment, but we are accepting category nominations up until August 16th! After this, the Awards will kickstart and the fun can really get going.

For more information on how the Awards work, please see the Info & FAQ thread.
To submit categories, please see the Category Suggestions thread!

If you have any questions, please message Plums, and I'll be more than happy to get back to ya!

Welcome back to Daybreak Town! Have fun collecting Lux out there? Well, it's been a while since we decided to start this, and we've had to deal with a lot of behind-the-scenes problems, but we're finally ready to give you the first weekly Lux leaderboard!

First, though, let's acknowledge some changes: For various reasons, our original leaders of KHV_Unicornis, KHV_Leopardos, and KHV_Anguis have all recently stepped down from their positions. In their place, please welcome @Explode as the leader of KHV_Anguis, @Captain Arch as the leader of KHV_Unicornis, and @Scarred Nobody as the leader of KHV_Leopardos!

This week, the party rankings are as follows:

In fifth place is KHV_Ursus, having collected 77,351 Lux! Our top scorer this week was...oh, it's me! I collected a total of 64,153 Lux, amounting for about 83% of the party's earnings! Coming in behind me were @O.KnightofTwilight with 11,321 Lux and @NutheadBros with 1,877 Lux.

In fourth place is KHV_Anguis, with a total of 105,811 Lux! The top scorer this week was @Explode with a total of 67,937 Lux—about 64% of the party's earnings! Following his lead were @Ghost with 44,981 Lux and Jasmine with 1,417 Lux.

Coming in third place is KHV_Unicornis, with a total of 144,683 Lux! The top scorer this week was @Captain Arch with a total of 135,432 Lux—a whopping 94% of the party's earnings! Trailing him in second place was @some1fromthedark with 9,251 Lux and...huh? Everyone else had nothing?! Yikes. Sounds like some people have some slack to pick up!

Ascending to second place is KHV_Leopardos, collecting 251,898 Lux! The top scorer this week was...not from the site? The second place, too?! Ah, well...uh... Our top scorer this week from KHV was @Scarred Nobody with a total of 40,359 Lux, accounting for about 16% of the party's total! Bringing it up behind him were @Haseo with 662 Lux and...wha? Everyone else had nothing again?! Geez...

Finally, taking the crown for first place is KHV_Vulpeus, with a grand total of 793,928 Lux! The top scorer this week is @tribbles with a total of 198,186 Lux, amounting to about 25% of the party's total! Coming in behind her were @Xephos with 123,356 Lux and @Xalxe with 122,562 Lux.

1. KHV_Vulpeus - 793,928 Lux
2. KHV_Leopardos - 251,898 Lux
3. KHV_Unicornis - 144,683 Lux
4. KHV_Anguis - 105,811 Lux
5. KHV_Ursus - 77,351 Lux

Congratulations to those sly foxes of KHV_Vulpeus! Lady Ava would be proud of your accomplishments! But don't think that you can start slacking off just yet, because parties who retain their positions at the top will be eligible for a special prize...~

Special congratulations to this week's number one scorers from each party—. : tale : ., Explode, Captain Arch, Scarred Nobody, and tribbles! You will all be sent exclusive pins for your profiles to commemorate your accomplishments!

If you still want to join in the fun, you can sign up for our official parties here!

See you all back here at the fountain plaza next week!

Today, Square-Enix announced its large lineup of games for the upcoming Gamescom event taking place in Cologne, Germany from the 19th to 21st of August, and unsurprisingly, Kingdom Hearts 2.8 HD Final Chapter Prologue is included in that list. Attendees can visit the main Square-Enix booth (hall 9, B31/B41), where they can play a demo of 2.8 of both Dream Drop Distance HD and 0.2 Birth by Sleep.

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Hello everyone! After recent events, I'm sure many of you have noticed that some areas of our staff team are quite barren. We have done some shuffling around of the team which has left us with a lot of open space for new staff members, and for that reason we have decided to open applications to everyone.

Staff applications have always been open to premium members, regardless of whether we need applicants or not. Because we would like a high volume of applicants, we encourage everyone to seriously consider applying, even if you have already applied in the past. When you send in your application, you'll also receive a copy in your inbox - no need to follow up with us before then. In addition, there is no need to resend an application if you submitted one in the past few days. You're more than welcome to if you want to add things you may have missed, but we will be reviewing every application that's been sent in the past week. The positions we've got open are as follows:

• Sectional Moderator - This is the position with the most general focus. Duties can vary, but will mainly focus on the maintenance of certain sections, and general upkeep of the forum. Sec mods are also jokingly referred to as "forum janitors."

• News Reporter - The job of a reporter is pretty self explanatory: you'll be reporting the latest Kingdom Hearts news to the good people of KH-Vids, as well as updating the site's social media platforms (tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, etc.) accordingly. If you're already stalking the various Square Enix pages for news, this is the kind of position you might enjoy.

• Media Content Recorder - Media content recorders are responsible for taking cutscenes from Kingdom Hearts games for our Cutscene Archive (you know, the thing the site is named for). This one requires some hardware and technical experience, so if you're applying then please have an example of your work ready to show us.

• Translator - If you're going to apply for a translator position, you'll need to be knowledgeable in Japanese (not necessarily fluent, just good enough to make intelligible translations). Not everything that gets released to the public regarding our dearly beloved series is in English, and sometimes official translations can take a while. As a site translator, you'd be responsible for taking any interviews, videos or social media posts and making them accessible to the majority of people on the site sooner rather than later.

Once the flood of applications has calmed and they've all been reviewed, we'll start formally replying and the second phase will begin. Until then though, apply away!