Many have been wondering if Kairi’s original voice actress, Hayden Panettire, who played the character in Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2, would return to play the character in the next installment of Kingdom Hearts Unfortunately, it looks like she will NOT be returning. She was asked on Twitter this morning if she was involved in the project and stated that she was not asked to return to role. With this being announced, it can be assumed that Alyson Stoner (who played Kairi in many of the other games in the franchise, most recently Kingdom Hearts 0.2) will probably be reprising her role.
Since the trailer was released last night, we’ve all been wondering “So wait were those the legit voices of the Frozen folk?” Looks like they are! At least for our favorite talking snowman, Olaf, it is! As seen above,Josh Gad, the voice actor of Olaf, just confirmed his role in the game! We are happy to welcome him to the Kingdom Hearts Family!
View attachment 49176 As many people speculated, a Kingdom Hearts III trailer was shown off right after the first stop of the Orchestra Tour. The trailer is noted to have shown to following: The Trailer was completely English voice acted Hayner, Pence and Olette running from a heartless swarm in Twilight Town Kairi and Lea sitting next to each other Sora cooking with Remy from Ratatouille Remy is likely a link/summon A new Attraction Flow was shown, apparently King Arthur’s Carousel Ienzo, Briag, and Lea were seen Briag/Xigbar is the Olympus Colosseum organization member Kairi and Lea had new outfits Ienzo, Hayner, Pence, Olette in front of a DTD computer Shadow Aqua in the Realm of Darkness with "Kingdom Key painted to look like Star Seeker" Source Source Source Source
Update: Looking like we might get a trailer tomorrow perhaps? View attachment 49166 With the Square Enix and Sony Press Conferences happening on Monday and the first stop of the Orchestra Tour TONIGHT in LA, we're bound to get a bunch of Kingdom Hearts news over the next few days. According to the YouTube Live at E3 Breakdown, by Medium.com, Kingdom Hearts III will also be shown off! From 7-8pm ET on Sunday, YouTube will be looking at KHIII as well as other games such as Metro Exodus, the third installment of the Metro series of games. Do you think we'll get any new footage/information here? Perhaps they'll be looking at the demo, which has been announced to be playable at E3? Who knows?
This was stolen from Cstar (and Tale's) ideas of 'ask me questions' threads. So I wanted to do something similar with some of my favorite OCs (because I have a hella lot of OCs, I can show ya'll pictures lol). I want to learn more about my characters and think more about them because they're really special to me, so ask me (them) anything! My OCs are: Carrie, is a resident of Radiant Garden and has remained there most of her life. She is/was friends with Lea and Isa. Layla, was a resident of Radiant Garden and Land of Departure and currently Twilight Town. She was friends with TVA and was a keyblade wielder. She is known as a 'mage'.
View attachment 49096 While there might not be an exclusive Kingdom Hearts Funko pop for E3, there will be a special Kingdom Hearts Funko T-Shirt! This T-shirt will be made available at Funko's E3 booth, as well as Gamestop. The shirt will be packaged in a special treasure chest looking box and will be available around the time of E3 (June 12th). What do you guys think about this (shared) exclusive! Let us know in the comments down below! Source
The voice actors for both Mike and Sulley have been confirmed via a press release by Square Enix. Carlos Alazraqui, best known for his voice work on shows such as The Fairly OddParents and Phineas and Ferb, will be voicing Mike Mike Wazowski. Christopher Swindle, known for his voice work in various Transformers animated series, will be voicing Sulley. This thus confirms that the original voice actors for both characters (Billy Crystal as Mike and John Goodman as Sulley) will not be reprising their roles for Kingdom Hearts III. An excerpt of the press release has been included below:
More and more information keeps coming out of the KHIII Premier event that was held in California! View attachment 49000 View attachment 49001 Thanks to Xenosaga7 on Twitter, we have two screenshots of the blue-haired 'mystery' character, seen in earlier screenshots. It has since been revealed that she is the boss of the 'Toy Box' world. A video has also appeared online of some of 'Toy Box''s cutscenes that were shown at the event with English voice acting. This video has been posted below, credit to A Random Nerd on Youtube. What do y'all think about all this? Let us know in the comments down below!
Looks like today will be The Day for news! During the Premiere Event, Famitsu sat down and interviewed both Testsuya Nomura and Tai Yasue. The interview contained new information such as new information about the mini games in Kingdom Hearts III, as well as the new names for the Keyblades of each world. An Excerpt of the interview will be posted below (translated by Goldpanner from KHI): The entirety of the interview can be found over at KHInsider, so be sure to give it a look!
View attachment 48981 In September, Bandai will be releasing these (very pretty) Keyblade keychains. They can be purchased as a set ($35), individually ($8 each), or as a blind bag ($6 each). They can be found at Aitai Kuji's website, where a Mr. Mew plushie (from TWEWY) can also be found!
View attachment 48933 It looks like Larxene will be returning for Kingdom Hearts III! When asked by sopar on twitter, her voice actress, Shanelle Gray, confirmed her involvement. What do you think this means for Kingdom Hearts 3? Are you excited?
View attachment 48911 Utada Hikaru, the singer and songwriter of Kingdom Hearts' theme songs, will be celebrating 20 years in the music industry this year! To celebrate, she will be released her seventh studio album titled "HATSUKOI (meaning: First Love)" on Jun 27th, 2018. The album will contain 12 songs including “Hatsukoi” (from the Japanese TV drama “Hana Nochi Hare – Hanadan Next Season”), “Forevermore” (from the Japanese TV Drama Gommen, Aishiteru ), and “Chikai” ( the Kingdom Hearts III theme song). Source
According to information from one of the panels at the Kingdom Hearts Union X event, a new summon in Kingdom Hearts III will be from a Union X world! This information comes straight from KHInsider who sent their own reporters to the event and also have a recap of the entire panel on their site, so go check it out here! That's all the information about this that is known at this time, but we'll let you know more when we know more!
(This is just an example of what Nano-Metalfigs are. We don't actually have any pictures of the Kingdom Hearts variation yet!) Information has come out regarding new Kingdom Hearts figures from the New York Toy Fair! According to Jeremy Konrad from Bleeding Cool, Kingdom Hearts Nano-Metal Figures by Jada Toys have been created and shown off at the Toy Fair a few months ago, although pictures were not allowed to be taken. This information has been confirmed by KHI who talked to a Gamestop rep who revealed these toys will be released in a 20 pack, will be released in October, and can be pre-ordered now. In our own talks with a Gamestop/ThinkGeek rep, we too confirmed that the figures can be pre-ordered now and cost $24.99. While there are currently no pictures available, we'll be sure to let you know when there are!
It looks like we're going to have a wait a bit longer for the next Kingdom Hearts light novel! The Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Novel has been delayed to a November 13th release date. It can be found on the Yen Press site and can be preordered wherever books are sold for $20.
The news drought is over! Praise whatever god you like! The voice actor for Hades, just announced that English voice work for Kingdom Hearts III is happening! Perhaps the scenes from the Orchestra trailer will be shown soon with English voice work? :O What do you guys think about the news? Looking forward to seeing more tweets like this in the future?
View attachment 48710 View attachment 48711 (Ishimoto (left) and Sekito (right) Thanks to an interview from Famitsu with Tetsuya Nomura and Takeharu Ishimoto (composer of Final Fantasy Dissidia NT), we now know more progress is being made on Kingdom Hearts III's soundtrack. Along with Yoko Shimomura, Takeharu Ishimoto and Tsuyoshi Sekito (composer for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children) are also working on the music for the soundtrack of the game. An excerpt from the interview about this has been translated by Zephyr from KHInsider: What do you think about this new information for the soundtrack? Are you a fan of what both Takeharu Ishimoto and Tsuyoshi Sekito have done so far for both Kingdom Hearts and the Final Fantasy series?
View attachment 48689 The "Making of Kingdom Hearts" was a video that was shown at D23 Japan that featured a bunch of new Kingdom Hearts information included interviews with some of the Japanese voice actors (Sora and Xion/Kairi), information about Kingdom Hearts Union X (Cross), and development information involving Kingdom Hearts III. All this information can be found over at KH13! They did an amazing roundup, so be sure to check it out if you haven't!
View attachment 48684 View attachment 48685 View attachment 48686 View attachment 48687 View attachment 48688 Another year, another New York Toy Fair goes by! Unlike last year where we got some of our first KH announcements, this year Diamond Select Toys stole the show in terms of Kingdom Hearts products. At the show they displayed previously announced Kingdom Hearts Minimates (coming out this Spring), Kingdom Hearts Series 2, and Kingdom Hearts Series 1.5. At the event they showed a Kingdom Hearts Light Cycle Minimate set of Sora and the Tron Light Cycle (to be released this Fall), new Vinimate figures (including Org. 13 Clock Mickey, Tron Sora, Pete, and Halloween Town Sora, Donald, and Goofy), and Timeless River Minimates For more pictures of these Kingdom Hearts figures (and other fandoms!), feel free to check out the sources below! Sources: Toyark and Gaming Age
View attachment 48587 View attachment 48588 View attachment 48589 Tis the day for figure reveals! Square Enix has announced that Kingdom Hearts II Halloween Town and Christmas Town Sora will be released as Bring Arts figures. A Kingdom Hearts III Riku Bring Arts figure has also been revealed and shows off his entire new keyblade, including a Mickey keychain. No other information has been released at this time. Sources: Here and Here
