Kingdom Hearts Series

News covering the general Kingdom Hearts series, including merchandise and other miscellany.

Amazon has updated their North American website with Yen Press' localized manga as well as the confirmed artbook that was mentioned a few days ago. Here is a list of the Mangas, along with their prices, release dates, and total pages per volume.

Price: $12.00 US
Released: May 28th 2013
272 Pages
Price: $12.00 US
Released: May 28th 2013
304 Pages
Price: $19.00 US
Released: June 25th 2013
432 Pages
Price: $19.00 US
Released: July 30th 2013
272 Pages
Price: $19.00 US
Released: August 27th 2013
272 Pages
Price: $12.00 US
Released: November 19th 2013
272 Pages
Price: $12.00 US
Released: January 14th 2014
272 Pages
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In a recent Yen Press update about the High School of the Dead Manga, the publisher confirmed to the Anime News Network of the Kingdom Hearts Artwork by Shiro Amano. Amano is responsible for the art in the Kingdom Hearts and Legend of Mana Manga.
The artbook is priced at US $25.00 and will be released on October 29th 2013.

And don't forget last week's confirmation about the Final Mix Manga to debut in May!


News find credited to Stardust.
Since Tokyopop's 2011 closing, rights have been unclaimed for localizing Kingdom Hearts Manga. Queue Yen Press, a manga publishing division, that has claimed the rights for not only Kingdom Hearts, but Inu x Boku SS, Watamote, and Wolf Children.

When can you expect some lovely English Manga, you might ask? Here are some announced release dates for the Kingdom Hearts series;

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Volumes I + 2 - May 2014
Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories Volume I - June 2014
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days - November 2013
North American Manga for the series has not been released since Kingdom Hearts II Volume 2 in May of 2008, making the gap nearly 6 years since the last English release.​

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Disney D23 is an official Disney fan club that was founded in 2009 and is sponsored by the Walt Disney Company. This year, they are holding the event in Japan, and will feature exclusive KH content!
Don't get to excited, as there has been no mention of the sort on future titles, but Mr. Shinji Hashimoto (Producer) is set to appear, along with several Voice Actors from the series. The event known as the "Kingdom Hearts Fun Event," will be October 14th 2013 from 3-4 PM.

Credit for the news find goes to Roxam.
Amazon has opened up a new page depicting the 6th Japanese Volume in the Kingdom Hearts II manga line-up. The publisher; Gangan comics has not released a Mange from the series' third game since 2009, making this issue to have a time frame of nearly 4 years.
According to Gangan, it will be released on May 22nd 2013 for the price of 470 Yen.

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