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Coming soon to a computer screen near you! Join us on Sunday, January 7th, 2017 for KH13’s 2017 Kingdom Hearts Re:Cap! #KH13ReCAP

Some of the KH13 team are attending the "Kingdom Hearts Orchestra - World Tour -" concert in Los Angeles on the 10th & 11th of June. And after the success in London, we thought this would be another great opportunity to meet up with fans before the concert begins! We will be meeting at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday the 10th from 5:30pm and Sunday the 11th of June from 12:30pm. We'll be in a public space so even if you're going to the concert the next night or are an eager fan, feel free to pop round! We welcome all! We may also meet up with fans on other concert nights; we'll keep you posted! As well as a meet up, KH13 have created a 2nd booklet to give to Yoko Shimomura (composer of Kingdom Hearts soundtrack) after the concert to show our appreciation of her musical talents in the franchise. Fans who meet us at the concert hall beforehand and write a small compliment/message within the booklet, will receive an exclusive KH13 sticker! We will have 3 choices, but they will be limited! Few things to note before writing in booklet: Maybe write it out beforehand so you can just copy it in booklet on the day; we want to reduce the amount of spelling errors or mistakes as much as we can. We’ll ask that you write in capital letters so it’s easier to understand/translate for Yoko Shimomura. We will also be creating another short film of the meet up before the concert of what we got up to on the day! We will be taking general shots of group, but it will also let you show off cosplays and let you say why you love the franchise. Of course if you don't want to be a part of this, you can just tell us on the day. The film will hopefully be created and uploaded within the following week! If you take any pics with us be sure tweet about them using the hashtag #KH13MeetUp Look forward to seeing you all there! You can also join our Facebook event page to get all the updates about the meeting by clicking here.

Some of the KH13 team (including Andrew Hankinson and Fàtima Kàiyum) are attending the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra - World Tour - in London on the 24th of March. So we thought this would be a great opportunity to arrange a quick meet up with fans before the concert begins! We will be meeting at the Central Hall Westminster on Friday the 24th of March from 5:30pm! As well as a meet up, KH13 have created a booklet to give to Yoko Shimomura (composer of Kingdom Hearts soundtrack) after the concert to show our appreciation of her musical talents in the franchise. Fans who meet us at the concert hall beforehand and write a small compliment/message within the booklet, will receive an exclusive KH13 sticker! We will have 3 choices, but they will be limited! Few things to consider before writing in booklet: Maybe write it out beforehand so you can just copy it in booklet on the day; we want to reduce the amount of spelling errors or mistakes as much as we can so it’s flawless. We’ll ask that you write in capital letters so it’s easier to understand/translate. If you take any pics with us be sure tweet about them using the hashtag #KH13MeetUp Look forward to seeing you all there! You can also join our Facebook event page to get all the updates about the meeting by clicking here. UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who came out to the meet up! We had a blast! If you want to check out updates from the meet up and from the concert, view this article. If you want to view images of the meet up, check them out below:

With the fast approach of the Kingdom Hearts Concert - World Tour -, many fans around the world will be attending the various concerts everywhere. Keeping that in mind, we’d like to announce something new for you all: Official KH13.com merchandise! That’s right, we now have our own merchandise for all of you wonderful fans to purchase, all designed by KH13 staff member Andrew Hankinson! Currently, we have two collections on Redbubble: "Organization KH13" and the "KH13 Logo Collection". All designs are adapted to clothes as well as stickers and phone cases. Aside from the designs, you can also customize the color on Redbubble, which include Grey, Black, Blue, Red, Brown, etc. We have two variations of our "Organization KH13" design including a regular version, and a white version. Feel free to try each color through the preview and see which one you like before purchasing! You can check out a preview of our "Organization KH13" design below: Here are direct links for each "Organization KH13" design: Organization KH13 (original) Organization KH13 (white) As well as our "Organization KH13" design, we also have the "KH13 Logo Collection" which includes some of our previous logo designs also for stickers, t-shirts, and phones cases! We have three choices available at the moment; the classic blue and white crown (KH13 / 001; it has the cheapest prices), the 2.8 style crown (KH13 / 013) and our current music themed crown (KH13 / 019). Check out our logo designs below: Here are direct links for each logo design: KH13 / 001 KH13 / 019 KH13 / 013 If you’re heading to Kingdom Hearts Concert - World Tour -, we hope you enjoy our merchandise and hopefully wear them with pride!

Hey everyone! In light of Kingdom Hearts’ 15th anniversary in 2017, Jump Festa fast approaching (starting on December 17, 2016), and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue confirmed to appear at the event, we thought it would be the perfect time to run another contest! We're running a creative contest for a free pre-order of Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue Limited Edition, and giving people the freedom to show off their passion for the franchise as a whole! There are many creative ways for submitting for this competition. Read on for more details. How to enter: Your submission must be one of the following to participate: a fan-art, cosplay, photograph, music cover/composition, film, fan-fiction, sculpture or baking. Plenty of choices! Upload your submission to KH13 (by making a new topic in the Creative Media forum), and then post a link to it in the comments below. It's that simple! It must be related to Kingdom Hearts, and must have been created specifically for the competition! You can enter multiple times. At midnight EST on December 26, 2016, our team will deliberate and decide on our favourite piece submitted, contact the winner of the contest, and pre-order their copy! Good luck to everyone! Even if you don't win, there is still a chance we will feature your work on the KH13 Community Twitter and the KH13 Tumblr. Above all, have fun!

The 2016 Classic FM Hall of Fame is reaching the end and once again Yoko Shimomura's amazing work in Kingdom Hearts has reached 31st place with 'March Caprice for Piano and Orchestra' from the first Kingdom Hearts game! Last year, the main theme, or Hikari 光 (Simple and Clean) Orchestral Instrumental Version, ranked at 30th place, so this year it did go down by one place but it is still amazing that Kingdom Hearts managed to stay so high in the rankings! 'The Other Promise' was also available to vote for, but unfortunately didn't make it into the final 300. There are a few other compositions though that did make it in the top 300 and also featured in Kingdom Hearts series: 'He's a Pirate' ranked at 264th (featured in Kingdom Hearts II) 'A Night on the Bare Mountain' ranked at 223rd (featured in Kingdom Hearts I & Dream Drop Distance) 'Nutcracker' ranked 61st (featured in Dream Drop Distance) 'Symphony No.6 in F major Op.68' ranked at 8th (featured in Dream Drop Distance) What do you think of Kingdom Hearts' place in the top 300? A good place for it to be or do you think it should have been better? Leave your comments below and show your appreciation for Yoko Shimomura's magnificent work throughout the franchise!

Hey everyone! Today marks the first anniversary of the KH13 community’s involvement in the social media pages. Also, the Disney D23 Expo is just around the corner so to celebrate we have decided to have another competition. This will be a fan-art competition that will running for TWO weeks, and will give creative individuals the chance to win the two volumes of the first Kingdom Hearts manga (translated in English by Yen Press). To enter the competition you must create a fan-art which envisions what you’d like to see in Kingdom Hearts III. Throwing ideas out, this can mean multiple things like: Summons (characters or the newly announced attraction flow rides), Keyblade Transformations (weapons or gliders like in Birth by Sleep) Character Outfits (other characters’ outfits, drive forms, armour like in Birth by Sleep, or for different worlds) Your fan-art must fall into one of the three categories (listed above) and it must be created specifically for this competition. Read on for more details. How to enter: Upload your fanart to KH13 (either to the Fan-made Images gallery, or by making a new topic somewhere), and then put a link to your fan-art in the comments below so that we can find it easily. Fan-art must be related to Kingdom Hearts, fall into one of 3 categories above and it must be created specifically for the competition. You can enter multiple times if you want to increase your chances. At midnight EDT on August 27th, 2015, our team will deliberate and decide on our favourite fan-art submitted, contact the winner of the contest, and send them their copy of the first two Kingdom Hearts manga! This contest is open to everyone as long as the manga can be shipped to their location via Amazon, etc. Good luck to everyone! Even if you don't win, there is still a chance we will feature your fan-art on the KH13 Community Twitter and the KH13 Tumblr. Above all, have fun!

After showing the trailer for , Shinji Hasimoto (executive producer of Kingdom Hearts series) says [according to translator] “Ok moving along; I’d like to discuss the title I think we’ve all been waiting for! Kingdom Hearts III!” The KHIII logo, Donald, Goofy and Sora in his new black and red outfit appear on the screen behind him. “But rather than having me talk about it, I thought it’d be much better if we watched actual footage of the game!” Gregg Holman (Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Franchise Management) and Roy Conli (Disney producer of Treasure Planet, Tangled, Big Hero 6 and more) before Hasimto says [according to translator] “So without any further ado, here’s the world premier of the latest footage from Kingdom Hearts III!” Then the began… HERCULES WORLDCuts to Sora is in his KHII outfit (even after the new outfit was revealed) running and jumping through some sunlit mountain scenery and comes across water themed Heartless (using bubbles and rainclouds for attacks). There are some olympic pillars, trees and statues which have the disney drawing style of the Hercules film, so was fair to assume at this stage that Sora was in the world of Hercules. Later there are Heartless (looking like flying monkeys and bulls) which seem to have ‘clothing’ resembling to the ‘Hercules’ style and then the Rock Titan appears making it more evident that this is the Hercules world. Meanwhile Sora is fighting with Keyblade, using fire spells, and at one point Sora, Donald and Goofy combine to perform a charging attack with Goofy’s shield at the front which turns fiery as they impact the Heartless. In the , the Rock Titan and general mountain surroundings were featured (so we already knew about this film’s incorporation), but now we have more insight as to what the Hercules world would look like (the resemblance to the disney style, the massive scale of the world/enemies and effects of the Unreal Engine 4! When the Rock Titan is attacking, Sora runs up an almost vertical mountain side while dodging rocks being thrown. It cuts to Sora at the Titan’s foot when a luminous blue light surrounds Sora as he jumps up the Rock Titan (almost like Flowmotion in Dream Drop Distance). It cuts to Sora hitting the Titan’s foot with the Keyblade making the foot ‘crack’ to show lava. Sora then lifts his Keyblade up to summon a luminous steam-train; the same one we again, but this time with more detail/colour on the train and more realistic gameplay (targeting and hitting through the Titan’s hand). TANGLED WORLD We then see Sora walk from a cave with Donald and Goofy in his new outfit which is mainly black and red (if it’s like a drive form or his permanent outfit we are not sure as the KHII outfit appeared as well). It then cuts to show Sora looking at Rapunzel’s tower confirming the fact that a world based on “Tangled” will be in KHIII! This is the first time a world based on a 3D animated film, has been incorporated in the Kingdom Hearts franchise and looks almost identical to film. Flower-like Heartless then start to appear, one of which acts like a dandelion to create more small heartless. Sora uses a wind like spell and jumps into the air splitting his Keyblade in two and transforming it into guns (seen in the and HD 2.5 ReMIX launch event trailers) firing blue beams at the Heartless. It then transforms into a massive gun, shooting multiple shots in the one go and finishing with a large shot. Sora then raises his Keyblade to perform the same movement like the steam-train summon; this looks like how Sora will usually do these special moves. This time he jumps in the air, falls through the ground like water and then a pirate ship (like in ) splashes out of the ground spinning to destroy the Heartless. It is also looks more vibrant and colourful, but only last a few seconds and disappears into shimmers of light. TWILIGHT TOWN We then cut to Sora, Donald and Goofy running through Twilight Town where the hole which leads to the Mansion is (like in the and ). Sora performs a Blizzard spell at Shadows, Soldiers and Large Body Heartless (from the first Kingdom Hearts game) then jumps in the air and spirals down (with blue light twirling around) onto the Heartless. Sora bounces off the wall and twirls round Heartless (like Flowmotion in Dream Drop Distance). Sora once again raises his Keyblade and summons three luminous tee-cups for him, Donald and Goofy to spin in while hitting the Heartless. The three then combine and twirl around together to perform a final attack. Sora transforms his Keyblade into an orange and yellow weapon with lightning coming from it. It then twirls about and transforms into a white pegasus and chariot throwing out lightning bolts at the Heartless as it rides about in mid-air. Perhaps this is a summon acquired from Hercules’ world (like Genie from Agrabah) CABLE TOWN LIBRARY/STUDY We then cut back to Xehanort and Eraqus continuing their game of chess and their conversation. Meanwhile we see a fireplace with the Keyblade mounted on the wall above it when young Xehanort looks at it; this Keyblade is used by Master Xehanort in Birth by Sleep and Dream Drop Distance, and in the young Xehanort says to Braig, “But of all the Keyblades in existence, Master Xehanort's is the most ancient.” We then see Xehanort and Eraqus’ faces as they talk and it ends by showing a white and black chess piece next to each other signifying the two sides; light and dark. The final dialogue is below: The Kingdom Hearts III logo appears, followed by “Now in Development” to conclude the trailer! Hasimoto said afterwards, “So what do you think?” What do you think of the Unreal Engine 4 graphics? Now that Hercules, Twilight Town and Tangled are confirmed, what other worlds do you think will be in KHIII? What do you think of young Xehanort and young Eraqus? What did you like the best: flowmotion, enhanced magic, new outfit, disney attraction summons/other summons, or Keybalde transformations? What are your analysis’s of the trailer? Write your comments below or analysis’s in the creative media section and possibly get featured on the KH13 Community Twitter Page!