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We're looking to expand the KH13 community team! If you're passionate about Kingdom Hearts and would enjoy helping us find and post fan-made content regularly, organise contests or come up with new ideas that could feature on our Twitter and Tumblr pages, then please either reply to this news post, or contact us by sending me a PM. What we're looking for: A big interest in the Kingdom Hearts series. Active enough to regularly post on the KH13 Community Twitter & KH13 Tumblr pages. Organise and follow through contests Creativity Reasonable writing skills. If interested, please apply by replying to this news post, or by sending me a PM, letting us know why you think you'd be a good addition to our team. Please apply even if you're unsure! Good luck! Update: Thanks a lot to everyone who applied for the Community Team position and I’m not accepting anymore applications now. The people who have applied to this point I have messaged; if I haven’t please let me know. We really appreciate your interest in becoming staff members, and if you remain active and contribute lots, then maybe one day down the track you can re-apply; there will be a chance to apply for the NEWS team in the near future as well.

As of yesterday (March 24, 2015), Yen Press (a United States-based localisation company for Japanese manga and novels) have released Kingdom Hearts: The Novel translated in English. It is 300 pages long at a size of 5-1/2″ x 8-1/4″ and is a translated compilation of the first two Japanese Kingdom Hearts novels, “The First Door” and “Darkness Within”. It is written by Tomoco Kanemaki (author behind the KH novel adaptations), the illustrations are by Shiro Amano (artist behind the KH manga adaptions), and the original concept of course is by Tetsuya Numora (director of the Kingdom Hearts series). Here is the description of the novel from the Kingdom Hearts page on Yen Press: We’ve made a list of sites where you can purchase the novel below: Amazon Barnes & Nobles Book Depository Right Stuf On top of this release, it was revealed a few months ago by Amazon.com that Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories The Novel will be released in English for the first time on September 22, 2015 (approximately 6 months away). And in the last week we had a fan-art contest to celebrate the release of Kingdom Hearts: The Novel and KH13 user Shyera Schroepfer won a copy with her piece “Imposter” which can be seen below!

Hey everyone! Hope you’re enjoying school/college/university/work/other and playing Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX on the lead up to Easter Holidays. With Kingdom Hearts: The Novel releasing in English for the first time on Tuesday (March 24th, 2015), we thought it would be the perfect time to run another competition! This will be a fan-art competition with the chance of winning a copy of the (English) Kingdom Hearts: The Novel. The competition is simple and clean: create a fan-art based on an event/scene in the first Kingdom Hearts game (like an illustration you’d find with the possible chapters in the novel), 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, it must be an event/scene from the first game and must be created specifically for the competition. You can enter multiple times. At midnight EST on March 23rd, 2014, our team will deliberate and decide on our favourite fan-art submitted, contact the winner of the contest, and send them their copy! The contest is open to everyone as long as the novel 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!

Yen Press have revealed the cover artwork of Kingdom Hearts: The Novel on their website and on their Facebook page. The novel will take place during the events of the first Kingdom Hearts game and will release in March 2015 officially translated in English. Below is the description and cover artwork of the new novel.

Hey everyone! Hope you’re enjoying the lead up to Christmas and playing Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX. With the third addition of the (English) Kingdom Hearts II manga series releasing on Tuesday (December 16th, 2014) and Christmas fast approaching, we thought it would be the perfect time to run another competition! This will be a fan-art competition with the chance of winning a copy of the (English) Kingdom Hearts II Vol.3 manga. The competition is simple: create a Kingdom Hearts fan-art with the only condition being that it must have a Christmas theme, and created specifically for this competition. You may use any characters (Kingdom Hearts, Disney, Final Fantasy, etc), incorporate unused characters from Disney films/Square Enix games or even create original characters, just as long as it relates to Kingdom Hearts somehow. 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, have a Christmas theme and must be created specifically for the competition. You can enter multiple times. At midnight EST on December 22nd, 2014, our team will deliberate and decide on our favourite fan-art submitted, contact the winner of the contest, and send them their copy! The 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!

It has been revealed on Germany's offical Square Enix Facebook page that a private event was held in Germany to celebrate Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX on Friday, November 28, 2014 (a week before its release in Europe). There seemed to be a lot of festivities including playing demos of Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix on a selection of screens, watching the Kingdom Hearts Re:coded HD Cinematic Story Videos on a projector screen, posing with a life-size Keyblade, and indulging in snacks such as cupcakes and a sponge cake with the Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX game cover design on top. All images from the event can be seen in our gallery, below.

Square Enix has posted on their official Kingdom Hearts Facebook page that they will holding a community launch event for Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX on Wednesday 3, December 2014 (2 days before its release in Europe). Those who attend will be able to meet the co-director of the Kingdom Hearts series, Tai Yasue and the producer of the Kingdom Hearts series, Rie Nishi in a live presentation, experience the Twilight Town balcony, jump into a Kingdom Hearts world and make your own flipbook, win exclusive prizes, get autographs, raffles...and more! Entry is free and tickets will become available to collect on Friday 21, November 2014 at 12:30pm GMT via Eventbrite. Update: It has now sold out.

Hello everyone. With the fourth addition of the (English) Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days manga series releasing next week (October 28th, 2014), we have decided to start another competition! The competition is simple: create a short fan-fiction using the theme of ‘Friendship’ and you could have a chance at winning a copy of Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Vol. 4 manga. You may use any characters (Kingdom Hearts, Disney, Final Fantasy, etc) from the games or even incorporate unused characters from Disney films or Square Enix games, just as long as it relates to Kingdom Hearts somehow. Read on for more details: How to enter: Create a new topic in the ‘Creative Media’ forum on KH13.com, put your fan-fiction there, and then put a link to your topic in the comments below so that we can find it easily. It's that simple! The fan-fiction must go under the theme of ‘Friendship’, relate to Kingdom Hearts somehow, and must have been created specifically for the competition. You can enter multiple times. At midnight EST on November 2nd, 2014, our Social Media Team will deliberate and decide on our favourite fan-fiction submitted, contact the winner of the contest, and send them their copy! The 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-fiction on the KH13 Community Twitter and the KH13 Tumblr. Above all, have fun!

Square Enix has decided to let Kingdom Hearts fans in Europe have a chance to feature in a video to promote Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX. All you have to do is simply tell them what you love about the franchise. If selected you will be part of "an amazing, one of a kind Kingdom Hearts and Disney experience," with all travel and accommodation expenses paid for. To qualify, you need to be available on the evening of the 22nd of October and for a full day on the 23rd and 24th of October 2014, you need to be over the age of 18 and have a valid passport. To find out how to participate, you can find all the details on their blog post for the event. You need to be quick; it ends 09:00 BST on the 21st of October 2014!