Announced today at their panel at Sakura-Con in Seattle, Washington, Yen Press graced the KINGDOM HEARTS community with some fantastic news: that they'd be resuming the publication of Shiro Amano's beloved manga adaptation of the series!

Also mentioned on the show was another promotion. It appears that fans in Japan will be able to win a set of the mugs(featured below under [READ MORE]), which have been signed by Nomura.

It appears that those names will be drawn very soon, as the official Kingdom Hearts twitter uploaded an image of series creator Tetsyua Nomura drawing pictures of Sora in the inside the game's cover art! You can view the image under [READ MORE]

With the recent release of KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5 ReMIX-, no doubt we've all been hit with a blast from the past, even more as yesterday, March 28th in Japan, was the 11th anniversary of the original title. To cope with the tremendous nostalgia the community has been feeling as of late, a batch of new official keychain samples have been revealed!

This year marks the 90th Anniversary of the Walt Disney Company, and Walt Disney Company Japan plans to celebrate it by having their first ever D23 Expo! D23 Expo Japan 2013 be hosted by many Disney Japan creative executives who plan to unveil upcoming movies, television series, music, games, theme parks, and more to commemorate the success of Disney throughout the years.

At the expo to be held October 12-14 2013, there will be a KINGDOM HEARTS Fan Event where executive producer Shinji Hashimoto, along with iconic voice actors from the series, will discuss their experiences with the series, production secrets, and insider information that is only available at this event!

KINGDOM HEARTS χ[chi] makes a surprise appearance in this week's issue of Famitsu Weekly! The focus of the article this week is one the recent beta test that ran from March 22-March 25th and the competing teams within the game. As we learned from the SE chan radio show, players will be split into one of five teams that are fighting for the light.

Thanks to Zephyr, here are translations of the article!

On the eve of the 11th Anniversary of the KINGDOM HEARTS series and just a little over a month since KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 ReMIX was announced for North America and Europe, Square Enix North America and Square Enix France have uploaded six new gorgeous screenshots of KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 ReMIX online!

Everybody would be lying if they said they didn't enjoy the soundtrack to THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU, filled with an eclectic mix of sounds and styles that work perfectly in the game's rendition of urban Shibuya. The music is so much of a staple to the hit Nintendo DS game that it is receiving a tribute album, THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU Crossover ~ Tribute, produced by series composer Takeharu Ishimoto!

Yoichi Wada, originally Executive Director and CFO of Squaresoft, later President and Representative Director of Square Enix, is reportedly leaving his post as announced by Square Enix this morning. This is a "change subject to resolution" by the general meeting of shareholders to be held in late June this year, followed by a resolution by its board of directors meeting.