Thanks to aibo_ac7 for the heads up and forum member Taocha~n for the direct source, we have an image of what appears to be the box art of Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance! Reminds you of that message we received at the beginning: "Darkness becomes Light, Light falls into Darkness." Click on the image below to enlarge!

The Square Enix e-Store has also updated their pages with the pictured boxart! In addition to this, the e-Store Twitter has posted a slightly larger version of t...

Still interested in the series? Experienced in graphic-making? Then by golly do we have a proposition for you! We here at Kingdom Hearts Insider are currently searching for a total of 2 graphic artists to join our team of staff in order to bring beautiful pieces of artwork to the community! If you are interested, please send us an email at kingdomheartsinsider@gmail.com. We are searching for individuals who can provide the following: 1 iPhone wallpaper (640 x 960 for 4/4s or 320 x 48...

Final Fantasy characters were included in Kingdom Heartsto play roles that were not possible for Disney characters to play.

Leon was decided to play the role of the "guiding swordsman" who'd lead Sora in the right direction on his journey. However, if people immediately saw his original name (Squall) in Mickey's letter before actually meeting him, it would take away all of the suspense and the impact would be greatly weakened. Event Planning Director Jun Akiyama suggested to change his name for that reason.

Good evening everybody! We're pretty newsless right now (oh drought, how we hate thee~), but maybe things will start to get better in the coming weeks!

Richard Epcar, voice actor of Xehanort's Heartless and Apprentice Xehanort in the Kingdom Hearts series, posted an update on his Facebook today mentioning he had worked on a "big title game". Now before you get your hopes up, it wasn't Kingdom Hearts...but he did say this concerning the series:

Think we'll be getting...

Written by Arielle Haddad Saturday, 04 February 2012

People seem to be a bit confused over the validity of Space Paranoids and the Grid's status as real worlds. They doubt the worlds being real because they take place within a computer program, but it is impossible to say they are not real based on that idea. The Kingdom Hearts series is filled with illogical circumstances that require us to suspend our disbelief frequently, and if something like how "real" a world that takes place ...

KH1 Animation Director Tatsuya Kando had counted the total number of animations used in the game, including those that were cut with unused event scenes, reaching a total of almost 8000. He refers to these animations as "animations of the heart".

Haley Joel Osment, voice actor of Sora in the Kingdom Hearts series, has done work in various movies throughout his career. One of the more popular movies he has appeared in is Artificial Intelligence, a 2001 science fiction drama where HJO plays a human child-like android with the ability to love. His one wish is to become a "real boy", just like the story of Pinocchio, so David goes on a journey to find the Blue Fairy.

Straight out of the blue, the official Kingdom Hearts Japanese Portal site has been completely revamped and updated with links to every title and beyond! The newest of these additional links is the Kingdom Hearts Chronology, containing a brief history of the series thus far! Coming soon to the site will be sections featuring characters and key terms, and we can't wait until they're unveiled!

Are you as shocked and excited by these new additions as we are? Come and discuss with us he...

The original scenario of Kingdom Hearts involved Sora going to rescue the Princesses of Heart with their respective "princes".