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Dark Horse to publish KINGDOM HEARTS Character Files in English

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Published on March 17, 2021 @ 03:30 am
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Dark Horse Books is set to publish Kingdom Hearts Character Files in the west on October 19th, 2021. 

Kingdom Hearts Character Files, which originally released back in February 2020 in Japan, contains information about more than 200 characters from throughout the Kingdom Hearts series, and also includes new short stories written by series novelist Tomoco Kanemaki.

Fans can pre-order it now from Amazon for $44.99 USD.


A beautiful oversized hardcover showcasing all of the characters you know and love from the hit game series Kingdom Hearts!


Explore the Disney-filled world of Kingdom Hearts with this in depth look into the beloved characters from the most popular games in the series. In addition to highlighting each character's evolving appearance and unique costumes, this tome illuminates the entire cast's back stories and retells their adventures from across the beloved series. This volume offers unprecedented insights into the lore behind the games!

Dark Horse Books, Square Enix, and Disney present Kingdom Hearts Character Files. Officially localized into English for the first time ever, this is a must-own item for any fan of Disney or the Kingdom Hearts series!

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Keyblade Knight 1st Class

March 17, 2021 @ 03:42 amOffline

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Odd that it's Dark Horse and not Marvel, but I'm not complaining.

Oracle Spockanort

March 17, 2021 @ 03:50 amOffline

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Keyblade Knight 1st Class

Odd that it's Dark Horse and not Marvel, but I'm not complaining.

Why would it be Marvel???

SE nor Disney directly publish KH books in the west. It's always been third parties like Yen Press or Dark Horse.

The_Echo

March 17, 2021 @ 03:55 amOffline

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Dark Horse is also the one publishing the Series Memorial Ultimania, so this makes sense

Locked my pre-order in already.

Chaser

March 17, 2021 @ 03:57 amOffline

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I’m with Spock, I don’t see why it would be Marvel.

I am surprised it’s not Penguin Random House Publisher Services, a company that Square Enix has signed a multi-year sale and distribution deal with for their IPs.

Sign

March 17, 2021 @ 04:10 amOffline

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Really wish Dark Horse would release these digitally. I have no need for another physical copy since I already own the Japanese version (and the "short stories" are not worth the money at all) but it'd be nice to get the renders and artwork in decent quality.

Keyblade Knight 1st Class

March 17, 2021 @ 04:35 amOffline

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Well I guess I don't really know anything about the publishing industry so just ignore that Marvel comment.

Launchpad

March 17, 2021 @ 04:43 amOffline

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Am I misremembering or were these 'character files' pure dookie?

Absent

March 17, 2021 @ 04:46 amOffline

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Launchpad

Am I misremembering or were these 'character files' pure dookie?


I believe that's the Scholastic print.

Sign

March 17, 2021 @ 04:58 amOffline

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Absent

I believe that's the Scholastic print.

These are also not great since the "exclusive short stories" they kept emphasizing were like 90% cutscene transcripts lol

Besides that, this book doesn't really have anything going for it.

Vulpes XIII

March 17, 2021 @ 05:05 amOffline

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I don’t really pay attention to stuff to do with publishing companies so I don’t really care who is publishing it, I’m just happy it’s finally going to be in English, as I really liked some of the short stories and it would be really cool to see some of the other content that’s in there as I haven’t seen anything but the short stories that where translated.

WaltK

March 17, 2021 @ 09:44 amOffline

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Well, happy 9-day-belated birthday to me~!

Keyblade Knight 1st Class

March 17, 2021 @ 11:18 amOffline

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Ernest-Panda

Well, happy 9-day-belated birthday to me~!

Happy belated Birthday!!!

Oracle Spockanort

March 17, 2021 @ 12:22 pmOffline

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Launchpad

Am I misremembering or were these 'character files' pure dookie?


Yes, these are very bland and boring outside of a select random few. They misled us with marketing the sort of interesting Xigbar one.

KingdomKurdistan

March 17, 2021 @ 01:04 pmOffline

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Is this North America only?

Oracle Spockanort

March 17, 2021 @ 01:36 pmOffline

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KingdomKurdistan

Is this North America only?


Should be international. At the very least I do know Book Depository will list it.

WaltK

March 17, 2021 @ 02:36 pmOffline

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Keyblade Knight 1st Class

Happy belated Birthday!!!

LOL no no no, I mean it comes out 9 days after my birthday ?

Oracle Spockanort

March 17, 2021 @ 02:49 pmOffline

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Ernest-Panda

LOL no no no, I mean it comes out 9 days after my birthday ?

Happy months early birthday!

Squood!

March 17, 2021 @ 04:48 pmOffline

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Weren't most of the short stories just Sora talking about people?

Oracle Spockanort

March 17, 2021 @ 05:24 pmOffline

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KeybladeLordSora

Weren't most of the short stories just Sora talking about people?


The Disney ones, yes. Most of those are in his POV. A number of the individual character ones are in the point of view of those characters.

AdrianXXII

March 17, 2021 @ 06:09 pmOffline

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This is pretty cool. I was beginning to think this would end up being a Japan exclusive. I'm more interested in seeing the art in the book. The stories were okay, some better than most, but they didn't really add too much insight into the characters.

I'll probably pick it up at some point, though I don't think I'll feel the need to buy it right away.

Sign

March 17, 2021 @ 06:40 pmOffline

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AdrianXXII

This is pretty cool. I was beginning to think this would end up being a Japan exclusive. I'm more interested in seeing the art in the book. The stories were okay, some better than most, but they didn't really add too much insight into the characters.

I'll probably pick it up at some point, though I don't think I'll feel the need to buy it right away.

It's just official renders and screenshots.

Keyblade Knight 1st Class

March 17, 2021 @ 09:07 pmOffline

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Ernest-Panda

LOL no no no, I mean it comes out 9 days after my birthday ?

Oh I thought you meant your birthday was 9 days ago. Well Happy Birthday in advance ?

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