Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania, the companion book to Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, has recently released in Japan. Scans of this book have begun to surface online, from Kingdom Hearts Insider and HEARTSTATION.ORG. These pieces of artwork, renders, and interviews, can be seen in our gallery, below.

Birth by Sleep Ultimania

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Last week, the official companion book to the recently released Kingdom Hearts title, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, was released in Japan. This book, titled Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania, contains information and artwork concerning the game, and the future of the series. Three interviews were included in the book, which can be read at our forum, thanks to Kingdom Hearts Insider.

The companion book for the recently released Kingdom Hearts title, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, known as Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania, has been released in Japan. This book contains artwork and information relating to the game, as well as an interview with the series' director, Tetsuya Nomura. So far, only the interview has appeared online. HEARTSTATION.ORG have obtained and translated this interview, and it can be read at our forum.

The English version of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep has been announced for North America and Europe. This announcement comes in the form in the opening of official websites from both regions, as well as press releases from Square Enix. The North American website can be seen here, while the European website can be seen here. Screenshots from both websites can be seen below, while Square Enix's press releases for North America and Europe can be read at our forum.

Birth by Sleep, North American website

All images are from the official website.

Birth by Sleep, European website

All images are from the official website.

Gaming website Kotaku has updated with screenshots from the English version of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, which is due to be released between June and August. This is our first look at Birth by Sleep's English version. You can see all included screenshots in our gallery, below.

Kotaku, Birth by Sleep

Thanks to Kotaku.

The March 4, 2010 issue of Famitsu Weekly magazine has included an article on Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. This article, which was scanned and translated by HEARTSTATION.ORG, contains details on how to unlock things in Birth by Sleep, as well as a short interview with the game's director, Tetsuya Nomura. The original article can be seen below, and the translation can be seen at our forum.

Famitsu Weekly (March 4, 2010)

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The latest issue of Otona Fami magazine has included an article on Kingdom Hearts coded. This article contains an interview with coded's senior planner, Jun Kato. Final Fantasy Ring have translated Ameba's interpretation of the interview, and this can be read below.

Kingdom Hearts coded is a Kingdom Hearts title that has recently been released in Japan. In Japan, the game was distributed in the form of downloadable episodes for Japanese phones. Due to these phones not being available elsewhere, there is much speculation about whether or not coded will make it to North America and other English speaking regions.

KH13.com have emailed the voice actor of Jiminy Cricket, which you can see here. Although this does not confirm coded, it shows that the content from coded will appear in English in one way or another. This could be in the form of some kind of English release of the game, or the content could appear in another form, such as a part of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. This is all speculation, but we can be sure coded's content will appear in English.

KH13.com have finished recording and uploading each cutscene from the recently released Kingdom Hearts title, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. These cutscenes can be viewed and downloaded from our Birth by Sleep cutscenes page in our video archive. Thanks to gold_panner who translated the cutscene names. If you reupload or use these scenes anywhere, please link back to KH13.com. Also, if you notice a problem with any of the scenes, please report it and we will fix the problem. Thanks.

The latest issue of Famitsu magazine has included an interview with the director of the Kingdom Hearts series, Tetsuya Nomura. This interview discusses the future of the series, as well as a possible Final Mix for Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. FF-Reunion have written up a script of this interview, and Kingdom Hearts Insider have translated it. The full interview can be read at our forum.