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Kingdom Hearts manga localisation to continue starting November 2013


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The Kingdom Hearts manga adaptation by Shiro Amano originally begun with the Kingdom Hearts manga in Japan in 2003, and continues to this day. Originally, Tokyopop were in charge of localising the manga and releasing it in North America, however, in 2011 Tokyopop shut down and was unable to continue. This left the Kingdom Hearts manga localisation in a state of limbo... but not anymore!

Yen Press announced today that they have secured the rights to the localisation of the Kingdom Hearts manga. Yen Press will release the Kingdom Hearts Final Mix manga in two volumes starting May 2014, release Chain of Memories in one large volume in June 2014, and will begun publishing the Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days manga in North America in November 2013. Yen Press noted that in addition to these games, they have also secured the rights to the Kingdom Hearts II manga. Look forward to these official releases later on! Thanks go to VentusX from KH13 for the find.

Update 1: The Yen Press@Scon13 transcript has revealed more information about this future localisation, while contradicting some of the dates from AnimeNewsNetwork. The transcript states that both volumes of the Kingdom Hearts Final Mix manga will release in May 2013, with Chain of Memories following in June 2013, and Kingdom Hearts II following in August 2013. This is said to be followed by art books, and the 358/2 Days manga in Fall 2013. They later clarified that 358/2 Days will first be released in January 2014, with a possible earlier release in November. Thanks go to Weiss from KH13 for the find.

Update 2: Tay Takashi has emailed The Yen Press Team about the manga and their upcoming Kingdom Hearts releases. You can read their response below. Thanks to Tay Takashi.

Hi Tay,

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix will be released as two omnibuses, both available in May of this year.
June 2013 will be Chain of Memories as a single omnibus.
The order afterward is Kingdom Hearts II Vol. 1 (Omnibus), Kingdom Hearts II Vol. 2 (Omnibus), Shiro Amano: The Artwork of Kingdom Hearts, and then 358/2 Days Volume 1 (as a single volume) in November 2013 with subsequent volumes every 2 months.
Lots of Kingdom Hearts this year! We'll have more info about dates up on the site very soon, but all of the books mentioned above will be available over the summer/fall beginning in May 2013.

Best,
The Yen Press Team

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Hell Firetrucking Yes.

 

Now my manga shelf can be more then Code Geass: Nightmare of Nunnally and Maximum Ride!

 

THANK YOU YEN PRESS!

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sorry i dont know much about the KH manga series, does this mean that KH, Chain of Memories, KH2, and Days will all be released in North America?

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sorry i dont know much about the KH manga series, does this mean that KH, Chain of Memories, KH2, and Days will all be released in North America?

yes, all of them will be releasing, though most will be releasing next year, days will start being released later this year

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Disney Press too lazy to do it themselves, I see. :P But nice nevertheless, though I never got around to reading the ones that've already been localized. How are they?

 

edit: Yeesh, prices for them are steep on Amazon. Any chances of Yen Press reprinting the old issues once they get these new ones out?

Edited by J. Severe

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Whoa, this is a surprise. I got all the one's that came out in the States before they discontinued, but I might pass on the new ones. Better to save the money for future games!

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IMO, i'm most excited about the Days manga(probably because i have read the others)

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This is great but the wait is so long lol and they are re-releasing Kingdom Hearts as the Final Mix and releasing CoM as a big one lol oh well although I have the originals I am still gonna get those as well lol thank goodness the English manga will be back with Days in November my birthday month yay!!!

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That's so great! Yen Press is a popular manga publishing company I think...but why is Days releasing this year before all the other ones? Not that I'd complain, really, I love Days. And for KH Final Mix--do they mean they'll start off with two volumes, or they'll release the entire thing in two longer-than-normal volumes?

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The fan-made English versions for 358/2 Days and Kingdom Hearts II are fantastic.

and the new official releases(which will be brand new, no old tokyopop content) will probably be even better

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and the new official releases(which will be brand new, no old tokyopop content) will probably be even better

 

There is nothing wrong with the fan-made versions. Sadly once the official English versions are released no one is going to care about the fan-made versions......

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I HAVE WAITED FOR THIS DAY FOR SO LONG!! IM SO HAPPY!! I THOUGHT ANERDICA WOULD NWVER GET OUR KH MANGA BACK! (don't get me wrong, the translations are great but owning the actual books would be beyond great!!)

 

Irony, me and my sister were just talking about this the other day!!!

 

Squeeeeel!!! xD so excited!! I must go tell EVERYONE!!

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