Director and writer of scrapped Kingdom Hearts animated series posts picture of a completed tape and speaks of interest for future projects in refe...

[soraspromise 380]

Seth Kearsley, the director and writer of the scrapped animated series for Kingdom Hearts posted an image of a tape with footage from the show. You can find an image of the tape below:

 

 

 

Seth then went on to speak with Twitter user @SHIELD_DRAWS, who asked several questions about the scrapped series as well as the possibility of an animated series tie-in with Kingdom Hearts III, referencing the Brotherhood anime that was produced for Final Fantasy XV.

 

Seth went on to explain that all characters were voiced by their original voice actors and had completed recording with the exception of Sora, who was to be voiced by a sound-alike for Haley Joel Osment. Seth also answered that he has talked with Walt Disney Animation Studios about the possibility of another project, but that there doesn't seem to be much interest at the current time.

 

Do you think there should be an animated series or any sort of other tie-in produced with Kingdom Hearts III? Let us know in the comments!

 

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[Aqua7KH 5,395]

*SCREECHES*

[Leamax 746]

http://sethkearsley.deviantart.com/art/Kingdom-Hearts-Color-Board-574374836 

 

He uploaded the color board for the pilot on his Deviantart page as well

[Hargleblargleboo 979]

Did Pan Pizza prompt this, too??

lol

[AngelTheWeirdStranger 504]

What I really want is a Kingdom Hearts anime based on the manga which is simply amazing. It portrays the characters a lot more human and combines great comedy with some actions scenes that could be developed way better by adding in some extra animation.

[Awesome Sauce 634]

Hopefully it gets uploaded, but I'm not expecting anything.

[keyslinger 307]

Im not sure how KH would work in an animated series. It's hard to think of it as nothing else but a video game. If it did get animated I'd rather have as an anime like Brotherhood. An anime is fitting given the games Japanese origins.

[KairiKeybasH 851]

Did Pan Pizza prompt this, too??

lol

I saw his video. I was thinking the same thing to contact Seth after watching the video.

 

Also I have a few ideas for him, but i better not.

Edited September 22, 2016 by MarieltheKeybasHGirl

[blue490246 43]

What I really want is a Kingdom Hearts anime based on the manga which is simply amazing. It portrays the characters a lot more human and combines great comedy with some actions scenes that could be developed way better by adding in some extra animation.

 

Highly agree with this. There's a reason why they've kept the same directors on the game and that's because they do an amazing job. The manga does a great job at adapting the cutscenes and definitely brings the goofy humour of Disney out while still covering all the underlying messages of the story.

 

My fear of a completely Disney-run animation is that it might focus too much on the kids aspect and less on content that can also be aimed at maturer audiences.

[Zerrick 43]

No, let this project die, the only interesting thing about this was going to be the fact that they were going to use the original background art from the movies, but this project would be sooooo dumbed down for a western audience especially since it will most likely be targeted towards kids and not actual fans of the games.

[Isamu Kuno 2,512]

It would be pretty easy to adapt the entire series into a cartoon.
1 World= 1 Episode, done. 
But I guess I could settle for like 4 12 minute episodes to tie into 3 if I had to.

[Ultima Spark 753]

...let Square handle the heavy (read: important) stuff for the series, because somehow I doubt Disney proper's abilities to treat it well if they intervene more than is strictly necessary.

 

(if there's a double post from me, then delete this one because there seems to be some sort of glitch in the system)

[Hero of Light XIV 2,381]

Absolutely! I'd love to see an animated series for Kingdom Hearts in any form!

 

And I do hope that he will be allowed to upload and share that footage with us soon, I want to see how well it looks.

[ShatteredGem 99]

I'd like to see this happen in a Pokemon Generations-style format. Like small shorts documenting the events that lead up to Kingdom Hearts III, including 2.8 and Chi.

[Soul_Seeker 753]

I hate to ruin everything, but Seth Kearsley stated he has approached Disney multiple times asking about the Kingdom Hearts animated series, and they have expressed very little interest according to him. I guess the industry just isn't interested in a KH series.

EDIT: It would be nice to see the footage, though, considering it's all the way from 2003.

Edited September 23, 2016 by Rocketboy

[The Transcendent Key 12,109]

Thanks for this article, Sora'spromise!

 

It's interesting that we keep hearing about this project now and again!  I wonder how it would've looked like had it been greenlit?

 

But honestly, if there were to be a KH series, I would love it to be an anime adaption!  Now that would be insane!  It could be an adaption of the video games, or it could be its own thing, or it could be something that leads into Kingdom Hearts III, sort of like how Brotherhood ties into Final Fantasy XV!

[Philip Ellwell 5,487]

I don't know, a KH anime like Brotherhood would be interesting, but I can see it being ruined by dumbing down, or rehashing something we've seen already. 

I'd prefer a tie in to a game adaption: After the game, novel, and manga, the KH 1 story has been beaten to death. An original story, or something that connects the games we've never seen before would be great. 

[KairiKeybasH 851]

To be honest i don´t want a Brotherhood Final Fantasy XV or Pokémon Generations Wannabe with Kingdom Hearts if it was made i just want it more lighter, but get darker when it´s done right.

[Kaweebo 3,617]

I need to hear these voice recordings. 

[KingdomHearts3 2,591]

Heck yeah! Let's have an anime that has info and story unrevealed in the games and connects to KH3.

[unvxrsed 0]

*muffled fangirl noises*

[Guest]

I NEED THAT VHS CONVERTED INTO DVD, BLU RAY AND 4K ASAP! Don't leave us hanging Seth, release this footage of an animated Kingdom Hearts show!

[Dustin Lübbers 933]

really would want to see this It could be like the first 2/3 seasons of Digimon pure amazing adventures.

[SoraUltimateKeybladeMaster 197]

We need an animated series of KH. It would be wonderful!!!

[Django Moore 62]

I'm down. We need on DVD/Blu-Ray, or at least digital download or something. 10/10 would buy