Square Enix has announced a Kingdom Hearts 20th anniversary event, set a couple months from now and it will take place in Japan.
The Kingdom Hearts 20th anniversary event will kick off on April 10th in Tokyo, Japan, and will celebrate the big RPG and Disney characters crossover franchise. Fans can expect a live concert, a panel hosted by key game developers from the series with discussions and Q&A, a full blown exhibition, as well as “much more.” An archived video of the event will be available later.
The original Kingdom Hearts was released back on March 28th of 2002, for the PlayStation 2. The series has grown to include numerous main entries, re-releases, spinoffs, and more:
- Kingdom Hearts – 2002
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories – 2004
- Kingdom Hearts II – 2005
- Kingdom Hearts Coded – 2008
- Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days – 2009
- Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance – 2012
- Kingdom Hearts χ – 2015
- Kingdom Hearts III – 2019
- Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory – 2020
The series was also adapted into a manga based on its main storyline with both the story and art handled by Shiro Amano, known for his manga adaptation for the Legend of Mana RPG also from Square Enix. It was later adapted into a light novel series as well, with Tomoco Kanemaki handling the script and Shiro Amano once again handling illustrations.
In related news, Square Enix also confirmed the entire Kingdom Hearts series is finally launching for Nintendo Switch, albeit via their Cloud-powered versions – you can read more about that here in our other report.
