

Sora turns out to be the holder of the Keyblade, a weapon that allows him to fight the Heartless, creatures of darkness that are trying to take over the Disney worlds. Meanwhile, in Disney Castle, King Mickey has disappeared and tasks his two right hand men, Court Wizard Donald and Captain Goofy, with finding “the one who holds the key.” The three meet in Traverse Town, a sort of central location that connects to other worlds. Kingdom Hearts begins with the introduction of Sora and his two friends, Riku and Kairi, who live alone together on a tropical island, One night, a storm wipes out the island and separates the three. Originally released by Tokyopop in 2005, the series has been rescued by Yen Press and has been released in two omnibus volumes. This collaboration between Square Enix’s Final Fantasy video game series and Disney’s flagship characters has produced not only several successful video games, including a new one out this year, but several manga adaptations of the series. You can read our summary of that here.What happens when you combine a popular video game franchise from Japan with an iconic American franchise? You get Kingdom Hearts. In the second half of the interview, Nomura discusses Final Fantasy XV.


