Kingdom Hearts (2015 TV series)

Kingdom Hearts (キングダムハーツ Kingudamu Hātsu) is a Japanese-American anime television series and sequel of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, based on the video game series of the same name by Square Enix. It was animated and produced by Madhouse and Tatsunoko Pro in later seasons.
It was first broadcasted in the U.S. on July 12, 2015, by Freeform. Official English dubbed episodes can be found on Hulu though only available within the United States thus far. The series took on more radical changes for the character designs forgoing the style animation drawn by Shiro Amano.
Also, according to this series' composer, Tetsuya Takahashi, this series was to take in a wider age group and was aimed to teenagers. This is why the characters are much older (ranging from early teen to adult), the story is much darker.
== Plot synopsis ==
In the early 2010s, it is the last day of school before the summer break, Sora and his two best friends, Riku and Kairi seek to leave their homes to explore new worlds and have prepared a raft for this purpose. One night, the islands are attacked by darkness and shadow creatures.
Sora seeks out his friends, finding Riku first; Riku disappears into darkness, curious about what it contains. Soon after, Sora obtains a mysterious weapon, the Keyblade, to defend himself. Using it to fend off the creatures, he heads for a secret cave, where he finds Kairi near a door. She turns to him, saying his name as the door behind her blows open. The ensuing blast of darkness sends Sora and Kairi both out of the cave. The islands are soon destroyed, and Sora is left adrift, Riku and Kairi's whereabouts unknown.
Meanwhile, King Mickey has left his world to deal with the increasing power of darkness and left instructions for mage Donald Duck and knight Goofy to find the "key". Donald and Goofy use a Gummi Ship to travel to a parallel universe, where it happens Sora has also drifted to. Sora encounters the creatures again in Shibuya, Tokyo, and eventually meets Leon, a mysterious swordsman who explains they are Heartless, creatures that consume hearts, and that the Keyblade is the only weapon capable of defeating them and Commander Folsom who also explains a team called the Ultimate Avengers about a rogue dragon called Naga was tempted and decided to take the red and blue core and 6 Infinity Stones to rule of both Vestroia and the Earth alongside with Bega.
The king of Leon's homeworld, a man named Ansem, is said to have studied the Heartless. Donald and Goofy are approached by Aerith, who also tells them what they may be looking for. Soon after, Sora meets the Avengers, Donald, and Goofy rather hastily, and they take down a large Heartless, members of A.I.M. and Dr. Drakken but he got away. From there, they decide to work together: the Ultimate Avengers to find the Infinity Stones and the blue core in order to defeat Bega, Donald and Goofy to find Mickey, and Sora to find Kairi and Riku.
Three years later; Sora, Donald, and Goofy have been asleep in order to regain their memories. When Sora awakens, he eventually arrives in Twilight Town, the place where a mysterious boy, Roxas, lived before he suddenly left.
Gaining new clothes and powers, Sora continues his quest by unlocking paths to new worlds, learning of Nobodies and fighting the Heartless, as well as facing the remaining members of the mysterious Organization XIII. Meanwhile, the mysterious disappearance of Delsin Oliver makes T.J. Detweiler restore his powers, as well as forcing him to search and locate Oliver. At the same time, he must enlist the help of the meta-human kids and repel attacks from a new enemy, the Highbreed.
In an effort to undermine Xehanort’s plot, Sora, Donald and Goofy search for seven guardians of light and the “Key to Return Hearts,” while King Mickey and Riku search for previous Keyblade wielders. Not only that, but some creep called Wiseman has appeared with ancient Bakugan called the Nonets.
==List of Characters==
===Main Heroes===
====Ultimate Avengers/Champions====
*Ace (Sora)
*Donald Duck
*Goofy
*Shadow (Riku)
*King Mickey
*Kairi
*Lea
*Aqua
*Ventus
*Terra
*Roxas
*Xion
*Osmosis Jones (Marcus Simpson)
*Dragonoid (Drago)
*Kiba (Thomas "Tom" Weasley)
*Skyress
*Tomoe (Corina Aizawa)
*Dranzer (Theodore "T.J." Detweiler)
*Vincenzo (Vincent "Vince" LaSalle)
*Madame Fist (Ashley "Ash" Spinelli)
*Tigrerra
*Rescue (Gretchen Grundler)
*Gorem
*Nebulator (Gustav "Gus" Griswald)
*Preyas
*Angelo/Diablo
*Chuck
*Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)
*Snow Girl (Celia Yamamoto)
*Sparrow (Jenny Nocturne)
*Clare
*Homura (Laura Kinney)
*Trent Osborn
*Daichi (Ren Takachiho)
*Shun (Ray Lo)
*Mai Chen
*Dexter Riley
*Bridget Verdant
*Joey Yushima
*Wavern
*Spider-Man (Miles Morales)
*Sam Alexander
*Brawn (Amadeus Cho)
*Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green)
==== Avengers/Supervisors ====
* Capitan America (Steve Rogers)
* Iron Man (Tony Stark)
* Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
* Hulk (Bruce Banner)
* Thor Odinson
* Falcon (Samuel Wilson)
* Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)
* Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
* Yen Sid
* Zadavia
*Vestal Avengers
* Stan Yushima
=== Main Villains  ===
==== Bega/Organization XIII ====
* Naga
* Hal-G
* Kurata Akihiro
* Xehanort
* Masquerade (formerly)
* Hydranoid (formerly)
* Maleficent
* Pete
* The Highbreed
* Nomad Mechtogans
* The Nonets
* Wiseman
== Cast ==
Some members from the original cast of Square Enix, Disney and Marvel Anime returned to reprise their roles; a name in italics indicates a returning actor.
=== Japanese ===
Voice Actor 	Character
Tasuku Hatanaka 	Sora
Mayu Obata 	Kairi
Tsuyoshi Hayashi 	Riku, Riku Replica, Drak Riku
Takashi Aoyagi 	Mickey Mouse
Kōichi Yamadera 	Donald Duck
Yū Shimaka 	Goofy
Ryōhei Kimura 	Marcus Simpson
Keiji Fujiwara 	Dragonoid (Drago), Iron Man (Tony Stark), Kurama
Shota Sometani 	Thomas "Tom" Weasley, Trent Osborn
Chiharu Suzuka 	Skyress
Yumi Kakazu  	Yumi Aizawa
Kenichi Suzumura 	Theodore Detweiler, Demyx
Yasunori Matsumoto 	Vince LaSalle
Arisa Ogasawara 	Ashley "Ash" Spinelli, Misha Suzuki
Ryoko Shiraishi 	Tigrerra
Yuka Hirasawa 	Gretchen Grundler
Hiroki Yasumoto 	Gorem
Kenji Fukuda 	Gustav "Gus" Griswald
Yūsuke Kuwahata 	Chuck
Eiji Miyashita 	Preyas 
Takayuki Kondō 	Angelo Preyas
Shintarō Ōhata 	Diablo Preyas
Rie Kugimiya 	Celia Yamamoto
Akira Kito 	Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)
Misato Fukuen 	Jenny Nocturne
Mayu Obata 	Clare
Mayumi Asano 	Laura Kinney
Aoi Miyazaki 	Ren Takachiho
Yūichi Iguchi 	Ray Lo
Akio Suyama 	Dexter Riley
Ventus
Toshihiko Seki 	Axel/Lea
Kōki Uchiyama 	Roxas
Mikako Komatsu 	Joey Yushima
Jizodo Takedai 	Spider-Man (Miles Morales)
Kozo Tachioka 	Sam Alexander
Masakazu Morita 	Gunz
Romi Park 	Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green)
Nao Takamori 	Wavern
Daisuke Namikawa 	Kevin Lakin
Miyuki Sawashiro  	Mai Chen
Kazuhiro Nakaya 	Capitan America (Steve Rogers)
Miyuki Sawashiro 	Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)
Kenichirou Matsuda 	Hulk (Bruce Banner)
Katsunuma Noriyoshi 	Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
Takuya Eguchi 	Falcon (Samuel Wilson)
Eriko Hirata 	Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
Kase Yasuyuki 	Thor Odinson
Junko Noda 	Zadavia
Maaya Sakamoto 	Makoto
Tetsu Inada 	Phillip Folsom
Atsushi Gotō 	Merlin
Atsushi Ii 	Stan Yushima
Kaho Kōda 	Aqua
Hiroaki Iwanaga 	Terra
Akio Ōtsuka 	Master Xehanort
Takanori Okuda 	Young Xehanort
Shinya Owada 	Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, Xemnas, Terra-Xehanort
Hōchū Ōtsuka 	Xigbar
Masato Hagiwara 	Saïx
Haruhiko Jō 	Luxord
Hideyuki Tanaka 	Marluxia
Hitomi Nabatame 	Larxene
Noriaki Sugiyama 	Vanitas, Wiseman
Hideyuki Umezu  	Naga, Nomad Mechtogans
Masami Kikuchi 	Kurata Akihiro
Sōichirō Hoshi 	Masquerade
Izō Oikawa 	Hydranoid
Toshiko Sawada 	Maleficent
Katsuhiro Kitagawa 	Pete
Tesshō Genda, Masaki Aizawa, Hiroki Yasumoto, Hiroshi Iwasaki, Shigenori Sōya	The Nonets
=== English ===
Voice Actor 	Character
Gage Knox 	Sora
Shannon Perreault 	Kairi, Xion
David Reale 	Riku
Bret Iwan 	Mickey Mouse
Tony Anselmo 	Donald Duck
Bill Farmer 	Goofy
Bryce Papenbrook 	Marcus Simpson
Jason Deline 	Dragonoid (Drago), Kurama
Johnny Yong Bosch 	Thomas "Tom" Weasley
Barbara Budd 	Skyress
Jessica Calvello 	Corina Aizawa
Jason Spisak 	Theodore Detweiler
Rickey D'Shon Collins 	Vince LaSalle
Stephanie Lemelin 	Ashley "Ash" Spinelli
Stevie Vallance  	Tigrerra
Ashley Johnson 	Gretchen Grundler
Stephen R. Hart 	Gorem
Courtland Mead 	Gustav "Gus" Griswald
Corey Padnos 	Chuck
Cherami Leigh 	Clare
Shaun Meunier 	Preyas, Angelo/Diablo Preyas
Tia Ballard 	Celia Yamamoto
Kathreen Khavari 	Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)
Graham Phillips 	Trent Osborn
Brina Palencia 	Jenny Nocturne
Britt Irvin 	Laura Kinney
Kim Mai Guest 	Makoto
Luci Christian 	Ren Takachiho
Daniel DeSanto 	Ray Lo
Jamie Marchi 	Aqua
Daryl Sabara 	Dexter Riley
Jack DeSena 	Ventus
Marc Diraison 	Terra
Kyle McCarley 	Axel/Lea
Jesse McCartney 	Roxas
Bella Hudson 	Bridget Verdant
James Arnold Taylor 	Joey Yushima
Deann Degruijter 	Wavern
Greg Cipes 	Kevin Lakin, Wiseman
Nadji Jeter 	Spider-Man (Miles Morales)
Logan Miller 	Sam Alexander
Graeme Cornies 	Gunz
Ursula Taherian 	Squirrel Girl (Doreen Green)
Taylor Hannah 	Mai Chen
Roger Craig Smith 	Capitan America (Steve Rogers)
Mick Wingert 	Iron Man (Tony Stark)
Fred Tatasciore 	Hulk (Bruce Banner)
Laura Bailey 	Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)
Troy Baker 	Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
Travis Willingham 	Thor Odinson
Bumper Robinson 	Falcon (Samuel Wilson)
Grey DeLisle 	Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
John Tui 	Phillip Folsom
Rob Rackstraw 	Merlin
Debi Mae West 	Zadavia
Mike McFarland 	Stan Yushima
Christopher Lloyd 	Master Xehanort
Benjamin Diskin 	Young Xehanort
Dorian Harewood 	Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, Xemnas, Terra-Xehanort
James Patrick Stuart 	Xigbar
Vic Mignogna 	Kurata Akihiro
Vexen
Crispin Freeman 	Saïx
Ryan O'Donohue 	Demyx
Robin Atkin Downes 	Luxord
Keith Ferguson 	Marluxia
Brittney Karbowski 	Larxene
Yuri Lowenthal 	Vanitas
Michael Sinterniklaas 	Riku Replica
John Stocker  	Naga
Ron Pardo 	Hal-G
Lyon Smith 	Masquerade
Craig Marshall  	Hydranoid
Susanne Blakeslee 	Maleficent
Jim Cummings 	Pete
Tyrone Savage, Andrew Jackson, Ron Rubin, Hadley Kay 	Nomad Mechtogans
Rob Tinkler, Brad Adamson, Carman Melville, Andrew Jackson, Ron Rubin, Donald Burda	The Nonets
== Episodes ==
Main article: List of Kingdom Hearts episodes 
== Music ==
=== Japanese Opening Themes ===
#	Title 	Performer 	Episodes	Length
1	Run on the plate !!!!  (皿に走れ!!!!, Sara ni hashire! ! ! !) 	"DISH//" 	1-66 	4:22
2	New World (新世界, Shin Sekai) 	"Hello Sleepwalkers"	67-111 	3:38
3	Butterfly effect (バタフライエフェクト, Batafuraiefekuto) 	"SID" 	112-131 	4:02
4	Stay Hope 	"Blue Encount" 	132-160 	2:02
=== Japanese Ending Themes ===
#	Title 	Performer 	Episodes	Length
1	Hikari 	"Bentley Jones" 	1-28 	5:03
2	Good (いいの, Īno) 	"Anly" 	29-56 	4:22
3	Stars in the rain 	"Aimer" 	57-84 	5:02
4	If you become your lover (君の恋人になったら, Kimino Koibitoni Nattara) 	"Back Number" 	85-111 	4:04
5	Unchanging Feelings (変わらぬ想い, Kawaranu Omoi) 	"Miwa with Scott & Rivers"	112-131 	4:25
6	Unacceptable (あっけない, Akkenai) 	"Ami Sakaguchi" 	132-147 	4:05
7	Dialogue 	"Asian Kung-Fu Generation"	148-160 	4:35
=== English Opening Themes ===
* Kingdom Hearts instrumental theme by Tetsuya Takahashi: episodes 1-131
* Kingdom Hearts instrumental theme by Norihito Sumitomo: episodes 132-160
=== English Ending Themes ===
* Simple and Clean by Bentley Jones: episodes 1-12
* Kingdom Hearts instrumental theme ver 1 by Tom Erba: episodes 13-71
*Kingdom Hearts instrumental theme ver 2 by Kevin Manthei: episodes 72-160
== Changes in the American version ==
The English staff had made changes to the episodes when it was aired internationally. The following are:
* Localization of names such as Masaru Shinpuson to Marcus Simpson and Phoenix to Skyress, among others so International Viewers can understand the Story.
* Replacing Japanese BGM (composed by Tetsuya Takahashi and Norihito Sumitomo) with the English version, given out in the background for the characters in season 1-5, like flute is played in the background for Sora and rock is played in the background for Marcus. Musical background status have change for season 6-7, as they don't play separate for different characters.
* When the dubbed episodes 1-131 aired on Sundays, on Freeform, they were edited and censored for blood, language, violence, and references to death are removed until the airing on Hulu.
*Tetsuya Takahashi and Norihito Sumitomo composed the score for the Japanese version of Kingdom Hearts. Tom Erba (2015-17) and Kevin Manthei composed a new background score for the international release "for both artistic and commercial reasons."
== Trivia ==
* The show has been moved to Hulu after the 131st episode.
* The English version episode 132 onwards now stream uncut on Hulu.
* This will be the second Anime collaboration between Square-Enix, Disney, and Marvel.
* Like the game series, most Disney voices have reprised their roles.
* Most non-Disney characters have reprised for their roles with some exceptions (for example being both Miyu Irino and Haley Joel Osment due to their busy schedules).
* These series are rated: TV-PG; later TV-PG-LV
* The show shares the same animation style with On the Way to a Smile -Episode: Denzel- Final Fantasy VII.
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