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Thanks to hidemi_mad_dog on twitter, he has tweeted an image featuring a Shadow, Dusk, and Flood in a cuter format than what they are known for. The reason for this image is that they are designs for new Kingdom Hearts plushes! The designs were sketched by Tetsuya Nomura himself.

On this date 10 years ago, this great series known as Kingdom Hearts was released. Captivating fans young and old alike with it’s blend of Final Fantasy-ness but more importantly it’s Disney-ness. We raise our glasses today and toast to 10 years for the Kingdom Hearts series!

Are you looking for a site that revolves around Kingdom Hearts? Are you a Kingdom Hearts fan that doesn’t know the full story of the series? Or are you a fan who can’t afford to purchase the games on different consoles? Well this post is for you! A group of dedicated Kingdom Hearts fans have brought to you a website focused on bringing fans up to date on the story, Nomura interviews, Ansem Reports and even a glossary of used terms from the series. You can either be new to the series or a follower since the first game but need to catch up information you may have missed or forgotten. The answer you seek is called “The Kingdom Hearts Info Block”, made by fans for the fans.

Square Enix has re-opened and updated the Kingdom Hearts Portal Website, where links to all of the official Japanese sites are displayed as well as the “Message to the Kingdom” blog and the Kingdom Hearts mobile site. This update introduces an “About” section which gives information about the entire Kingdom Hearts series and even a chronological look at all the Kingdom Hearts games to date.

There are so many potential untold stories that Nomura missed in Kingdom Hearts, and so many scenes that could have been realized. Though he may have left them out of the games, or just had not thought of them, we can look to fans to apply their talent in story-telling, brush and art to recreate the whole Kingdom Hearts universe. Join Arcane this week, as we step into the ever-wondrous world of fanworks. Just what angles are these creators coming from? And what are they trying to create?

We’ll have a special bonus blog to close off 2010. It’ll be rooted in Christmas cheer…Kingdom Hearts style! So look for us on Christmas Eve!