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Kingdom Hearts, Vol. 1x$2.36
  (18 reviews)
Best Price: $5.99 $2.36
When a strange storm hits his island home, 14-year-old Sora is separated from his friends and swept into a mysterious new land. There he meets Court Wizard Donald and Captain Goofy, who are on a mission to find their king, Mickey, and return him to his throne at Disney Castle. When the three learn of the Heartless, ominous creatures who feed off the darkness in the hearts of others, they join forces to recover Sora's friends, return the king to his rightful position and save the universe from the Heartless!Based on the super-popular world of Kingdom Hearts from Disney, here is one boy's epic journey of courage, trust, and unlocking the key to ones destiny!
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An enjoyable manga adaptation of Kingdom Hearts.
By A2VCGJLKGK2WJJ on 2005-10-07
This is the first in the four part Kingdom Hearts manga, which retells the video game's story in manga form.
Kingdom Hearts is the story of Sora, a young boy who lives on an island with his friends and dreams of traveling to other worlds. One night, his wish comes true in a way he never imagined when his island is invaded by fiends, the Heartless, and he is swept away to a strange new place. In this new city, Traverse Town, he meets Donald and Goofy, who are searching for the missing King Mickey, as well as some of the characters from the Final Fantasy series. In hopes of finding his own missing friends, Sora joins Donald and Goofy as they prepare to travel to other worlds in search of clues. Part one concludes with the end of their adventure in the first world they visit, Wonderland.
I really loved the Kingdom Hearts game so I was looking forward to reading the manga when I learned about it. The art is very cute and it's a fun way to go through the story again without replaying a 30 hour game, especially with the Kingdom Hearts II game coming out soon. I'd recommend the manga to all Kingdom Hearts fans and I look forward to reading the other three volumes.
Great Book
By A2HM796P90DP8U on 2005-11-07
It is great. All the adventure of kingdom hearts in this series. I enjoyed the first volume. The characters are beautifully drawn, it has good dialogue, and it matches nicely with the game. The only two bad things
1. I read graphic novels which are usually around 200 pages, this is only 135 pages. But it is a book and not a graphic novel so i guess it works out.
2. Only one volume every 3 months. Thats 3 months you can finish one in 2 hours. Number 2 isnt coming out until january and number three in april.
I reccomend this book to anybody who loves kingdom hearts or doesnt want to play the game. And it is a lot cheaper only 5.99 that is cheap compared to 7.99-9.99 for viz. I love viz and that is a great price too but for 5.99 i can afford it without a second thought!!! Buy it if you are looking for a good story or if you like the game.
Would be three stars...
By A30TSJEABCG883 on 2005-10-26
I just got the Kingdom Hearts manga today and finished reading it. Overall, I'll have to say I wasnt completely satisfied. It was too short and the scenes felt very rushed. I did like it because I love the game Kingdom Hearts, and I love manga. Seeing it in manga form was great. The drawings were very good and the dialogue is good too. The scenes are also well done, but just feel really rushed. It was lucky I gave it a 4...
Kingdom Hearts is great!
By A1DYI0P7N7MVV on 2005-10-18
This book is awesome! I have been a fan of Kingdom Hearts since the game first came out and as soon as I heard a manga for it was coming out in America, I was excited. It follows the games basic story line from building the raft, to fighting the heartless in Wonderland. The quality of the art work is good and I found a few of the faces that Sora makes are quite funny. If you liked the Kingdom Hearts game, I am certain that you will like this book. I recommened it to all Kingdom Hearts fans.
Kingdom Hearts Rocks!!!!
By on 2006-01-16
You've played the video games, you've heard Utada Hikaru's famous song Simple & Clean, & you really wanted that $80 life-size keyblade off of ebay...Well, at least I did! I found out that this book came out just yesterday & I bought it at my local book store. I absolutely LOVE THIS BOOK!!! I read it in a couple of hours & I thought it was the best manga I've ever read, but then again I've only read 3 manga series. I've been a Kingdom Hearts fan for only a little over a year now, & a couple months ago I completed Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. So I haven't known it for long, but I'm a really big fan. So if you like mystery, comedy, drama, disney stories all messed up & a really hot boy(in my opinon) Kingdom Hearts is for you!
- Disney Meets Anime
By A2F7CCPK4QL359 on 2006-08-15
I had heard of this video game from my cousin. He told me he played it and it was good. Lo and Be hold, when he and I were inb a book store , we saw volume one of this graphic novel series
This combination of Japanese Anime charcter with Donal and Goofy was a strange mix. The art work seem rough and not up to other manga work I seen. The drawing of the disney characters seem edgy for Dianey fan like myself
The story seem interesting at best, BUT I am unsure if I want to get further volumes (there are 4 in all) But I placed the complete saga (in one volume) on my want list which I hope will be available soon
Since I dont know the video game well at all, i would say get the first volume and see what you think. It was interesting to me and I am not an ANIME fan, but I ama DISNEY fan
Bennet Pomerantz AUDIOWORLD
- It's nice but....
By A2VXRPI97FQQLA on 2005-12-23
This is a nice add on to the story in the game, but they flipped it! If there's one nice thing about Viz is they don't flip everything. Toyko Pop, however, does and it feels weird. Unless you're used to reading manga, I don't think you'll notice, but for people like me it feels wrong.
My second complant is the font. In some sections, it's difficult to read becasue the d's look like a's and the s's can look like g's. There were a few spots in the book where I stared at words for a few seconds, trying to convince my brain that 'yes, that really was a d' and 'no, it's not a typo'. I hope the next books don't have this problem but I'm not going to hold my bbreath.
Anyway, cute story, but if you've played the game, you aren't missing much.
- A GREAT MANGA ADVENTURE!!!
By ASMP40U2EMDBF on 2005-12-22
This was one of the best manga seiries I've ever had & I'ts so cheap!!! This manga is bassed off of a SQUARESOFT video game witch makes it an easier to understand version I've traveled through piles of manga but have never found such a good story B4. I would reccomend this to any person that likes Final Fantasy or disney...
- Awfull Manga based on a great game.
By A1YPTV11H673G8 on 2006-06-02
First of all, this manga is NO GOOD, IT'S AWFULL!!! Before I read the book, I thought this book was going to follow the story from the game. Instead, it is rushed, the battle scenes are not detailed, and the plot is no good (Since it seems a lot of the story is missing). Although the art is good, it is MUCH better to play the game than reading this book.
- Great book, But not exactly accurate
By A3ONBX2VNIFLQP on 2006-08-30
I have just recently bought this book and i must say, this is a great book! I am a big fan of the "Kingdom Hearts" games. Although the books are fairly accurate, they do NOT go over all of the worlds that were in the game. For example, the series does not go over my favorite world, Halloweentown. The series is great though if you love the story, but don't want to play the game to hear the story. The Anime style artwork is great, and at the end of each book, there is a bonus section full of either character sketches, comics, or even a mini story (mini story based on Winnie the pooh, in the 4th book). Overall, this IS A GREAT BOOK
- From an anime lover
By on 2006-11-03
hey i'm a big kingdom hearts fan and anime fan and square enix fan. I havent read this yet but I know its good cause I have red the first chapter but I still havent got the maga. It is very very good and you wont be dissapointed.
- Great Item
By A1RILP6XHQPEYP on 2007-01-30
This is a great book to have. You dont really need to have played the video game to understand it, but it sure helps. It's a great thing to read to pass some time. I read it at school.
- Pricing certainly fits the quality.
By A2LWLF8DBTTH33 on 2006-01-20
Shiro Amano has taken the story of a beautifully animated game and turned it into a poorly done doujinshi series. The story line follows the game almost to the letter, from what I can tell of this first volume, but the quality of the work leaves a lot to be desired. I was extremely disappointed when I picked this up in the bookstore--I was expecting something that resembled the quality of the game's graphics, not a manga that might as well have been a clone of the .hack//Legend of the Twilight series in terms of childish artwork. If you're looking for a quick and easy retelling of the story of Kingdom Hearts and can get past the obnoxious artwork, this is the thing for you. If not, you're better off sticking with the game.
- Kingdom Books
By on 2006-05-19
What is the book that is better then the game? Kingdom Hearts is the book. Its got laughs, fun, and Suspense more then any of its games. It is like reading a game. I love this book and I promise you, you will love it too.
- Passed Parts
By on 2006-06-26
Even though I'm 10 years old I actually read this book I think that the book skipped some parts in the actual game.Also,it's different.
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