Kingdom Hearts II (2005) (VG)

Director:

Tetsuya Nomura

Writers:

Tetsuya Nomura (base story scenario)
Kazushige Nojima (scenario: Stellavista Ltd.)
(more)

Release Date:

28 March 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Mystery

Tagline:

Those who control the Nobody, are the Thirteenth Order.

Plot:

One year after the events of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Sora, Donald, and goofy awaken in Twilight Town...

Plot Keywords:

King | Bishounen | Crossover | Teapot | Mouse

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Haley Joel Osment	...	Sora (voice: English version)
David Gallagher	...	Riku (voice: English version)
Hayden Panettiere	...	Kairi (voice: English version)
Jesse McCartney	...	Roxas (voice: English version)
Brittany Snow	...	Naminé (voice: English version)
Justin Cowden	...	Hayner (voice: English version)
Sean Marquette	...	Pence (voice: English version)
Jessica DiCicco	...	Olette (voice: English version)
Richard Epcar	...	Ansem (Xehanort's Heartless) / Xehanort (voice: English version)
Robin Atkin Downes	...	Luxord (voice: English version)
Ryan O'Donohue	...	Demyx (voice: English version)
Quinton Flynn	...	Axel (voice: English version)
Kirk Thornton	...	Saïx (voice: English version)
David Dayan Fisher	...	Xaldin (voice: English version)
James Patrick Stuart	...	Xigbar (voice: English version) (as James Patrick Stewart)
Paul St. Peter	...	Xemnas (voice: English version)
Christopher Lee	...	DiZ / Ansem the Wise (voice: English version)
Crispin Freeman	...	Setzer Gabbiani / Will Turner (voice: English version)
Steve Burton	...	Cloud Strife (voice: English version)
Mena Suvari	...	Aerith Gainsborough (voice: English version)
Rachael Leigh Cook	...	Tifa Lockhart (voice: English version)
Mae Whitman	...	Yuffie Kisaragi (voice: English version)
Chris Edgerly	...	Cid Highwind (voice: English version)
George Newbern	...	Sephiroth (voice: English version)
Doug Erholtz	...	Squall Leonhart (Leon) (voice: English version)
Molly Marlette	...	Selphie Tilmitt (voice: English version) (as Molly Keck)
Will Friedle	...	Seifer Almasy (voice: English version)
Jillian Bowen	...	Fujin (Fuu) (voice: English version)
Brandon Quintin Adams	...	Raijin (Rai) (voice: English version) (as Brandon Adams)
Melissa Disney	...	Vivi Orunitia (voice: English version)
Matt McKenzie	...	Auron (voice: English version)
Hedy Burress	...	Yuna (voice: English version)
Tara Strong	...	Rikku (voice: English version)
Gwendoline Yeo	...	Paine (voice: English version)
Wayne Allwine	...	King Mickey Mouse (voice: English version)
Tony Anselmo	...	Donald Duck (voice: English version)
Christopher Daniel Barnes	...	Prince Eric (voice: English version)
Jeff Bennett	...	Merlin / Lumiere / Barrel (voice: English version)
Jimmy Bennett	...	Roo (voice: English version)
Jodi Benson	...	Ariel (voice: English version)
Robby Benson	...	Beast (voice: English version)
Gregg Berger	...	Eeyore (voice: English version)
Susanne Blakeslee	...	Maleficent / Twilight Town Computer (voice: English version)
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Tron (voice: English version)
Zach Braff	...	Chicken Little (voice: English version)
Corey Burton	...	Dale / MCP / Santa Claus / Sark / Shan-Yu / The Peddler / Yen Sid (voice: English version)
Eddie Carroll	...	Jiminy Cricket (voice: English version)
Pat Carroll	...	Ursula (voice: English version)
Dan Castellaneta	...	Genie (voice: English version)
Cam Clarke	...	Simba (voice: English version) (as Cameron Clarke)
Robert Costanzo	...	Philoctetes (Phil) (voice: English version) (as Bobby Costanzo)
Jim Cummings	...	Ed / Pete / Tigger / Winnie the Pooh (voice: English version)
Barbara Dirickson	...	Flora (voice: English version)
Tate Donovan	...	Hercules (voice: English version)
Susan Egan	...	Megara (voice: English version)
Bill Farmer	...	Goofy / Pluto (voice: English version)
Harvey Fierstein	...	Yao (voice: English version)
Jonathan Freeman	...	Jafar (voice: English version)
Brian George	...	Capt. Hector Barbossa (voice: English version)
Parker Goris	...	Flounder (voice: English version)
Gilbert Gottfried	...	Iago (voice: English version)
Michael Gough	...	Gopher (voice: English version)
Robert Guillaume	...	Rafiki (voice: English version)
Jess Harnell	...	Dr. Finkelstein / Lock (voice: English version)
James Horan	...	Scar (voice: English version)
Christie Houser	...	Attina (voice: English version)
James Earl Jones	...	Mufasa (voice: English version) (archive sound)
Bruce Lanoil	...	Timon (voice: English version)
Angela Lansbury	...	Mrs. Potts (voice: English version)
Linda Larkin	...	Princess Jasmine (voice: English version)
Susie Stevens-Logan	...	Andrina (voice: English version) (as Susie Stevens Logan)
Tress MacNeille	...	Daisy Duck / Chip / Merryweather / Kanga / Shenzi (voice: English version)
Cheech Marin	...	Banzai (voice: English version)
Kenneth Mars	...	King Triton (voice: English version)
Vanessa Marshall	...	Nala (voice: English version)
Ming-Na Wen	...	Mulan (voice: English version) (as Ming-Na)
Monie Mon	...	Shenzi (voice: English version)
Pat Morita	...	Emperor of China (voice: English version)
Mark Moseley	...	Mushu (voice: English version)
Travis Oates	...	Piglet (voice: English version)
Paige O'Hara	...	Belle (voice: English version)
Ken Page	...	Oogie Boogie (voice: English version)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Sebastian (voice: English version)
Ernie Sabella	...	Pumbaa (voice: English version)
Chris Sanders	...	Stitch (voice: English version)
Ken Sansom	...	Rabbit (voice: English version)
Chris Sarandon	...	Jack Skellington (voice: English version)
Eliza Schneider	...	Elizabeth Swann (voice: English version) (as Eliza Jane Schneider)
Glenn Shadix	...	Mayor of Halloween Town (voice: English version)
Kath Soucie	...	Sally / Shock (voice: English version)
Christopher Steele	...	Peter Pan (voice: English version)
David Ogden Stiers	...	Cogsworth (voice: English version)
Andre Stojka	...	Owl (voice: English version)
James Arnold Taylor	...	Capt. Jack Sparrow (voice: English version)
Russi Taylor	...	Fauna / Queen Minnie Mouse (voice: English version)
Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Young Simba (voice: English version) (archive sound)
Jerry Tondo	...	Chien-Po (voice: English version)
Gedde Watanabe	...	Ling (voice: English version)
Scott Weinger	...	Aladdin (voice: English version)
Frank Welker	...	Abu (voice: English version)
BD Wong	...	Captain Li Shang (voice: English version)
James Woods	...	Hades (voice: English version)
Jo Anne Worley	...	Wardrobe (voice: English version) (as JoAnne Worley)
Beau Billingslea	...	Bo'Sun (voice: English version)
A.J. Buckley	...	(voice: English version)
Paul Butcher	...	(voice: English version)
Robert Clotworthy	...	(voice: English version)
Kevin Delaney	...	Tournament Announcer (voice: English version)
John DiMaggio	...	Jacoby (voice: English version)
Courtnee Draper	...	(voice: English version)
Bob Joles	...	(voice: English version)
Rosalyn Landor	...	Space Paranoids System (voice: English version)
Adam Leadbeater	...	Twigg (voice: English version)
J.P. Manoux	...	(voice: English version)
Jon Olson	...	(voice: English version)
Adam Paul	...	Tournament Announcer (voice: English version)
Bradley Pierce	...	(voice: English version)
Kristen Rutherford	...	(voice: English version)
Audrey Wasilewski	...	(voice: English version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yôsuke Akimoto	...	Xaldin (voice: Japanese version)
Mayuko Aoki	...	Yuna / Selphie Tilmitt (voice: Japanese version)
Takashi Aoyagi	...	Mickey Mouse (voice: Japanese version)
Kaori Asô	...	Princess Jasmine (voice: Japanese version)
Miyoko Asô	...	Flora (voice: Japanese version)
Mika Doi	...	Daisy Duck (voice: Japanese version)
Yuko Doi	...	Sally / Shock (voice: Japanese version)
Masashi Ebara	...	Lumiere (voice: Japanese version)
Hiroshi Fujioka	...	Shan-Yu (voice: Japanese version)
Keiji Fujiwara	...	Axel (voice: Japanese version)
Kimiko Fukuda	...	Mrs. Potts (voice: Japanese version)
Masato Funaki	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Tesshô Genda	...	Tigger (voice: Japanese version)
Kazuko Hamano	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Riko Hanamura	...	Nala (voice: Japanese version)
Hiroshi Hatanaka	...	Oogie Boogie / Pumbaa (voice: Japanese version)
Yu Hayashi	...	Peter Pan (voice: Japanese version)
Daisuke Hirakawa	...	Will Turner (voice: Japanese version)
Yuka Hirasawa	...	Olette (voice: Japanese version)
Hiroaki Hirata	...	Captain Jack Sparrow (voice: Japanese version)
Ben Hiura	...	Banzai (voice: Japanese version)
Masayo Hosono	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Masachika Ichimura	...	Jack Skellington (voice: Japanese version)
Minoru Inaba	...	Dale (voice: Japanese version)
Takashi Inagaki	...	Yen Sid (voice: Japanese version)
Aki Inoue	...	(voice: Japanese version) (as Aki Unone)
Kazuhiko Inoue	...	Prince Eric (voice: Japanese version)
Miyu Irino	...	Sora (voice: Japanese version)
Tarô Ishida	...	King Triton / Eeyore (voice: Japanese version)
Hideo Ishikawa	...	Squall Leonhart / Auron (voice: Japanese version)
Ayumi Ito	...	Tifa Lockhart (voice: Japanese version)
Eri Itô	...	Belle (voice: Japanese version)
Haruhiko Jô	...	Captain Hector Barbossa / Scar (voice: Japanese version)
Takuya Kaihoko	...	Flounder (voice: Japanese version)
Yumi Kakazu	...	Yuffie Kisaragi (voice: Japanese version)
Sukekiyo Kameyama	...	Winnie The Pooh (voice: Japanese version)
Tetsuo Kanao	...	Sark (voice: Japanese version)
Tomie Kataoka	...	Shenzi / Kanga (voice: Japanese version)
Kaneta Kimotsuki	...	Jiminy Cricket (voice: Japanese version)
Osamu Kobayashi	...	The Emperor of China (voice: Japanese version)
Ichirota Koizumi	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Takako Kondo	...	Wardrobe (voice: Japanese version)
Takehito Koyasu	...	Seifer Almasy (voice: Japanese version)
Kujira	...	Ursula (voice: Japanese version)
Kazuo Kumakura	...	Cogsworth (voice: Japanese version)
Hisako Kyôda	...	Fauna (voice: Japanese version)
Hiromi Maeda	...	Ariel's Sister #1 (voice: Japanese version)
Marika Matsumoto	...	Rikku (voice: Japanese version)
Rica Matsumoto	...	Megara (voice: Japanese version) (as Rika Matsumoto)
Yasunori Matsumoto	...	Hercules (voice: Japanese version)
Takashi Matsuo	...	The Merchant (voice: Japanese version)
Chie Matsuora	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Shigeo Matsuzawa	...	Barrel (voice: Japanese version)
Shin'ichirô Miki	...	Aladdin (voice: Japanese version)
Yûji Mitsuya	...	Dr. Finkelstein / Timon (voice: Japanese version)
Mitsuru Miyamoto	...	Simba (voice: Japanese version)
Mamoru Miyano	...	Riku (voice: Japanese version)
Yûko Mizutani	...	Minnie Mouse (voice: Japanese version)
Toshiyuki Morikawa	...	Sephiroth (voice: Japanese version)
Tomoaki Nagae	...	Santa Claus (voice: Japanese version)
Ichirô Nagai	...	Philoctetes (voice: Japanese version)
Iku Nakahara	...	Naminé (voice: Japanese version)
Kazuya Nakai	...	Raijin (Rai) (voice: Japanese version)
Ryûsei Nakao	...	Ling (voice: Japanese version)
Jôji Nakata	...	Luxord (voice: Japanese version)
Rio Natsuki	...	Fujin (Fuu) (voice: Japanese version)
Masako Nozawa	...	Merryweather (voice: Japanese version)
Yutaka Oda	...	Yao (voice: Japanese version)
Mitsuru Ogata	...	Piglet (voice: Japanese version)
Kazuki Ogawa	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Shin'ya Ohwada	...	Mufasa (voice: Japanese version)
Ryôtarô Okiayu	...	Setzer Gabbiani (voice: Japanese version)
Ryûji Saikachi	...	Rafiki (voice: Japanese version)
Maaya Sakamoto	...	Aerith Gainsborough (voice: Japanese version)
Takahiro Sakurai	...	Cloud Strife (voice: Japanese version)
Kazunori Sasaki	...	Hayner (voice: Japanese version)
Ginpei Sato	...	Saïx (voice: Japanese version)
Toshiko Sawada	...	Maleficent (voice: Japanese version)
Ikuya Sawaki	...	Master Control Program (voice: Japanese version)
Kyûsaku Shimada	...	Hades (voice: Japanese version)
Yu Shimaka	...	Goofy (voice: Japanese version)
Shion	...	Ariel's Sister #2 (voice: Japanese version) (as Shion Hino)
Kôzô Shioya	...	Chien-Po (voice: Japanese version)
Yoshinori Sonobe	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Shintarou Sonooka	...	Captain Li Shang / Lock (voice: Japanese version)
Masaya Sugimoto	...	Roo (voice: Japanese version)
Junichi Suwabe	...	Tournament Announcer (voice: Japanese version)
Mayumi Suzuki	...	Fa Mulan / Ping / Ariel (voice: Japanese version)
Ken'ichi Suzumura	...	Demyx (voice: Japanese version)
Akira Takarada	...	Jafar (voice: Japanese version)
Toshitsugu Takashina	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Roko Takizawa	...	Chip (voice: Japanese version)
Naoki Tatsuta	...	Rabbit (voice: Japanese version)
Hayato Taya	...	Pence (voice: Japanese version)
Megumi Toyoguchi	...	Paine (voice: Japanese version)
Hiroshi Tsuchida	...	Tron (voice: Japanese version)
Mahito Tsujimura	...	Gopher (voice: Japanese version)
Minoru Uchida	...	Merlin (voice: Japanese version)
Risa Uchida	...	Kairi (voice: Japanese version)
Koki Uchiyama	...	Roxas (voice: Japanese version)
Toshiya Ueda	...	Owl (voice: Japanese version)
Norio Wakamoto	...	Xemnas (voice: Japanese version)
Genzô Wakayama	...	DiZ / Ansem the Wise (voice: Japanese version)
Hideo Watanabe	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Kôichi Yamadera	...	Donald Duck / Mushu / Beast / Sebastian / Genie / Stitch (voice: Japanese version)
Kazuhiro Yamaji	...	Cid Highwind (voice: Japanese version)
Keiko Yamamoto	...	Chicken Little (voice: Japanese version)
Tsutomu Yamauchi	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Takahiro Yoshino	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Saori Yumiba	...	Elizabeth Swann (voice: Japanese version)
Tôru Ôhira	...	Pete / Mayor of Halloween Town (voice: Japanese version)
Tôru Ôkawa	...	Iago (voice: Japanese version)
Jun Ôsugi	...	(voice: Japanese version)
Ikue Ôtani	...	Vivi Orunitia (voice: Japanese version) (as Ikue Otani)
Akio Ôtsuka	...	Ansem (Xehanort's Heartless) / Xehanort (voice: Japanese version)
Hôchû Ôtsuka	...	Xigbar (voice: Japanese version)

Directed by
Tetsuya Nomura

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Kazushige Nojima		scenario: Stellavista Ltd.
Tetsuya Nomura		base story scenario
Masaru Oka		base story scenario
Harunori Sakemi		text planner: scenario
Daisuke Watanabe		text planner: scenario

Produced by
Patrick Chen	....	associate producer: project management
Shinji Hashimoto	....	producer
Keiji Honda	....	executive producer
Sonoko Ishioka	....	producer: Buena Vista Games
Akira Kato	....	producer: Buena Vista Games Japan
Yoshinori Kitase	....	co-producer
Yoichi Wada	....	executive producer (as Youichi Wada)
Emiko Yamamoto	....	senior producer: Buena Vista Games Japan

Original Music by
Yôko Shimomura

Art Direction by
Takayuki Ôdachi		(as Takayuki Ohdachi)

Production Management
Brian Monroe	....	production manager: Disney Character Voices (as Bryan Monroe)

Art Department
Takeshi Arakawa	....	art director: interface
Mamiko Fukuda	....	artist: 2D character art
Ryo Hasegawa	....	lead designer: map modeling
Tomohiro Hasegawa	....	art director: texture
Tomohiro Hasegawa	....	lead artist: 2D character art
Mihoko Ishii	....	lead artist: 2D character art
Takuya Iwasaki	....	artist: 2D character art
Yasushi Kameda	....	lead designer: map modeling
Kaoru Kawaguchi	....	artist: 2D character art
Daiju Komatsu	....	artist: 2D character art
Fumi Minagawa	....	supervisor: 2D character art
Tetsuya Nomura	....	concept designer
Tetsuya Nomura	....	main artist: 2D character art
Yoshiaki Obuchi	....	lead designer: map modeling
Tomoyuki Sato	....	artist: 2D character art
Daigo Tsukada	....	artist: 2D character art
Chiharu Tsutsui	....	artist: 2D character art

Sound Department
Yoshitaka Fujita	....	senior sound editor
Yuki Hirose	....	sound editor
Ryo Inakura	....	sound designer
Yosuke Nakashima	....	sound editor
Atsushi Ohnishi	....	dialogue editor
Hitoshi Ohori	....	sound programmer
Yukihiro Seta	....	sound editor
Asako Suga	....	supervising dialogue editor
Masayoshi Umezu	....	dialogue editor
Masayuki Yui	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Hirotaka Baba	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Kotaro Beppu	....	CG engineer: movie section, Visual Works
Masanori Chokki	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Kaori Doi	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Tadashi Fujita	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Mitsuharu Fukai	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Shinya Fukaura	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Keno Hakamaya	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works (as Kenou Hakamaya)
Ayako Hayashi	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Manabu Himukai	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Fred T.Y. Hui	....	CG engineer: movie section, Visual Works
Shu Ikegami	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Tomoyo Ikegami	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Tadahiro Inoue	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Hideo Katsuta	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Genichi Kawada	....	CG engineer: movie section, Visual Works
Hirofumi Kawai	....	CG engineer: movie section, Visual Works
Masaki Kawai	....	designer: VFX
Shigeru Kawamura	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Takumi Kimura	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Gakushi Kobayashi	....	designer: VFX
Shiho Kobayashi	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Keiichi Kurita	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Naoki Kurita	....	designer: VFX
Ayako Kuroda	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Toyotaka Kuroda	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Kiminori Kusano	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Hiroko Masuda	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Hiroki Minami	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Makoto Miyajima	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Hiroki Miyazaki	....	CG engineer: movie section, Visual Works
Keisuke Miyazaki	....	CG engineer: movie section, Visual Works
Koji Nagata	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Satoshi Naito	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Isao Nanba	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Koki Nara	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Shigeyuki Ohno	....	designer: VFX
Yosuke Okayama	....	designer: VFX (as Yousuke Okayama)
Kuniaki Saito	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Misato Sakuragi	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Hirotaka Sato	....	CG engineer: movie section, Visual Works
Shuichi Sato	....	art director: VFX (as Syuichi Sato)
Keiko Satose	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Katsumi Suzuki	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Tomoya Suzuki	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Yusuke Suzuki	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Yumi Takamatsu	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Koji Tanaka	....	visual effects supervisor: movie section, Visual Works
Masayo Tateishi	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Jun Usui	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Taku Wakisaka	....	CG engineer: movie section, Visual Works
Kumiko Yamada	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Atsushi Yamamoto	....	designer: VFX
Yuji Yamazaki	....	CG designer: movie section, Visual Works
Takahiro Yasuda	....	designer: VFX
Toshihiro Yokota	....	designer: VFX
Yasuharu Yoshizawa	....	composite supervisor: movie section, Visual Works

Animation Department
Mika Anzai	....	designer: event animation
Takaharu Aono	....	designer: battle animation
Eri Dobashi	....	texture designer
Mamiko Fukuda	....	texture designer
Haruo Furukawa	....	designer: event animation
Tatsuo Heianzan	....	designer: character modeling
Sayaka Hoshino	....	texture designer
Koji Ida	....	designer: character modeling
Reina Ikeda	....	lead designer: event animation
Masami Imamura	....	designer: character modeling
Takahiro Inoue	....	designer: event animation
Atsuko Ishikawa	....	designer: event animation
Yuko Ito	....	designer: character modeling
Takuya Iwasaki	....	lead designer: facial animation
Akira Iwasawa	....	lead designer: facial animation
Takayuki Kanbayashi	....	designer: battle animation
Takeshi Kanda	....	designer: battle animation
Masaya Katayama	....	designer: event animation
Tomohiro Kayano	....	3D modeling director: character
Yoshihiro Kitano	....	animation supervisor: movie section, Visual Works
Daiju Komatsu	....	texture designer
Katsuya Kondô	....	animation director (as Tatsuya Kando)
Hideo Kubota	....	lead designer: character modeling
Naoki Kurita	....	texture designer
Kohei Kurosawa	....	designer: event animation
John Loter	....	character art designer: Buena Vista Games
Hiroyuki Mashita	....	designer: character modeling
Jun Masuda	....	character model supervisor: movie section, Visual Works
Kenta Matsubara	....	designer: event animation
Keiko Matsuda	....	designer: character modeling
Shinichi Matsuda	....	lead designer: event animation
Toshiaki Matsumoto	....	texture designer
Kei Miyamoto	....	character technical supervisor: movie section, Visual Works
Shusuke Momoi	....	designer: event animation (as Syusuke Momoi)
Hiromichi Morita	....	designer: character modeling
Yoichi Muraki	....	designer: event animation
Takayuki Naito	....	designer: event animation
Toshihiko Nakai	....	texture designer
Kanji Nishida	....	designer: event animation
Tetsuya Nomura	....	character designer
Ryo Oda	....	designer: event animation
Akie Ohgaki	....	designer: event animation (as Akie Oogaki)
Natsuki Oiwa	....	designer: facial animation
Mayumi Okamoto	....	texture designer
Mai Okauchi	....	texture designer
Kazuhiro Okawa	....	texture designer (as Kazuhiro Ohkawa)
Taisuke Ooe	....	lead designer: battle animation
Takeshi Ota	....	designer: battle animation (as Takeshi Oota)
Yuki Ota	....	designer: event animation (as Yuuki Oota)
Masahiro Saito	....	texture designer
Ryohei Sakai	....	designer: battle animation
Tomoyuki Sato	....	lead designer: event animation
Kenichi Shida	....	lead designer: event animation
Munenori Shinagawa	....	designer: event animation
Kohichiro Shiratori	....	animation supervisor: movie section, Visual Works (as Koichiro Shiratori)
Ryo Shukunami	....	designer: event animation
Junji Suzuki	....	designer: event animation
Kayoe Takagi	....	designer: event animation
Yusuke Takano	....	lead designer: battle animation
Hidetoshi Takata	....	lead designer: battle animation
Masashi Takizawa	....	texture designer
Masahide Tanaka	....	3D modeling director: map
Daigo Tsukada	....	designer: battle animation
Yasumasa Uchijima	....	designer: event animation
Yukie Wakamoto	....	designer: event animation
Takashi Wako	....	texture designer
Kayoko Yajima	....	designer: facial animation
Takeshi Yamaguchi	....	designer: event animation
Hiroyuki Yamaji	....	designer: battle animation
Kazuhito Yamamoto	....	layout supervisor: movie section, Visual Works
Shuko Murase	....	character designer: "Vivi Ornitier" (uncredited)

Casting Department
Rita Kedineoglu	....	additional casting: English version

Music Department
Yôko Shimomura	....	composer: additional music

Other crew
Aaron J. Adams	....	senior quality assurance coordinator: Square Enix Inc.
Katsuya Aiso	....	game tester: quality assurance division
Satoshi Akamatsu	....	tool programmer
Sachie Aoki	....	staff: creator coordination section
Hisano Arai	....	manager: sales administration division
Megumi Arai	....	localization manager: Buena Vista Games
Takayuki Arai	....	engineer: network system division
Madoka Asano	....	coordinator: quality assurance division
Neal Black	....	general counsel: Square Enix Inc.
Shundea K. Brooks	....	sales: Square Enix Inc.
Scott Brovsky	....	brand manager: Buena Vista Games
Fernando Bustamante	....	product marketing: Square Enix Inc.
Isagani Camangian	....	quality assurance team: Square Enix Inc.
David Carrillo	....	quality assurance manager: Square Enix Inc. (as David 'Ribs' Carrillo)
Veronica Castillo	....	quality assurance team: Square Enix Inc.
Patrick Cervantes	....	marketing communications: Square Enix Inc. (as Patrick H. Cervantes)
Roger Chuang	....	quality assurance team: Square Enix Inc.
John Clark	....	quality assurance team: Square Enix Inc.
Mathew Clift	....	quality assurance coordinator: Square Enix Inc.
Kythera Contreras	....	quality assurance team: Square Enix Inc.
Jonathan Cooperson	....	marketing communications: Square Enix Inc.
Randy Coppinger	....	senior technical coordinator: Disney Character Voices
Alaine DeLeon	....	sales: Square Enix Inc. (as Alaine C. de Leon)
Tatsuhiko Enari	....	planner: map section
Takashi Endo	....	planning director: map
Abraham Flores	....	quality assurance team: Square Enix Inc.
Ethan Friedericks	....	production coordinator: Disney Character Voices
Takahiro Fujii	....	staff: legal & intellectual property division
Jeremy Goldsmith	....	quality assurance team: Square Enix Inc.
Joel Goodsell	....	additional production: Buena Vista Games
Brian Gray	....	localization translator
Erik Guenther	....	additional production: Buena Vista Games
Kumiko Hakushi	....	public relations: Square Enix Inc.
Kazuki Hamamoto	....	project assistant
Hiroshi Harada	....	main programmer
Hiroshi Harada	....	staff: legal & intellectual property division
Frederick K. Hashi	....	public relations: Square Enix Inc.
Shinji Hashimoto	....	senior vice president: Square Enix Inc.
Tomohiro Hayasaka	....	engineer: network system division
Daisuke Hayashi	....	planner: map section
Ichiro Hazama	....	business manager: project management
Shinobu Hidaki	....	manager: sales administration division
Ayako Hino	....	staff: legal & intellectual property division
Masashi Hiramatsu	....	general manager: localization division
Masashi Hiramatsu	....	manager: rating section
Tomohiko Hirano	....	production assistant: project management
Seikou Hokama	....	coordinator: localization division (as Seikoh Hokama)
Alfred Holz	....	assistant coordinator: Square Enix Inc.
Benjamin Hoppe	....	creative manager: Disney Character Voices (as Ben Hoppe)
Jed Horn	....	production coordinator: Disney Character Voices
Makoto Hosoda	....	engineer assistant: network system division
Shingo Hosokawa	....	coordinator: localization division
Keisuke Iizuka	....	game tester: quality assurance division
Ryuji Ikeda	....	programmer
Sonia Im	....	public relations: Square Enix Inc.
Yasuharu Ishibashi	....	programmer
Yukari Ishida	....	planner: event section
Atsuko Ishikura	....	planner: event section
Takeharu Ishimoto	....	synthesizer operator
Takayoshi Ito	....	programmer
Noriko Iwahara	....	translator: localization division
Jun Iwasaki	....	marketing & public relations: outside contractors
Hisato Iwatsuki	....	technical engineer: quality assurance division
Renée Johnson	....	creative manager: Disney Character Voices
Traci Jones	....	sales: Square Enix Inc.
Akira Kakui	....	coordinator: network system division
Yuuichi Kanemori	....	planning director (as Yuichi Kanemori)
Yumi Kano	....	game tester: quality assurance division (as Yumi Kanou)
Naoki Kasahara	....	engineer assistant: network system division
Nobuyuki Kashihara	....	staff: creator coordination section
Hideyuki Kato	....	technical director: quality assurance division
Yumi Katsuyama	....	staff: publicity team
Takanori Kawahara	....	game tester: quality assurance division
Arthur T. Kawamoto	....	quality assurance translator: Square Enix Inc.
Miyako Kibe	....	development staff: merchandising division
Chie Kigami	....	assistant coordinator: network system division
Shin Kimishima	....	assistant: localization division (as Sin Kimishima)
Masashi Kitagawa	....	project coordinator
Masato Kogure	....	staff: publicity team
Daisuke Komatsugi	....	game tester: quality assurance division
Takayuki Komine	....	chief coordinator: network system division
Satoshi Konagawa	....	game tester: quality assurance division
Reiko Kondo	....	advisor: rating section
Katsuyoshi Konishi	....	engineer: network system division
Kenn Konno	....	quality assurance team: Square Enix Inc.
Sean Krankel	....	additional production: Buena Vista Games
Takeshi Kudo	....	planner: map section
Nozomi Kurihara	....	engineer: network system division
Junya Kuroda	....	coordinator: network system division
Hiroyuki Kuwata	....	planner: map section
Tim Law	....	marketing communications: Square Enix Inc.
Wilbur Lin	....	marketing communications: Square Enix Inc.
Ned Lott	....	senior manager: Disney Character Voices
Eri Maruyama	....	staff: legal & intellectual property division
Kenichi Matsudo	....	engineer: network system division
Miyuki Matsumura	....	game tester: quality assurance division
Toshie Matsuo	....	game tester: quality assurance division
Michio Matsuura	....	planner: event section
Hirokuni Matsuyama	....	purchasing staff: merchandising division
Hidemi Matsuzuka	....	general manager: merchandising division
Emi Maurer	....	quality assurance translator: Square Enix Inc.
Miyuki Miyazaki	....	staff: creator coordination section
Toyoaki Miyazaki	....	staff: sales administration division
Eri Morimoto	....	production assistant: project management
Aki Moriwaki	....	staff: sales administration division
Kae Murata	....	assistant coordinator: network system division
Masashi Nagai	....	planner: quality assurance division
Toshiaki Naito	....	chief engineer: network system division
Kengo Naka	....	programmer
Kaori Nakanishi	....	staff: sales administration division
Ken Narita	....	manager: creator coordination section
Shingo Niwano	....	engineer: network system division
Makiko Noda	....	production assistant: project management
Masakazu Noda	....	game tester: quality assurance division
Takeshi Nozue	....	movie director
Hiroko Oba	....	purchasing staff: merchandising division (as Hiroko Ohba)
Kakuko Obinata	....	publicity producer
Akio Ofuji	....	supervisor: publicity team (as Akio Ohfuji)
Reiko Ogasawara	....	staff: creator coordination section
Masaru Oka	....	event director
Kazuya Okamoto	....	technical engineer: quality assurance division
Naoko Okamoto	....	game tester: quality assurance division
Tetsuya Okamoto	....	engineer: network system division
Atsuko Okuda	....	staff: sales administration division
Sota Onji	....	engineer assistant: network system division
Maiko Otani	....	engineer: network system division (as Maiko Ootani)
Thaddeus Philips	....	quality assurance team: Square Enix Inc.
Adam Raun	....	quality assurance team: Square Enix Inc.
Steven Ray	....	quality assurance team: Square Enix Inc.
Yusuke Sadamasa	....	technical assistant: quality assurance division
Akira Saito	....	game tester: quality assurance division
Matt Sanchez	....	quality assurance team: Square Enix Inc.
Jason Sanders	....	quality assurance associate: Square Enix Inc.
Takashi Sannohe	....	engineer: network system division
Michihiro Sasaki	....	general manager: legal & intellectual property division
Louis Sedeno	....	quality assurance team: Square Enix Inc.
Philip Ser	....	product marketing: Square Enix Inc.
Saori Shibano	....	staff: legal & intellectual property division
Shinichi Shibata	....	chief engineer: network system division
Yukihiro Shibuya	....	manager: quality assurance division
Naoto Shimada	....	engineer: network system division
Konomi Shimano	....	coordinator: network system division
Yasushi Shimizu	....	engineer: network system division
Kosei Shimoda	....	engineer assistant: network system division
Lila Shin	....	quality assurance team: Square Enix Inc.
Shinji Shishikura	....	game tester: quality assurance division
Tatsuya Shoji	....	programmer
Ryo Suenaga	....	game tester: quality assurance division
Takashi Sugi	....	programmer
Kôji Taguchi	....	general producer: publicity team
Jyun Takagi	....	localization specialist: Square Enix Inc.
Keisuke Takahashi	....	engineer assistant: network system division
Kumiko Takahashi	....	planner: event section
Junpei Takeba	....	engineer assistant: network system division
Kento Takeda	....	assistant coordinator: quality assurance division
Satoru Takeno	....	engineer assistant: network system division
Masayuki Tanaka	....	project manager
Kanji Tashiro	....	sales: Square Enix Inc.
Kazuyoshi Tashiro	....	manager: localization division
Masaya Tateoka	....	chief engineer: network system division
Megumi Terada	....	advisor: rating section
Hajime Tomon	....	engineer assistant: network system division
Kazutoshi Tozawa	....	programmer
Kien Trieu	....	quality assurance team: Square Enix Inc.
Rie Tsukamoto	....	project assistant
Ryo Tsurumaki	....	planner: event section
Shizuka Uchida	....	assistant: localization division
Teruzane Utada	....	production assistant
Muneto Watanabe	....	engineer: network system division
Noriko Watanabe	....	coordinator: network system division
Mohammed A.C. Wright	....	assistant quality assurance manager: Square Enix Inc.
Felice Wu	....	product marketing: Square Enix Inc. (as Felice V. Wu)
Nobuyoshi Yamada	....	engineer: network system division
Yusuke Yamakura	....	game tester: quality assurance division
Shin Yamamoto	....	chief engineer: network system division
Koji Yamashita	....	general manager: quality assurance division
Koji Yamashita	....	senior vice president: network system division
Takako Yamashita	....	staff: creator coordination section
Mai Yasuda	....	development staff: merchandising division
Kentaro Yasui	....	main programmer
Hideyo Yoshida	....	engineer: network system division
Christi Dembrowski	....	executive assistant: Johnny Depp (uncredited)
Stephen Deuters	....	assistant: Johnny Depp (uncredited)
Derek Di Biagio	....	assistant: Keira Knightley (uncredited)
Buck Holland	....	assistant: Johnny Depp (uncredited)
Nick Saunders	....	assistant: Orlando Bloom (uncredited)

Thanks
Jun Akiyama	....	special thanks (as Jyun Akiyama)
Bob Buchholz	....	special thanks
Rick Dempsey	....	special thanks
Manfred Drews	....	special thanks (as Chris Drews)
Hiroshi Emori	....	special thanks: Le Bleu Co. Ltd.
Steve Gilbert	....	special thanks
Beth Glenday	....	special thanks
Mariko Hirayama	....	special thanks
Yurika Hiyama	....	special thanks
Graham Hopper	....	special thanks
Katsunori Iida	....	special thanks
Hideki Imaizumi	....	special thanks
Manabu Inokuchi	....	special thanks
Kenji Kadonishi	....	special thanks
Kousuke Kagawa	....	special thanks
Nozomu Kaji	....	special thanks: Toshiba-EMI Limited
Ayako Kawamoto	....	special thanks
Nadia Kedineoglu	....	special thanks: Skylark Sound Studios
Rita Kedineoglu	....	special thanks: Skylark Sound Studios
Takanori Kimura	....	special thanks
William Komar	....	special thanks (as Bill Komar)
Daisuke Komatsu	....	special thanks
Eri Kubota	....	special thanks
Susie Lum	....	special thanks
Masahiko Mitsunami	....	special thanks
Akira Miyake	....	special thanks
Takeshi Miyazawa	....	special thanks
Junko Momoi	....	special thanks
Kozue Nakano	....	special thanks
Hitoshi Nishio	....	special thanks
Keiko Nobumoto	....	special thanks
Rika Ojima	....	special thanks
Hidenobu Okita	....	special thanks
Eriko Okuzawa	....	special thanks
Gil Perez	....	special thanks
Bob Picunko	....	special thanks
Bob Quinn	....	special thanks
Craig Relyea	....	special thanks
Vicki Rondou	....	special thanks
Matt Ryan	....	special thanks
Mike Ryder	....	special thanks
Emiko Sato	....	special thanks
Hironori Sato	....	special thanks
Bruce Scavuzzo	....	special thanks: EMI Music Publishing
Ayako Shinkai	....	special thanks
Yuji Sugizaki	....	special thanks
Hiroyuki Suzuki	....	special thanks
Takeo Suzuki	....	special thanks
Sachiko Tanabe	....	special thanks
Chie Tanaka	....	special thanks
Yusuke Uchino	....	special thanks
Teruzane Utada	....	special thanks: U3 Music
Vincent Vedrenne	....	special thanks
Makoto Washikita	....	special thanks: Dice Project Co. Ltd.
Tamira Webster	....	special thanks
Eric Wein	....	special thanks
Colin Williamson	....	special thanks
Mitsuhiro Yamada	....	special thanks
Hisashi Yoshinaga	....	special thanks: OOPARTS Co. Ltd.
Tatsuya Zaizen	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Buena Vista Games
• Disney Interactive Japan
• Square Enix Company

Distributors

• Square Enix Company (2005) (Japan) (all media) (PlayStation 2)
• Square Enix (2006) (USA) (all media) (PlayStation 2)
• Square Europe (2006) (UK) (all media) (PlayStation 2)

Other Companies

• Buena Vista Games  production support
• Dice Project Co.  special thanks
• Disney Character Voices International  production support: English Disney character voices
• Drop in Company  
• DynaComware Corporation  font supplier
• EMI Music Publishing  special thanks
• Lansdale  
• Le Bleu Co. Ltd.  special thanks
• NTT Media Lab  
• OOPARTS Co.  special thanks
• Skylark Sound Studios  special thanks: English voices
• Slack Key  outside contractor
• Square Enix  production support
• Square Visual Works Co. Ltd.  movie production (as Visual Works)
• Stella Vista  scenario design
• Toshiba EMI  soundtrack
• Toshiba EMI  special thanks
• U3 Music  special thanks
• Virgin Music Co.  soundtrack released by (uncredited)
• Xseed Games  marketing and public relations

Also Known As:

Country:

Japan | USA

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:E10+

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company:

Buena Vista Games

Trivia:

The poem Sora reads from Kairi at the end is, word for word, from the original trailer of Kingdom Hearts (2002) (VG).

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When you investigate the seven rumors in twilight town, the word "bag" is spelled wrong after you let the dog out of the bag.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Sora:[Roxas's voice] A scattered memory like a far-off dream. A far-off dream like a scattered memory. I want to line the pieces up, yours and mine.

Movie Connections:

References The Band Concert (1935)

Soundtrack:

Sanctuary -opening version-

I thought it couldn't get any better and I was wrong.

Kingdom Hearts II is better than the first in ways I really didn't see coming. We meet new characters and see some old ones which adds to the fun. When it comes to Kingdom Hearts there are few disappointments and to me there aren't really any in the highly anticipated sequel to the great game.

In this game we return to play as Sora but this time with some new upgrades. You get to use many new combos in battle and even play as a different character a couple times (and I mean very few, but it is still fun). However at the beginning we play as a different character. With the addition of this new character the story becomes a little more emotional and a little bitter sweet. We start out as this character and would hope we would play as Sora later. However when we become Sora later in the game we begin to miss this character because he's a nice guy and a fun character to play as. This time we go to many new worlds along with old but still keeping the game fresh. The camera work is much better than the first game and so are the Gummi Routes. Now we don't have to hate going through them because they're just boring, now it is very fun playing these routes in fact its fun just to do them just because you would want to.

There has been many new improvements to the game that makes this way better than the first. The story is just as great as ever, the battles are very fun with the addition of new combos to use in battle, and the worlds are longer which adds to the excitement of the game. Maybe the voice acting of Leon and other Final Fantasy characters might not be the best (because the voice actors for them except for Cloud were changed). But I don't think anyone would mind much from how much fun the game is, and we even get to hear the voices of characters we weren't able to hear in the first game so that's good. The point is the flaws of the second game don't out-match the finished product. Kingdom Hearts II in my opinion is better than the first game in many ways which helps heighten my anticipation for another game.