The Lost Kingdom Hearts Pilot Animatic Proves that Disney and Square Enix Should Still Animate the Series
The Kingdom Hearts series has lived and died for the last 20 years on the strengths of its narrative focus. This has often led to a fair amount of criticism, due in large part to how long and spread out the ongoing story has gotten. However, a recently uncovered animatic has given fans a look at how Square Enix’s incredible world-building could have been more easily explored all the way back in 2003.
This new look comes in the form of a previously unreleased pilot of a Kingdom Hearts animated series that appears to have been in development by Disney. The short animatic showcases the way that the animated series might recap the events of the original game with some key differences that might have tied the whole narrative together.
Onward is a Great Candidate for a New Kingdom Hearts 4 World
Digging into this newly released animatic, the most obvious difference between this pilot comes from the first appearance of the Keyblade. Not only does Sora start the show practicing with it against Riku’s wooden sword, he appears to already have the iconic Kingdom Hearts weapon before the Heartless ever arrive. Beyond these smaller changes, these opening scenes also show that while Sora will still be traveling with Donald and Goofy, he would have had more interactions with his friends from Destiny Islands.
The tone also takes a shift, with the climax of the pilot episode following the original Kingdom Hearts in pitting Riku and Sora against each other as rivals. However, there is an extra level of deceit being used in this scene, where Riku tries to lure Sora to join him with the Darkness, but falls back on a shallow lie to save face when this tactic fails. In this case, it can be seen that the relationships between these characters was
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