{"id":569564,"date":"2026-08-15T06:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/569564\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T06:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T06:08:08","slug":"kingdom-hearts-greenlit-for-first-ever-original-tv-series-on-disney-channel-and-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/569564\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Kingdom Hearts&#8217; Greenlit for First-Ever Original TV Series on Disney Channel and Disney+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cKingdom Hearts has captivated gamers everywhere with its unique blend of adventure and imagination,\u201d said Ayo Davis, president, Disney Kids &amp; Family. \u201cThere\u2019s something really exciting about taking a world fans have spent years exploring through the games and bringing it to life in a completely new way. And with a creative team that is working closely with the legendary Tetsuya Nomura, our new series will be unmistakably Kingdom Hearts, while giving fans a whole new way to experience the world they love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kingdom Hearts (WT) joins the growing slate of original animated series for Disney+, alongside series that include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/browse\/entity-97b3adcf-3a9d-4032-85ca-fb29d1f13bbe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dragon Striker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/browse\/entity-671bc3fd-114f-4044-986b-b961ca527024\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phineas and Ferb<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/browse\/entity-9c643e72-0ba4-47d2-8090-d5423f8a7967\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Big City Greens<\/a>, and the upcoming Messi and the Giants, Warrior Cats, and Journey. The series reflects the platform\u2019s continued focus on creating stories filled with magic, wonder, adventure and heart for a new generation of kids and families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cKingdom Hearts has captivated gamers everywhere with its unique blend of adventure and imagination,\u201d said Ayo Davis, president,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-569564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}