

The stories follow the events that take place in the video games with differences to account for the loss of interactivity that a video game provides. The manga series is adapted by Shiro Amano and the novels are written by Tomoco Kanemaki and illustrated by Shiro Amano. The video games provide the canonical story of the series. Currently the series includes seven video games released on various platforms, a manga series, a novel series, video game soundtracks released on audio CDs, and a collectible card game. It is the result of a collaboration between Square Enix and Disney Interactive Studios, combining characters and elements from Square Enix's Final Fantasy series and multiple Disney franchises.

Kingdom Hearts is a series of action role-playing games developed and published by Square Enix (formerly Square).

In addition to video games, the Kingdom Hearts franchise includes strategy guides, CDs, novels, and manga.
