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Sora (Japanese: ソラ) is a character and the main protagonist of Disney and Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts video game series. Introduced in the first Kingdom Hearts game in 2002, Sora is portrayed as a cheerful teenager who lives on the Destiny Islands and has been best friends with Riku and Kairi since childhood.
Kingdom Hearts introduced the main characters (Sora, Kairi, and Riku) of the series, and established the plot's framework involving hearts and dark beings known as the Heartless. It also established the role of Disney characters in the series, with character cameos from the Final Fantasy series.
After the three defeat Maleficent, Sora finds Kairi's comatose body and confronts Riku, who has been possessed by Ansem, a figure who manipulated Maleficent to open the way to Kingdom Hearts. [31] Ansem reveals Kairi as the seventh Princess of Heart, her heart having transferred into Sora's body when the Destiny Islands were destroyed.
Roxas makes two appearances near the end of the game, first in a mental battle with Sora in a cutscene, [25] and second alongside Naminé, who has merged with her other self, Kairi. [26] In the re-released version, Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix , Roxas' fight against Sora is expanded, making him a boss character .
The game also introduces a new member: Xion, a girl resembling Kairi who, like Roxas, can wield the Keyblade. [8] [16] [21] [22] Other characters include Naminé, a girl with the power to manipulate memories; DiZ, an enigmatic man wrapped in bandages; Riku, Sora's best friend; and King Mickey, Riku's ally and
Sora receives an updated look for the game, having a more realistic art style. Quadratum and the non-playable characters also have a realistic design. [6] [1] The design team was challenged to make the world as realistic as possible; previously in the series, the most "realistic" world was the one based on the Pirates of the Caribbean films. [3]
Amano worked on the manga adaptation of the Legend of Mana video game series. It was serialized from 2000 to 2002 and published in five volumes. [2]Amano also worked on the Kingdom Hearts manga adaptations, following the events that took place in the video games with differences to account for the loss of interactivity a video game provides.
Neppu Kairiku Bushi Road (Japanese: 熱風海陸ブシロード, Hepburn: Neppū Kairiku Bushi Rōdo) is a Japanese media franchise that was originally announced in 2003 by the title Neppu Kairiku Bushi Lord as a collaboration between the companies Gainax, Takara and Broccoli.