Kingdom Hearts Series Memorial Ultimania Scans!
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- Published on October 9, 2014 @ 04:15 am
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The Kingdom Hearts Series Memorial Ultimania released on October 2nd, 2014, the same day as HD 2.5 ReMix was released in Japan. This book contains a treasure trove of concept art and information dating back all the way to the first title, perfect for new and old fans to visit as they journey throughout the worlds with Keyblades in hand.
Thanks to Zephyr, we have scans from the book provided below. More will be uploaded later on, so stay tuned!
(SPOILERS: Scan of the new Re:coded secret ending is here)
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It's all *sniff* so glorious. ;A;
I hope you guys enjoy the pages I scanned!
Is that...Is that the official art of Final Xion?!? FINALLY! After all these years I can get a clear view of her design.
These scans are amazing.
Thank you Zephyr, that's just great.:biggrin:
Never got a good look at the final version of Xion as well; really glad I get to see it and realize it looks much more like Sora, neat.
Thank you, Zephyr!! This is so amazing omg ;A;
It's really nice to finally see concept art of Xion's final form~ (//sob XION ;____;) And the battle portraits for TAV are awesome lulz. I wonder why they didn't use the damaged portraits D:
GUYS ISA HAS GOLD EYES IN HIS CONCEPT ART
Added a few more scans! One contains spoilers from the new Re:coded secret ending, so it's been linked instead.
GUYS ISA HAS GOLD EYES IN HIS CONCEPT ART
HE DOES AHHHHHHHH ;A;
GUYS ISA HAS GOLD EYES IN HIS CONCEPT ART
I thought he had golden eyes before in the concept artwork released before... o.o
BUT DEM EYES STILL~ :redface:
Thank you Zephyr! Finally have a really high quality shot of the 2.5 art without the logo or anything on it. And surprisingly, I can't even see the page texture when it's zoomed out. I had no such luck when I tried to scan mine. Awesome!
This Ultimania is friggin sweet you guys. I've had mine for a while now and it's so worth the import. I've actually looked through many many KH art galleries, this website included, and almost all the concept art, character art, world art, and renders ever made from the series are in this book. Not all of them are in the art section though. Stuff like character art and renders are mostly found alongside character descriptions in the Profiles section of the book. Same applies to world concept art in the World section. But I kid you not, I can probably count on two hands the number of KH artworks that AREN'T included in this.
I thought he had golden eyes before in the concept artwork released before... o.o
BUT DEM EYES STILL~ :redface:
Surprisingly enough, he doesn't have golden eyes in the concept art included in the BBS Ultimania. He had green eyes!
I double checked my book and Isa's eyes are definitely yellow and not green. Very strange don't you think?
I double-checked my BBS Ultimania as well and his eyes are definitely green.
Somewhere along the lines, the color changed!
Things have just gotten much more serious concerning Isa. This certainly means that Isa was Nort'd as a teenager and not after he became a Nobody. The implications are too much for my heart to handle.
Except we still need evidence if that concept art was carried on to the remix game but personally I think that's just some scrapped concept. I mean, otherwise some gamer would tell us about this earlier I mean this is not some random minor detail.
Ahhh, thank you, Zephyr!
Isa eyes were green in the BBS Ultimania...while the new Ultimania has him with gold eyes. This can only mean that Isa was norted when he was a teenager.[SIZE=2] Or the gold eyes are a printing error.
Wait, the green eyes look kinda funny. Too bright. Looks last minute. Maybe he was going to have gold eyes from the get go, originally.[/SIZE]
The bright green is because of the quality of the image scan. It's not so bright in the BBS Ultimania. You'll notice that Lea's eyes are about the same brightness from his BBS scan as well.
Except we still need evidence if that concept art was carried on to the remix game but personally I think that's just some scrapped concept. I mean, otherwise some gamer would tell us about this earlier I mean this is not some random minor detail.
Nah, the game wouldn't clarify something like that. Nomura is usually the first place we get clarification then the game will eventually follow suit. They wouldn't switch from green to gold in the Ultimania that is all about recapping fans before KH3 without a reason. And they have people who are supposed to check this stuff before hand.
Thank you guys! It's beautiful.
Thanks Zephyr!
I don't know.. doesn't the Keyblade on the 2.5 artwork have a red hilt? This could be a colouring error. Plus, it's concept art, I wouldn't look much into it.
Kinda odd they didn't show Lea's keyblade concept art yet. We don't know how the keychain looks like, are they doing that in purpose?
Regarding Isa, irregardless if an intended change or not, I wonder why from all the possible ways, do it in that book. Is the director trying to hint Isa got norted shortly after BBS events? I have no right to say this as I'm no expert in eagle eying but according some character in the games, Radiant Garden was gone 9 years ago. That makes the time between Ansem picked Xehanort and the six apprentices becoming nobodies and heartless was merely one year. Could be Isa and Lea perished as well shortly after them? We know now both of them lost their hearts in the same laboratory as the others, and as that lab disappeared among the world to become Hollow Bastian, wouldn't make such sense if was after that. Of course the details how Isa became norted and even how got that mysterious rage-meter scar remain an enigma, but putting together the little pieces, I would really say Lea and Isa became Axel and Saix as teenagers. Plus somewhere confirmed they joined the organization in the same day, so they perished together almost at the same time.
If you take a look at Master Eraqus, you can see they haven't designed his keyblade yet at that point. The "ghost" outline of the keyblade barely resembles his Master Keeper. I don't know why i found that interesting. Again, thank you for the scans, Zephyr!
Thanks Zephyr!
I don't know.. doesn't the Keyblade on the 2.5 artwork have a red hilt? This could be a colouring error. Plus, it's concept art, I wouldn't look much into it.
Yep, the handles on both Kingdom Keys are red, for some reason. It's like that on the boxart too. Not sure why. Just a random error on Nomura's part, I guess. He made an error like that in the Re:CoM artwork with Riku too.
Wow these are amazing! Thank you so much Zephyr! Those sketches of Eraqus, Ansem the Wise, and Xemnas are fantastic. :biggrin:
I have a few questions on a few of the scans though.
[SPOILER=First scan in question]Are the 3 keyblades in between Pixie Petal and Chaos Ripper and the one to the left of Vanitas' Keyblade Final Mix exclusives or is my BBS keyblade knowledge just bad? 
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[SPOILER=Second scan] What are those Keyblades in the box at the bottom of this scan?
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[SPOILER= Third and final scan] Perhaps the most important question: Why is Mickey covering his face?!
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Wow these are amazing! Thank you so much Zephyr! Those sketches of Eraqus, Ansem the Wise, and Xemnas are fantastic. :biggrin:
I have a few questions on a few of the scans though.
[SPOILER=First scan in question]Are the 3 keyblades in between Pixie Petal and Chaos Ripper and the one to the left of Vanitas' Keyblade Final Mix exclusives or is my BBS keyblade knowledge just bad?
[/SPOILER][SPOILER=Second scan] What are those Keyblades in the box at the bottom of this scan?[/SPOILER][SPOILER= Third and final scan] Perhaps the most important question: Why is Mickey covering his face?![/SPOILER]1.) Those Keyblades were already in the vanilla version of BBS. That's Ultima Weapon (A Mirage Arena reward for completion), Sweet Stack (For completion of Ice Cream creations), and Darkgnaw (obtained from Mirage Arena in Terra's story).
2.) That's the the Keyblade when Sora and Riku performs the reality shift in The World That Never Was.
3.) I think that's more of a personal aesthetic choice Nomura made lol.
Kinda odd they didn't show Lea's keyblade concept art yet. We don't know how the keychain looks like, are they doing that in purpose?
Regarding Isa, irregardless if an intended change or not, I wonder why from all the possible ways, do it in that book. Is the director trying to hint Isa got norted shortly after BBS events? I have no right to say this as I'm no expert in eagle eying but according some character in the games, Radiant Garden was gone 9 years ago. That makes the time between Ansem picked Xehanort and the six apprentices becoming nobodies and heartless was merely one year. Could be Isa and Lea perished as well shortly after them? We know now both of them lost their hearts in the same laboratory as the others, and as that lab disappeared among the world to become Hollow Bastian, wouldn't make such sense if was after that. Of course the details how Isa became norted and even how got that mysterious rage-meter scar remain an enigma, but putting together the little pieces, I would really say Lea and Isa became Axel and Saix as teenagers. Plus somewhere confirmed they joined the organization in the same day, so they perished together almost at the same time.
Good questions. Well I'm sure we'll get art for it eventually. 358/2 days came out 5 years ago and this is the first time we've seen concept art of Xion's boss form. As for Isa it's a bit too early to tell, but I'm going to say yes he is trying to tell us somthing.
I apologize if this has been discussed already. Does anyone know if this will be having an English release?
I apologize if this has been discussed already. Does anyone know if this will be having an English release?
No. Ultimania are never brought over.
No. Ultimania are never brought over.
Ahhh, thanks! Well time to keep up with learning Japanese so I can understand these things!
This one has the best chance due to not being a strategy guide, but it's still extremely unlikely to leave Japan.
These scans are pretty cool! Eraqus looks so bada** with that look xD
Thanks, Zephyr! These scans look amazing!
Can someone clarify for me if Zack always had the scar in his Birth by Sleep design or was it just in the concept art (I know he gained the scar halfway through Crisis Core)?
Thanks, Zephyr! These scans look amazing!
Can someone clarify for me if Zack always had the scar in his Birth by Sleep design or was it just in the concept art (I know he gained the scar halfway through Crisis Core)?
Concept art only.
Concept art only.
Thanks. I couldn't remember if Zack had the scar in the game.
1.) Those Keyblades were already in the vanilla version of BBS. That's Ultima Weapon (A Mirage Arena reward for completion), Sweet Stack (For completion of Ice Cream creations), and Darkgnaw (obtained from Mirage Arena in Terra's story).
2.) That's the the Keyblade when Sora and Riku performs the reality shift in The World That Never Was.
3.) I think that's more of a personal aesthetic choice Nomura made lol.
1.) Well that explains why I didn't know them. I never got very far into the Mirage Arena or completed the Ice Cream creations. :P
2.) Now I remember it. I knew I recognized it.
3.) It's an odd choice. :confused:
Thanks for the answers!
Zephyr has uploaded the last of the scans artwork + keywords for us! OP has been updated.
I like that Kairi's good luck charm almost had a belt on it~
Thank you so much for the new scans, especially the keywords section. But would it be too much to ask to get a better view on the Dark Hide Heartless (from the BBSFM Secret Episode)?
Thank you so much for the new scans, especially the keywords section. But would it be too much to ask to get a better view on the Dark Hide Heartless (from the BBSFM Secret Episode)?
Hey ShardofTruth, sure I'll scan that page right now. I'll let you know when I'm finished.
Here you go, Shard!
Kinda wish they didn't cram every single enemy onto like two pages for each game, but oh well!
The official name is Darkhide (ダークハイド）
Cropped 300 dpi scan: http://images.khinsider.com/2014%20Uploads/10/Memorial%20Ultimania/boss_optional.png
Thanks, you guys are fast.:biggrin:
Thanks, you guys are fast.:biggrin:
No problem ShardofTruth!
If you need anything else, just say so :D
I just scanned this today, after finally getting my hands on the Weekly Famitsu issue:
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We really need another full-blown artbook by now, even though the Memorial Ultimania seems to be really nice in this department.
I just scanned this today, after finally getting my hands on the Weekly Famitsu issue:
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[/SPOILER]We really need another full-blown artbook by now, even though the Memorial Ultimania seems to be really nice in this department.
Yeah I agree. I was surprised that some artworks weren't present in the Memorial Ultimania like the promotional artwork for Days, the Alice stained glass, beta Moomba Sora, and etc. Ohh that looks wonderful.
Does the text under the optional bosses say anything of worth?
Does the text under the optional bosses say anything of worth?
From the looks of it, it doesn't appear to have anything new. They're like very small bios.
Yeah I agree. I was surprised that some artworks weren't present in the Memorial Ultimania like the promotional artwork for Days, the Alice stained glass, beta Moomba Sora, and etc.
I really wished there was something like this in the Visual Arts Collection from the 1.5+2.5 Collector's Edition but it's just keyart after keyart.
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I really wished there was something like this in the Visual Arts Collection from the 1.5+2.5 Collector's Edition but it's just keyart after keyart.
Completely agree. There was so much potential to have much more than we were given for I.5. Something akin to Hyrule Historia which had a little of everything.
Say, does anyone know the English name of the Keyblade displayed on the Dream Drop Distance section of the Kyeblade artwork? It's the one on the left of Young Xehanort's Keyblade (the one with a light side and a dark side).
Say, does anyone know the English name of the Keyblade displayed on the Dream Drop Distance section of the Kyeblade artwork? It's the one on the left of Young Xehanort's Keyblade (the one with a light side and a dark side).
You mean the Mirage Split/Nightmare's End Reality Shift Keyblades? Sadly they weren't really named (neither here nor in the DDD Ultimania), the big one is just referred to as Combined/Union/Alliance Keyblade (合体キーブレード).
You mean the Mirage Split/Nightmare's End Reality Shift Keyblades? Sadly they weren't really named (neither here nor in the DDD Ultimania), the big one is just referred to as Combined/Union/Alliance Keyblade (合体キーブレード).
Yep, those are the ones. That sucks that they weren't named. Oh well, guess I'll have to get creative when I use them for a KH fanfic.
Which by the way, this Ultimania is like a gold mine for fanfiction fodder!
Two questions I can think of right now.
1) was Lea's keyblade named in the little blurb it gave showing it?
2) are there any translations in the works on this book?
People are always quoting from other ultimanias and I didnt know if there was some place where they were all fully translated and this one is yet to be
Two questions I can think of right now.
1) was Lea's keyblade named in the little blurb it gave showing it?
2) are there any translations in the works on this book?
People are always quoting from other ultimanias and I didnt know if there was some place where they were all fully translated and this one is yet to be
1) No
2) Kingdom Hearts Memorial
Two questions I can think of right now.
1) was Lea's keyblade named in the little blurb it gave showing it?
2) are there any translations in the works on this book?
People are always quoting from other ultimanias and I didnt know if there was some place where they were all fully translated and this one is yet to be
1.) Unfortunately it wasn't. It's just simply referred to as Lea's Keyblade. It says:
Lea's Keyblade
"In the ending, Lea acquires a Keyblade. The designs of Bond of Flame and Rascal Flame are combined."
2.) Currently I'm a little busy with school and other related work but I do intend to translate them soon.
1.) Unfortunately it wasn't. It's just simply referred to as Lea's Keyblade. It says:
Lea's Keyblade
"In the ending, Lea acquires a Keyblade. The designs of Bond of Flame and Rascal Flame are combined."
2.) Currently I'm a little busy with school and other related work but I do intend to translate them soon.
Hey you take your time, I think at the rate this series is going, we've all developed some intense form of patience
Two questions I can think of right now.
1) was Lea's keyblade named in the little blurb it gave showing it?
2) are there any translations in the works on this book?
People are always quoting from other ultimanias and I didnt know if there was some place where they were all fully translated and this one is yet to be
The other Ultimanias included interviews with the development team. This one, however, is just a compilation of images and information about the story and characters from the past 12 years.
The other Ultimanias included interviews with the development team. This one, however, is just a compilation of images and information about the story and characters over the past 12 years.
ahhh okay, that is good to know, thanks
Just a random something I noticed.
I bought a second one of the Series Ultimanias because my first one got a bit scuffed up. And as I was looking through the new one that just came today, I noticed something. In the first one I had, Braig had the common "Blaig" mistranlastion error but in the one I just got, they corrected it to "Braig". Cool they actually caught that and published new ones with correct spelling.
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