Kingdom Hearts Meets Tennis? Trailer/Anime PV For Disney Japan’s Star Smash (Mobile)

[Choppasmith]

Okay, maybe this isn't a big AAA Action RPG title, but it sure seems to share the same vibe. Even the characters and their racket-like tools look kinda keyblade-ish





That anime PV is pretty sweet. Character design is Oh Great (Air Gear, Bakemonogatari)

 

[Niosai]

Wow, that really does feel like anime/KH tennis. Weird.

 

[Meelow]

Yeah, the guy and girl look very much like Sora and Kairi.

 

[The Last One]

I wonder who is also Sora in this.

 

[clockstrikes]

I really like the art for the Disney characters.

 

[BasilZero]

I wonder who is also Sora in this.

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Lmao

 

[Deleted member 17388]

" You're so caught up in finding the balls that you forgot about the rackets that serve them *thwock* "

 

[Chaserjoey]

Hopefully disney is more lenient with Kingdom Hearts after giving approval to this and to Disney Mirrorverse

The fact that KH has to gut itself to meet Disney's insane requests (in terms of story, disney character designs, and summons not actually being Disney characters) is always disappointing when these mobile games get free reign.

Also I don't understand what this is. Like pinball soccer?

 

[purseowner]

Bootleg anime Sora, Kairi and Riku are hilarious

 

[DFG]

I'M ALREADY HALF SORA

 

[Ouroboros]

I wonder who is also Sora in this.

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heheh

 

[Strings]

Those Disney redesigns look pretty bad.

In general... I don't think it's very KHish at all outside of the Mickey hoodie? It's just generic modern anime.

 

[Napalm_Frank]

This has more soul than Kingdom Hearts 3

 

[Strings]

This has more soul than Kingdom Hearts 3

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Zuh?

This is literally the default artstyle for anime these days.

 

[Mashy]

Oh Great being in charge of design is amazing.

 

[Soriku]

Lol wtf. This shit even got Disney summons.

Also first time I'm seeing these Disney characters in official anime visuals like this (save Nomura art I guess).

 

[Killer]

I'm ready to smash.

 

[Darkmaigle]

Yo this kinda looks fun tho

 

[Roliq]

Is this part of the timeline?

Spoiler

/s or not?

 

[Lukar]

The first vid in the OP is pretty rad.

 

[R0987]

Doesnt disney own the rights to the KH characters so why use knock offs when they can just use the real deal.

 

[Trigonometrize]

The anime disney characters is weird. It feels like a fan work.

 

[oldzac]

No one can convince me that this isn't the next KH spinoff.

 

[PachaelD]

XFLAG was surprising since that looked a bit like a Shironeko Tennis (colopl) skin. Between all that and Twisted Wonderland (Aniplex) Disney licensing seems to be happy with getting their brands through multiple publishers/developers with their own take on settings/characters

 

[noyram23]

I don't see the KH, it's basically just anime + Disney.

This is more like Tokyo Mirage FE + Disney, especially on the visual flow and character design in general

 

[Antoo]

Why does Japan love Hercules so much?

 

[sappyday]

No one can convince me that this isn't the next KH spinoff.

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Looks nothing like Nomura's art style unless you think all Japanese art looks the same as one another.

 

[oldzac]

Looks nothing like Nomura's art style unless you think all Japanese art looks the same as one another.

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Sometimes, when you want something to be true, you believe it, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The rackets look like keyblades and that's enough for my fanboy mind to run wild.

 

[Choppasmith]

Doesnt disney own the rights to the KH characters so why use knock offs when they can just use the real deal.

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I genuinely thought it was Sora and Kairi at first for this very reason. I wonder if they could but maybe Oh Great/developers just didn't feel right doing that. I dunno.

 

[Dice]

Lol this can't be an accident. They literally look like Sora, Kairi, bishounen Mickey and a flamboyant Riku.

 

[Deleted member 32822]

The anime versions of the Disney characters!!

 

[sappyday]

Sometimes, when you want something to be true, you believe it, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The rackets look like keyblades and that's enough for my fanboy mind to run wild.

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Well keep it to yourself then

 

[The Bear]

Bootleg Kairi seems to have way more agency than the real Kairi, lol.

 

[thetrin]

Lol this can't be an accident. They literally look like Sora, Kairi, bishounen Mickey and a flamboyant Riku.

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They look like that because those are the three most obvious anime cliches an artist can create.