Kingdom Hearts Anime Series Greenlit for Disney+ and Disney Channel With Tetsuya Nomura Involved

Disney has officially greenlit the first-ever original Kingdom Hearts TV series, with the anime set to stream on Disney+ and air on Disney Channel. Announced at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event on August 14, 2026, the project is being developed in partnership with Kingdom Hearts creator Tetsuya Nomura and the creative team at Square Enix. The project, currently titled Kingdom Hearts (working title), will not simply retell the events of the existing games. Disney describes it as a new…