Summary
Based on the popular PS2 video game "Kingdom Hearts II," Sora, Donald, and Goofy continue there quest to find their friends King Mickey and Riku. A new enemy has arose from the darkness called Nobodies, creatures that have no hearts and cannot feel any emotion. Along with this new threat, a secret group of human nobodies called Organization XIII is out to gain something from Sora.
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/kingdom_hearts_ii/
The script for the English dub is as tight to the subtitles as it could realistically be expected to be; it even retains the uses of “sempai” by Ai. The same cannot be said, however, for some of the English performances. A couple of roles are outright miscast, especially Hachirota's friend Cheng-Shin; I have enjoyed Steve Blum's work in many other anime series, but he does not sound right here, nor is his voice even close to that of the original seiyuu despite his efforts to subdue his tone. Yuri does not sound at all Russian even though he's clearly supposed to be, but he doesn't sound that way in the original Japanese vocals, either. Many of the performances are a little overdone in their argumentative or whiny aspects, causing some characters to sound more irritating at times than they are probably supposed to sound. Unfortunately the English performances for the two administrators are dead-on (i.e. they really are that annoying in Japanese, too). Overall this is a somewhat disappointing dub, especially considering veteran cast involved.
A list of locations where fans can donate money towards relief efforts in Japan following the March 11 earthquake
http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?idb=0&5052.donation=form1&df_id=5052
Label: Kingdom Hearts II
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