Vol. 15 No. 25 (2022): Kingdom Hearts Special

Published: 2022-08-31

Introduction

• Charting the Kingdoms Between Building Transmedia Universes and Transnational Audiences in the Kingdom Hearts Franchise

  James McLean, Dean Bowman

  1-14

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Articles

• “I've been having these weird thoughts lately...” Conspiratorial hermeneutics and reflexive depictions of fan practices in the Kingdom Hearts franchise

  Dean Bowman

  15-36

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• Controllers and the Magic Kingdom Corporate Partnership, Synergy and the Limits of Cross-Promotion in Disney and Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts III (2019)

  Rayna Denison

  37-57

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• Kingdom(s) Come Character Remediations and Polyperspectivity of the Final Fantasy franchise in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II

  James McLean

  58-75

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• The Kingdom’s Shōnen Heart Transcultural Character Design and the JRPG

  Rachael Hutchinson

  76-93

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• (Re)Creating Disney: Converging Game World Architecture in Kingdom Hearts

  Anh-Thu Nguyen

  94-104

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