Square-Enix Official Confirm KH2 Cast and Shipping Date
Square-Enix have announced the shipping date for Kingdom Hearts 2 and voice actors for the english version and now for your viewing pleasure, the North American Boxart.
Although some of these have been originally posted before, Square confirms some new actors and the characters they play while some others have been confirmed in interviews or official sites.
Previous announced voices are
Sora: Haley Joel Osment - returning actor
Aerith: Mena Suvari - new actress, replacing Mandy Moore
Tifa: Rachael Leigh Cook - new actress playing new character
Riku: David Gallagher - returning actor
Kairi: Hayden Panettiere - returning actress
Roxas: Jesse McCartney - new actor playing new character
Namine: Brittany Snow - new actress playing new character
Hades: James Woods - returning actor
Chicken Little: Zach Braff - official voice actor for Chicken Little
Cloud: Steve Burton - returning actor.
New confirmations are;
Diz: Christopther Lee - new actor playing new character
Yuna: Hedy Burress - original voice actor of Yuna in FFX and FFX-2
Rikku: Tara Strong - original voice actor of Rikku in FFX and FFX-2
Paine: Gwendoline Yeo - original voice actor of Paine in FFX-2
Mulan: Ming Na - original voice actor for Mulan in both movies
Mushu: Mark Moseley - Eddie Murphy in Mulan 1, Moseley ever since plus in KH1
Aladdin: Scott Weinger - original voice of Aladdin and returning in KH2
Pince: Sean Marquette - new actor playng a new character.
Kingdom Hearts 2 is sheducled to ship on March 28th so release dates will be sometime after. It is also possible that english voice actors will crossover to Advent Children (which is weird because Advent Children came out first so AC actors should be doing the crossing over)