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==Development== | ==Development== | ||
After the completion of the 2002 animated film ''{{w|Eight Crazy Nights}}'', Seth Kearsley sought to take on an "American anime" project, as he believed he could have more creative freedom. Kearsley's agent informed him of a project with Disney TV for an animated series based on ''Kingdom Hearts'' | After the completion of the 2002 animated film ''{{w|Eight Crazy Nights}}'', Seth Kearsley sought to take on an "American anime" project, as he believed he could have more creative freedom. Kearsley's agent informed him of a project with Disney TV for an animated series based on ''Kingdom Hearts'', so he attended a meeting to discuss the concept, looked through an art book, and was given a copy of ''Kingdom Hearts'' to play. He was impressed by the game and saw potential in its story, which he described as "the kind of story that I wished that we could do in American animation, that we never seem to be able to do".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTDKDITSfnA Seth Kearsley on YouTube: '''Kingdom Hearts and Eight Crazy Nights connection.''']</ref> | ||
Kearsley agreed to the idea, but was displeased with the initial script, which placed Aladdin as the main character with ''Kingdom Hearts'' characters as guest stars, rather than a ''Kingdom Hearts'' story taking place in Aladdin's world. He asked the head producer if he could do a rewrite, and despite initial conflicts, his request was approved. Kearsley was given a large amount of creative freedom with the project, even drawing all of the storyboards himself, and handling some of the editing and compositing. Kearsley was also allowed to use detailed backgrounds from the original ''Aladdin'' film, courtesy of the Disney archives. | Kearsley agreed to the idea, but was displeased with the initial script, which placed Aladdin as the main character with ''Kingdom Hearts'' characters as guest stars, rather than a ''Kingdom Hearts'' story taking place in Aladdin's world. He asked the head producer if he could do a rewrite, and despite initial conflicts, his request was approved. Kearsley was given a large amount of creative freedom with the project, even drawing all of the storyboards himself, and handling some of the editing and compositing. Kearsley was also allowed to use detailed backgrounds from the original ''Aladdin'' film, courtesy of the Disney archives. | ||