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Eskaver wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Dark Fantasy1990 wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Dark Fantasy1990 wrote: DarKingdomHearts wrote: Personally I have to say no to the Jungle Book being included. The only character from it I can actually see is Kaa, for one episode, as he can be pretty interesting. I however could see Tarzan, but I think there are better stories to touch upon first, but most of all I would prefer some more existing character backstory. *cough*Tink*cough* Tarzan would be difficult to include due to Copyright issues. Copyright issues that Disney was able to work through to make a Tarzan movie. And who owns ABC, that's right, Disney. But not always because for example Square Enix couldn't get the rights of Tarzan again. Square Enix and Kingdom Hearts is farther removed from Disney than Once and Adam and Eddy are though. Adam and Eddy have directly worked with Disney to get them to approve things like Peter Pan, Frozen, and Brave on Once. If Adam and Eddy really wanted Tarzan (which I don't think they really do), I'm confident they would be able to get it. No, that's not how it worked. I guess Disney lost the rights to Tarzan, so SE couldn't use Tarzan. It deals nothing with "closeness" as everyone knows that Kingdom Hearts is a Disney game developed by SE.

I believe they lost it to the original owner's estate (the Tarzan book person). The book person is long dead, Tarzan is currently owned by his estate (I think you got that though, because you said estate). At any rate, Disney still has the rights to their Tarzan, Once would have to get clearance from the estate still, I believe, but I think Disney would help them with that, if they so wanted, that's my point. As far as Kingdom Hearts, Disney lets the Japanese developers do what they want with that series, it has many original characters and Disney is just the supporting cast; Disney Infinity is much more a product of the Disney marketing machine.