All Ansem Scenes (Kingdom Hearts)

All of Ansem's screentime from the original Kingdom Hearts.
0:01 - The Secret Place
1:15 - Become Darkness Itself
2:12 - A Dark Keyblade
3:34 - Maleficent's End
4:37 - The Grand Hall
6:46 - Riku's Resistance
7:36 - Ansem's Manifesto
9:27 - Battle in the Crater
9:35 - World of Chaos
12:03 - Beyond the Door

[@GihirahimOfTheShadow]

My take: This was a perfectly utilized 13 minutes of screentime. One scene on Destiny Islands very early into the game to set up this mysterious character, and then re-introducing him during the final stretch (Hollow Bastion and End of the World) as the true Big Bad who has been controlling the Heartless and Disney villains from the shadows, awaiting his chance to regain a physical presence and obtain what he believes to be the ultimate power of darkness from Kingdom Hearts. He's an epic villain, made moreso by Billy Zane's epic voice.

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

Yeah, this voice of him Is way better than the Re:Chain of Memories, especially around the end.

[@stevenreifen1760]

The Mark aq !

[@NightSprinter]

And given Billy's appearance, it's hard not to imagine DC Animated Lex Luthor voicing him.

[@stonefree7973]

@@NightSprinter I feel like Clancy Brown would have been a much better replacement than Richard Epcar

[@NightSprinter]

Axel I mean, Billy and Clancy sound so damned similar! When I first played the original on PS2, I genuinely thought it WAS Clancy's voice!

[@khfan4life365]

If I heard a voice in a cave like that, I’d be running faster than any Olympian. Hell no. Not today, Satan.

[@michaelcoleman2091]

You mean Hades?

[@MrAnimater_Vr]

@@michaelcoleman2091 or chernabog lol

[@emmaray6215]

I’d probably run so fast, I’d leave a “me shaped” hole in the wall.

[@TheMaestroMizerous]

"One who knows nothing can understand nothing..."

[@MrSC219]

Richard Epcar has gotten much better as Ansem SoD and I really like his version. But Billy Zane just nailed it. My god the ham is strong with that one. Some of my favorite line delivery in video games.

[@logancox6548]

Agreed. But if you want to see some Grade-A Billy Zane hamminess, I highly suggest you watch Demon Knight.

[@Brucifer2]

I personally like Billy Zane as Ansem Seeker of Darkness and Epcar specifically as Xemnas. In a perfect world, they would both play these roles.

[@thegame5687]

@@Brucifer2 Epcar is Terra-Nort

[@bulmasan6331]

Ansem's favourite word is darkness

[@cupramennoodles4]

man has been waiting for a reply for 1 year, i got you man

[@kakyoinnoriaki2041]

SUBMIT !

[@insertcoolname.4708]

Kakyoin Noriaki No I need more time on my test!

[@unrealpotato2230]

I think it is ”SUBMIT!”

[@rustycookiepekka6875]

I mean his name is Ansem,seeker of DARKNESS,so yeah

[@ThanatorRider]

Me: Oh yeah? Well you'll see! I'm gonna go and learn the Kingdom Hearts timeline! Ansem: A meaningless effort.

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

That would be a convoluted task.

[@ramzehx6534]

One who knows nothing can understand nothing

[@astralbody13]

Me: (plays almost all the KH games and still doesn't understand the plot) Friend: You've come this far and still understand nothing

[@naoaquieopatrickpatrick8565]

@@astralbody13 yeah, especially after DDD and KH3 were released, my brain still hurts from trying to understand their plots 100%

[@Yokyle4356]

I don't know why people can't understand the plot it seems simple to me but apparently it's hard for a lot of other people

[@MarioMarioPlushGUY]

His first voice was the best. He knew exactly how to inflect, being calm yet still menacing.

[@Yokyle4356]

Yes it's just too bad he got blacklisted😢

[@orlandofurioso7329]

I miss this story telling in kingdom heart, quieter and more emotional scenes, a villain with straightforward motivations and great pacing.

[@ogbkballa]

I wish billy zane kept doing the voice

[@kaji_materia2295]

Amazing how now all kingdom hearts villains now are relegated to the overused black cloak. Ansem heartless will always be my favorite in the franchise.

[@GihirahimOfTheShadow]

Even Ansem himself is relegated to it now, sadly enough.

[@noisemarine561]

Its funny how he and Xemnas were the most basic yet are the best villains.

[@nabsthegodgamer5419]

KH2 Xemnas is the best one. He actually has solid motivation unlike most of the other villains including Ansem himself. And his voice is the coolest in the entire series. And he uses fucking lightsabers.

[@noisemarine561]

@@nabsthegodgamer5419 I just like how he was introduced properly.

[@thatjrpganimefanplayerjusi8003]

@@GihirahimOfTheShadow yes he has his on just like his two other selfs Xemnas aka xehanorts empty phantom and young xehanort and the organization but unlike them all and just like his complete human self that he is the main heart essence of he still has it off at the end game and like what master of masters said to young xehanort which obviously was a foreshadow to xehanort and by extension himself as a heart aka Ansem that is MM to YX you will out grow the coat 🧥 speaking of that this makes me think master of master must have known about how things went down hmm 🤔

[@ShiniRyuga]

His monologue about Riku wanting to escape Destiny Islands also can kinda be applied to Xehanort if you think about it.

[@jrpludacrous]

Subtext from future games completely change the meaning of certain lines of dialogue

[@nanie_czka123]

Yeah I think he was mostly talking about himself there

[@michaelbond220]

Dark road's intro 👀

[@greatestnitemare6626]

@@nanie_czka123 He was talking about Riku dumb ass.

[@nanie_czka123]

@@greatestnitemare6626 great reading comprehension there, "smart ass"

[@MisterLandofLakes]

i wish they would have used the original voice actor for Ansem in the later kingdom hearts series

[@ap3705]

you mean billie zane

[@BroadwayRonMexico]

Or if they didnt want to cast Billy Zane again because of blacklisting, they could have at least gotten Clancy Brown

[@Yokyle4356]

Same

[@TheLateLordKardok]

Back when the real enemy wasn't an actual bad guy with a master plan, but the darkness inside of everyone's hearts. Ansem and the Heartless were driven by an instinct to seek hearts and cause chaos and destruction, and that instinct was born from the darkness within every heart. Ansem is subject to the whims of the darkness as much as Maleficent and the other Heartless were, and he does not dare to deny it- he claims it has power over all else. You can hear it in his contempt for Maleficent, who attempted to exert control over the Heartless and the darkness.

[@GihirahimOfTheShadow]

You are absolutely right. *Sigh*...things were much better back then.

[@TheLateLordKardok]

@@GihirahimOfTheShadow Not to say that the plots of both KH2 and KHBBS aren't great in their own rights, but it feels like they retconned too much of each other. Like the darkness being the real driving force behind these bad guys, minus Xemnas of course.

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

@@TheLateLordKardok But the Darkness is the driving force behind them. The Heartless is One of Them.

[@SammEater]

True, the plot was simplier and the cast was balanced, I liked how the Disney villains had their own 'Organization', it sucks that in later games they never tried pulling something like that again besides Maleficent and Pete that is.

[@kairi4640]

​@GihirahimOfTheShadow very much like the song simple and clean funny enough. Then it became a huge train wreck. I was especially disappointed with kh 3. Part of me hopes kh 4 might bring back the simplicity and magical side of kh 1. But honestly I doubt it. Kh has become like every other game now: all graphics, no heart ironically. In a way, it's best ai takes over gaming. Nothing is special anymore about anything.

[@AFO3310]

Ahhhhh I wish Billy Zane came back as Ansem again for KH3

[@SentientPotatoXIII]

I remember playing as a kid and seeing that first scene with Ansem. I was scared af 😅 the newer games don't have that same level of creepiness that kh1 had.

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

9:05 Every player's thoughts about KH's storyline In a nutshell.

[@lpfan4491]

4:19 that too

[@stonefree7973]

LPFan Lmao yeah XD

[@ghosthuntermike2592]

Emishimaru - Sama 0:27 is mine.

[@stevenreifen1760]

Aaa

[@GUNDAMLOCKON]

that is the reaction of hardcore fans to new confused ones.

[@galacticsongbird]

I JUST realized that the Final battle Ansem’s leggings/pants are the first layer of Terra’s armor!

[@MightyEightMusic]

Not only that but Ansems regular outfit is extremely close to Master Xehanorts

[@Ampharosite]

This game was not made with all the sequels and prequels in-mind, but damn if it isn't phenomenal even today

[@Yokyle4356]

Yeah they did not intend for it but I think they planned for it everything about the first game was just too perfect I think he was already playing 2D chess with us

[@stonefree7973]

Ansem and Maleficent were perfect villains in KH1. This should have been their only direct appearances imo, or at least for Maleficent

[@indedgames4359]

Nomura has Plans for maleficent. Ther ned a Disney villain or 2 that come back as mucv as the arcs Main villain. I think Maleficent will be the final Form of Darkness

[@allymascarin]

his voiceeee, his goddaam voiceee is so deeeep and sexy ughhg even when i was 13 i freakin loved his voice. sad we don't get to hear it again :(

[@shiranui2844]

He could make anyone give in to the darkness with that voice.

[@SammEater]

True, Billy Zane has such a smooth sexy voice.

[@yourcanadiansenpai4478]

I had no idea Ansem had a Stand

[@shiranui2844]

1:57 That line is creepily gentle.

[@B.DAnthony92]

You can’t go wrong with Billy Zane period.

[@Neo-Midgar]

This is the best voice acting role in history, in my opinion. Couldn't possibly be more suited and synonymous with the character. Every time I think of Ansem, I think of Billy's voice first. It also made it nearly impossible for me to reconcile Epcar's Ansem with his first incarnation. They feel like 2 completely separate characters to me. Epcar's a legend himself, but his take always felt flat and monotone to me, whereas Zane's take had a mystery to it, a charisma.

[@thetitostream]

I would nominate Father Pucci from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure for best voice acting role in history

[@Xehanort10]

When you play Birth By Sleep Ansem possessing Riku makes even more sense since Terra at one point visited the Destiny Islands and made Riku his successor as a Keyblade wielder and a decade after Master Xehanort possessed Terra his Heartless as Terra Xehanort would possess Riku.

[@mateosimpson3123]

Xehanort10 good point

[@DarknessRealm]

True

[@jumperthehedgehog2932]

That explains a lot

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

Ansem, Seeker of Darkness also has been there since the Time of Young Xehanort. He is a Waypoint.

[@MartenDE]

If you don't do Monstro before Ansem takes control of Riku, Ansem-Riku will be there instead.

[@amanofculture4892]

holy shit didn't know that

[@TheLateLordKardok]

Source?

[@borttheattorney6012]

Wait really? I’ve never heard of this in all my time. Guess I’ll have to try that on my next play through.

[@thegame5687]

Is that actually true

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

@@thegame5687 Yes. He talks a lot less to you, and mocks you about "being Sora's best friend".

[@chibi3593]

Man I miss his old voice and when the plot wasn't a mess

[@SammEater]

I liked the fact the Disney Villains had an actual plan outside of replicating their movies plots, besides Maleficent no one on the side of Disney ever tried that again for the later games.

[@indieoddjobs4766]

You and me both. People laugh when I saw the original is still my favorite for its uniqueness in relation to the rest of the franchise

[@xzaeox6397]

Ok, let's be honest, the plot was still kinda messy lol It's just gotten worse over time for the series

[@indedgames4359]

The plot isnt a mess.

[@indedgames4359]

The plot is about Sora and Riku. The Rest only serves that.

[@181hhhhhh7]

At 12:32 you can see the shape of kingdom heart right behind the door

[@xK27R]

This is one my of biggest childhood memories, it was such a buzz for me to see that hooded guy return

[@DarknessRealm]

That hood guy was Ansem the whole time in the very beginning

[@theastronomicalh8639]

"It is I, Ansem, the seeker of darkness." gets me every time man 5:51

[@verkkuserkku6008]

Sora: who are you Ansem: heart darkness darkness heart Sora: nani

[@liviousgameplay1755]

When you're failing in the last semester: (9:05)

[@Meepmeep189]

8:19 You know, based on what Xehanort said about the nature of Kingdom Hearts and the cycle of the creation of light, corruption of darkness, eradication by Kingdom Hearts, and the recreation of light, it makes sense that Ansem here would say that "All worlds begin in darkness, and all so end." His flaw is in assuming "The heart is no different."

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

A Heartless who is Darkness would indeed know this. But Darknesses only understand the Dark half of Kingdom Hearts. Light is beyond them.

[@youngfox2186]

When Xehanort became a Heartless, he lost part of his counsciousness. That's why he does not remember his goal of producing the X-blade and instead goes to create the keyblade of people's hearts. Because he became obsessed with darkness. He was Heartless, he could not control it.

[@glitchydemonfairy3171]

9:28 - Sweet God! You wanna give us heart attacks?

[@stevenreifen1760]

Glitchy Demon Fairy aa

[@stevenreifen1760]

Aaa

[@RyanStark-sy6xm]

"heart" attack indeed

[@livvy833]

i really want ansems voice actor back he was so good

[@hollowedentity7097]

Billy Zane killed this role.

[@shooshoobob1]

I miss Billy Zane as Ansem. Also, goddamn, everyone sounds so young

[@DarkAlone0731]

The Voice actors where very young when this first came out on the PS2

[@jumperthehedgehog2932]

I hope in kingdom hearts 4 Billy Zane will reprise his role as ansem

[@naoaquieopatrickpatrick8565]

@@jumperthehedgehog2932 very unlikely, since epcar actually got better at voicing ansem and Billy wasn't called back to voice ansem in KH2's intro for some reason.

[@ProdbyHway]

@@naoaquieopatrickpatrick8565 4 coming out

[@ProdbyHway]

@@jumperthehedgehog2932 4 coming out

[@StormEternal]

Damn!!! I love ANSEM his dialogue is SO GOOD!!!

[@Crazy_JoJo19]

Nobody: Ansem:D A R K N E S S

[@gagank478]

fucking billy man... SOOOO GOOD!!!!! One of the best VA I've ever heard.

[@SammEater]

Ansem in the later games does have a cool voice, but THIS is the true Ansem's voice.

[@anthonydedios4720]

Billy as Ansem is legendary

[@insertcoolname.4708]

Hmm 13 minuets.... A coincidence I think not!!

[@RatedCforCake]

Okay but like...why’d they have to make him so attractive? 😤🥴😳👉🏻👈🏻

[@BonkHazard]

*D A R K N E S S*

[@RedeemerJedi5198]

Billy Zane knocks it out of the park!

[@TheJaredPunch]

0:14 Not a moment too soon. D A R K N E S S 1:40 1:46 1:59 2:06 2:26 4:07 4:09 4:27 5:50 6:20 8:01 8:17 8:20 8:27 8:38 8:42 9:14 9:56 10:05 12:14 12:17 12:33 12:44 Oh my darkness

[@ProdbyHway]

THIS GOT ME ROLLING

[@nucleor7268]

The video is 13 minutes long...

[@MarEXksz]

I forgot how dark the first game gets. rated E for everyone right? It's a kids game they said . No one gets stabbed or dies in a rated E game riiiight?

[@azurewarrior2000]

And that's why an E Rated game ≠ Kids game people.

[@ShadowDarkHeart90]

MarEXksz no one dies in this series tf are you talking about?

[@MarEXksz]

@@ShadowDarkHeart90 Maleficent. Sora (in a wierd way).

[@reddodeado301]

E10+ didn't exist back then.

[@grahtman8947]

Billy Zane was so good as Ansem. I'm so mad they recast him.

[@VayneSchariac]

his face when he's told kairi's heart is inside him is hilarious

[@Disneyfan82]

It was Ansem all along who was the dark figure at the beginning who somehow found the door to Destiny Islands and confronted Sora without fighting him, even taunting his mind and still does in the end during the final battle.

[@jumperthehedgehog2932]

And that young man who riku mentioned who left the Destiny islands was master xehanort

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

He found it by follow Kairi's heart when he released her from Hollow Bastion. Then Riku found the door,and was manipulated to open the keyhole for the Heartless by Ansem to get to the outside worlds. Also, time traveling with future knowledge to meet future Sora and Riku from Dream Drop Distance and lay Xehanort's trap.

[@darknerdman9816]

9:10 is the best quote of them all. Every light must fade, every heart return to darkness!

[@jakesaysknee]

Can we talk about how all of Ansem’s screen time amounts to roughly *13* minutes 😂

[@KazJazFaz]

Kairi . . . *KAIRI'S INSIDE ME?*

[@MatthewCenance]

Anyone else here notice Ansem loses his shadow by the time of End of the World? Initially, when he is in Riku's body, and when his true form is first revealed, he casts a shadow normally. But the "fake" Dark Mode Riku in Homecoming at 7:37 is missing one (this isn't noticeable in the cutscenes but during gameplay before Sora walks towards him the player can see this), and later at 8:18 you can clearly see Ansem standing on the broken rock pile, yet no shadow is cast, unlike Sora, Donald, and Goofy.

[@eugenesnow]

Listen to your friend Billy Zane, he’s a cool dude.

[@isaiahkayode6526]

Take Shots every time he says Darkness

[@noisemarine561]

I have taken enough shots to drown in Darkness within Darkness.

[@sypheur27]

It took me so long to realize that Ansem had no physical form until he possessed Riku (thanks for making it convoluted with time travel Dream Drop), I had always thought that he looked like that behind his hood, similar to how O13 members hide themselves, but then you see him speak to Riku, he’s more ghostly than anything, and it’s only after sora folds Riku-Ansem that you finally see his physical form for the first time, because he just transformed Riku’s body to his liking. It’s not until Dream Drop Distance where you learn why this is (even though it completely goes against how it worked in KH2)

[@juni1399]

6:46 Ansem seeker of secondary antagonist

[@TKR377]

Light Always Wins

[@DeadmanInc336]

Imagine had Billy Zane returned for Kingdom Hearts 2 and ultimately 3.

[@ridermanyt8029]

They could get Billy for kingdom hearts 3 literally but They didn't

[@Acid93SDA]

So if you didn't fight him and he open the door would the light of kingdom hearts still kill him? Lol

[@willrobinson3662]

Fun Fact of the Day: Ansem, Seeker of Darkness talks like John Rolfe from Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World.

[@swiftydialogues]

Did anyone else had to see this like a hundred times because they were under-leveled + Square’s not having skippable cutscene technology at the time? Edit: Maleficent-dragon & Norted-Riku fight

[@theresarodriguez5413]

0:27

[@giadaelacapsuladeivideogiochi]

7:32 *Visible terrified*

[@rosemarylopez4449]

Lol best lines ever

[@vanitas456]

In the first game ansem was actually planned to have more screen time than he got because he was supposed to appear each time you completed each world

[@GihirahimOfTheShadow]

Really glad they didn't go through with that. That would have gotten tired and predictable and just make people more annoyed with Ansem than anything.

[@vanitas456]

@@GihirahimOfTheShadow in my first playthrough I forgot about him until he possessed riku

[@Anonhaha122]

9:13 every kingdom hearts game summed up in 1 sentence

[@dragongodaaron6460]

Master Xehanort was the start of all this

[@stonefree7973]

DragonGod Aaron Right

[@jumperthehedgehog2932]

And the master of masters is the start of everything

[@WanderingNerd21]

@@jumperthehedgehog2932 holds true even to this day 😅

[@joseegues4952]

Funny how one of the best voices comes from the guy who payed the lame villain from titanic

[@PKmeloa]

9:30 my eardrums shattered 💀

[@gawyel8137]

9:26 rip my ears jesus christ

[@isaiahkayode6526]

Darkness

[@TheOhm122]

Darkness.

[@Darkchao_berserko22]

Kingdom hearts 2 made be my favorite but I always prefer the first game’s story compared the latters. It was the only game that had Disney villains coming together. I really hope disney becomes more directly involved in kingdom hearts 4

[@nguyenquangdang3374]

8:55 Come forth, Blue eyes white Dragon

[@thetimberwolf100]

Wish I could speak as softly as Billy Zane 03o

[@silverflight01]

0:27 H U H

[@elliottpalumbo7407]

Aka Xehanort's Heartless which is his real name. He used Ansem the Wise's name to hide his true name. That information everyone is the truth. Played the KH2 more then the first game but I did beat both KH2 and then KH1 on my PS2 5 years ago.

[@victor-qm6sw]

Sora:kairi...kairi's inside me ?

[@stonefree7973]

I love Ansem and Maleficent in Kingdom Hearts 1, but I feel like Ansem could have made more appearances. We never found out the relationship between Ansem and Maleficent, if they had one. The wikis say Ansem manipulated Maleficent, but I'm not sure and if that's true, I wish the game explained it.

[@GihirahimOfTheShadow]

I believe a Japanese source book said that he was like a frequent adviser to her...or at least, he came off to her as an adviser (he was actually manipulating her). The main giveaway of this in the game is Riku's total lack of surprise at him being at Hollow Bastion (indicating that Riku already knows him), and Maleficent's lack at surprise when Ansem is clearly in Riku's body.

[@stonefree7973]

@@GihirahimOfTheShadow Yeah I recently listened to that cutscene where Riku-Ansem and Maleficent were talking to each other. And I definitely got the latter vibe from the cutscene. Glad they implied Ansem had a direct role in Maleficent's plans, but I wish they confirmed it in the game.

[@youngfox2186]

Maybe Maleficent knew he was Xehanort's heart hanging around.

[@stonefree7973]

@@youngfox2186 🤷🏾‍♂️ Maybe 🤔

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

Maleficent spoke with Master Xehanort in BBS and learned of the Princesses of Heart, the Keyblade, and Time Travel. She also was told by Ansem Sod Riku would be coming to where she found him in Rising Falls.

[@hollowedentity7097]

Sora had no Fucking clue what lyes beyond the door

[@babaluplays4258]

Xerhanort!

[@mobgabriel1767]

Me playing disney villainous customs:

[@00Kuja00]

As an academic I am glad that I don't die like Ansem if my theory is proven wrong. :P

[@benhughes3394]

12:51 LOL!

[@TheBunny_Hopper]

Huh?? 0:27

[@rosemarylopez4449]

The mark of the beast

[@ceejaytwoyoshi8536]

12:51 me when i play the akiha route in tsukihime expecting there to be no incest

[@Yellow-pe7pn]

7:36

[@khfan4life365]

In my neck of the woods, if some cloaked dude was hanging out in a cave and scaring kids, parents would be showing up with shotguns.

[@drewharding]

Billy Zane voice in the first game as the fake Ansem was so terror fining wasn’t he right guys he scared the soul out of me when he lash out his evil voice all the way indeed when, I fought against him in the first game right guys!

[@debravan1167]

What’s terror fining? I know what terrifying is lol

[@mariotyamukueni4240]

I made a drinking game with my friends: Whenever he says darkness you must drink. You should give it a try. PS: Only one can remain LOL

[@Zerathenezot]

So how many of your friends are alive?

[@La-hora-del-terror]

@@Zerathenezot he must play the game again, too many "shots" kill him

[@Venitas1000]

The biggest mistake squareenix made with kingdom hearts was recasting ansem SoD. Richard Epcar is the dwayne johnson of VAs cuz all his characters sound the exact same.

[@GihirahimOfTheShadow]

Spoken like someone who has never heard him sound like Elvis while voicing an orange, shades-wearing monkey.

[@Venitas1000]

@@GihirahimOfTheShadow wow >A< uniqueish sounding role.

[@mathayustomoka4219]

DARKNESS CONQUERS ALL WORLDS!

[@Oldmanfnaf]

*HUH?*

[@kaijufan2001]

Sephiroth: Damn I hardly ever appear in the very game where I am the bad guy. Ansem: haha very funny Sephiroth, at least in the remake of your game you get a good 42 to 50 minutes, I only get 13 minutes.

[@SoraTheKeyToEverything]

Ansem more like (h)AN(d)SEM!!! Careless wispher plays

[@TheAnonymousShade]

Plunge yourself deeper into darkness 2:12 😏😂