When it comes to the Tales of series, there's almost enough similarities for it to physically hurt. Tales of the Abyss and Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike share not just their art style, they also share the equally realistic characters that can evoke a variety of different reactions from you, all the way from wanting to smack them silly for being an idiot, or hugging them out of pity for their current situation.If you like one, I would most definitely be shocked if you didn't like the other. In a fantasy world like setting, the main characters are caught up in a war conflict between Politics, negotiations, and friendship. As they adventure through the grand landscape, an obstacle is in their way either by an antagonist for their goals or preventing nations into a big war. If you are a big fan of the 'Tales' video game franchise, than these two will fit your time.The only difference is the characters and the setting. Vesperia is a prequel movie showing the main characters their time as the knights.
Plot Summary: Luke fon Fabre, the spoiled son of a noble from the kingdom of Kimlasca-Lavaldear, has been confined inside his father's mansion ever since he. KissAnime, you can watch Tales of the Abyss Episode 1 Anime online free and more Anime online Free in high quality, without downloading.
Abyss is a full series, who adventure through the grand landscape to prevent the war from happening. Both series are renditions of their video game counterparts and focus mainly on the story.Both series have similar animation and art styles. The action scenes are very fluent and have amazing use of the skills used within the video games.Both series involve very subtle romance and humorous interactions between the characters. Also, both series have interesting characters that all share an ambition to save the world. The characters all have unique personalities who all have gone through many troubles throughout their lives.
'Let's go on an adventure. But there is something that needs to be done.' Both of the series have grand landscape backgrounds that the main characters traveled around the area to get to a town. The main conflict involves where the characters need to prevent a political war, or several obstacles that the enemy placed ahead of time.
Swords and magic were used for combat.The difference is that, Abyss features a huge party members, and features a little lighthearted tone. Densetsu no Yuusha features a much more darker tone, some supernatural themes, and consist a small party group. Set in a fantasy world like setting, the main characters have two goals that they must complete: Preventing other nations for starting a war, and saving the world.
The Tales, are based on the RPG video games adapted from an anime. There are rushed scenes and several materials were cut off, but it was enjoyable.The characters and setting are different, but they are sort of the same. Abyss is a full series animated by Sunrise, while Symphonia is an OVA series, followed by two sequels, animated by Ufotable. Both series take place in the royal/kingdoms times, and the character cast that are full of quirks. Both also revolve around a bright red-headed protaginist (Luke fon Fabre and Shirayuki), that have to leave their hometown by force. Both protagininsts were also kidnapped at some point in the series, adding plot to the series.
The art animation styles are viusally similar, and are very pleasing to watch. The only difference is that Tales of the Abyss has a more advertuous and fantasy theme, and Snow White has more of a shoujo and romantic feel to it. Both animes are both really great, and fun watches.
Synopsis The world of Auldrant is bound by the Score, a series of prophecies from centuries past that dictate the world's future. It is considered an absolute fate that everyone lives by—even people whose actions lead to bloodshed and tears. Using magical abilities known as the Fonic Arts, a war between the nation of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear and the Malkuth Empire is waged in hopes of bringing the Score's foreseen utopia to life.Tales of the Abyss follows Luke von Fabre, who spends his days locked away in his manor after being kidnapped and losing memories as a child.
One day, while honing his swordsmanship, a woman named Tear attempts to assassinate his master. Luke defends him, but the clash results in the two being teleported to a distant land. Luke and Tear’s journey back quickly escalates into a quest that will either free the world from the Score's chains or destroy it completely. Overall9Story9Animation10Sound7Character10Enjoyment9Now, I should mention first that I have not played the Tales of the Abyss video game on which this anime is based.
Despite that, I found it a great series to watch, with excellent characters and character development, brilliantly animated scenes, spectacular artwork, and a well-paced excellent story.The story starts out slowly, but each character gives the viewer an immediate impression when introduced and one quickly develops feelings towards him or her, whether good or bad. Each character is developed to the fullest extent, with detailed backstories, distinct personalities, personal motivation and conflicts, and excellent designs. You can truly feel theconflicts they experience, and the depth they get into is truly spectacular. The antagonists are as well-developed as the protagonists, and since their development is on the same level, when conflict does arise, it’s felt much more forcefully since you don’t know which side has more willpower to win the ensuring battles. The development is especially strong for Luke, and just seeing him undergo his transformation throughout the series is breathtaking.
Also, all the characters just mesh in with each other extremely well, and the chemistry amongst everyone is well-done, again, both protagonists, secondary characters, and antagonists.The animation, like the characters, is wonderful, with fluid movements and flashy attacks. Pair that up with colorful drawings and excellent backgrounds and scenes, and scenes exceed my expectations. It even gives the.hack series a run for the money in this aspect. The pacing helps get the animation and drawings noticed, since there are moments where it’s slow enough to admire the drawings and detail work woven into the scenes, but it’s not too slow so that you get bored and drift off.
There is enough action mixed into each mission to keep the pace up, plus good dialogue amongst the characters.Unfortunately, there is a flaw in the dialogue in that the vocabulary often used is difficult to comprehend, and many references are made to these words. Explanations are given for the vocabulary and what the world is like, but having not played the games is a bit disadvantageous, since the explanations are long and require pausing, rewatching, and analysis before one understands it. What’s offered in the anime is just a fast-placed blurb and a quick picture where you have about 5 seconds to absorb all the information. Thus, without pausing, it limits the viewer’s degree of plot comprehension. I’m sure those who have played the games will be able to enjoy and understand the series without pausing and thinking for this kind of comprehension.Despite having to take a little more time to understand some of the terminology in Tales of the Abyss, I do think the series is well worth the time. Even if you haven’t played the games, the series is very enjoyable.
Great characters, good plotline, fantastic drawings and animations await those who watch Tales. Overall7Story7Animation10Sound7Character8Enjoyment7Tales of the Abyss was originally developed by Namco for the Playstation 2 and released on the 10th anniversary of the “Tales” series. The anime first aired 3. Of October 2008 and it’s the fourth installment of the “Tales” series to be adapted into an anime. I liked the game a lot and thought I should review the anime for the users on MAL.In the review below I’ve tried to include an objective opinion of both the fan treats and possible faults that a game adaption poses to viewers, who haven’t played the game. To this end a section called “Compared to the game”can be found later on in the review.StoryTales of the Abyss’ storyline has a balanced amount of both good and bad points.
The main storyline is interesting, but is highly dependent on long tiring explanations of terms like “fonons”, “Yulia’s score” and “fomicry”. However the main story moves along at a fairly good pace even if a few explanations are needed along the way.Also the short stories about the characters’ relationships and pasts are very good. They bring a fresh perspective once in a while and makes sure the viewer isn’t left totally clueless about the characters’ former lives. Especially the slight romances make the story appear more appealing.The most alarming point of the anime’s story is the sudden leaps in time and progression. A few times during the show an episode ends on a cliffhanger only to skip the situation, and leave the viewer wondering what happened in between the two episodes.These sorts of skips are continuously used throughout the show and might irritate even the most die hard fans of the game.Despite the tiring explanations and unresolved cliffhangers Tales of the Abyss presents a fairly enjoyable story with a lot of powerful action and appealing side stories.CharactersThe protagonist of Tales of the Abyss is primarily Luke von Fabre. However the rest of the protagonists play essential roles regarding both the main storyline and the immense character development of Luke.One of the best elements of this particular anime is the character development that all the main characters go through.
The development of each character is carefully included in the storyline and none of it seems forced or out of place. This makes for a cast of very likeable characters and a pleasant watch.Even so a few of the major developments happens in a very short amount of time and a few characters loose some of their distinctive and humoristic character traits. Overall5Story2Animation6Sound7Character2Enjoyment2Overall, this anime would fit the bill as 'mediocre'. False hope, plus the excellent experiences with the Tales of xxx franchise (e.g. Tales of Phantasia fan-translations on SNES and PlayStation) kept me interested.
But the operative word was 'false'.I won't summarize the story, or explain why it was 'dreadful' for me. Rather, I'll tell you why I hate this: there was potential for greatness, but from the very beginning, major details ruined it.Annoying characters, huge plot holes, directing which seemed to not take itself seriously, personalities which are easily interchangeable, and no sense of 'suspended disbelief'.Nothing in this anime was worth the timeit took to make it. Somewhere, early in the design process, a competent director and editor were misplaced with writers who previously only wrote fanfics and a commitee who designed the storyboards.As as result, even with competent animation and enthusiastic efforts by the music and character design staff, the end result is much less than the sum of its parts.Please give me back the nearly 13 hours of my life that I wasted on this! Overall9Story9Animation8Sound8Character9Enjoyment9'I'm not living for anyone else.
There's no meaning in living. When I sensed my own death, I wanted to live.
That's all I needed.' Being an adaptation of a video game, ToA has to balance between two things:1: It has to remain true and accurate to the source material for the diehard fans who are watching it for the label, while also2: Keeping the storytelling format interesting to the viewers who've never played the game.And I feel this anime has managed a balance between the two that you rarely see in any kind of adaptation.