Tales of Phantasia (anime)

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Tales of Phantasia THE ANIMATION
Genre	Fantasy
OVA
Directed by	Takuo Tominaga (episodes 1-3) Shinjiro Mogi (episode 4)
Studio	Actas Inc. Frontier Works Inc. Geneon Entertainment GENEON ENTERTAINMENT USA
No. of episodes	4
Released	2004-11-25 2005-02-25 2005-05-25 2006-02-24
Runtime	30 minutes

Tales of Phantasia (テイルズ オブ ファンタジア, Teiruzu obu Fantajia^?) THE ANIMATION is an anime OVA based on the 1995 Super Famicom game of the same title, released from 2004 to 2006 in four volumes.

Contents 1 Plot 1.1 Differences from the game 2 Credits 2.1 Cast 2.2 Staff 3 Theme songs 4 External Links

[edit] Plot

The plot of the OVA is generally based on the game's plot, but there are details in the anime that are not in the game, namely, additional scenes and dialogue. However, the episodes themselves focus on the party's encounters with Dhaos and the scenes involving the Tree of Life and the Elves, omitting a great portion of the story told in the original game.

[edit] Differences from the game

• Cless uses a sword throughout the entire series, although he is capable of wielding a spear or an axe in the game.
• Mint witnessed Mars murdering her mother, whereas in the game she only fears that her mother is dead until she discovers her mother's earring.
• Arche's mother does not appear in the scenes with the Elves in episode 3.
• As stated above, large portions of the game are omitted in this animated series.

[edit] Credits

[edit] Cast

See also: Playable characters in the Tales of Phantasia article.

• Cless Alvein: Takeshi Kusao
• Mint Adnade: Junko Iwao
• Chester Barklight: Kentaro Ito
• Klarth F. Lester: Kazuhiko Inoue
• Arche Klaine: Mika Kanai
• Suzu Fujibayashi: Taeko Kawada
• Mars: Tessho Genda
• Raizen: Bin Shimada
• Martel: Rie Tanaka
• Dhaos: Toshiyuki Morikawa
• Trinicus D. "Tornix" Morrison, Narration: Unsho Ishizuka
• Merril Adnade: Maria Kawamura

[edit] Staff

• Directors: Takuo Tominaga (episodes 1-3), Shinjiro Mogi (episode 4)
• Scenario: Ryunosuke Kingetsu
• Music: Kimio Nomura
• Original Character Design: Kosuke Fujishima
• Character Design, Animation Director: Noriyuki Matsutake

[edit] Theme songs

Opening theme

Yume no Hate (夢の果て, Yume no Hate^? "The Ends of a Dream")

Performed by: Masami Suzuki

Lyrics: tomo

Composers: Mika Watanabe, Ikuko Noguchi

Arranger: Tatsuya Nishiwaki

Ending theme

Priere

Performed by: Masami Suzuki

Lyrics: tomo

Composers: Mika Watanabe, Ikuko Noguchi

Arranger: Shigeyoshi Kawagoe

[edit] External Links

• Tales of Phantasia THE ANIMATION official site (Japanese)
• Anime News Network entry (English)