Tales of Eternia: The Animation

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Tales of Eternia: The Animation
テイルズ　オブ　エターニア (Teiruzu obu Etānia)
Genre	Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Shōnen
TV anime
Directed by	Shigeru Ueda
Studio	XEBEC, Production I.G.
Network
Original run	January 08, 2001 – March 26, 2001
No. of episodes	13

Tales of Eternia: The Animation (テイルズ　オブ　エターニア, Teiruzu obu Etānia^?), is a Japanese anime loosely based on the 2000 Namco role playing game Tales of Eternia. The anime features four main characters from the game and several other characters, plots, and events exclusive to the anime.

[edit] Plot summary

The story begins with Farah Oersted having a dream about when she and Rid Hershel first met Meredy, a girl from an upside down world known as Celestia. Rid Hershel, Farah Oersted, Meredy, and Keel Zeibel are currently on a journey to Mt. Farlos where they are supposed to be able to go to Celestia from there. Rid, while hunting for food, saves Corina Solgente. The gang then gets attacked by a woman named Marone Bluecarno. Rid, unconscious after defending his companions from Marone's attack, gets kidnapped by her. Marone later reveals that she needs Rid's help to defeat a sea monster which terrorizes the Island of Belcarnu.

Rid and his reunited companions helped Marone and met several other characters including Ekusushia, Minima and Platia. They spend some time staying in Belcarnu. Keel unexpectedly finds some artifacts in the island that are related to Celestian culture. It's later revealed that Marone and everyone in Belcarnu are Celestian descendants who were shunned by Inferians long ago. Rid and his friends get involved in stopping Ekusushia's plan to destroy the Inferia Capital.

[edit] Connection with the game

The anime also features the Greater Spirits (Craymel in the game) of Inferia; they are Undine, Sylph, and Ifrit. The Greater Spirits help the characters in battle, as they do in the game. Rid's gang's fighting moves are also the same as in the game. Quickie, Meredy's pet also appears in the anime. Race (also known as Rassius Luine) appears for a brief moment in Farah's flashback.

The anime takes place right before Rid and companions reach Mt. Farlos in the game. In the anime, they have acquired all 3 Greater Craymels of Inferia. However, there is no sign of the events in the anime happening in the game and the characters make no mention of it.

[edit] Characters

• Rid Hershel (リッド・ハーシェル)
• Origin: Faraway Village Rasheans, Inferia
• Japanese Voice: Akira Ishida

Rid is a laid back hunter, the easy going one and leader of the group. He uses a sword as his primary weapon in the anime. His characteristic ranges from compassionate, caring, skillful, to gluttonous and somewhat lazy. Rid is a good fighter and hunter, as depicted early in the first episode where Rid notices he is being followed by someone (Marone). Rid loves to lay down and calmly watch the sky; in one episode he is being disturbed while doing so and moves to various places to get a good nap (only to get showered by rain in the end). Rid is very caring about his friends althogh he doesn't say it. Keel himself, who usually argues with Rid, says that Rid is a kind-hearted person. Rid proves this by helping Marone protect the people and island of Belcarnu, helping Corina and comforting Meredy. In comparison to his game version, he is essentially the same.

• Farah Oersted (ファラ・エルステッド)
• Age: 17
• Origin: Faraway Village Rasheans, Inferia
• Japanese Voice: Yuko Minaguchi

A childhood friend of Rid. She fights with her fists and is a good fighter. She cooks for the group and often gets angry when Rid steals from their food stock (angry enough to use her martial arts on him). She has deep feelings for Rid and is jealous when he is with Marone. Earlier in the anime, Farah made Corina run away from the village in a middle of storm. She later rescues her and apologizes for her attitude. She also becomes Marone's best friend later in the anime, after fighting with her about several things. Her personality is a lot different from the game version, as she seems to be quite domineering toward the whole party and acts like she's the leader all the time. She also has an unusual temper, which is something she does not have in the game.

• Keel Zeibel (ール・ツァイベル)
• Age: 17
• Origin: Faraway Village Rasheans, Inferia
• Japanese Voice: Soichiro Hoshi

A very bright scholar of Mintche University. He was expelled from the university because of his "world destruction" theory. Keel can read and speak the Melnics language (though not fluently). In combat, Keel uses magic and has a typical sorcerer's staff for a weapon. He carries the Greater Spirits Sylph (wind elemental) and Ifrit (fire elemental). Incidentally, unless Keel calls Craymels to fight with him, he has no actual attack unlike in the game (Ifrit and Sylph use spells that Keel normally starts out with in the game).

• Meredy (メルディ)
• Age: 16
• Origin: City of Craymel Imen, Celestia
• Japanese Voice: Omi Minami

The cheerful and cute Meredy is a girl from Celestia. At first she can't communicate with Rid and friends because she only speaks Melnics. Meredy has a pet friend named Quickie, which helps her in combat (though, like in the game, not so reliably). She also uses magic and Craymels in battle. She holds Undine the water elemental Greater Craymel Spirit. Meredy befriends Corina and is often seen with her in the anime. Much like Keel, unless she calls a Craymel, she has no method to attack opponents with (once again, a difference from the game).

• Marone Bluecarno
• Origin: Belcarnu
• Japanese Voice: Megumi Hayashibara

Marone is a bounty hunter with a fighting style similar to Rid and Farah's (she can use both martial arts and sword techniques). She first appears to kidnap Rid then reveals her intention to defend Belcarnu by defeating a sea monster terrorizing the area. She later reveals that she's actually half Celestian and half Inferian. Marone is accompanied by a drake (a type of dragon mentioned in the game though not actually encountered by the player) called Varossa.

• Corina Solgente
• Origin: Belcarnu
• Japanese Voice: Yui Horie

Corina always carries a banjo and sings to it. She is the daughter of Belcarnu chief, Ekusushia. When it is revealed that she has the ability to control Craymels, she finds out that she is only an adopted daughter of Ekusushia and the woman only intended to use her to get control of the Craymels. Corina later helps Rid and friends treat the injured villagers and provides a way to fight Ekusushia with weapons held in the place she used to live when she was a kid.