Tales of the Abyss

[Kraco]

"Luke fon Fabre, the son of Duke Fabre of the Kimlasca Kingdom, is 17 years old. He is the Light of the Sacred Flame who is destined to bring prosperity to Kimlasca. But since being kidnapped seven years ago by the Malkuth empire, he has been kept confined to the Fabre family mansion. The shock of the kidnapping erased all of Luke's memories prior to the event. But one fateful day, a mysterious woman breaks into the mansion and sets off a chain of events that will change the world forever...

Based on the video game of the same name." -AniDB

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Episode 1 - Weib
Episode 1 - Osu!




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I haven't played the game, but this series looked promising. Adventure is one of my favorite genres and this seems to fit into that category nicely. Throw in fantasy, sword and sorcery, and I couldn't even ask for much more. There was quite a bit of lecturing in the beginning and middle of this episode, which I didn't pay too much attention to, but otherwise it was a nicely dynamic episode and certainly it didn't take too long for things to start to happen. I'll keep watching.

[Dark Dragon]

Gorgeous animation as expected from Sunrise (between this and Vesperia, the Tales franchise has been pure eye candy lately) and a very solid first episode.

I'm happy that they finally decided to a 26 episodes long series for Tales since that mean it will have enough time to present a solid story line without ending prematurely.

From the look of the episode, OP and preview for next episodes it looks like they will be following the game story quite closely but there is always the possiblity of them branching off into a brand new anime only storyline, while that would be interesting to see i'd personally prefer to watch the game excellent storyline unfold in gorgeous HD animation.

[NeoBear]

yeah honestly this show makes an awsome first impression every thing about this has a very clean and fresh look. and no ( I hate that guy) characters yet. I don't think they can keep craming so much action in each episode but if they can all the better.

i guess ill have to watch the Osu subs because the Weib subs would not keep up with audio guess my comps starting to show its age =/

[Kraco]

There seems to be also a Episode 1 SD - Weib version if you prefer one with less pixels.

[KrayZ33]

I've never heard of "Weib" and "Osu!"

which one would you prefer? or is at least known somewhere Oo?

[Kraco]

I'll need to check out Osu!. I have heard of the group before but I don't rememeber if I've watched any subs of theirs. Weib, however, didn't much impress with their quality.

[Buffalobiian]

I've never heard of "Weib" and "Osu!"

which one would you prefer? or is at least known somewhere Oo?

Osu! did some subs for World Destruction, which I watched. Subs are pretty decent. No errors stick out like sore toes. I'm pretty sure Weib did a joint with Musubi on Sekirei as well. I liked their subs, but jumped to Titanium because their fonts were ugly.

Back on topic, I'm still downloading....

[Dark Dragon]

Osu! is the group that subbed ZoT 3rd season and Special A (i think they did a few more series but those are the ones i know for sure).

Weib impression:
No translation for OP and ED song (shame since Karma is an awesome song)
I didn't notice any spelling errors and most of the translation didn't seem too awkward but some part just didn't flow too well.
they did spelled Kimlasca-Lanvaldear (official spelling in the game) as Kimlasca-Labrodia (i don't really mind but it's good to know if you are the kind to be bothered by that sort of thing).

Osu! impression:
Translation and Karaoke for OP and ED
No spelling errors and the translation seems to fit better than Weib version.
Spelling for names of places and peoples seems to match the game version.

I thought Osu! did a pretty good job, definitely a good choice for archiving unless a much better group come along.

[animus]

Is the Osu version in 720p?

[masamuneehs]

watched the Osu! sub. karaoke and the translation was pretty good. was pretty sleepy watching this one, and nothing really jumped out at me. the characters are alright but so far nothing special at all. animation is pretty, story feels familar.

a big 'meh' for me

[Xelbair]

On my download list. I don't own ps2(only ps3 without backward compatibility -.-) so i cant play a lot of games i want to - especialy Tales of... series. I really enjoyed other tales OVA, but can't wait to watch this full season anime
Osu! did a good job on Zero no Tsukaima while Eclipse was lazy.

[David75]

At least they tried their best using HD space and image depth.
Character design isn't too bad either.

So the main power in their world is through mastering resonance, thus sound.

And the main protagonist having a HyperResonnance with Tear... what a lucky guy.

It's nice having more and more shows trying to get the most of HD space.
Like Macross Frontier and eyegasmic scenes (though chara design was left behind).

I hope the show gets a strong plot quickly.

[animus]

Good episode, didn't stray far from the source material. Glad they re-used Karma, awesome song.

Enjoyed Production I.G.'s intro sequence more, however. Also, not liking the way they drew the person fighting Luke with red hair (not gonna say the name due to spoilers). Not really enjoying Luke's VA either, not a voice I'd use for him honestly.

[Ryllharu]

Much like the Ar Tonelico OVA before it, this came off as a series one can only really enjoy if they've played the game.

While I liked most of the side characters, I couldn't stand the protagonist. He whined like a 12 year old, "But who's going to spar with me!?" *stamps feet* Luke got even more annoying when he got excited.

The entire first half of the episode was all really poorly paced, rapid fire introductory material. Something like the first hour of an rpg compressed to 11 minutes. I'm sure someone more familiar with the material enjoyed it more, but from a purely anime standpoint, the layout of the episode was horrible.

The animation was really fluid and nice. As much as I am interested, I don't think I'll be picking up this series. However, it does make me at least a little more likely to see if I can scrounge up a copy of the game.

Note: Tear's outfit reminds me of Dark Sakura from F/SN.

[animus]

I had to strain myself a little to realize that Tear was actually being voiced by Yukana. Perfect role for her, imo.

[Yukimura]

Tales of the Abyss - 02 (h264) - [Shinsen]

Tales of the Abyss - 02 (XviD) - [Shinsen]

Tales of the Abyss - 02 (1280x720 h264) - [Gaku]

[masamuneehs]

so you know in an RPG where you have to do a totally annoying starting quest early on in the game? like deliver some bread to some guy or kill some monster that's pestering the inhabitants of who cares where? maybe you get some stupid party member to join up (so your party isn't so small anymore) who you never really wanted and who will annoy you for most of the game with crappy cliched stereotype dialouge until he gets to high levels and gets a super special ability? maybe you get a completely unbelievable coincidental twist about an aforementioned important character who would never be around where you're doing your shitty noob quest and meet up with him/her?

that's what this episode is. and it's as unenjoyable as every time you start a new RPG and have to play through that crap.

hey, at least the Colonel character seems alright. although it feels like I've seen him as the intellectual, clever, somewhat underhanded guy with glasses in everything since Xenogears.

really, this second episode was so mainstream it really leaves a bad taste.

don't know if i'll stick around for this one aside for some uninterested eye candy and dork fun.

[Buffalobiian]

Guess who joined the bandwagon?

Tales of the Abyss - 01 gg Fansubs

[animus]

I always like to see tsundere's or overtly serious female characters blush over cute things.

When I was picturing voice actors for Jade, the only person that I thought was perfect was probably Miki Shinichiro (Urahara from Bleach, Lockon Stratos from Gundam 00, Takumi from Initial D).

[oyabun]

Tear with extra fanservice qualities are a +++ for me. I'm even thinking about playing the game again. I just have to search for that old game.