Introduction
Tragedy strikes the lives of Cless Alvein, a young swordsman, and Chester Barklight, a young archer, as they return to their village of Totus to find it razed to the ground by the mysterious Black Knight. To take over the world, the Black Knight seeks to claim the power of the Demon King, Dhaos—sealed away by the ancestors of Cless and a young cleric named Mint Adnade. Dhaos' reawakening signals not only the end of the Black Knight, but potentially the world. Cless and Mint must now journey a century into the past to rally allies capable of vanquishing the Demon King once and for all.
Tales of Phantasia The Animation follows Cless and Mint's journey through time to long ago, where they forge an alliance with the half-elf sorceress Arche Klaine and the summoner Klarth F. Lester. Together, they strive to defeat Dhaos and his army in saving the past as well as the years to come.
Audience reviews
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The Tales series is probably still my overall favorite JRPG series. I love its mix of action-based combat and surprisingly deep character development. That said, the series has had an interesting history of anime adaptations—from Eternia’s anime-original story to Symphonia just covering its main story beats, Abyss being a mostly solid adaptation, Vesperia acting as a prequel, and Zestiria being a weird mix of adaptation and anime-original content.
Before all the modern adaptations, there was a four-episode OVA of the original Tales game, Phantasia.
The best way I can describe this OVA is… quick fan service. The fight animations are solid, and for the most part, it does a decent job of conveying the personalities of the five main characters while providing a general idea of the setting an…
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Have you ever seen an anime so bad that it's entertaining? This is one of them.
I wanted to like this, I really did, but eventually it didn't feel like even the anime took its job seriously anymore, so why should I?
I LOVED the game tales of phantasia, and was looking forward to watching its anime version, even if rushed.
Rushed? No. It wasn't in a rush, it never even tried to adapt the game, instead choosing to focus on side-characters and animate huge scenes that were never in the game to begin with.
It adapted exactly 1 scene from the game in total, which it changed severely.
The animation itself is actually pretty good, music was okay.
I can only hope that one day they remake this and do justice to the game, thus ends my first review :)
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The Tales series games have made welcome additions to any RPG aficionado's collection since the 16-bit era. Every single installment I've played has been, at the very least, good. Not surprisingly, a lot of the Tales games have received anime adaptations. So, where should you start when looking at these adaptations? How about with the original Tales game, Phantasia.
The story in the OVA is close to the story in the game. A demon lord named Dhaos is revived at the expense of two villages and two young people, Cress and Mint, are sent back in time to find two magic users to bring back to their time and defeat him. If you've played the game then you can probably spot some difference there. That's why I said "close to" rather than "exactly like." The OVA does leave some stuff out, mainly for…
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This anime is based of the game: Tales of Phantasia for the GBA (and PSP).
As you can see it only has 4 OVA and that's where my dissapointment is mainly based on.
The game has about 40 hours of gameplay and because I played it already I could at least understand the story, but good chances are that someone who didn't play the game will be confused quickly. The animation skips ALOT of things and it just makes you wish you were playing the game rather then wacthing this anime.
Now you see where I'm going with this. The animation was (probably) made to promote the game which it does, but as an anime I can't recommend this.
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Tales of Phantasia is a great game and the first of the series to be created. The artwork is great, ths characters are the best, it is just a great anime! Though the kinda down side is that it skips some parts from the game. So you can't see the moments where Cress and Mint first meet Claus ( He's called Klarth in the anime) and Arche. And also the parts where Claus makes pacts with the summon spirits at the beginning. But other than that the anime is great. And the best part is that it includes most of the main characters from the game such as Suzu and Barnard. So if you like the game, you should watch the anime too.
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Game adaptations are rapidly becoming a dime a dozen in anime and, surprisingly, the Tales franchise is leading the charge. Like all adaptations though, they can be a bit hit and miss and, in the case of some of them, heavily dependent on first hand knowledge of the game itself.
Tales of Phantasia should be a prime example of this. Should be ...
The story is basically the same as that of the game, barring a few minor differences of course. A band of heroes must defeat the evil sorcerer Dhaos, with much in the way of fantasy action shenanigans along the way.
Surprisingly, the whole anime actually works rather well as the plot doesn't really let up at any point, and because of this, watching Tales of Phantasia is more like watching a good action fantasy movie. In essence, the series is n…
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To start off, I'm going to clear some misconceptions.
This OVA, in my opinion, is heavily targeted towards the audience who have played the game. For a 4 episode anime, it clearly does not cover many significant aspects of the actual story, as you would expect. Many reviews, including external resources out of MAL, disregard this important matter and criticize and how lacking the anime is.
For fans who have played the game, such as myself, it is an extra treat. Tales of Phantasia could easily be seen as one of the best Tales series out there, but you won't get the appreciation out of it through the OVAs, but through the game.
The animation is great, especially the battle scenes. The theme songs, especially the ending theme, "Prayer" by Masami Suzuki, really gives you a very emotional f…
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Based on the video game by the same name, Tales of Phantasia follows the journey of Cless, Mint, Klarth, Chester, and Arche as they try to defeat the demon king Dhaos, who is bent on annihilating the human race.
Like most anime series based on video games, Tales of Phantasia lacks many essential storyline elements, preventing it from living up to its initial potential. While the premise promises a grand, fantastical adventure, Tales' limitation to 4 episodes makes this impossible. The storyline is rushed and unless you've played the game you won't understand some scenes (why, for instance, is Fujibayashi suddenly in a fight to the death with her own father to prevent him from entering Dhaos' castle?).
The series' brevity further results in a lack of any substantial character development,…
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