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Tales of the Abyss (TV)

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Alternative title:
テイルズ オブ ジ アビス (Japanese)
테일즈 오브 디 어비스 (Korean)
Genres: adventure, drama, fantasy
Objectionable content: Significant
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 was kidnapped seven years ago by a rival country, the Malkuth Empire. Now Luke's memory of the life he led before is missing, and a strange voice, which only he can hear, has been calling out to him ever since. One day while training with his mentor, Van Grants, a strange woman called Tear breaks into the mansion with the sole intent of taking Van's life. During the struggle Luke is transported far from home, along with Tear, and now that Luke has finally gained the freedom he's been dreaming of, what awaits him in the outside world will shatter everything he's ever known about himself.
User Ratings: 691 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 49 votes (sub:39, dub:6, raw:2, ?:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 124 votes (sub:111, dub:4, raw:1, others:8
6 Spanish subtitled
1 Indonesia subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Very good: 168 votes (sub:153, dub:7, others:8
5 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 160 votes (sub:150, dub:3, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:5
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 89 votes (sub:84, dub:2, others:3
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 So-so: 48 votes (sub:43, dub:2, ?:1, others:2
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 22 votes (sub:19, dub:2, raw:1)
 Weak: 22 votes (sub:21, dub:1)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1471 users, rank: #843 (of 9532)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.256 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.7597, rank: #2682 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.109 (Good), rank: #3061 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.31 / seen some: 6.85 / won't finish: 4.42)
Bayesian estimate: 7.116 (Good), rank: #2829 (of 7240)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 2008-10-03
Opening Theme:
"Karma" by BUMP OF CHICKEN
Ending Theme:
"Bōken Suisei" (冒険彗星) by Kurumi Enomoto
Review:
Tales of the Abyss BD+DVD (Sep 27, 2019)
News: Show:
Sunrise Panel (Oct 15, 2011)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Tales of the Abyss - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2020-03-17 (from $27.94)
    Tales of the Abyss - The Complete Series (Sub.Blu-ray + DVD) 2018-11-27 (from $34.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Tales of the Abyss - Part 1 (Sub.DVD) 2011-10-11 (from $3.40)
    Tales of the Abyss - Part 1 [Limited Edition] (Sub.DVD) 2011-10-11 (from $59.94)
    Tales of the Abyss - Part 2 (Sub.DVD) 2011-12-06 (from $11.92)
    Tales of the Abyss - Part 2 [Limited Edition] (Sub.DVD) 2011-12-06 (from $13.49)
    Tales of the Abyss - Part 3 (Sub.DVD) 2012-02-07
    Tales of the Abyss - Part 4 (Sub.DVD) 2012-02-07 (from $3.57)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kenji Kodama
Series Composition: Akemi Omode
Script:
Akemi Omode (14 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 9, 11-12, 15, 18-19, 21-22, 24-26
)

Miyuki Kishimoto (4 episodes
eps 3, 10, 15, 19
)

Toshizo Nemoto (5 episodes
eps 6, 8, 14, 17, 20
)

Yoichi Kato (5 episodes
eps 5, 7, 13, 16, 23
)

Storyboard:
Akira Nishimori (eps 7, 14)
Atsuo Tobe (eps 5, 16)
Hirofumi Ogura (eps 10, 15, 20)
Hitoyuki Matsui (eps 6, 21)
Kenji Kodama (7 episodes
eps 1, 4, 9, 13, 22, 25-26
)

Masato Sato (4 episodes
eps 11, 18, 23-24
)

Shinya Watada (ep 12)
Teruo Sato (eps 2, 8)
Yasunao Aoki (eps 3, 17, 19)
Episode Director:
Hirofumi Ogura (5 episodes
eps 5, 9-10, 15, 20
)

Masato Sato (eps 7, 11, 18)
Satoshi Toba (6 episodes
eps 3, 6, 14, 19, 24, 26
)

Shinobu Sasaki (ep 21)
Shinya Watada (4 episodes
eps 2, 12, 16, 22
)

Teruo Sato (8 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 23, 25
)

Original Character Design: Kousuke Fujishima
Character Design: Yoshihito Hishinuma
Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda
Animation Director:
Atsuo Tobe (ep 16)
Hiromi Maezawa (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 20, 25
)

Kana Ishida (ep 18)
Kayo Tachibana (4 episodes
eps 9, 15, 22, 26
)

Masayuki Nomoto (ep 12)
Rie Nakajima (4 episodes
eps 10, 14, 19, 24
)

Sachiko Sugimoto (eps 6, 18, 25)
Satomi Higuchi (ep 15)
Sayaka Koiso (ep 22)
Shinichi Sakuma (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 23
)

Takayoshi Hashimoto (ep 5)
Yasushi Shingō (eps 2, 6)
Yoshihito Hishinuma (4 episodes
eps 1, 9, 11, 26
)

Mechanical design: Junya Ishigaki
Art design: Shūichi Ōkubo (Atelier Musa)
Sound Director: Eriko Kimura
Director of Photography: Shigemi Ogawa
Executive producer:
Makoto Yoshizumi (Bandai Namco Games)
Masayuki Ozaki (Sunrise)
Satoshi Kubo (Bandai Visual)
Producer:
Hiroo Maruyama (MBS)
Naohiro Ogata (Sunrise)
Yoshito Higuchi (Bandai Namco Games)
Yuko Soen (Bandai Visual)

2nd Key Animation: Eiji Nakada (ep 18)
Assistant Director: Teruo Sato
Associate producer:
Toshihiro Maeda (MBS)
Yūki Makimoto (Bandai Visual)
Color design: Misako Akama
Film Editing:
Haruka Yasumoto (24 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-13, 15-26
)

Katsuhiro Kimura (ep 4)
Takashi Kubota (eps 1-26)
Key Animation:
Akemi Kitamura (Studio Giants; ep 12)
Akiko Toyoda (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 19, 25
)

Akio Kitahara (ep 22)
Akira Matsunaga (Nakamura Production; ep 5)
Akira Takahashi (Studio Dub; 6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 23
)

Atsuo Tobe (OP; ED; 6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 16, 22, 25-26
)

Daisuke Nakajima (Studio Giants; ep 12)
Eiji Komatsu (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 15, 22, 26
)

Emiko Kataoka (ep 19)
Etsuko Tomita (4 episodes
eps 1, 14, 19, 24
)

Etsushi Mori (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 20, 25-26
)

Fumino Shimizu (OP; ED)
Fuyumi Toriyama (ep 11)
Hideo Maru (ep 24)
Hiroko Kanehara (eps 11, 18)
Hiroko Oguri (eps 1, 6)
Hiromi Maezawa (OP; ED; eps 1, 20, 26)
Hiromi Ono (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 15, 18
)

Hiroshi Yamamoto (ep 7)
Hirotoshi Takaya (OP; ED; eps 3, 10)
Jun Yukawa (5 episodes
eps 6, 10, 18, 20, 25
)

Kana Ishida (ep 9)
Katsunori Enokimoto (Studio Dub; 6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 23
)

Katsutoshi Tsunoda (OP; ED; eps 1, 25-26)
Kazuchika Kise (OP)
Kazuki Ito (ep 24)
Kazuya Nakamura (eps 2, 6, 25)
Kazuya Saitō (eps 5-6)
Kazuyo Tominaga (8 episodes
eps 3, 10, 14, 18-20, 22, 24
)

Kazuyuki Ueda (ep 18)
Keiko Ichihara (Studio Mu; eps 3, 9, 19)
Keiko Motoya (eps 11, 20)
Keiko Nagamine (eps 11, 18)
Keizou Ichikawa (6 episodes
eps 1, 7, 14, 20, 22, 26
)

Kenji Kanamori (ep 19)
Kōichi Shimoda (ep 25)
Kōichi Takai (ep 24)
Koichi Yagami (ep 2)
Koji Nagatomi (ep 3)
Maho Yoshikawa (eps 3, 9, 11)
Makoto Iino (Nakamura Production; eps 5-7)
Mamiko Nakanishi (5 episodes
eps 2, 9, 11, 22, 26
)

Masahiro Kataoka (eps 15, 25)
Masahiro Koyama (eps 11, 15)
Masakazu Endō (eps 14, 19, 25)
Masako Kawai (Studio Kuma; 7 episodes
eps 5, 10, 14-15, 18, 20, 25
)

Masashi Sato (ep 5)
Masumi Hoshino (eps 2, 9, 19-20)
Mayumi Nakamura (ep 11)
Mika Yamamoto (ep 14)
Misao Abe (ep 3)
Mitsunori Yamaguchi (eps 6, 26)
Naoki Tajima (ep 24)
Naoko Yamamoto (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 9, 22, 26
)

Noriko Ogura (eps 2, 15)
Rie Nakajima (OP; ED; 7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9-10, 14, 25
)

Ryo Komori (eps 15, 20, 26)
Sachiko Sugimoto (OP; ED; 4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 11, 18
)

Sanae Narasaki (5 episodes
eps 2, 9, 14, 19, 24
)

Saori Yanaga (ep 24)
Satomi Higuchi (eps 1, 5-6, 15)
Satoshi Kimura (eps 7, 9)
Shingo Abe (OP; ED)
Shirō Tamaki (Studio Kuma; 5 episodes
eps 5, 14, 18, 20, 25
)

Shōta Ihata (ep 24)
Takaaki Nagano (OP; ED; ep 7)
Takako Shimizu (OP; ED)
Takashi Irie (Studio Giants; ep 12)
Takayoshi Hashimoto (eps 1, 20, 26)
Takenori Tsukuma (Anime R; 5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 18, 24-25
)

Takeshi Morita (ep 24)
Takuya Tani (ep 25)
Taro Tanaka (ep 15)
Tatsuo Nakajima (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Tetsurō Yamada (Nakamura Production; ep 7)
Tetsuya Satō (ep 24)
Tokuhiro Itagaki (eps 6, 14, 26)
Tomohiro Kishi (ep 15)
Tomoko Fukunaga (Studio Mu; eps 3, 9, 22)
Tomomi Umemura (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 18, 22, 26
)

Tomoyuki Fujii (ep 3)
Toshiaki Iino (Studio Kuma; OP; ED; 10 episodes
eps 1, 7, 9-11, 15, 20, 22, 25-26
)

Toshiko Baba (ep 24)
Toshiko Inada (eps 15, 20)
Toshiyuki Anzai (4 episodes
eps 10, 14, 19-20
)

Toshiyuki Yamazaki (ep 22)
Yoko Suzuki (eps 2, 7)
Yoshiaki Wada (Studio Dub; 4 episodes
eps 13, 17, 21, 23
)

Yū Saitō (Studio Dub; 6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 23
)

Yuki Masutani (eps 5-6, 18, 25)
Yukiko Kobayashi (ep 11)
Yūko Danki (eps 3, 11, 26)
Yūko Yamamoto (ep 26)
Yuta Nakano (Studio Giants; ep 12)
Literature Manager: Tetsuko Takahashi
Monster Design: Junya Ishigaki
Music Selection: Maiko Gōda
Planning:
Kazumi Kawashiro (Bandai Visual)
Shin Unozawa (Bandai Namco Games)
Yasuo Miyakawa (Sunrise)
Planning Manager: Rie Akutsu (Sunrise)
Production Desk: Takanori Itō
Recording Adjustment: Kazutoshi Yamamoto
Sound Effects: Yasunori Ogata
Special Effects: Yutaka Hoshiba
Theme Song Performance:
BUMP OF CHICKEN (OP)
Kurumi Enomoto (ED)
Chihiro Suzuki as Luke Fone Fabre
Yukana as Tear Grants

Halko Momoi as Anise Tatlin
Jōji Nakata as Van Grants
Michiko Neya as Natalia L. K. Lanvaldear
Miki Maruyama as Mieu
Shō Hayami as Lorelei
Takehito Koyasu as Jade Curtis
Yasunori Matsumoto as Guy Cecil
Yukana as Yulia Jue

Akiko Takeguchi as Natalia's wet nurse (ep 13)
Atsushi Ono as Goldberg (ep 5)
Atsushi Yoshida as Teor Forest checkpoint soldier (ep 12)
Chafūrin as Iemon
Chihiro Suzuki as Asch the Bloody
Emi Nakajima as Noelle
Fumihiro Okabayashi as Oracle soldier (ep 10)
Fuminori Komatsu as Van (young; ep 24)
Gō Inoue as General Frings
Haruka Katayama as Maid 3 (ep 1)
Hideo Watanabe as Oracle soldier (ep 3)
Hiroomi Sugino as Urushi (ep 7)
Hiroshi Naka as Spinoza
Jin Urayama as prewar Home Minister Albine (eps 5, 13, 15)
Jirō Saitō as Engeve stallholder (ep 2)
Kanako Tōjō as Jozette Cecille (ep 5)
Katsuhiro Kitagawa as Count Almandine (ep 13)
Katsuji Mori as Grand Maestro Mohs
Kazuki Yao as Dist the Reaper
Keigo Manaka as Maintenance man (Kaitzur Port; ep 4)
Keiichi Kuwabara as
Knight (ep 5)
Tartarus soldier (ep 2)
Keiji Himeno as Coachman (eps 1-2)
Kenichirō Matsuda as Tartarus soldier (ep 2)
Kenji Takahashi as
General Glenn McGovern (eps 12-13)
Malkuth soldier (ep 3)
Kentarō Tone as Kimlasca senior officer (ep 13)
Kouji Fujiyoshi as Soldier (soldier who attacked Gardios household; ep 14)
Makiko Nitta as Tamara
Mami Horikoshi as Suzanne
Masafumi Kimura as Site foreman (Akzeriuth; ep 8)
Miho Hino as Saphir Wai Yon Neis (ep 11) 
Miki Itō as Legretta the Magic Bullet
Motomu Kiyokawa as Mayor Teodoro (mayor of Yulia City)
Mutsumi Sasaki as Pere (ep 1)
Mutsumi Tamura as
Asch (child; ep 9)
Luke (young; 4 episodes
eps 6, 10, 12, 15
)
Ooki Sugiyama as Ginji
Riki Kitazawa as Buusagi (Rappig) (ep 2)
Roko Takizawa as Cathy
Ryûichi Kagehira as Oracle soldier (ep 8)
Ryūsaku Chijiwa as Hotel front official (ep 11)
Sakiko Uran as Noir
Satsuki Yukino as
Arietta the Mysterious Beast
Arietta the Wild
Sayaka Nakaya as Maid 1 (ep 1)
Seiko Ueda as Maid (eps 6, 9)
Seirō Ogino as Engeve villager (ep 2)
Shigeo Kiyama as
Doctor (eps 16, 22)
Kimlasca senior officer (ep 13)
Shinsuke Nagashima as Oracle soldier (ep 3)
Shiori Matsuda as Guy (young; eps 10, 14)
Shunsaku Nishigaki as Oracle soldier (ep 10)
Tadashi Miyazawa as Elder Cheagle (ep 2)
Takahide Adachi as Aston
Takako Honda as Nephry
Takashi Oohara as York (ep 7)
Takashi Taniguchi as King Ingobert VI
Takumi Yamazaki as Emperor Peony
Tesshō Genda as Largo the Black Lion
Tomoyoshi Fukazu as Maintenance man (Kaitzur Port; ep 4)
Toshihiko Kojima as Chief of Staff Sesemann (short Malkuth councilor with blond beard and glasses; eps 12, 24)
Yasuo Muramatsu as Elder McGovern (eps 12-13)
Yoshikazu Kazuma as
Malkuth soldier (ep 4)
Oracle soldier (ep 8)
Yoshiko Takemura as Rose (ep 2)
Yoshiyuki Kaneko as General Nordheim (ep 12)
Yousuke Akimoto as Hencken
Yu Shimamura as
Mary (eps 14, 19, 22)
Marybelle Ragan Gardios (Guy's sister)
Yuka Nagayoshi as Nebilim (ep 11)
Yuki Kashiwagi as Maid 2 (ep 1)
Yumiko Akaike as Pamela Tatlin (ep 14)
Yumiko Kobayashi as
Ion
Sync the Tempest
Yutaka Nakano as Duke Fabre
Yuumi Kikuchi as
Child (ep 8)
Young Nephry (ep 11)
Japanese companies
Animation Direction: Studio Dub (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 23
)

Animation Production: Sunrise
Backgrounds: Atelier Musa
Broadcaster:
Animax (2008-11-03)
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2008-10-04)
Mainichi Broadcasting System (2008-10-04)
Nippon BS Broadcasting Corporation (2008-10-31)
Tokyo MX (2008-10-03)
CG: NODE
Cooperation:
Pizza Hut Japan
Film Editing: Q-Tec
In-between Check:
Ark Creation (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 23
)

Studio Giants (ep 12)
Key Animation:
Anime R (4 episodes
eps 2, 6, 18, 25
)

Nakamura Production (eps 5-7)
Studio Dub (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 23
)

Studio Giants (ep 12)
Studio Mu (6 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 19-20, 22
)

Triple A (ep 12)
Original Creator: Bandai Namco Games
Photography: Anime Film
Production Cooperation: Xebec (ep 12)
Recording Studio: Omnibus Japan
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
English staff
English companies
Executive producer: Ken Iyadomi
Producer: Loy Fruel

Chief Producer: Nobuo Masuda
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
DVD Authoring: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
DVD Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Licensed by:
Bandai Entertainment (Expired)
FUNimation Entertainment (2013)
English cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: YouTube
Portuguese cast
(none)

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