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Tales of Phantasia (OAV)

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Alternative title:
Сказания Фантазии (Russian)
テイルズ・オブ・ファンタジア (Japanese)
Objectionable content: Significant
Based on: "Tales of Phantasia" (1995 video game) by Namco
Plot Summary: Cless Alvein, a young swordsman from the town of Totus, along with his friend Mint Adnade, a healer with the talent of Mana, are sent back in time to defeat Dhaos, a sorcerer imprisoned by their parents decades ago. Along with the help of the archer Chester Barklight, the summoner Klarth F. Lester and the half-elf Arche Klaine, they seek to right the wrongs of Dhaos and return peace to the land.
User Ratings: 428 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 22 votes (sub:18, dub:3, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 42 votes (sub:35, dub:4, raw:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 83 votes (sub:68, dub:8, raw:2, others:5
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 133 votes (sub:99, dub:25, ?:1, others:8
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Dutch edited dub
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 86 votes (sub:64, dub:18, others:4
3 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 So-so: 32 votes (sub:22, dub:4, others:6
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 17 votes (sub:13, dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 862 users, rank: #1388 (of 9735)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.944 (Good), std. dev.: 1.5727, rank: #4225 (of 9868)
Weighted mean: 6.823 (Good−), rank: #4513 (of 9868) (seen all: 6.82 / seen some: 7.69 / won't finish: 3.95)
Bayesian estimate: 6.842 (Good), rank: #4098 (of 7485)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 4
Episode titles: We have 4
Vintage: 2004-11-25
Release dates: We have 5
Opening Theme:
"Yume no Hate" (夢の果て) by Masami Suzuki
Ending Theme:
"Priere" by Masami Suzuki
Review:
Tales of Phantasia DVD 1 (Apr 1, 2007)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Tales of Phantasia: The Animation (Blu-ray) 2022-09-27 (from $27.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Tales of Phantasia: The Animation (DVD) 2007-01-16 (from $6.30)
    Tales of Phantasia: The Animation (DVD) 2008-11-25 (from $51.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takuo Tominaga
Scenario: Ryunosuke Kingetsu
Music: Kimio Nomura
Original Character Design: Kousuke Fujishima
Character Design: Tokuyuki Matsutake
Art Director: Suichiro Yoshihara
Chief Animation Director: Tokuyuki Matsutake (layout)
Animation Director:
Masahito Yamashita (ep 1)
Shinjiro Mogi

Art Supervision: Yūsuke Takeda (eps 1-2)
Background Art:
Ayumu Inaba
Jyun Okabe
Kotomi Yagi
Masanobu Nomura
Megumi Katō
Michie Suzuki
Mon Mitsumoto
Naoko Yamada
Rie Mizugami
Takeshi Suzuki
Tomomi Nakajima
Tomonori Katō
Yuka Hirama
Yuka Kinoshita
Color Key: Yukiko Harada
Editing Assistant:
Ayako Nakagawa
Yukihiro Shii
In-Between Animation: Takuro Hiraiwa
Ink & Paint:
Izumi Takizawa
Kensuke Katsu
Makiko Doi
Noriko Ōtsuka
Yasuko Watanabe
Yukiko Sato
Key Animation:
Fumio Matsumoto
Haruhito Takada
Hatsue Nakayama
Junichi Yokohama
Junichi Yokoyama (eps 1-2)
Keita Shimizu
Koichi Hatsumi
Masahito Yamashita (ep 1)
Masanori Aoyama
Naoko Yamamoto
Naoyuki Konno (OP)
Noboru Furuse (ep 2)
Ryūta Kawagishi
Shin Tosaka (eps 3-4)
Shinjiro Mogi
Taiki Harada
Takahiko Shobu
Takuo Tominaga
Takuro Hiraiwa
Tōru Yoshida
Toyoaki Fukushima (ep 1)
Yoshihiro Watanabe
Yūichi Nakazawa
Yuka Takashina
Photography:
Katsumi Ota
Kazutoshi Takahashi
Shinichi Sasano
Takahide Kurodi
Yatsushi Fukumoto
Yoshio Tsukioka
Theme Song Composition:
Ikuko Noguchi (OP & ED)
Mika Watanabe (OP & ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Masami Suzuki (OP & ED)
Takeshi Kusao as Cless Alvein

Junko Iwao as Mint Adnade
Kazuhiko Inoue as Klarth F. Lester
Kentarō Itō as Chester Barklight
Mika Kanai as Arche Klaine
Taeko Kawata as Suzu Fujibayashi
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Dhaos

Akio Kato as Head Knight (ep 1)
Asuka Hotta as Sylph (ep 3)
Bin Shimada as Raizen
Dai Matsumoto as General B (ep 4)
Daisuke Hirakawa as Lundgrom
Eri Kitamura as Lodi
Hiroshi Kikkawa as Elf Guard (ep 3)
Ikuko Kida as Sylph (ep 3)
Iori Hayashi as Elf Guard (ep 3)
Katsuhisa Hōki as High Priest
Katsuo Katou as Head Knight
Kenichi Morosumi as Strategist
Kenichi Morozumi as Strategist (ep 1)
Kouji Tsujitani as Brambald
Mamiko Noto as Girl (ep 2)
Maria Kawamura as Meryl Adenade
Masami Iwasaki as General A (ep 4)
Naoya Sekine as Origin
Rie Tanaka as Martel
Ryūji Mizuno as Minister
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Elf A
Tesshō Genda as Mars
Tetsuo Kanao as King of Alvanista (ep 4)
Unshō Ishizuka as Morrison
Yumiko Nakajima as Sylph (ep 3)

Eisuke Mizugami
Iori Hayashi
Kenji Yoshikawa
Naoki Yata
Syunsuke Takagi
Tatsuo Suzuki
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Patrick Seitz
Translation: David Fleming
ADR Script: Patrick Seitz
Executive producer: Katsuhiko Tsurumoto
Producer:
Eric P. Sherman
Kaeko Sakamoto
Kevin Chu

Assistant producer: Mami Okada
Associate Casting Director: Mami Okada
Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto
Dialogue Editing:
Kevin Patzelt
Patrick Rodman
Post-Production Assistant: Amie Farquhar
Production Assistant:
Charles Ohta
Mark Fujita
Production Coordination: Megumi Kunisada
Re-Recording Mixing: Michael Brooks
Recording engineer:
Kevin Patzelt
Patrick Rodman
Spotting: Tetsuya Fujita
Subtitling: David Fleming
Supervising Sound Engineer: Patrick Rodman
David Vincent as Chester
Jack Bauer as Claus F. Lester
Jennifer Sekiguchi as Arche Klein
Johnny Yong Bosch as Cless Alvein
Mia Bradly as Mint

Mike McFarland as Reisen
Patrick Seitz as Dhaos
Taylor Henry as Narrator
Tina Louise as Suzu Fujibayashi

George C. Cole as
Dozo (eps 3-4)
Official (ep 1)
Henry Joseph as
Elf (ep 3)
Head Knight (ep 1)
Official (ep 1)
Kim Strauss as
Brambert (eps 3-4)
General (ep 4)
Official (ep 1)
Kirk Thornton as
Bar Patron (ep 4)
Elf (ep 3)
High Priest (ep 1)
King of Alvanista (ep 4)
Lex Lang as Lundgrom (eps 3-4)
Michael McConnohie as Mars (ep 1)
Michelle Ruff as
Martel (eps 1-2)
Sylph (ep 3)
Steve Cannon as
Elf (ep 3)
Origin (ep 4)
Technician (ep 1)
Tara Platt as
Meryl (ep 2)
Mint's Mother
Sylph (ep 3)
Taylor Henry as Morrison (eps 1, 3)

Tara Platt
English companies
ADR Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Distributor:
FUNimation Entertainment (2008)
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video
Crunchyroll (via Discotek Media)
Licensed by:
Geneon Entertainment Inc. (Expired)
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Thomas Guitard
Alexandre Coadour as Dhaos
Arnaud Laurent as Officier
Bruno Magne as
Dozo
Mars
Bruno Meyere as Klarth F. Lester
Christèle Billault as Mère de Mint
Damien Da Silva as Brambald
Eric Legrand as Laizen
Fanny Billault as Mint enfant
Fanny Bloc as Mint Adnade
Geneviève Doang as Arche Klaine
Grégory Laisné as Chester Barklight
Jacques Berthier as
Narrateur
Prelat
Jessica Barrier as
Martel
Suzu
Matthieu Morel as Chester Barklight
Rémi Caillebot as Runeglom
Thomas Guitard as Cless Alvein
Yann Guillemot as Morisson
French companies
Broadcaster: Game one (from December 2008)
Distributor: Anima
Dubbing: WanTake
Dubbing Director: Thomas Guitard
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Felipe Melo as diretor (young)
Portuguese companies
(none)

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