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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: fantasy 
Themes: war 
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. 
Ratings: 690 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 Spanish subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
)
 Decent: 89 votes (sub:84, dub:2, others:3
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 So-so: 47 votes (sub:42, 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 s, rank: #846 (of 9997)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.259 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.7589, rank: #2797 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 7.112 (Good), rank: #3196 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.31 / seen some: 6.88 / won't finish: 4.42)
Bayesian estimate: 7.119 (Good), rank: #2965 (of 7635)
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 
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Tales of the Abyss - The Complete Series [Essentials] (Sub.Blu-ray) 2020-03-17 (from $74.54)
    Tales of the Abyss - The Complete Series (Sub.Blu-ray + DVD) 2018-11-27 (from $79.90)
DVD (Region 1)
    Tales of the Abyss - Part 1 (Sub.DVD) 2011-10-11 (from $16.41)
    Tales of the Abyss - Part 1 [Limited Edition] (Sub.DVD) 2011-10-11
    Tales of the Abyss - Part 2 (Sub.DVD) 2011-12-06 (from $2.50)
    Tales of the Abyss - Part 2 [Limited Edition] (Sub.DVD) 2011-12-06 (from $69.99)
    Tales of the Abyss - Part 3 (Sub.DVD) 2012-02-07
    Tales of the Abyss - Part 4 (Sub.DVD) 2012-02-07 (from $78.98)

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:
Kenji Kodama (7 episodes
eps 1, 4, 9, 13, 22, 25-26
)Masato Satō (4 episodes
eps 11, 18, 23-24
)Yasunao Aoki (eps 3, 17, 19) 
Episode Director:
Hirofumi Ogura (5 episodes
eps 5, 9-10, 15, 20
)Satoshi Toba (6 episodes
eps 3, 6, 14, 19, 24, 26
)Shinya Watada (4 episodes
eps 2, 12, 16, 22
)Teruo Sato (8 episodes
eps 1, 4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 23, 25
) 
Music: Motoi Sakuraba 
Original Character Design: Kōsuke Fujishima 
Character Design: Yoshihito Hishinuma 
Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda 
Animation Director:
Hiromi Maezawa (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 20, 25
)Kayo Tachibana (4 episodes
eps 9, 15, 22, 26
)Rie Nakajima (4 episodes
eps 10, 14, 19, 24
)Shinichi Sakuma (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 23
)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:
Satoshi Kubo (Bandai Visual) 
Producer:
Yuko Soen (Bandai Visual) 

2nd Key Animation: Eiji Nakada (ep 18) 
Assistant Director: Teruo Sato 
Associate producer:
Yūki Makimoto (Bandai Visual) 
CG:
Naoya Fukushi 
Color design: Misako Akama 
Editing: Tomoaki Tsurubuchi 
Film Editing:
Haruka Yasumoto (24 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-13, 15-26
)Takashi Kubota (eps 1-26) 
Key Animation:
Akiko Toyoda (4 episodes
eps 7, 11, 19, 25
)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
)Eiji Komatsu (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 15, 22, 26
)Etsuko Tomita (4 episodes
eps 1, 14, 19, 24
)Etsushi Mori (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 20, 25-26
)Hiromi Ono (4 episodes
eps 2, 7, 15, 18
)Jun Yukawa (5 episodes
eps 6, 10, 18, 20, 25
)Katsunori Enokimoto (Studio Dub; 6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 23
)Kazuyo Tominaga (8 episodes
eps 3, 10, 14, 18-20, 22, 24
)Keizou Ichikawa (6 episodes
eps 1, 7, 14, 20, 22, 26
)Mamiko Nakanishi (5 episodes
eps 2, 9, 11, 22, 26
)Masako Kawai (Studio Kuma; 7 episodes
eps 5, 10, 14-15, 18, 20, 25
)Naoko Yamamoto (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 9, 22, 26
)Rie Nakajima (OP; ED; 7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 7, 9-10, 14, 25
)Sachiko Sugimoto (OP; ED; 4 episodes
eps 2, 9, 11, 18
)Sanae Narasaki (5 episodes
eps 2, 9, 14, 19, 24
)Shirō Tamaki (Studio Kuma; 5 episodes
eps 5, 14, 18, 20, 25
)Takenori Tsukuma (Anime R; 5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 18, 24-25
)Tomomi Umemura (5 episodes
eps 5, 9, 18, 22, 26
)Toshiaki Iino (Studio Kuma; OP; ED; 10 episodes
eps 1, 7, 9-11, 15, 20, 22, 25-26
)Toshiyuki Anzai (4 episodes
eps 10, 14, 19-20
)Yoshiaki Wada (Studio Dub; 4 episodes
eps 13, 17, 21, 23
)Yū Saitō (Studio Dub; 6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 23
)Yuta Nakano (Studio Giants; ep 12) 
Literature Manager: Tetsuko Takahashi 
Monster Design: Junya Ishigaki 
Music Selection: Maiko Gōda 
Planning:
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:
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 
Show 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) 
Kōji 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) 
Yōsuke 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
2nd Key Animation:
Tatsunoko Production (4 episodes
eps 10, 14, 20, 25
)Wai Wai Company 
Animation Direction: Studio Dub (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 23
) 
Animation Production: Sunrise 
Backgrounds: Atelier Musa 
Broadcaster:
Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (2008-10-04)Mainichi Broadcasting System (2008-10-04)Tokyo MX (2008-10-03) 
CG: NODE 
Cooperation:
Pizza Hut Japan  
Digital Paint:
Wish 
Film Editing: Q-Tec 
In-Between Animation:
Tatsunoko Production (6 episodes
eps 3, 5-6, 14-15, 19
)ZEXCS 
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
) 
Studio Dub (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 13, 17, 21, 23
) 
Studio Mu (6 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 19-20, 22
) 
Triple A (ep 12) 
Original Creator: Bandai Namco Games 
Photography: Anime Film 
Production:
Bandai Namco GamesSunrise 
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 Design: Bang Zoom! Entertainment 
DVD Production: Bang Zoom! Entertainment 
Licensed by:
Bandai EntertainmentFUNimation Entertainment  (2013) 
English cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: YouTube 
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment 
Portuguese cast
(none)

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