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Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (movie)

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© 2009 NBGI/TOV Project


Alternative title:
テイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア ~The First Strike~ (Japanese)
時空幻境:宵星傳奇 ~The First Strike~ (Japanese)
Genres: fantasy
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: A long time has ed since the end of a massive war between humans and monsters. A new type of energy named "aer" was discovered. When crystallized, this substance became the energy source for "blastia", an ancient civilization's technology that provided a wide array of essential abilities for humanity. Despite it's manipulation, mankind still has little knowledge of what exactly is "aer". On a mission to eradicate a horde of monsters near the town of Shizotania, a group of knights comes across a strange surge of "aer". Yuri Lowell and Flynn Scifo are two new fresh out of the academy of this knight division. Both are childhood friends who went separate ways, but ended up meeting each other once again while enlisting to serve the Empire.
Ratings: 334 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 27 votes (sub:20, dub:4, edit.dub:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 66 votes (sub:45, dub:16, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 88 votes (sub:66, dub:18, raw:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 100 votes (sub:66, dub:24, ?:2, raw:1, others:7
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Decent: 26 votes (sub:19, dub:6, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 15 votes (sub:8, dub:6, others:1
1 Russian edited dub
)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 537 s, rank: #2040 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.587 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5272, rank: #1601 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.514 (Very good−), rank: #1682 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.52 / won't finish: 5.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.513 (Very good−), rank: #1376 (of 7635)
Running time: 110 minutes
Vintage: 2009-10-03
Premiere date:
2009-10-03 (Japan)
2010-10-29 (Taiwan)
Release dates: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"Ring a Bell" (Kane wo Narashite; 鐘を鳴らして) by Bonnie Pink
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (BD+DVD) 2012-06-26 (from $45.99)
    Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike [Anime Classics] (BD+DVD) 2016-11-22 (from $17.49)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kanta Kamei
Screenplay: Reiko Yoshida
Music: Akira Senju
Original Character Design: Kōsuke Fujishima
Character Design: Tokuyuki Matsutake
Art Director: Hiroshi Ōno
Animation Director:
Toshihisa Kaiya
3D Director: Makoto Endō
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Yamada
Executive producer:
Shin Unozawa
Producer:
Shin Yoshizumi

2D Work:
Yosuke Anai
2nd Key Animation:
Yoshiaki Kyougoku
3D Animation:
Yutaka Hamanaka (IKIF+)
Assistant producer: Yūto Kutaragi
Assistant Sound Director: Noboru Haraguchi
Assistant Unit Director: Yoshikazu Ui
Associate producer: Yoshito Higuchi
Background Art:
Yuho Akagami (Studio Fuga)
Character Animation Director: Tokuyuki Matsutake
Color design: Katsue Inoue
Color Key: Miho Tanaka
Digital Optical Recording: Noboru Nishio
Distribution Manager: Kazuhito Ogino
Dolby Film Consultant:
Tsutomu Kawahigashi
Editing: Junichi Uematsu
Editing Assistant:
Yoshinori Murakami
Editing Coodinator: Hironori Takagi
Ending Animation: Tomohiro Hirata
Film Development, Timing:
Yoshihiro Ueno
Film Recording: Masa Amano
Finish Animation:
Yuu Takahashi (Wish)
Finish Check:
Yuriko Taniguchi
In-Between Animation:
Yuri Naminoue
In-Between Check:
Reiko Sakai (assistant)
Key Animation:
Yumi Kuroiwa
Lab Coordinator:
Yuriko Satō
Lab Manager: Kazunori Nagasawa
Music Performance:
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Music producer:
Shunji Inoue
Music Production: Toshiaki Ohta (Borderline)
Music Production Assistant: Jun Ōta (Lantis)
Music Recording: Toshiyuki Yoshida
Music Work Assistance: Atsushi Ōta
Online Editor:
Kazuta Hattori
Optical Recording: Futoshi Ueda
Photography:
Yuuichirou Nagata (Asahi Production)
Photography Supervision: Yudai Takahashi
Production Advancement:
Satoshi Morishita
Production Business:
Shōri Iwamura
Production Committee:
Toshihiro Nada (Bandai Namco Games)
Production Cooperation:
Takehiro Miyazaki (Tokyu Agency)
Production manager: Yuma Ōue
Prop Design: Shūichi Kaneko
Publicity Manager:
Shunsuke Nagayama
Publicity Producer:
Jun Chiba
Recording Staff: Takeshi Imaizumi
Setting Production: Atsushi Kobayashi
Sound Effects: Takahisa Ishino
Sound Effects Production: Michihiro Itō
Sound Engineer: Jiro Miyazawa
Sound Production: Nobue Yoshinaga
Special Effects: Masahiro Murakami
Sub-Character Design: Takuya Saitō
System Management:
Masakazu Morinaka
Theme Song Composition: Bonnie Pink
Theme Song Lyrics: Bonnie Pink
Theme Song Performance: Bonnie Pink
Visual Effects: Shūichi Kaneko
Kōsuke Toriumi as Yuri Lowell
Mamoru Miyano as Flynn Scifo

Arisa Ogasawara as Hiska
Fumie Mizusawa as Chastele
Jūrōta Kosugi as Alexei Dinoia

Chikara Ōsaka as Chris
Daisuke Gōri as Melzome
Eiji Takemoto as Raven
Eiko Kanazawa as Townspeople
Kouzou Douzaka as Hanks
Mai Nakahara as Estellise "Estelle" Sidos Heurassein
Mantarō Iwao as Guild member
Masafumi Kimura as Elvin
Mitsuru Miyamoto as Galista
Motoyuki Kawahara as Royal guard squad
Reika Uyama as Emma
Rika Morinaga as Rita Mordio
Sayori Ishizuka as Emma's mother
Seiji Sasaki as Townspeople
Wataru Takagi as Gradana
Yasuyuki Kase as Jurgis
Yōhei Tadano as Guild
Yui Shoji as Waitress
Yūichi Meguro as Townspeople
Yukito Souma as Kansuke
Japanese companies
3d Animation: IKIF+
Animation Production: Production I.G
Backgrounds:
Studio Fuga
Film Developing: Imagica
Finish Animation:
Wish
In-Between Animation:
Yuhodo
Mixing Studio: AVACO Creative Studios
Original Creator: Bandai Namco Games
Photography: Asahi Production
Production:
Production I.G
Production Cooperation:
Tōkyū Agency
Recording Studio:
Tokyo TV Center
Sound Effects: Sound Ring
Sound Production: Phoenicia
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Mike McFarland
Translation:
Sarah Alys Lindholm (Quality Assurance)
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
Producer:
Justin Cook

ADR Engineer: Kenneth Thompson
Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt
Blu-Ray Authoring:
Trace Furniss
Blu-Ray Compression:
Jacob Martin
Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez
Blu-Ray Menu Audio: Jim Welch
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Kris Pierce
Blu-Ray Producer: Clarine Harp
Blu-Ray Quality Control:
Rob Schindlbeck
DVD Authoring:
Trace Furniss
DVD Compression:
Jacob Martin
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Jim Welch
DVD Menu Design: TJ Larson
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp
DVD Quality Control:
Rob Schindlbeck
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Lead Video Engineer: Jacob Martin
Line Producer: Mike McFarland
Mix Engineer: Adrian Cook
Post-Production Assistant: Aya Spann
Production Assistant:
Trenton Jons
Production Supervision: Susie Nixon
Senior Video Editor:
Jeremy Jimenez
Subtitling:
Jon Uzzel
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Editing:
Robert Bell
Video Engineer:
Jason Weems
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara
Sam Regal as Flynn Scifo
Troy Baker as Yuri Lowell

Christopher R. Sabat as Niren Fedrok
Leah Clark as Chastel Aiheap
Trina Nishimura as Hisca Aiheap

Barry Yandell as Gradana
Cherami Leigh as Estellise
Cris George as Hanks
J. Michael Tatum as Garista
Jason Douglas as Alexei
Jonathan Brooks as Raven
Josh Grelle as David
Luci Christian as Rita Mordio
Micah Solusod as Pete
Mike McFarland as Yurgis
Newton Pittman as Chris
R Bruce Elliott as Merzhom
Ricco Fajardo as Kansuke
Scott Freeman as Elvin

English companies
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment (UK)
Internet Streaming: AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
German cast
German staff
(none)
Marco Steeger as Yuri Lowell

Iris Hassenzahl as Chastele
Nicole Hise as Hisuka

Hubert Burczek as Gradana
Lisa Braun as Rita Mordio
Sascha Kaufmann as Galista
German companies
Distributor: Animaze
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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