Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (2009)
October 3, 2009Release Date
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (2009)
October 3, 2009Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Kohsuke Toriumi
Yuri Lowell (voice)
Mamoru Miyano
Flynn Scifo (voice)
Christopher Sabat
Niren Fedrok
Rika Morinaga
Rita Mordio (voice)
Mai Nakahara
Estellise Sidos Heurassein (voice)
Fumie Mizusawa
Shastere Aiheap (voice)
Troy Baker
Yuri Lowell
Arisa Ogasawara
Hisuka Aiheap (voice)
Daisuke Gori
Merzhom Keida (voice)
Jurota Kosugi
Alexei Denoia (voice)
Eiji Takemoto
Raven (voice)
Sam Riegel
Flynn Scifo
Takashi Taniguchi
Nylen Fedrock (voice)
Junichi Uematsu
Editor
J. Michael Tatum
Garista Luodur
Kanta Kamei
Director
Kazumi Kawashiro
Executive Producer
Akira Senju
Original Music Composer
Jun Yukawa
Producer
Hidekazu Terakawa
Producer
Reiko Yoshida
Screenplay
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Executive Producer
Hiroshi Ohno
Art Direction
Shin Unozawa
Executive Producer
Kazuhiro Yamada
Director of Photography
Seiko Asai
Key Animation
Hirofumi Suzuki
Key Animation
Hiroto Tanaka
Key Animation
Tetsuya Nishio
Key Animation
Shintaro Doge
Key Animation
Yasunori Miyazawa
Key Animation
Kazumasa Orii
Key Animation
Hideki Takahashi
Key Animation
Kazunori Akiyama
Key Animation
Kyoko Kotani
Key Animation
Takuya Saito
Character Designer / Animation Director / Key Animation
Tokuyuki Matsutake
Character Designer / Animation Director
Kousuke Fujishima
Character Designer
Toshihisa Kaiya
Animation Director
Kazuchika Kise
Animation Director / Key Animation
Makoto Yoshizumi
Producer
Makoto Endo
3D Director
Katsue Inoue
Color Designer
Yoshinori Murakami
Assistant Editor
Taeko Hamauzu
Assistant Editor
Yuki Kawashima
Key Animation
Kazuyoshi Yaginuma
Key Animation
Kana Ishida
Key Animation
Mai Otsuka
Key Animation
Toshiyuki Yahagi
Key Animation
Takahisa Ishino
Sound Effects
Narihito Sekikawa
Key Animation
Makoto Yamada
Key Animation
Haruo Sotozaki
Key Animation
Mariko Ishikawa
Key Animation
Ryota Niino
Key Animation
Jiro Miyazawa
Sound Mixer
Atsuko Nakajima
Key Animation
Nobuyoshi Souzaki
Key Animation
Kei Tsushima
Key Animation
Iwao Teraoka
Key Animation
Masayuki Yoshiki
Key Animation
Isao Sugimoto
Key Animation
Natsuki Egami
Key Animation
Kazuto Nakazawa
Key Animation
Yuki Nishioka
Key Animation
Yumi Kuroiwa
Key Animation
Naoko Kouda
Key Animation
Tatsuya Oka
Key Animation
Kazuko Hayakawa
Key Animation
Chieko Miyagawa
Key Animation
Youhei Sasaki
Key Animation
Mika Shirota
Key Animation
Kazuyo Hasegawa
Key Animation
Yuki Nakajima
Key Animation
Fumiaki Kouta
Key Animation
Yasutaka Kubota
Key Animation
Hisafumi Nakahara
Key Animation
Satoyuki Hashimoto
Key Animation
Kiyoshi Tateishi
Key Animation
Akira Takata
Key Animation
Yukako Tsuzuki
Key Animation
Kouichi Hashimoto
Key Animation
Shuuji Sakamoto
Key Animation
Fumio Matsumoto
Key Animation
Kim Yun-ji
Key Animation
Shuichi Kaneko
Key Animation / Visual Effects
Shunsuke Suzuki
Background Designer
Miho Tokita
Background Designer
Mikiko Matsumoto
Background Designer
Noriko Shimazawa
Key Animation
Mina Nakayama
Background Designer
Ichiro Tatsuta
Background Designer
Yuho Akagami
Background Designer
Junko Shimada
Background Designer
Emi Kitahara
Background Designer
Kumiko Ono
Background Designer
Rei Ooyama
Background Designer
Sanae Terasawa
Background Designer
Masaru Sotoya
Background Designer
Tatsuya Sasaki
Background Designer
Mayuko Mori
Background Designer
Taichi Toki
Background Designer
Fumiko Takahashi
Background Designer
Kakeru Ogata
Background Designer
Akira Okamoto
Background Designer
Masahiro Murakami
Special Effects
Yosuke Anai
2D Artist
Chie Nishitani
2D Artist
Makiko Yamazaki
2D Artist
Shunji Inoue
Music Producer
Shigeru Saito
Music Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 3, 2009
Original Nameテイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア~The First Strike~
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
Genres
Wiki.
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (Japanese: テイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア 〜The First Strike〜, Hepburn: Teiruzu Obu Vesuperia ~The First Strike~) is a 2009 Japanese animated film by Production I.G. It is directed by Kanta Kamei and written by Reiko Yoshida, featuring the voice talents of Kōsuke Toriumi, Mamoru Miyano, Mai Nakahara, Rika Morinaga, and Eiji Takemoto. The film is the prequel to the Namco Tales Studio's role-playing game Tales of Vesperia and the first animated feature film in the Tales series. Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike revolves around the two knights, Yuri Lowell and Flynn Scifo, from the Niren Corps as they protect a town from monsters with their allies.
The project was led by Kenta Kamei who previously worked on the animated cutscenes from the Tales games. He expressed pressure due to First Strike being his debut as a director and also elaborated on how difficult was creating the storyboard. Yoshida was given the role of screenwriter in order to appeal to the female fanbase the series has always had. It was released in Japan on October 3, 2009, as a result of delays in production. Kadokawa Pictures distributed the film. It was released in North America on June 26, 2012, by Funimation Entertainment and in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2012, on DVD and Blu-ray by Manga Entertainment.
The film grossed a total of US$941,610 in Japan. Its home media release had positive sales in Japan, with the Blu-ray being one of the bestselling from the year it was released. Critical reception of the film has been generally positive for its accessibility to the non-gamers of Tales of Vesperia as well as the appeal of the main cast and the production value. Nevertheless, it has also attracted criticism for its slow pace.