Whenever I listened to her songs, there's always this kind of being in fantasy world feelings... anyone feels like this too? her voice really amazing T__T
I love how all the voices blast together at once, then boom they harmonize. Gives me goosbumps * o *. Really makes me want a TOS Remake with more stories like Mithos', etc. ;o
Symphonia was much more fun to play for one thing. I also liked Symphonia's story more, as it went over many interesting subjects, and the story never faltered in my opinion. Also, in Symphonia they had a much better reason for gathering Summon Spirits in the first place. Also, let's not forget the whole rivalry between Kratos and Lloyd. Phantasia had nothing like that. There are many more reasons as well, but I think you get my point. Just because YOU didn't like it, Symphonia is still kickass.
I liked how the anime gave more depth to Methos, I hate how "bad guys" actions in these type of games are never fully explained. I actually kinda agree with Methos, maybe not the method but honestly he was right.
Infelious Kazkari I thought the game actually did a decent job explaining Mithos' motivations for his actions o: I mean it's been a little bit since I played the game so I'm not entirely sure
Eh, I liked Phantasia as much as anyone, but let's compare things, kay? Reasoning for the main character to beat the bad guy: Lloyd: Save people from discrimination so there is no need for sacrifices. Cless: REVENGE!!!!!!!! DHAOS DIE!!!! The so-called Ninja fight like a hollywood ninja. Real ninjas were assassins, not fighters. So neither Suzu nor Sheena fight like ninjas, because ninjas didn't fight. Summoners: Klarth wanted power. Symphonia's party thought they needed them to save the world
Agreed wholeheartedly, though I'll admit I appreciate some scene additions/changes in the OVA. It's been WAAYYYY too rushed though. However, I think the OVA soundtrack surpasses the game's in a number of tracks. If they replaced/combined the tracks from the OVA to the original game's soundtrack (like this song), it would be EPIC.
While that may be true, what I appreciate about the anime and manga is that they do justice to certain scenes that just plain were not that good in the game. I mean, the Presea-Regal-Alicia deal was pretty weak in the game in comparison to how it was handled in the other mediums. I only wish the Rodyle fight wasn't cut out (dammit Pronyma) so that it would be an optional Presea/Regal-based arc. Unfortunately, they couldn't do that. Although, it is much better than most other animes out there.
Well, that's what happens when a very long game is adapted into an anime or movie. They can't honestly include everything that was included in the game. Though I do agree that they could have done better, considering the Tales of the Abyss anime.
I disagree Highly i mean the anime captured the story and Emotion Perfectly some would argue better than the game sucha s the fight between regal and presea and at times such as how Alicia died they went more in depth than the game did i am not saying the game is bad in anyways the game is gorgeous im just saying due to the limitations they had in Gamecube THIS is what the game was suppose to be.
Oh, well, is not a bad ending theme but I feel that the song gets lost, trying to find a style and cannot find it. I hope we can hear the op theme soon ^^ Symphonia is near to its end...
I don't think the length has anything to do with it. Yes, it does mean that a lot funny moments and storylines were cut out. However, this anime does a superb job with the scenes it does choose to do. For example, I thought the scene when Lloyd finds out about his relation to Kratos was better in the anime. The anime has the same feel and emotion as the game. It does fall short of the game in some aspects, but it doesn't do the game itself any injustice. To me, it's ToS all over again! ;)
@Zantillia That would work, too. Just PM me. And man, I know. I love this song so much, the lyrics are very beautiful and so much more impactful after the episode, like you said! My favourite still is Inori no kanata, though. Its amazing lyrics and music can't be bested easily. Since Ta ga tame no sekai seems to be the ED theme for just this one episode, I'm hoping for full version of Inori no kanata for the last ep's ending. x) Would be a perfect excuse for me to translate it. *is a fansubber*
Best anime? Please. The game is one of the best games ever made, but this anime does not do it justice at all. The animation is beautiful, the fights are cool, and the voice actors do a great job, but when you press the 70+ hour long game into a measly 10 episodes, it's impossible to do the game justice. If only they had taken their time with this, it COULD have been one of the best anime series ever, but as it is now it is in no way as good as it's game counterpart.
@WoelfinAkira Oh, you meant the screenings they'll do in Japan in September? C: But I guess that won't benefit us who don't live in Japan, so it's still November for me. x)
THANK YOU!! Gawd, some part of me was worrying I was the only one that thought ToX looked horrible! And ToS2 was also a fail. Emil sucked. Lloyd's new English VA sucked. We need Scot Menville! I loved Lloyd at the end of the first game, but I hated him in ToS2. And, Kratos was only in the second game optionally. So, that needs to be fixed. *laughs* Seriously, they didn't include the most popular character in that game in the sequel...uh, I cried when I found it. I'm such a useless fangirl.
Play any Tales of Phantasia incarnation other than SNES or GBA. See that Symphonia is nothing more than a tribute game with a few side-stories to make it interesting. The party doesn't learn to speak with Volt. The summoner, Klarth, forces it into submission. He actually summons as his sole form of magic. The ninja actually fights like a ninja instead of slapping cards around. Mizuho is HIDDEN. Symphonia isn't some amazing ground-breaking Tales game, just the first one you played.
@Zantillia I'm sorry to hear that. Megaupload is the only site I have an account on, but if you can give me a link to a good sharing site that functions without registration (I'm too lazy, haha), I can upload it elsewhere, too. C:
I agree with you, I played this game 4-6 times. It's the best game ever made. And the anime is...fine, but is misses so much of the games story content. But I also think it's impossible to cover a story from one medium into another. If they wanted to cover the entire game into an anime...it would be 210 epsiodes ( just a guess). Just realise that you are one of the fue that is blest by this story of the game.
Richard Rahl that's why I think the best way to experience the story is to play the game first and then read the manga adaptation and/or watch the anime adaptation because then you'll know the full story due to playing the game and then you'll get to see some of the crucial scenes from the game such as "Lloyd finding out about Colette becoming sick and changing as a person due to the regeneration process" given so much more emotion. dare I say the emotional delivery that such scenes rightfully deserve 🙂
Richard Rahl but yeah it's a LOOONNNGG ass game, so to have it fully adapted with no scenes or pieces of the story cut out would be to create essentially another shounen series that runs forever and ever (figuratively) and then that might discourage some people from watching the anime, as opposed to having (I think) about 17 episodes of an ova series with episodes that are a little longer in length than your average television show episode. besides, it's called "ova" for a reason
While I see your point, one of the biggest reasons love Tales of Symphonia as much as I do is the sheer magnitude of the game. If you take that away the game loses much of it's charm, at least for me. I see no reason as to not make this into a series that can do the game justice with something like 50 or 60 episodes. Sure, they did a good job considering how few episodes they were able to make, but I think that it would be a better idea to lower the budget and make the series longer instead.
Agreed. I'd even go as far to say it's a bastardization of such a great game. OVAs should be additions or tributes to the source material. When you make such horribly abridged versions, you do a disservice to the original that put so much effort into story and character development. A shame ToS will never get a full series like ToA did. Although I feel ToS is far better storywise and characterwise, the ToA anime was at least a good adaption.
The anime cuts out all the annoying repetitive BS. Did we all really need to cure Colette like 3 times? Literally any objective in the game had multiple items required to get it done, Phantasia pulls that shit 3 times : making pacts with the base elemental spirits for the sole purpose of making Klarth stronger to murder a time-traveling half-elf from Dherris Kharlan. For cold, black, bitter revenge. Not some BS about equality, but because Dhaos had something to answer for, period.
森の海を 漂うのは
憂いたたえ 揺れる小舟
彷徨える魂と
澄みわたる 刹那の静寂（しじま） 枝葉つたう 時の滴（しずく）
震え落ちる 無垢な祈り
水鏡（みかがみ）に映るのが
潰えぬ哀しみの輪だとしても 誰もが傷つき 痛みを背負って
誰かを傷つけ ひた走る
酷く残酷な風が 吹き荒れてもなお
譲れない想い その胸に秘めたまま 闇の砂丘 流れ着けば
瑠璃を帯びた 琥珀の蝶
過ぎし日の言霊（ことだま）を
翅（はね）に乗せ たゆたうばかり 錆びて朽ちた 鍵束でも
希望 一縷（いちる）抱（いだ）けるなら
守るべき宝物
愛しさが罪過に変わる前に 嘆きの扉を こじ開けて進め
誰ガ為ノ世界だとしても
強く儚く優しい 真実と嘘と
裏切りと罪と その全て受け止めて 哀しき運命（さだめ）を 生きる者よ
滅びの振り子に あらがう者よ
いつかいつの日か 仰ぐ天（そら）に
安らぎの音（ね）が 響くように- 矛盾の涙は 銀の波飛沫
誰ガ為ノ世界だとしても
遥か遠き日の夢の輪郭が今も
鮮やかなままで ただ 此処にあるから 誰もが傷つき 痛みを背負って
誰かを傷つけ ひた走る
酷く残酷な風が 吹き荒れてもなお
譲れない想い その胸に秘めたまま
Whenever I listened to her songs, there's always this kind of being in fantasy world feelings... anyone feels like this too? her voice really amazing T__T
美しすぎて固まって聞き入ってた・・・
The fact that it is this good despite the flaws you pointed out shows a lot about how good this freaking story is.
美しい。なんて美しいのだ
I love how all the voices blast together at once, then boom they harmonize. Gives me goosbumps * o *. Really makes me want a TOS Remake with more stories like Mithos', etc. ;o
一人になりたいときとかよく聞きます
The music from this anime is pure brilliance. It's very well done, there was just so much heart put into the arrangement of this whole album
I really like this song
めっちゃいい曲
THIS ANIME IS AWESOME! I like both game and show.
Janathan Aguirre same! the game and the show are both awesome!! and the show actually has really awesome music!! XD
Seeing how different Tales of Symphonia is to Akatsuki no Yona, I've never imagined that Akiko Shikato would make songs for both.
Akiko Shikata is always heaven in my ears. Love her songs.
I love this Anime and the song EPIC it's so awesome!!
素晴らしいな
I absolutely adore this song!
A truly beautiful piece!
It does give the scent of mystery to the last episodes of Tales of Symphonia. I love this ending! :D
i love this song
素晴らしい
こんな感じのリズムの音楽…どこかで聞いた事ある………あ、いつかは天魔の黒ウサギだ！
actually it gave a real good amount of character development,even if it was lacking on what the game gave them..
This is AWESOME!!!!
美しい曲だ
I found it interesting she did this anime since she did the Ar Tonelico games music aswell. Considering how different the games were lol.
Ahh, I want more songs like this! I've had this on repeat for over 5+hours.
Holy crap1 I've been listening to that song on my ipod for a week and I didn't know it would be the ending! Weeeeeeird...
Beautiful.
wow this is great :D
(Lloyd) DON'T EVEN START SPEWING THE WORD "JUSTICE"!!!!!
やっぱ何回聞いても神曲ですね～ｗ
空蝉と似てますよねｗ
@2:08-2:23 HOLY SHIT THATS AMAZING
This song omfg yes YESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BEST MUSIC for A BEST ANIME!
I always feel the same way. TwT
ich mag tales of symphonia sehr und das kapitel auch mit am meisten. Da wird alles aufgeklehrt und so... :D
Shikata Akiko reminds me of KOKIA sometimes
@Kalakauai123 Yeah. It's not that big of a stretch, really. The title song is the ending to the last volume of Umineko, so.
Symphonia was much more fun to play for one thing. I also liked Symphonia's story more, as it went over many interesting subjects, and the story never faltered in my opinion. Also, in Symphonia they had a much better reason for gathering Summon Spirits in the first place. Also, let's not forget the whole rivalry between Kratos and Lloyd. Phantasia had nothing like that.
There are many more reasons as well, but I think you get my point. Just because YOU didn't like it, Symphonia is still kickass.
I liked how the anime gave more depth to Methos, I hate how "bad guys" actions in these type of games are never fully explained. I actually kinda agree with Methos, maybe not the method but honestly he was right.
Infelious Kazkari I thought the game actually did a decent job explaining Mithos' motivations for his actions o: I mean it's been a little bit since I played the game so I'm not entirely sure
I need to buy this game again. Love TOS.
@rewile Yessss, can't wait for November!
@Senli0715 Yes, it's such a beautiful song!
i like it very much is so beautyful
Damn, this is one sick song. It has an Ar Tonelico feel to it though.
IIII WANTTTTTT THATT IMAGEEEE!!!!! >:O
Parts of this kinda reminds me of Mary's theme for the game Ib..
Eh, I liked Phantasia as much as anyone, but let's compare things, kay?
Reasoning for the main character to beat the bad guy:
Lloyd: Save people from discrimination so there is no need for sacrifices.
Cless: REVENGE!!!!!!!! DHAOS DIE!!!!
The so-called Ninja fight like a hollywood ninja. Real ninjas were assassins, not fighters. So neither Suzu nor Sheena fight like ninjas, because ninjas didn't fight.
Summoners:
Klarth wanted power. Symphonia's party thought they needed them to save the world
@Moonlightshadow4ever
exist in the manga ;) the history
maybe soon the game :B i love all tales of series
late response here but you could have heard her if you seen Umineko no naku koro ni
Agreed wholeheartedly, though I'll admit I appreciate some scene additions/changes in the OVA. It's been WAAYYYY too rushed though.
However, I think the OVA soundtrack surpasses the game's in a number of tracks. If they replaced/combined the tracks from the OVA to the original game's soundtrack (like this song), it would be EPIC.
@Tasceit Yes, I'm very happy, too! Sorry about my reply, it's in English because my Japanese is not very good yet.
1 Million views :D
THUMBS UP FOR TALES OF SYMPHONIA 3
Must find an MP3 for this song!
@RypeltajaRoll The release is on the 23th September ^^
@Romina1789 I take back what I said before. I love the ending (after listening a bit of the op song ¬¬)
@RypeltajaRoll Oh yes. :) Sorry for the misunderstanding.
マメ。マメ。ビース。ロース。コンソメ。誰たまねぎ。誰いれば。w
Holy fucking epic
NIce song! :D
@kienkai That's Shikata Akiko (it says so in the description, too ;P). Her voice is beautiful, indeed!
While that may be true, what I appreciate about the anime and manga is that they do justice to certain scenes that just plain were not that good in the game. I mean, the Presea-Regal-Alicia deal was pretty weak in the game in comparison to how it was handled in the other mediums. I only wish the Rodyle fight wasn't cut out (dammit Pronyma) so that it would be an optional Presea/Regal-based arc. Unfortunately, they couldn't do that. Although, it is much better than most other animes out there.
i loved how Krato's past was handled in the manga, it was so full of emotion ...
Don't take him away from us... ;____;
Well, that's what happens when a very long game is adapted into an anime or movie. They can't honestly include everything that was included in the game. Though I do agree that they could have done better, considering the Tales of the Abyss anime.
I disagree Highly i mean the anime captured the story and Emotion Perfectly some would argue better than the game sucha s the fight between regal and presea and at times such as how Alicia died they went more in depth than the game did i am not saying the game is bad in anyways the game is gorgeous im just saying due to the limitations they had in Gamecube THIS is what the game was suppose to be.
Oh, well, is not a bad ending theme but I feel that the song gets lost, trying to find a style and cannot find it. I hope we can hear the op theme soon ^^ Symphonia is near to its end...
I don't think the length has anything to do with it. Yes, it does mean that a lot funny moments and storylines were cut out. However, this anime does a superb job with the scenes it does choose to do. For example, I thought the scene when Lloyd finds out about his relation to Kratos was better in the anime. The anime has the same feel and emotion as the game. It does fall short of the game in some aspects, but it doesn't do the game itself any injustice. To me, it's ToS all over again! ;)
@Moonlightshadow4ever YES!
Shikata Akiko, she sings themes for Ar tonelico too lol
2:08-2:38
TOSのリメイク出して志方さんの曲出して欲しいなぁ(^^)
Who is this artist ? I've heard her voice before. It's so lovely. ^_^
Yup, it's the ending.
asjdfl;ksdjf it's really pretty.
@Zantillia That would work, too. Just PM me. And man, I know. I love this song so much, the lyrics are very beautiful and so much more impactful after the episode, like you said! My favourite still is Inori no kanata, though. Its amazing lyrics and music can't be bested easily. Since Ta ga tame no sekai seems to be the ED theme for just this one episode, I'm hoping for full version of Inori no kanata for the last ep's ending. x) Would be a perfect excuse for me to translate it. *is a fansubber*
@Moonlightshadow4ever or on the time between TOS and TOP
Best anime? Please. The game is one of the best games ever made, but this anime does not do it justice at all. The animation is beautiful, the fights are cool, and the voice actors do a great job, but when you press the 70+ hour long game into a measly 10 episodes, it's impossible to do the game justice. If only they had taken their time with this, it COULD have been one of the best anime series ever, but as it is now it is in no way as good as it's game counterpart.
@WoelfinAkira Oh, you meant the screenings they'll do in Japan in September? C: But I guess that won't benefit us who don't live in Japan, so it's still November for me. x)
THANK YOU!! Gawd, some part of me was worrying I was the only one that thought ToX looked horrible!
And ToS2 was also a fail. Emil sucked. Lloyd's new English VA sucked. We need Scot Menville! I loved Lloyd at the end of the first game, but I hated him in ToS2.
And, Kratos was only in the second game optionally. So, that needs to be fixed. *laughs* Seriously, they didn't include the most popular character in that game in the sequel...uh, I cried when I found it. I'm such a useless fangirl.
Play any Tales of Phantasia incarnation other than SNES or GBA. See that Symphonia is nothing more than a tribute game with a few side-stories to make it interesting. The party doesn't learn to speak with Volt. The summoner, Klarth, forces it into submission. He actually summons as his sole form of magic. The ninja actually fights like a ninja instead of slapping cards around. Mizuho is HIDDEN. Symphonia isn't some amazing ground-breaking Tales game, just the first one you played.
@Zantillia I'm sorry to hear that. Megaupload is the only site I have an account on, but if you can give me a link to a good sharing site that functions without registration (I'm too lazy, haha), I can upload it elsewhere, too. C:
I agree with you, I played this game 4-6 times. It's the best game ever made. And the anime is...fine, but is misses so much of the games story content. But I also think it's impossible to cover a story from one medium into another. If they wanted to cover the entire game into an anime...it would be 210 epsiodes ( just a guess). Just realise that you are one of the fue that is blest by this story of the game.
Richard Rahl that's why I think the best way to experience the story is to play the game first and then read the manga adaptation and/or watch the anime adaptation because then you'll know the full story due to playing the game and then you'll get to see some of the crucial scenes from the game such as "Lloyd finding out about Colette becoming sick and changing as a person due to the regeneration process" given so much more emotion. dare I say the emotional delivery that such scenes rightfully deserve 🙂
Richard Rahl but yeah it's a LOOONNNGG ass game, so to have it fully adapted with no scenes or pieces of the story cut out would be to create essentially another shounen series that runs forever and ever (figuratively) and then that might discourage some people from watching the anime, as opposed to having (I think) about 17 episodes of an ova series with episodes that are a little longer in length than your average television show episode. besides, it's called "ova" for a reason
@Animewover300 Didn't think anyone'd ask for one. But since you did, I added it to the description! :D
I feel like I hear this before
Damn so true xp
@RypeltajaRoll Ah, no wonder it reminded me of Ar Tonelico :D
really the animes from tales of is best than crap movies of FFs
Wait a minute... this from another souindtrack 白夢の繭～Ricordando il passato～. They added this to the ovas?
While I see your point, one of the biggest reasons love Tales of Symphonia as much as I do is the sheer magnitude of the game. If you take that away the game loses much of it's charm, at least for me. I see no reason as to not make this into a series that can do the game justice with something like 50 or 60 episodes. Sure, they did a good job considering how few episodes they were able to make, but I think that it would be a better idea to lower the budget and make the series longer instead.
opinions much?
it reminds me of umineko song
@RypeltajaRoll, D: the linkey no work!
YOU'VE GOT TO PUT A DOWNLOAD LINK TO THIS.
It sounds a lot like the once from Umineko.
almost as good as almateria :D
@WoelfinAkira ova-tos.com/images/top/tos_main_110701.jpg
Dont you have the opening song full? :3
Agreed. I'd even go as far to say it's a bastardization of such a great game. OVAs should be additions or tributes to the source material. When you make such horribly abridged versions, you do a disservice to the original that put so much effort into story and character development. A shame ToS will never get a full series like ToA did. Although I feel ToS is far better storywise and characterwise, the ToA anime was at least a good adaption.
CopyRezo36 what are you about? the ToS anime adaptation was actually decent, they just had to make changes, that's how adaptation works :/
@RypeltajaRoll Look her anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=8521. Your image is the DVD, I think. ^^
The anime cuts out all the annoying repetitive BS. Did we all really need to cure Colette like 3 times? Literally any objective in the game had multiple items required to get it done, Phantasia pulls that shit 3 times : making pacts with the base elemental spirits for the sole purpose of making Klarth stronger to murder a time-traveling half-elf from Dherris Kharlan. For cold, black, bitter revenge. Not some BS about equality, but because Dhaos had something to answer for, period.