Tales of Symphonia: The Animation (TV Series 2007) Poster

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10/10
A tearful animation that hits harder then the game.
maxemuik-936417 August 2023
Tales of Symphonia the animation is a diamond in the rough and much different form other shows of it's nature. Where the game version fails in comparison, this anime brings more to the table. From the rework of its characters to its music it plays in the background, it truly is a wonderful show to watch.

The animation starts out by trying to humanized all its characters. Letting each and ever one of them let out "all" their emotions to adds even more depths to already bone chilling moments. People like Shena, Persia, and regal, and even collect, of all people, all have their stories redone. Then to keep going with the humanization progress, they adding scenes that you wish were in the game here to the anime that worked perfectly. Furthermore, You're in for a treat if you thought Persia and Regals story in the game was good. This anime does them justice including Colettes story.

The last point I want to point out is the music this anime portrays in it is quite good. It's both bone chillingly sad or even happy at times. It's terrifyingly good as I found my self having to find its playlist online to relisten to them all again. Then finally All anime's openings but the first song and every ending song was also truly great as well.

Conclusion: the animation is better than the game in my opinion. I love the songs and the characters here. Where I found the game lacking the animation delivered. I only wish the first opening song of season one was different and it had English dubbed. But the subbed was really well done too! After all, I had to re-watch this show a second time after my first time from the begging as it's was that good.
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4/10
A little bad writing ruined a fun show
jtaylor-1529720 March 2023
Warning: Spoilers
While under the belief that the world will be soon destroyed unless their friend "the chosen one" is willing sacrificed, they go against her wishes to save her and doom the world. Even better is their interruption of the ritual leaves the friend in a vegetative state. His choices are disgusting and monstrous but the show acts like he's a hero and moves the plot along quickly in hopes you don't realize how his actions could have led to the painful death of every baby, child, woman, and man alive.

The MC is whiny and selfish, but because he's the MC they conveniently, after the fact, realize the sacrifice wasn't going to actually save the world. More conveniently, they also find a way to reverse the friend from being in a vegetative state for the rest of their life.

The show's intention was for the MC to be nothing but a caring hero which makes the above problems a result of bad writing but it caused me to lose all respect for the show on episode 4.
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