So, the first episode of this starts airing in a few hours. Also, the series it's confirmed to be 25 episodes long.
PV: https://youtu.be/-h5iZ_osbJE
Oficial ranking of girls: Edna > Alisha > Rose > Latifah > Mickleo
>>143624274
Well, the OVA was good, so Im going to give this a chance.
>>143624274
>Mikleo that low
Shit ranking.
>>143624274
>it's confirmed to be 25 episodes long
That means the HF movie wont come out this year?
Fuck.
>>143624274
Is this going to be God Eater all over again?
>>143624924
Pretty much yeah.
Is the game any good, I mean, story wise?
>>143624274
that looks like one of locon's traps at first glance
It's gonna be split cour actually
and here's the OP in shitty quality if anyone cares: https://youtu.be/kMZD46WGPN0
I hope they added some new shit.
>>143624924
It was already confirmed to come out in 2017 dumb shit.
>>143624274
>draw a shit
>call it a best
Why is OP always a faggot?
>>143625518
Not bad.
Is the anime a direct adaptation of the game's story or a sequel?
>>143625518
>Velvet
Sooo they're gonna be changing the plot or something?
>>143625553
Edna is best girl. Fight me faggot.
>>143625470
Hell no. That's partially why this anime exists.
>>143625616
They've already added considerably ALOT, I think general direction will be the same but right now, there's no way of knowing.
This is literally called ToZ The Cross.
>>143625635
Yes, they already said it in an interview actually.
>>143625731
Oh, well I'll give it a watch then.
Did anyone actually here watch it at Anime Expo?
I heard they showed dubbed episodes. I was wondering if Funimation actually bothered to get everyone from the dub game cast.
Why is Velvet in the opening?
Who is that new character from the PV's?
I want more Edna.
Bamco better announce Innocence R localization at Anime Expo.
I'm in need of some normal fantasy, looks like this one is alright enough.
>>143625698
I kind of enjoyed the game's story actually. I mean, it was horribly put together and had one of the most shallow villains in any Tales game, but at least it tried to do something a bit different from the same formula every Tales game has followed for the last two decades.
>>143627327
This, I'm watching this because I'm tired of Isekai bullshit and I want some straight fantasy anime.
>>143627367
I think Heldalf was one of the better villains.
>>143627367
I liked the fact that they were straying away from magic resources being the main driver of conflict. That shit gets old fast.
Summary of the first episode:
>Alisha discovers a mural of the Shepherd with some of her personal guard (Girl A and Boy B)
>talks excitedly about how Girl C would love to see this
>back at capital, she calls Girl C off her post and sends her to investigate the black miasma since it's originating from her hometown
>Alisha talks about preparations for the Holy Sword Ceremony with Maltran, gets into an argument with Bartlow and co. because they intend to use the Holy Sword Ceremony to conscript participants into the military to prepare for possible disaster relief
>gets worried about Girl C because she hasn't come back in weeks, decides to check up on her
>attacked by Scattered Bones while on the road
>manages to fend them all off, Alisha fights and dispatches the last one and cuts off his mask
>it's revealed to be Lunarre, Rose's voice suddenly sounds from nearby, ordering him to retreat
>he refuses and transforms into a Hellion and disappears
>Rose chastises Alisha for her sense of mercy, stating that she had the opportunity to kill Lunarre but chose not to, then disappears
>Alisha investigates the crops on the way to Girl C's whereabouts, gets mistaken for a thief by a little farm girl
>eventually the misunderstanding is cleared up and Alisha befriends the farm girl
>finally reach Girl C's location, but the moment they spot her the miasma acts up and suddenly kicks up a huge tornado
>the professor Girl C was assisting was researching the leylines underground and ends up trapped by the miasma, forcing the others to abandon him
![ooeertz3qa1j9dqk3xtq[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ymGqPLi.jpg "ooeertz3qa1j9dqk3xtq[1].jpg")
>>143628624
>Girl C jumps onto Alisha's horse and they all escape by horseback
>the storm is too powerful and ends up pulling both Girl A and Boy B off their horses and killing them
>Girl C tells Alisha that they can't outrun the storm if they're both on the horse and insists that Alisha abandon her
>Alisha refuses
>the professor who was investigating the leylines happens across a dragon sleeping underground, awakening him and is promptly incinerated by him
>Symonne appears and begins attacking Alisha and Girl C on horseback
>Alisha is flung off her horse and turns around to find that the horse and Girl C have both fallen into a deep ravine
>runs to the ravine and screams Girl C's name in vain
>Lunarre suddenly appears and attacks Symonne because she looks tasty
>Alisha doesn't know what the hell is going on and completely freaks out
>Symonne loses interest and disappears
>Alisha gets back to the town and finds it completely destroyed
>the farm girl she befriended is miraculously alive and calls out to her
>but then gets sucked up by the storm as well and killed
>Alisha goes full despair
Subs when?
The OP looks and sounds great. Always believe in FLOW.
>>143625518
Wait, is that fucking Velvet fighting Sorey?
>>143624924
ufotable prioritizes typeshit over talesshit just like what happened with god eater.
They would delay talesshit over typeshit.
Played 10 hours of the game, should I finish it first?
>>143625470
It is one of the weakest tales games.
>>143628876
Yeah. That's why the promotional images say "The Shepard's journey transcends Zestiria". They're gonna expand it a bit and include Velvet to promote her game. Gonna be interesting how they do it considering she's not even supposed to be alive in this time period.
>>143628876
How the fuck is this even suppose to work? It better not be time travel bullshit but I don't see how else that would even make sense. Unless she's just in the OP to tell people to buy the game.
>>143628919
They seem to be completely rewriting it the story, so not really.
>>143627327
>Video game adaption
>Normal fantasy
Pick one.
>>143628919
Worth it for the character interaction alone. Plot is nothing special, but the character interaction is what makes the game good. Plus it seems the anime is changing some stuff so might as well enjoy both.
>>143628956
Zestiria is one of the most straight fantasy Tales games though. Very little bullshit fantasy sci-fi stuff that seems to be in most JRPGs nowadays.
>>143625518
>Those screams and cheers for Lailah and Dezel
God damn son.
>>143629062
Why are Americans so fucking obnoxious?
>>143629003
Yes even Zelda fell for the ancient technology meme now
>>143625518
Why do stupid burgers have to yell obnoxiously at everything?
>>143629096
They already did back in 2005 with Twilight Princess.
I am waiting for this show merely so that japanese start making porn for it on pixiv
Too bad 90% of it will be yaoi
>>143624979
No, Tales of Zestiria story and characters are actually good. It`ll be Tales o Symphonia all over again.
>>143628911
autism
>>143629375
Yeah, no.
>lets ask Rose to join us for no reason at all
>Rose has a high affinity for Seraphs despite not being able to see them
>>143624274
>So, the first episode of this starts airing in a few hours
when
>>143629486
4hs40m.
>>143629486
4 bongs 40 bings
>>143624274
>Latifah
>>143628953
>she's not even supposed to be alive in this time period
>implying they can't put in arena battles into the anime
>>143629660
But Jade and Sophie are the cameo fights for Zestiria.
>>143624979
Yes
>>143629743
But it's always as an optional subquest. If it's the anime it's supposed to be canon.
>>143629092
Because they are fat
>>143629764
No, the visuals are actually pretty.
>>143629781
Well, Velvet isn't the only new character. Remember the blonde guy from one of the PV's?
>>143629324
>have to yell obnoxiously at everything
Because they think acting retarded is cool
>>143629830
Yeah I remember him. He's probably related to Oscar.
>>143628954
Velvet does have a "Time Traveler" title in one of the menu screens we saw, so yeah.
>>143630058
>Time Traveler
Oh boy.
>>143630058
That doesn't sound that good.
But we might get to see Edna etc. in Berseria.
>>143624274
will Ufotable make it more gay?
>>143630181
There is nothing gay in the first place, so no.
>>143630181
Watch the opening and see the pandering. It was posted in this thread.
>>143624274
Mikleo > Lailah > Edna > Matron > Rose = Alisha
>>143630181
Anime pushing Rose/Alisha and Sorey/Mikleo hard. Now that Rose and Alisha have met before the main plot started things will probably change between them, the OP and ED has them very close.
>>143630506
>Now that Rose and Alisha have met before the main plot
What?
Are they changing the script that much? They might have a non stupid reason for Rose joining in later if that is the case.
>>143630596
Have you looked at
>>143628624
>>143628667 ? They are legit, Symonne and Lunarre may even have more reason to exist in the plot too.
And check out the OP >>143625518
>>143630656
I watched the OP vid, but I don't want to read a summary. What is the point in watching the anime if I did.
Western fujoshis are even more annoying than japanese ones.
>>143625518
>no one cheers for alisha solo appearance
>some guy sounds like he had an orgasm for dezel fight scene
My sides
>>143625518
Rip headphone users
>>143630713
Alisha bullying is strong.
Will neetball stream it?
Stream where?
>>143632007
>>143632333
You can watch it live on Nico
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv268053154
>>143632366
I'm not in Japan.
Why would people still shilling ToZ and Ufotable?
>>143633188
I hated ToZ and not generally a fan of Ufotable, but this is still the best looking anime this season.
>>143633188
>>143624274
Rose is the best girl.
>>143633188
Because you can't read.
>>143633225
>but this is still the best looking anime this season.
That 95% will become true but do i need to feel impressed about that?
2h 15m left
>>143624274
>Edna > Alisha > Rose > Latifah > Mickleo
>>143633388
+ 2 hours for subs
>>143624274
So no need to play the game first, right? I've been meaning to get into the Tales games for a while now but I've heard Zestiria is sort of a mess.
She will be the heroine this time right?
HIBIKE! KAZE NO UTA
>>143633429
I'm fine.
>>143633475
Tales of games are nothing special in the story department, people play it for the gameplay.
Zestiria gameplay is shit, so its a bad tales of.
Also Edna is best girl in zestiria
>>143632007
Yeah, it's right after macross.
>>143633487
No, Mibo is.
>>143633547
Nice.
>>143633522
destiny ps2 english patch fucking when
>>143630181
Ufotable ships them.
>>143633690
>a literally who animator at ufotable ships them
fixd
>>143633690
Disgusting. It's unbelievable how they may get in the way of true love. Pic related is OTP.
>>143633534
>Tales of games are nothing special in the story department
Tales has some of the best stories in video games. Sure zestiria was shit, and xillia is super shit but symphonia, vesperia, destiny, hearts and eternia were bloody amazing. And abyss was the BEST GODDAMN STORY EVER TOLD.
>>143633785
>And abyss was the BEST GODDAMN STORY EVER TOLD
my brother
>>143633664
Im working on it, just finished the part where people die.
Removing Baba was a good thing.
>>143633664
I'm not involved with that, sorry.
>>143633861
We won't know until Berseria comes out
>>143633785
>>143633818
I can't argue with delusion
>>143633996
It's sad to see a person with such great taste in anime have such shit taste in RPGs.
I weep for your soul
>>143633996
I was only agreeing with that anon in regard to Abyss. Don't really care for the other games' stories.
Anyone know when exactly the subs come out?
>>143634197
3 hours 10 minutes
>>143624734
Maybe it's just a normal, heterosexual ranking for not degenerated people.
>>143633818
This is a quintessential example of a shitty /v/-tier WEG that just crams a ton of random images together instead of creatively telling a message in a simple but effective way.
>>143633718
Stay mad
>>143634277
>normal, hetero, not degenerate
>puts a boy in a list with girls
yeah sure
>>143634288
Oh.
>>143634197
Supposedly right after the episodes finished airing in Japan.
Just imagine the fun of swapping all the genders in Zestiria. Shit would be pretty fun all around.
>>143634360
Even Fujishima does it.
>>143629324
>>143629092
I take it you're French?
>>143629781
>If it's the anime it's supposed to be canon.
You haven't seen the other Tales anime have you?
>>143634595
>Sorey with shorts
Didn't know I needed this.
>>143634599
Yeah but he's a degenerate
>>143634616
>You haven't seen the other Tales anime have you?
I watched them all. Even Eternia's anime adaptation.
>>143634595
I mean really, imagine the relative fun of a naive Alister and a world wise Ross bickering.
>>143634683
Rose as a man is so much better.
>>143634666
Then in that case you should know, aside from Vesperia, they aren't true to the game 100%. Especially Symphonia. The confrontation between Presea and Regal is entirely different with a complete mood shift between each version.
>>143634595
>Zaveid as a lewd brown woman
I need.
>>143634683
And teasing shota Edward teasing Miga and Laius just acting all spacey and out there.
>>143634807
And Dezela being a coarse bitch most times, and Zavixen being a slitty tease.
>>143634768
Wish granted.
>>143635056
>slutty tease
Add in foxy Lunnara and deadpan Symon for additional fun.
>>143635056
>no muscle
Hopes and dreams destroyed.
>>143635206
Lunnara would be the queen of vore fetishes.
>>143635303
Zaveid is masculine as hell, it only makes sense that as a woman the feminine would be paramount in the design of Zavixen.
>>143635399
You do make a fair point. I see three types of gender swaps.
1. Embodiment of the same character but with boobs/penis.
2. Generic bishounen/hot girl in a skirt.
3. Taking the essence of the character and flipping it.
I'm more of a fan of 1 but I mostly see 2. Like pic related.
What channel is it airing on?
>>143635537
Tokyo MX
>>143635578
Are there gonna be any livestreams?
>>143635629
neetball
>>143635629
The usual place.
Why is she so lewd like this?
>>143635578
Thanks
>>143635671
Sorry, I've never watched live in Japan. Which place is that?
>>143635869
Already posted or lurk more.
>>143635869
Archive is your friend. I can't post the link since there's a viewer limit.
>>143635523
I'm a fan of the third option myself, it shows understanding of the character. Just look at Sorea, her personality is shown in the very way she looks, and the costume and body are properly feminized. Dezela also shows that philosophy as does Edward. I can just imagine Sorea putting a finger on her lip when thinking about a ruin instead of on her chin, or Edward using the hook of the umbrella to pull Miklea's hair. That is the kind of gender swap that appeals to me.
>>143636012
> I can just imagine Sorea putting a finger on her lip when thinking about a ruin instead of on her chin, or Edward using the hook of the umbrella to pull Miklea's hair. That is the kind of gender swap that appeals to me.
I like it.
>>143635670
Thank you
The era of fujoshit ends now
>>143636070
Eizen and Rokuro will get a doujin or two. Hell, Eizen and Zaveid might get a doujin or two.
5 MINS
GET IN HERE NIGGAS
>>143636179
>Eizen and Zaveid
>keep checking pixiv
>little to no art aside from solos
Japs likely cautiously hype.
>>143636070
Isn't she a fujoshit self insert? As much as like her.
zestiria starting
>>143624274
Neat but hope ufotable can manage it.
Anyone else watching the livestream?
Seeing Alisha makes me sad.
>>143636465
It's already started.
Its ufotable backgrounds for sure.
lookin good
>>143636555
>that MX bitrate
>>143636431
Doubtful. She doesn't look average or generic enough and she's too strong headed. Self inserts are usually tiny, frail girls that japs can relate to or want to be. See any otome game.
Holy fuck one of Alisha's friend has the same VA as the sister from God Eater
Ufo need to stop bullying her
Wow, Alisha is really flat chested isn't she?
Yo this Sakuga
>>143636610
Jesus christ the lighting looks good.
ufo really learned from UBW.
>>143636595
I see.
Good. I still hope fujoshits bring in the money though, I don't want Berseria to bomb, it's the first time in a while they stepped in the right direction in my opinion, the next games need female protags too
ROSE A SHIT
Alisha will never escape from Rose.
Featuring Dante from the DMC series.
The animation looks pretty good, as expected from Ufotable.
>>143636756
>no gauntlets
why not
what could it possibly mean
OP and ED in this episode?
>>143636853
There was no OP at the beginning.
loli
Too much Alisa that I'm cumming so much pls help
Bets on which episode Rose hijacks the plot?
Why didnt they pick Ufotable to do the new Berserk anime adaptation?
Is sad man ;_;
D R A G O N S
RIP archeologist/scientist guy
Well, Alisha bullying in the first episode.
>>143637087
>first episode
The episode title is "EPISODE00 災厄の時代"
>>143637145
Even better, not even the first episode and they're already bulling her.
>>143637124
F L A T
L
A
T
>all this Alisha bullying
fugg
I genuinely feel bad now
no gril should be bullied this much
Man, Alisha is made to suffer.
>all is well for the time being
>lolnope gotta suck up that poor farmgirl jus because
kek
Aw fuck, it ended.
Did ufotable outsakuga themselves again?
>>143637124
Did someone named Alisha killed the families of the people in Tales team? Poor girl only knows suffering.
This really does look better than UBW/zero
>>143637124
Well, Symonne is getting her fill of suffering, she is clearly feeling the yuetsu.
What the fuck, was that Velvet?
>OP by FLOW
JIBUNWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Hype OP.
Lots of Velvet in the opening.
What does it mean?
>>143637297
>being this much of a slowpoke
>>143637297
OP of the season.
Also dat Velvet.
rip
Even the sponsors part is Alisha suffering.
>>143637281
Nope. She's designed by Daigo Okumura. The one Tales character designer that gets his characters shit on constantly.
>>143637297
They confirmed that the anime will go beyond Zestiria.
>>143637374
Don't
plz
What about ED? There was one in this episode?
It's out on both Funi and Daisuki site. Hoping for rips soon.
subs should be going up right now right?
So I'm guessing I can watch this without playing the game? Should I at least watch the OVAs?
NIPS DIDNT LIKE IT
>>143637466
>They confirmed that the anime will go beyond Zestiria.
Maybe they'll FINALLY complete that storyline left hanging from the Alicia DLC
>>143637528
It's over. Ufotable is finished.
>>143637512
Yes because Zestiria X is probably going to have a slightly different story than the game. There really isn't a point to watching the OVA since the next few episodes will be something similar.
>>143637528
how much of this is still Alisha/Baba ass devestation you think?
>>143637528
Nothing but Alisha bullying and no guarantee whatsoever that they're not just going to pull her away again which compounds the bullying.
>>143637528
Zestiria will be fighting an uphill battle from now on.
>>143637431
Rokurou and Magilou will be shit on I bet.
>>143637594
A lot. The fact that the episode was basically Alisha suffering didn't help.
>>143637528
Of course not, they don't trust the show runners.
So they're bullying the character that caused massive ass pain when she was cut from the main game? That doesn't seem very smart.
>>143637637
They're all fucked.
>>143637528
Of course they don't, it's nothing but Alisha suffering which they're tired of seeing.
>>143637678
It's like they are doing this on purpose.
OPENING:
https://twitter.com/kagayakiru/status/749613376133820419
>>143637678
on the flipside, it's nice that ufo isn't completely pandering to cover baba's fuck up. The bullying should stop fairly soon anyway. Sorey and Meebo will make everything daijobu.
>>143637637
>>143637723
Still not a smart idea to extend that bad blood to their next game as well.
Seriously, shit they pulled with Zestiria got them on the shit list of the Japanese BBB.
>>143637786
For real?
>>143637758
lulxd so randumb!!!!
>>143637782
What?
>>143637528
Fucking butthurt nips and their shit taste. The episode was great.
OPENING VIDEO FIXED:
https://twitter.com/kagayakiru/status/749614512169517056
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Who's the art director for this show?
The coloring and lighting look miles better than any of the Type-Moon stuff they've been doing.
>>143637786
>Seriously, shit they pulled with Zestiria got them on the shit list of the Japanese BBB.
I'm not surprised in the slightest. I'm glad they made the move to distance Baba from the franchise because the guy really shouldn't be involved after what he did to Zestiria.
So is this legit
http://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=826631
Is this the Chaos Dragon we were all waiting for?
>>143637813
Yep, it seems that they were trying to cover Baba's ass and in doing so, they ignored the fans who reported to them that the game was buggy, and they never did anything to fix it. They also did a few things to cover Baba's ass that just happened to be against Sony Playstation guidelines.
>>143637927
How the hell do they get away with this?
>>143637916
I guess it's Funi rip from the filesize.
I wonder if HS going to rip Daisuki or Funi for this.
Holy shit, this actually looks better than UBW.
>>143637908
>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=110413
>Fate/Zero (TV) : Background Art (ufotable)
>Fate/Zero (TV 2) : Background Art (ufotable)
>Minori Scramble! (OAV) : Background Art
>Tales of Zestiria the X (TV) : Art Director
Min-Ji KIM joined 2009 and seems to got promoted to Art Director here.
https://youtu.be/9l6mbMpSstY HD
Visually it was good but that's all. The story is shit. Litterally God Eater 2.0
Is this the sakuga show of the season?
