“Cless and Mint time-travel to stop Demon King Dhaos from destroying the world after their village is destroyed.”
Tales of Phantasia
テイルズ オブ ファンタジア THE ANIMATION
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Synopsis
Cless and Mint time-travel to stop Demon King Dhaos from destroying the world after their village is destroyed.
Tragedy strikes the lives of Cless Alvein, a young swordsman, and Chester Barklight, a young archer, as they return to their village of Totus to find it razed to the ground by the mysterious Black Knight. To take over the world, the Black Knight seeks to claim the power of the Demon King, Dhaos—sealed away by the ancestors of Cless and a young cleric named Mint Adnade. Dhaos' reawakening signals not only the end of the Black Knight, but potentially the world. Cless and Mint must now journey a century into the past to rally allies capable of vanquishing the Demon King once and for all. Tales of Phantasia The Animation follows Cless and Mint's journey through time to long ago, where they forge an alliance with the half-elf sorceress Arche Klaine and the summoner Klarth F. Lester. Together, they strive to defeat Dhaos and his army in saving the past as well as the years to come.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
What 8 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.12 · split reception
4.3 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 4.0
↑ 0.63
Running avg · Jul 2009 → Feb 2025
- 9 “Tales of Phantasia delivers great artwork and features the best characters, making it a great anime that includes most of the main cast from the game like Suzu and Barnard. While it does skip some...”
- 9 “The animation shines in battle scenes, and the ending theme “Prayer” delivers a haunting emotional payoff that lingers long after the credits roll. Yet the story is brutally compressed into four...”
- 7 “Tales of Phantasia succeeds as an entertaining action fantasy that works surprisingly well in its abridged format, with consistently fluid animation and accessible storytelling that doesn't require...”
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- Format 4 × 29′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 56m all episodes
- Aired Nov 2004 – Feb 2006
- Source Ova media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0368 catalog
Produced by
- Frontier Works Producer
- Geneon Entertainment Producer
Licensed by
- Discotek Media Licensor
- Geneon Entertainment USA Licensor