Title: Tales of Zestiria the Cross / Dawn of the Shepherd
Japanese: テイルズ オブ ゼスティリア ザ クロス / ～導師の夜明け～
Airing date: 10/7/2016 (Tv series 12 episodes), 3/7/2016 (prologue) & 30/12/2014 (Dōshi no Yoake)
Release date: 22/1/2015 (PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows)
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Original creator: Bandai Namco Studios, tri-Crescendo (game), Hikaru Kondo, Tatsuro Udo (design)
Original character designs: Minoru Iwamoto, Kōsuke Fujishima, Mutsumi Inomata, Daigo Okumura
Directors: Haruo Sotozaki (TV), Yūta Hase and Mari Miyata (game)
Written by: Naoki Yamamoto, Takashi Hasegawa (game) and Ufotable (TV)
Music by: Motoi Sakuraba and Go Shiina
Character designer and animation director: Akira Matsushima
Art director: Minji Kim
3DCG director: Kazuki Nishiwaki
Director of photography: Yuichi Terao
Photography by: Minami Ohara
2nd key animation by: Nobuhiro Kawabe
3D animation: Minako Takahashi
Color key by: Yūko Ōmae and Emi Chiba (assistant)
Authoring by: Chihiro Ishikawa
Editing by: Manabu Kamino (Sony PCL)
Production head: Yū Takanaka
Production manager: Ryu Suzuki and Suguru Takanaka (assistant)
Produced by: Tomoko Takehara, Koichiro Tomita, Hikari Kondo, Kenichi Yatomi and Yohei Kisara
Supervision by: Hideo Baba
Promotion by: Megumi Kitayama and Yasuko Satō
Studio: Ufotable
Network: Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, TVA, BS11
Opening theme: "Kaze no Uta (風ノ唄 / Song of the Wind)" by Flow
Ending theme: "calling" by Fhána
Main cast: Sorey (スレイ) voiced by Ryōhei Kimura, Michi Imase (young) and Robbie Daymond (EN)
Mikleo (ミクリオ) voiced by Ryōta Ōsaka, Nana Hamasaki (young) and Michael Johnston (EN)
Alisha Diphda (アリーシャ・ディフダ) voiced by Ai Kayano and Alexis Tipton (EN)
Supporting cast: Rose (ロゼ) voiced by Mikako Komatsu and Caitlin Glass (EN)
Lailah (ライラ) voiced by Noriko Shitaya (TV), Miyu Matsuki (game) and Carrie Keranen (EN)
Edna (エドナ) voiced by Misato Fukuen and Kira Buckland (EN)
Dezel (デゼル) voiced by Daisuke Ono and Christopher Niosi (EN)
Zaveid (ザビーダ) voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda and Ian Sinclair (EN)
Narration (ナレーション) by Tomomichi Nishimura
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Synopsis: Sorey is a human youth who grew up among the seraphim, spiritual beings not visible to humans. Sorey believes in the folklore that says "long ago, every human was able to see the seraphim" and dreams of unraveling the ancient mystery to make the world a place where people and seraphim can live together in peace. One day, Sorey visits the human capital for the very first time. He becomes embroiled in an incident during which he pulls out a holy sword embedded in a rock and ends up becoming a Shepherd, one who casts away calamity from the world. He begins to realize the gravity of his mission, and his dream of coexistence between mankind and the seraphim becomes more intense— And thus, the Shepherd embarks on an amazing journey with his companions.
QUOTE (Masich @ Jul 03 2016, 05:37 PM)King Arthur's Excalibur *Cough* Now I know the first episode is a prologue of what is to come... But I honestly hated every part of it, voices and animation with the bad CGI every 2minutes + horrible drama...lol i was neutral in ep'0, #1 hooked me (only 'tales of' anime i finished: abyss)
