#tales of rebirth

[pallisia]

thank you inomata mutsumi...

[demifiendrsa]

Japanese illustrator and animator Mutsumi Inomata has passed away on March 10, 2024 at age 63. A cause of death was not shared.

Inomata is best known as one of the main character designer on a number of Bandai Namco's Tales of series. Her past works includeTales of Destiny, Tales of Eternia, Tales of Destiny 2, Tales of Rebirth, Tales of the Tempest, Tales of Innocence, Tales of Hearts, Tales of Graces, Tales of Xillia, Tales of Xillia 2, Tales of Zestiria, Tales of Berseria, and Tales of Crestoria.

Within anime, Inomata worked as an animator at Ashi Production from 1979 until 1982, when she and some animators from Ashi Production left the company and founded Kaname Production. There, she worked as character designer and animator on such anime as Acrobunch - The Quest for Treasure, Plawres Sanshiro, Leda - The Fantastic Adventure of Yohko, Once Upon a Time, and Watt Poe to Bokura no Ohanashi, among others. In her later freelance career, she drew character designs for such anime as Future GPX Cyber Formula, Saitama Bōsō Saizensen Flag! Shinimonogurui no Seishun!!, and Brain Powerd. She also drew the illustrations for the Utsunomiko and The Weathering Continent novel series, both of which later inspired anime adaptations.

[richea]

Mutsumi Inomata has sadly passed away...

"It was so sudden, she had drafts left over, and I'm sure she's still drawing even in heaven. I'm sure she's surrounded by cats, drawing her adorable characters with big eyes like she always did."

(Statement by her sister)

[talesoftheraysen]

[ukiukimaru]

[ofcourseimdoingwork]

Way back in 2016 or so I made Veigue for Aseliacon and since then he’s fallen apart/ I somehow lost a lot of it so I remade his for Rappig Crossing this year! So excited about it-feel like the armor is 1000x better than the first attempt.

Excited for the 5 fans that know Rebirth to recognize me

[fortesp89]

My hand slipped again~ Whoops!

Now or Never - Chemistry & M-Flo

[ecargmura]

Japanese Tales Fans Vote Their Favorite Tales Games In Recent Survey

Japanese website Net Lab has made another Tales related survey for fans to vote; the topic this time is favorite Tales games. The poll ran from June 27, 2023 to July 4, 2023 and has a total of 10, 344 votes overall.

Before I reveal the results, there are three things I want to let you know:

This is a Japan-only poll because the admins did not want overseas fans to vote due to possible illegal voting.

Fans can vote up to three games.

Please do not be vocal about the games/titles you hate or don’t particularly; if you don’t have anything nice to say, keep it to yourself.

Here are the results from 1st to 24th (I’ll add in the number of votes the game has received and a comment that pertain to the respective game translated via Google Translate and me trying to make it as cohesive in English):

Abyss - 1176 votes

Comment: Bamco, are you seeing this? I’m forever waiting on a full remake of Abyss.

2. Vesperia - 1035 votes

Comment: My favorite is Tales of Vesperia. My first Tales game was Legendia, but Vesperia is the first one I’ve cleared. The Switch version is super packed and I have beaten the secret boss. I had a super hard time with that boss battle. I love Yuri so much.

3. Zestiria - 983 votes

Comment: It’s been a long time since I graduated from the Tales series, but Zestiria made me want to come back. There may be times where I feel unreasonable, but I’ve come to like this work, including that ��do-it-yourself” thing. I really like it.

4. Symphonia - 962 votes

Comment: Before I played the first 3D game, I was a little worried, but when I opened the lid, I was hooked on the perfection that surpassed the previous work. I love the characters, the story, the music and the system.

5. Phantasia - 701 votes

Comment: For me, it’s Phantasia, which I played for the first time and became the most memorable. I want it to have a remake like Destiny.

6. Eternia - 693 votes

Comment: One vote for Eternia with a smooth battle system!

7. Destiny - 601 votes

Comment: Just remembering that scene with Leon breaks my heart. My favorite work of all time. I want to play again, so I’ll be waiting for a port!

8. Berseria - 529 votes

Comment: Because the first game I played was Tales of Berseria, I got hooked onto Velvet.

9. Graces F - 528 votes

10. Xillia 2 — 508 votes

11. Destiny 2 -  456 votes

12. Arise - 367 votes

13. Rebirth - 311 votes

Comment: I love Rebirth’s battle system and characters so much!

14. Legendia - 294 votes

Comment: Legendia, when will you get a remake or a port? I’ve been waiting…

15. Xillia - 176 votes

16. Luminaria - 171 votes

Comment: Luminaria is the best! I want to see the continuation someday!

17. Innocence R - 168 votes (tied)

Comment: Tales of Innocence (DS version) makes me want to play regularly. A work that I love and value so much that I lose my vocabulary.

17. Dawn of the New World - 168 votes (tied)

19. Crestoria - 148 votes

20. Hearts R - 134 votes

Comment: Tales of Hearts for DS is my favorite work, not the remake version of Hearts R.

21. Narikiri Dungeon - 91 votes

22. Others - 68 votes

I’ve seen people say “Radiant Mythology series”, “Asteria”, “Versus” “Link”, “The Rays” and “Warheit”.

23. Tempest - 56 votes

Comment: I will always love Tempest. Please remake it.

24 - Summoner’s Lineage - 20 votes

What are your thoughts about the results?

What is your favorite Tales game? Let us know in the comments below!

[frigid-moon-fall]

Did you know? There's portraits of some of the cast of Tales of Rebirth hung in Heidelberg's castle. That guidebook also makes mention of it!

[seine-draws]

Haven't drawn them in a long time... them......

[kresnikcest]

from the Tales of the World: Reve Unitia Fan's Bible

[talesofevents]

🎅🎄🎁Tales of Secret Santa 2023 sign-ups are now open! 🎅🎄🎁

You can find the collection here. Sign-ups are open until November 24.

Click below for more information.

To sign up, please fill out the sign-up form here.

You will need to enter the Fandom(s), Character(s), and/or Ship(s) you want to request and offer. Please provide a short description of your likes (or more detailed prompts) for each request. Feel free to attach a link to a longer message if the space provided isn't enough.

You will be matched based on the characters you requested and offered, as well as the type of fanwork you chose (fic and/or art). We cannot guarantee being matched by ships, but we will try our best.

Assignments should be sent out by Nov 27 at the latest.

You will have about a month to complete your work; the deadline to post is December 28, with reveals on January 2.

If you need an extension or need to drop out, please contact us ASAP. If we have not heard from you by December 28, you will be defaulted and a pinch hitter assigned to take your place.

If you are interested in becoming a pinch hitter, please fill out this form.

Note: If the characters or ships you want to request are not available in the tags yet, you can nominate them in the tagset. New nominations will be approved regularly, but there might be a slight delay.

A couple of extra things:

- Prompts should be Arise spoiler-free in the Description (you can include spoilers in linked documents provided it’s clearly warned for and easily skippable)

- Try to be specific with “Do-Not-Wants” so your gifter knows exactly what to avoid.

[talesoftheraysen]

[ukiukimaru]

[raystranslationsfestival]

In Search of Spirit Fragments.

Type: Event (Spirit Gear). Characters: Stahn, Leon, Veigue.

Translation, recording, subbing by Shi. Proofread by Yewfelle.

[fortesp89]

I had so much fun making the first AMV that I went and did the full version of the song!