Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (テイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア) is interesting is that it’s a prequel to the videogame Tales of Vesperia, but the twist is that instead of being a game it’s going to be an animated feature film. The film is due out in October this year and is being produced by Production I.G.
What’s interesting to me is that as time goes on the line between videogames and anime may blend more and more. Tales of Vesperia was published by Namco Bandai Games so you can already see the synergy where being owned by an toy company/animation studio that making a game into an anime film doesn’t seem like a big stretch. Of course with an RPG you already come to the table with tons of characters and a story that your audience already knows.
