Popular Japanese role-playing-game Tales of Vesperia is coming to the big screen on October 3 as Tales of Vesperia ~ The First Strike ~.
The film is set before Tales of Vesperia. Voice actors include Mamoru Miyano (who voiced Light in Death Note and Riku in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II) as Flynn Scifo, Mai Nakahara (who voiced Rena in Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and Nagisa in Clannad) as Estellise Sidos Heurassein, and Kosuke Toriumi (who voiced Junpei Iori in Persona 3) as Yuri Lowell.
The anime is being produced by Production I.G., the studio being Ghost in the Shell and the animated segment in Kill Bill Vol. I. Kenta Kamei will tackle directing duties, and veteran scribe Reiko Yoshida will pen the script.
Production I.G. is also involved with the Halo Legends anime project.
劇場版『テイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア 〜The First Strike〜』角川プレミア試写会に100組200名をご招待 [ファミ通.com]