Tales of Symphonia: The Animation
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North American box art
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| Developer(s) | Namco Tales Studio, Other Ocean Interactive (Windows port) |
| Publisher(s) | Namco |
| Director(s) | Yoshito Higuchi Kiyoshi Nagai Eiji Kikuchi |
| Producer(s) | Makoto Yoshizumi |
| Designer(s) | Takashi Hasegawa |
| Artist(s) | Kōsuke Fujishima |
| Writer(s) | Takumi Miyajima |
| Composer(s) |
Motoi Sakuraba Shinji Tamura Takeshi Arai |
| Series | Tales |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing video game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, co-op multiplayer |
| Tales of Symphonia | |
| Original video animation | |
| Tales of Symphonia The Animation: Sylvarant Episode | |
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| Directed by | Haruo Sotozaki |
| Studio | Ufotable |
| Released | June 8, 2007 – December 21, 2007 |
| Runtime | 33 minutes |
| Episodes | 4 |
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| Tales of Symphonia: The Animation Tethe'alla Episode | |
| Directed by | Haruo Sotozaki |
| Studio | Ufotable |
| Released | March 25, 2010 – February 25, 2011 |
| Runtime | 40 minutes |
| Episodes | 4 |
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| Tales of Symphonia: The Animation The United World Episode | |
| Directed by | Haruo Sotozaki |
| Studio | Ufotable |
| Released | November 23, 2011 – October 23, 2012 |
| Runtime | 36 minutes |
| Episodes | 3 |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 86/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | B+ |
| EGM | 8.17/10 |
| Eurogamer | 9/10 |
| Famitsu | 34/40 |
| Game Informer | 8.75/10 |
| GameSpot | 8.8/10 |
| GameSpy |   |
| IGN | 8.5/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 9.5/10 |
| X-Play | |
| Dengeki Gamecube | 38/40 |
| Award | |
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| Publication | Award |
| Japan Game Awards | Award for Excellence |
Tales of Symphonia Chronicles
Tales of Symphonia (Japanese: テイルズ オブ シンフォニア Hepburn: Teiruzu Obu Shinfonia?) is a Japanese role-playing game released for the Nintendo GameCube on August 29, 2003 in Japan. It was published by Namco and is the fifth core product of the Tales series. The game was localized and released in North America on July 13, 2004 and in Europe on November 19, 2004. In Japan, the game was ported for the PlayStation 2 with additional content and was released on September 22, 2004.
The game takes place in a fictional world called Sylvarant and follows Lloyd Irving. Lloyd accompanies his childhood friend, Colette Brunel, who is destined to go on a journey to save their world. As their journey progresses, they learn that saving Sylvarant endangers Tethe'alla, a world parallel to their own. The game's central theme is Kimi to Hibiki au RPG (君と響きあうRPG?, lit. "RPG that resonates with you").
The game's reception was generally positive with critics praising the gameplay but criticizing the plot. It received a Japan Game Awards in 2003 and had received re-releases under the Player's Choice and PlayStation 2 the Best labels. In the United States, over 100 thousand copies were sold during the first two weeks and has sold over a million copies worldwide.
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