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テイルズ オブ ジ アビス

Tales of the Abyss

Luke fon Fabre, the spoiled son of a noble from the kingdom of Kimlasca-Lavaldear, has been confined inside his father's mansion ever since he was kidnapped seven years ago by a rival country, the Malkuth Empire. Now Luke's memory of the life he led before is missing, and a strange voice, which only he can hear, has been calling out to him ever since. One day while training with his mentor, Van Grants, a strange woman called Tear breaks into the mansion with the sole intent of taking Van's life. During the struggle Luke is transported far from home, along with Tear, and now that Luke has finally gained the freedom he's been dreaming of, what awaits him in the outside world will shatter everything he's ever known about himself. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Originalテイルズ オブ ジ アビス (japanese)
RomajiTales of the Abyss
EnglishTales of the Abyss
Chinese深渊传说 (simplified · via bangumi)

Facts

FormatTV series · 26 ep · 24 min · 10h total
Aired2008-10-03 → 2009-03-28 (Autumn 2008)
StatusFINISHED
StudioSunrise
SourceVideo game
OriginJapan (Anime)
GenresAdventureDramaFantasy
ThemesMagicAmnesiaEnsemble CastClone
StreamingYouTube

Reception

Community score7.01 / 10
Bayesian score7.12 / 10
Composite49.6
On lists20,855
Favourited196 (0.9%)
Completion75.2%
Drop rate9.3%
In backlog39.5%
Score spread σ1.68
MyAnimeList7.28 / 10

Score distribution

15524431334229555961,01271,91481,409969610395

Where it places

CohortValueTierRank
Broadcast seasonAutumn 2008C35 of 77
Year2008C97 of 231
StudioSunriseD137 of 254
Source materialVideo gameC181 of 530
LengthTwo-courD436 of 699
EraLate 2000sC480 of 1,149
GenreAdventureD820 of 1,534
Season (all years)AutumnD962 of 1,921
GenreFantasyD1,086 of 2,142
GenreDramaD1,198 of 1,917
FormatTV seriesD1,716 of 3,322
OriginJapanC3,364 of 7,157

Key staff

DirectorKenji Kodama, Shigemi Ikeda, Eriko Kimura
Series compositionAkemi Omode
Character designKousuke Fujishima
MusicMotoi Sakuraba

Franchise — テイルズ オブ ジ アビス

テイルズ オブ ジ アビス スペシャルファンディスク
Tales of the Abyss Special Fan Disc
2009Special
テイルズ オブ ジ アビス スキット風次巻予告「預言[スコア]
Tales of the Abyss: Skit-fuu Jikan Yokoku "Score"
2009Special

Related

RelationYearTitle
side story2009Tales of the Abyss Special Fan Disc
character2012Tales of Gekijou
otherTales of the Abyss: Skit-fuu Jikan Yokoku "Score"

AniList id 4884 · MAL id 4884 · Bangumi 974 · record updated 2026-08-27