Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (テイルズ オブ ヴェスペリア 〜The First Strike〜) is a 2009 Japanese animated film directed by Kenta Kamei and written by Reiko Yoshida. It is the prequel to the game Tales of Vesperia and the first animated feature film in the Tales series. It was released in Japan on October 3, 2009. The source game's theme song, "Ring a Bell" (鐘を鳴らして) by Bonnie Pink, was reused as the movie's theme song. It was released in North America on June 26, 2012 and was released in the UK on December 3, 2012 on DVD & Blu-ray.
Japanese Voice Cast
English Voice Cast
- Niren Fedrok - Christopher R. Sabat
- Yuri Lowell - Troy Baker
- Flynn Scifo - Sam Regal
- Garista Luodur - J. Michael Tatum
- Hisca Aiheap - Trina Nishimura
- Rita Mordio - Luci Christian
- Merzhom Keider - R Bruce Elliott
- Chastel Aiheap - Leah Clark
- Yurgis - Mike McFarland
- Gradana - Barry Yandell
- Estellise Sidos Heurassein - Cherami Leigh
- Alexei Dinoia - Jason Douglas
- Elvin - Scott Freeman
- Raven - Jonathan Brooks
- Chris - Newton Pittman
- Emma - Lindsay Seidel
- Pete - Micah Solusod
- Hanks - Cris George
- David - Josh Grelle
- Ivan - Christopher Bevins
- Kansuke - Ricco Fajardo