Tales of the Abyss Anime Coming To North America

By Ishaan . July 31, 2010 . 10:31am

Looks like this one slipped under our radar amidst the Comic-Con coverage. Bandai Entertainment, the North American anime distribution subsidiary of Namco Holdings, hosted a panel at the event, where the company announced their upcoming anime licenses.

Instead of licensing brand new series, Bandai are looking into their back catalogue of existing productions in Japan. First up is Tales of the Abyss, which was a 26-episode series produced in 2008. It ran until 2009. The second license is Turn a Gundam, a series from 1999 written in celebration of the franchise’s 20th anniversary.

Hopefully, the announcements will make a few fans happy. It’s nice to see that Namco Bandai, like Square, are finally exploring the full extent of their catalogue across various media.

Earlier in the year, Bandai Entertainment launched a dedicated manga portal in order to help their manga content stand out better.

 this bringd hope ToV*which is rumored to already be finished* Tales of Graces and the New Tales will make it over shore

Ooo, good job Bandai.

Ive seen the Fansub of ToA and enjoyed it.  Will definitely buy the licensed US version. 

Arg, they just need to come out and say it once and for all:

"The PS3 version of Tales of Vesperia is being localized for a western release this/next year"

or

"The PS3 version of Tales of Versperia will remain Japanese onry"

Ok, if they release the TotA anime but ignore ToV and/or ToG then I will hurt myself.

If they were smart they would make a TotA port to Wii/PS3 and release it alongside the anime.

wont be getting hopes up

ooo nice

I called this last year.

In due time, patience is key here (Well I don't have anything on Graces, so I think you should forget about that).

*pft* already watch the japanese anime and played the game!!!

GAMES!! BN!! WE WANT GAMES!!!