Tales of Festival 2021 is just a few weeks away! With the pandemic still here, some precautions regarding merchandise sales are necessary.
Confirmed last March, Tales of Festival 2021 is still happening this year on November 20 and 21, 2021. The venue has been changed from Yokohama Arena to Tokyo Garden Theater in the Tokyo Bay Area. The theme for this year is "Winter Party". Check out the updated main visual for the event, featuring the cast in their winter party clothes!
On-Site Sales
Aside from the pre-sales that were done via Asobi Store, on-site sales of merchandise will once again be done on the venue. However, unlike the 2019 or earlier Tales of Festival sales, Tales of Festival 2021 will be implementing a numbered ticket system.
Merchandise sales will be 10AM to 4:30PM JST for both days, but prior to this, numbered tickets will be distributed beginning 9AM to 9:30AM JST for the first batch. These first batch of tickets will be given out at RANDOM. For example, even if you are the first in line, and there are, let's say 100 tickets, there is a chance you'll get the 100th ticket. Sale of merchandise will be by the number on your ticket.
Beginning 9:31AM onwards, if the first batch of tickets have already been used up, the remaining batches will be given in order instead of random. Do note that if the merchandise area isn't too crowded to begin with, numbered tickets may not be needed for that day.
Cast
November 20 (Saturday) Cast:
- Masaya Onosaka (Zelos Wilder - Tales of Symphonia) - MC
- Katsuyuki Konishi (Lloyd Irving - Tales of Symphonia) - Co-MC
- Nobuyuki Hiyama (Veigue Lungberg - Tales of Rebirth)
- Chihiro Suzuki (Luke fon Fabre - Tales of the Abyss)
- Toriumi Kosuke (Yuri Lowell - Tales of Vesperia)
- Kimura Ryohei (Sorey - Tales of Zestiria)
- Rina Satou (Velvet Crowe - Tales of Berseria)
- Takuya Satou (Alphen - Tales of Arise)
- Shino Shimoji (Shionne - Tales of Arise)
- Sayuri Hara (Rinwell - Tales of Arise)
November 21 (Sunday) Cast:
- Masaya Onosaka (Zelos Wilder - Tales of Symphonia) - MC
- Katsuyuki Konishi (Lloyd Irving - Tales of Symphonia) - Co-MC
- Eiji Takemoto (Raven - Tales of Vesperia) - Co-MC
- Chihiro Suzuki (Luke fon Fabre - Tales of the Abyss)
- Yukana (Tear Grants - Tales of the Abyss)
- Toriumi Kosuke (Yuri Lowell - Tales of Vesperia)
- Shino Shimoji (Shionne - Tales of Arise)
- Sayuri Hara (Rinwell - Tales of Arise)
- Haruna Ikezawa (Kisara - Tales of Arise)
- Yasuyuki Kase (Dohalim il Qaras - Tales of Arise)
Artist Performances
It has been announced that Tales of Arise's theme song artists, Kankaku Piero and Ayaka, will be performing during the two-day event.
Kankaku Piero will be there during both days and will perform physically, while Ayaka will be performing via video appearance. Note that performers may change depending on the COVID-19 situation in Japan, and tickets are non-refundable should there be changes in performers.
Kankaku Piero performed Tales of Arise's opening theme, HIBANA. Ayaka performed "Blue Moon", the game's Grand Theme, as well as a cover of "Hello, Again ~Mukashi Kara Aru Basho~", which was used as a song in the game's interlude.
Online Viewing Tickets
Aside from physical tickets, online viewing tickets are also now available for purchase. Online viewing tickets are now available via Asobi Stage, and will also be the platform for delivery during the event. For those who can't watch live, an archive is to be made available the following and will be available for roughly a week. Details are as follows:
- Event Start:
- Day 1: November 20, 2021, Saturday - 4:30PM JST
- Day 2: November 21, 2021, Sunday - 4:30PM JST
- Price: 5,000 Yen with Tax per day, or 10,000 Yen with Tax for the 2-Day ticket
- Archive Delivery Period: November 22, 2021, 6PM JST until November 28, 2021, 11:59PM JST
- Sales Period: October 4, 2021 to November 28, 2021, 12:00PM JST
