Movies Like Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (2009)

Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike is a 2009 action, adventure, animation, fantasy film from Kanta Kamei with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly and Bayonetta: Bloody Fate.

Action Adventure Animation Fantasy

Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly

2019

Shirou has lost his Servant, Saber, and is no longer a Master in the Holy Grail War. Despite this, he refuses to leave the battle, determined to protect Sakura. Meanwhile, a mysterious shadow engulfs the city, killing Masters and Servants one by one. As Shirou faces new dangers, Sakura is drawn deeper into her own destiny as a mage.

6.9

MagicScore

Bayonetta: Bloody Fate

2013

Bayonetta is an ancient witch who awakens from a five hundred-year slumber with no memory of her life. Armed with a gun in each limb, she embarks on a journey to rediscover her past, defeating all bloodthirsty angels that stand in her way.

6.7

MagicScore

Resident Evil: Damnation

2012

U.S. federal agent Leon S. Kennedy sneaks into the "East Slavic Republic" to verify rumors that Bio-Organic Weapons (BOWs) are being used in the country's civil war, which the U.S. and Russia are making preparations to jointly intervene in. Right after his infiltration, the U.S. government orders him to leave immediately. Determined to uncover the truth, Leon ignores the order and enters the battlefield to end the chain of tragedies caused by the BOWs.

6.9

MagicScore

Resident Evil: Degeneration

2008

Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield must battle a rogue warrior seeking revenge after unleashing the deadly G-Virus, whilst a mutated monster goes on a rampage.

6.8

MagicScore

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

2001

Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.

6.2

MagicScore

Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge

2020

After the vicious slaughter of his family by stone-cold mercenary Sub-Zero, Hanzo Hasashi is exiled to the torturous Netherrealm. There, in exchange for his servitude to the sinister Quan Chi, he’s given a chance to avenge his family – and is resurrected as Scorpion, a lost soul bent on revenge. Back on Earthrealm, Lord Raiden gathers a team of elite warriors – Shaolin monk Liu Kang, Special Forces officer Sonya Blade, and action star Johnny Cage – an unlikely band of heroes with one chance to save humanity. To do this, they must defeat Shang Tsung's horde of Outworld gladiators and reign over the Mortal Kombat tournament.

8.1

MagicScore

Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind

2022

Hellbent on taking over Earthrealm, Kano viciously attacks town after town with the aid of three cold-blooded Black Dragon mercenaries. Those who don’t submit are annihilated but one young man won’t bend the knee to Kano: Kenshi.

7.8

MagicScore

Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms

2021

The Earthrealm heroes must journey to the Outworld and fight for the survival of their homeland, invaded by the forces of evil warlord Shao Kahn, in the tournament to end all tournaments: the final Mortal Kombat.

7.6

MagicScore

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic

2010

Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell -- limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery -- in search of his true love, Beatrice. An animated version of the video game of the same name.

7.0

MagicScore

#10

Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match

2023

In 1980s Hollywood, action star Johnny Cage is looking to become an A-list actor. But when his costar, Jennifer, goes missing from set, Johnny finds himself thrust into a world filled with shadows, danger, and deceit. As he embarks on a bloody journey, Johnny quickly discovers the City of Angels has more than a few devils in its midst.

6.8

MagicScore

#11

Seoul Station

2016

In this animated prequel to "Train to Busan," a group of survivors deals with a zombie pandemic that unleashes itself in downtown Seoul.

6.5

MagicScore

#12

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

2024

A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and traitorous lord of Rohan seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan, and his people to make a daring last stand in the ancient stronghold of the Hornburg.

6.6

MagicScore

#13

PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #4 Winter of Rebirth

2016

Makoto Yuki and his allies have grown through the bonds they have formed and partings they have experienced. Using the power of Persona, they continue to fight to put an end to the Dark Hour, in hope that there are peaceful days waiting for them at the end of the battle. However, as the season shifts to winter, memories from ten years ago resurface and a boy believed to be their friend warns the members of S.E.E.S. that "The Fall"— an event that will destroy all of humanity is near, leaving the group with a difficult choice to be made by New Year’s Eve.

7.5

MagicScore

#14

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie

2014

When the evil Yo-Kai Kin, Gin and Bronzlow makes the Yo-Kai Watch disappear from time so they can help Dame Dedtime prevent humans and Yo-Kai from being friends, Nate Adams finds help in the Yo-Kai Hovernyan, who takes Nate, Whisper and Jibanyan 60 years to the past, when the Yo-Kai Watch was first invented by Nate's grandfather, Nathaniel Adams, while he was a boy. Together, the 2 boys fight Dame Dedtime and her evil Wicked Yo-Kai minions to save the world from her evil plans.

7.5

MagicScore

#15

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

2005

Two years have passed since the final battle with Sephiroth. Though Midgar, city of mako, city of prosperity, has been reduced to ruins, its people slowly but steadily walk the road to reconstruction. However, a mysterious illness called Geostigma torments them. With no cure in sight, it brings death to the afflicted, one after another, robbing the people of their fledgling hope.

7.2

MagicScore

#16

Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table - Camelot Wandering; Agateram

2020

The wandering knight, Bedivere, reaches the end of his journey. It is A.D. 1273 in Jerusalem. The Holy Land has been transformed into a massive desert and its people have been forced out of their homes as three major powers wage war with each other in this wasteland. The Knights of the Round Table come together to protect the Holy City and their Lion King. With the whole of his kingdom summoned into a strange land, Ozymandias, the Sun King, quietly plots against the tyranny of this bizarre realm. The mountain people, protectors of those who were stripped of their land, await their chance at rebellion. In order to fulfill his mission, Bedivere heads for the Holy City where the Lion King rules. There he meets humanity’s final Master, Ritsuka Fujimaru, who has come to Jerusalem, accompanied by his Demi-Servant, Mash Kyrielight, in their quest to restore human history.

7.1

MagicScore

#17

PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #3 Falling Down

2015

The season turns to autumn and the fight of Makoto and his group S.E.E.S. with the strange monsters known as ‘Shadows’ is getting closer to the end. Makoto and his allies engage in life-or-death battles with Shadows in order to end the Dark Hour. Through the battles, some must face the deaths of friends and family, some must notice what precious things must be protected, and some must find meaning in the battles that have occurred. In front of Makoto, the mysterious transfer student Ryoji Mochizuki appears. When the group greets a new morning, the gears of fate begin to turn. A fight revolving around each of the heroes' bonds begins...

7.1

MagicScore

#18

PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth

2013

In the spring, male student Makoto Yuki transfers to Gekkoukan High School. However, as he heads to his new dormitory, listening to the music on his headphones, he is stopped. More precisely, time has stopped, and the people who were around him turn into coffins. Makoto learns that this period of time hidden between the minute of midnight is called the Dark Hour, a time when monsters called Shadows appear. Suddenly made the leader of his fellow classmates Yukari and Junpei by his upperclassmen Mitsuru and Akihiko, Makoto must learn empathy, his connection to his comrades, and the meaning of death. With the power of his Evoker aimed at his head he awakens a Persona and fights against the Shadows threatening to attack his world from the mysterious tower of Tartarus.

7.1

MagicScore

#19

PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream

2014

After realizing the value of life and the importance of his own allies, Makoto finally got his smile back. He finds himself learning more about those comrades and getting closer to them. Makoto wishes that everything will continue just as they are. However, little by little, the pieces and people in Makoto's new, happy life begin to fall apart.

7.1

MagicScore

#20

Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew

2005

In the legendary past, before Poké Balls were invented, an aura-guiding hero Pokémon named Lucario sensed two groups of armies about to clash, and a threat of a massive war in front of Oldoran Castle in Kanto that would leave no survivors. He transferred this message to his master, the legendary hero Arlon, while he was being attacked by a violent group of Hellgar. During the battle, his sense of sight was lost and he was rendered unable to see. He used the detection of his Aura, and so with the offensive Wave Bomb, he eliminated them. Though by the threat, the queen of Rota, Lady Rin was resolute to die with her civilians, and so Arlon made a choice.

7.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike?

The top films similar to Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike by MovieMagicScore are Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. Lost Butterfly (6.9), Bayonetta: Bloody Fate (6.7), Resident Evil: Damnation (6.9). Each shares action/adventure/animation/fantasy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike worth watching?

Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 40 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike?

Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (2009) is a action, adventure, animation, fantasy film directed by Kanta Kamei, starring Kohsuke Toriumi, Mamoru Miyano, Rika Morinaga.

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