High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 26 episodes of the Japanese anime series Tales of the Abyss are jointly produced by Bandai Visual, Namco, and Sunrise, and are based on the PlayStation 2 game of the same name. Directed by Kenji Kodama, the first episode premiered in Japan on Tokyo MX on October 3, 2008, where the series is on-going. The episodes also air on Animax, MBS, BS11, and CBC.