2) Did you know that there is an anime adaptation of the game? Tales of the Abyss: The Animation is a 26-episode series jointly produced by Namco, Bandai Visual and Sunrise Animation Studios.
3) The song "Karma" is the opening theme song of the game. It was used in Tales of the Abyss: The Animation as an opening song, too.
4) Karma is performed by the Japanese rock band Bump of Chicken. They are one of the popular groups whose songs have been the theme for several Japanese videogames, movies and television shows.
5) The word "karma" that was used as a title for the Tales of the Abyss song is a religious term used in Buddhism. It means that a person's actions in the present will determine his fate in the future. In other words, it is an effect of a cause.
6) The land dreadnaught, Tartarus, is probably a reference to a Greek mythological abyss that bears the same name. It is a place of suffering and punishment for the wicked and the dungeon where the primordial Titans are incarcerated. According to the Greek philosopher, Plato, it is where the wicked are tormented after their death.
7) Tales of the Abyss is directed by Yoshito Higuchi who was also the director of Tales of Symphonia. Aside from this, he previously worked as one of the members of the team that developed Namco's fighting titles Tekken and Soul Calibur.
8) Did you know that Asch the Bloody is one of the playable characters in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2? Surprisingly, he is depicted as Luke fon Fabre's twin instead of a replica of him.
9) The name Asch is most likely a diminutive of the German word asche, which is translated as "ash."
10) One of the manga adaptation of the game is named after Asch. It is entitled as "Tales of the Abyss: Asch the Bloody."
11) It is interesting to note that all God-Generals except from Asch are named after musical terminologies.
12) The God-General who succeeded Asch was also named after a musical term. Her name is Cantabile. In music, a cantabile is smooth and lyrical style performed in continuous manner that is often used as a direction.
13) The North American release of Tales of the Abyss had some notable changes from its Playstation 2 to its Nintendo 3DS versions. Although the latter solely based its overall gameplay from the former, yet its monster statistics has adopted the Japanese version of the game.
14) Lorelei is a reference to a mythological creature that resembles a siren. The sirens are water nymphs who allures sailors to their impending death with their beautiful voices. Thus, Lorelei is depicted in Tales of the Abyss as the Fonon of Sound.
