Last year, news broke of a German distributor picking up the rights for Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike, but with no word on a possible North American release. Today that changes, as Funimation has just announced they have obtain the rights to the film.

Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike is a prequel to the game, focusing on Yuri and Flynn's past when they were in the Imperial Knights. Estelle, Raven, and Rita also have cameos, along with some other characters created specifically for the movie.

This news comes via Funimation spokesperson Jackie Smith, which announced the news alongside gaining additional rights to Fractale and Freezing. It's not currently known if they will be releasing the movie sub-only like Bandai Entertainment's release of the Tales of the Abyss anime or if they will be dubbing the movie in English.