Tales of Hearts is an action role-playing game for the Nintendo DS featuring distinct cutscene styles in its two versions. Players follow Shing Meteoryte, a young swordsman who wields a Soma, a weapon that channels Spiria, the essence of one's heart. After accidentally damaging the Spiria Core of Kohaku, a traveling companion, Shing and his allies set out to restore her emotions.
Tales of Hearts released as two different versions, each having a different style of cutscenes. The Anime Movie Edition uses anime-style cutscenes produced by Production I.G.
Shing Meteoryte is a young man living in a small village by the sea and training in the ways of the sword under his grandfather's tutelage, who bequeaths to him an unusual weapon known as a Soma, which can harness the power of a person's Spiria--the embodiment of their heart and soul. Shing encounters a travelling pair of siblings, Kohaku and her brother Hisui. However, in an unexpected turn of events, Shing accidentally shatters Kohaku's Spiria Core, the source of her emotions. Now, the trio must embark on a journey to make Kohaku's heart whole once more.