Ranked #368

Fairy Tail

I had heard of a legendary manga called Fairy Tail, and when an anime version of it was announced, I was really happy. I wanted to watch a mainstream shounen (as in.. Bleach, Naruto, One Piece) from the very beginning, since those three aforementioned series have way too many episode for me to catch up on, anyway.

I was sorely disappointed.


==[Pros]==

- Great idea. The setting is very imaginative... but that's to be expected when you're dealing with a series like this.

- Music. The ED is very catchy, and the OP isn't bad.


==[Cons]==

- Characters. They are static. Very static. To the point where I wouldn't be surprised if they could make an appearance in Zetsubou Sensei's class of stereotyped characters. Gray is just "rival of main character with running gag." That's all we know about him after five episodes.

- The pacing. Introductory episodes are usually used to flesh out characters. The four introductory episodes here are totally pointless. The characters are just the same people we see in episode one. I found myself asking "why?" to every episode. There's no reason why these episodes should even exist.

- The animation. Look at the ground beneath Natsu's feet in the opening sequence. Bad art and animation is sprinkled everywhere.


==[Conclusion]==
Good concept, but the static characters, mediocre animation, and nearly episodic way to storytelling make for a slow (five epiosdes) and useless introduction that makes me not want to watch any more. read more

Before I start, I will state that I have a biased opinion towards Fairy Tail because I absolutely enjoy the manga.

Story: The anime is really following the manga's storyline so that is a good, but also a bad thing. Due to it following the manga, the anime may get kind of dull at times like Lucy's part and some episodes, but overall the anime is pretty fast paced (which I like). The beginning starts off well, then it fills 4 episodes worth of character introduction so don't be turned off by them. Since Fairy Tail is a guild of course there are many characters so they want you to know each (that are important). In episode 5, the story starts picking up again and I'm hoping for some action like in the manga. Like I stated earlier, I read the manga thus I have a brief idea what's going to happen next and I anticipate for it as opposed to others who don't.

The art: Looks like One Piece. Nothing else I can say well besides for the wizardry fire parts Natsu performs with his fists and the dragon flying out that was kind of corny, but w/e I LOVE NATSU so I forgive.

Sound: I am absolutely disappointed by Natsu's and Grey's voice actors. I expected something more energetic from them, but instead I got some dull voices. The opening is a typical shounen opening nothing very memorable about it.

Overall, I have high hopes for this anime, but was horridly disappointed, but it's okay I have yet to lose hope because the juicy parts of the start has yet to start so guys just pull through! If you can watch Naruto's training arcs you can definitely watch Fairy Tail! :]

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