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

Fairy Tail is about Lucy, a stellar spirit mage who wants to join the well-known mages guild named Fairy Tail.

The story in the manga is good, this first episode followed the manga carefully. The manga contains some good arcs but also some bad arcs (in my opinion). It will probably a 100+ ep. series.


The art is similar to one piece. I didnt think it was bad, but the spell casting could have been better. I expected a bit more from that, but I will get used to it.

The sound was good. I liked the background music, it fits this anime, the opening was weird, but perfect.
Voice acting could have been better, I expected Natsu to have a less mature voice and Happy to have a less girly voice but again, I will get used to it. The voice acting of Lucy is ok.

The manga contains some cool characters, Natsu is a typical Naruto/ Black star, but he is still funny. It contains some other cool characters but I wont tell u about them.

Im sure you will enjoy this series, but probably not as much as the manga. If u like shonen with a sense of humor, Fairy Tail is the anime u should watch. read more