Fairy Tail

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English: Fairy Tail

Japanese: FAIRY TAIL（フェアリーテイル）

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Type: TV

Episodes: 175

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 12, 2009 to Mar 30, 2013

Premiered: Fall 2009

Broadcast: Saturdays at 10:30 (JST)

Producers: TV Tokyo, Dentsu, Pony Canyon, Kodansha, DAX Production, Sakura Create

Licensors: Funimation

Studios: Satelight, A-1 Pictures

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Magic, Shounen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.03¹ (scored by 472,990 users)

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Ranked: #529²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #19

Members: 921,708

Favorites: 40,542

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Ranked #529Popularity #19Members 921,708

Fall 2009TVSatelight, A-1 Pictures

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Synopsis

In the mystical land of Fiore, magic exists as an essential part of everyday life. Countless magic guilds lie at the core of all magical activity, and serve as venues for like-minded mages to band together and take on job requests. Among them, Fairy Tail stands out from the rest as a place of strength, spirit, and family.

Lucy Heartfilia is a young mage searching for celestial gate keys, and her dream is to become a full-fledged wizard by joining this famous guild. In her search, she runs into Natsu Dragneel and his partner Happy, who are on a quest to find Natsu's foster father, the dragon Igneel.

Upon being tricked by a man, Lucy falls under an abduction attempt, only to be saved by Natsu. To her shock, he reveals that he is a member of Fairy Tail and invites her to join them. There, Lucy meets the guild's strange members, such as the ice wizard Gray Fullbuster and magic swordswoman Erza Scarlet. Together as a family, they battle the forces of evil, help those in need, and gain new friends, all the while enjoying the never-ending adventure that is Fairy Tail.

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Fairy Tail won Animax Asia's Anime of the Year Award in 2010, and the Best Japanese Anime Award and Best French Dubbing Award at the 19th Anime & Manga Grand Prix in 2012.

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Adaptation:	Fairy Tail
Character:	Groove Adventure Rave
Side story:	Fairy Tail OVA, Fairy Tail Movie 1: Houou no Miko, Fairy Tail Movie 1: Houou no Miko - Hajimari no Asa
Other:	Towa no Kizuna, Fairy Tail Movie 2: Dragon Cry
Spin-off:	Fairy Tail x Rave
Sequel:	Fairy Tail (2014)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Dragneel, Natsu

Main

Kakihara, Tetsuya
Japanese

Scarlet, Erza

Main

Ohara, Sayaka
Japanese

Fullbuster, Gray

Main

Kitamura, Eri
Japanese

Heartfilia, Lucy

Main

Hirano, Aya
Japanese

Happy

Main

Kugimiya, Rie
Japanese

Marvell, Wendy

Main

Sato, Satomi
Japanese

Charlés

Main

Horie, Yui
Japanese

Lockser, Juvia

Supporting

Nakahara, Mai
Japanese

Dreyar, Laxus

Supporting

Konishi, Katsuyuki
Japanese

Fernandes, Jellal

Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke
Japanese

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Ochikoshi, Tomonori

Producer

Ishihira, Shinji

Director

Hata, Shouji

Sound Director

Ishiguro, Kyohei

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#01: "Snow fairy" by FUNKIST (eps 1-11)
#02: "S.O.W. Sense of Wonder (S.O.W.センスオブワンダー)" by Idoling!!! (eps 12-24)
#03: "ft." by FUNKIST (eps 25-35)
#04: "R.P.G. ~Rockin' Playing Game" by SuG (eps 36-48)
#05: "Egao No Mahou (エガオノマホウ)" by Magic Party (eps 49-60)
#06: "Fiesta" by +Plus (eps 61-72)
#07: "Evidence" by Daisy X Daisy (eps 73-85)
#08: "The Rock City Boy" by JAMIL (eps 86-98)
#09: "Towa no Kizuna (永久のキズナ)" by Daisy x Daisy feat. Another Infinity (eps 99-111)
#10: "I Wish" by Milky Bunny (eps 112-124)

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#01: "Kanpeki gu~no ne (完璧ぐ〜のね)" by Watarirouka Hashiri Tai (eps 1-11)
#02: "Tsuioku Merry-Go-Round (追憶メリーゴーランド)" by onelifecrew (eps 12-24)
#03: "Gomen ne, Watashi. (ごめんね、私。)" by Shiho Nanba (eps 25-35)
#04: "Kimi ga Iru Kara (君がいるから)" by Mikuni Shimokawa (eps 36-48)
#05: "HOLY SHINE" by Daisy X Daisy (eps 49-60)
#06: "-Be As One-" by w-inds. (eps 61-72)
#07: "Hitori Samishiku (ひとりさみしく)" by ShaNa (eps 73-85)
#08: "Don't think. Feel !!!" by Idoling!!! (eps 86-98)
#09: "Kono Te Nobashite (この手伸ばして)" by Hi-Fi Camp (eps 99-111)
#10: "Boys Be Ambitious!!" by Hi-Fi Camp (eps 112-124)

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Sep 27, 2013

175 of 175 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 2

Aryaragi (All reviews)

1836 people found this review helpful

Fairy Tail ~ Another battle shounen anime to join the glorious world of anime. Adapted from the manga written by Hiro Mashima of the same name.
Now before you continue reading I must warn you that if you haven't seen all the episodes or are a huge fan that can't take criticism please refrain from reading this review. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
For those yet reading this review please keep an open mind about what you are going to read.
Initially I did enjoy fairy tail but in the end i started disliking the series. Here are a few reasons why

First of all the arcs are short. read more

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Nov 2, 2013

175 of 175 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 5

vedatsvet (All reviews)

834 people found this review helpful

Fairy Tail is definitely one of the most popular shounen anime and if you are thinking of watching it based on this fact alone, then I encourage you to read some reviews first. I have one small request, reader. Please try to keep your egos in tact and read the review before evaluating it. We all have our reasons to like or not a show.Thank you. Stay tuned.

I am still amazed at myself that I managed to watch all of this series, but that only indicates that there are some positives to it and I somehow enjoyed it all. What can be said about the read more

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Dec 25, 2014

175 of 175 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 3

Grimang3l (All reviews)

600 people found this review helpful

Fairy Tail isn't so much a bad anime, it's just over-welcomed it's stay. It was a one trick pony that was constantly played until you get annoyed and see the repetitive nature of the show and it's sad because this had a lot of potential to be really good .

Story - (3/10)
This is one of the weaker aspects of Fairy Tail as it gets daunting and rather boring because there is no real progression, and it becomes incredibly predictable with how it will play out, at first it was pretty fun since the stories did serve a proper purpose and introduced us to some other characters but as it goes on, you feel that it's afraid to make changes to the characters so they just write what they know and that's where the repetitiveness comes from. The gags were funny for the first 20 episodes but then they get really old fast as well as the fanservice, it even gags at important moments, you could have a serious fight but instead have a comedy bit in the middle completely ruining the mood for the fight.

Art - (6/10)
The animation is pretty good for a shounen anime as it can be fast paced and some of the magic does look pretty cool but at the same time, the designs of most characters seem really plain looking, minus maybe 2-3 characters everyone else looks really generic.

Sound - (9/10)
Quite possibly the best thing about Fairy is the sound as it mixes irish folk music with some modern day sounds blending really well and does match the battles that happen, this was something I am glad they kept as it was something very different from the norm. The OP's and ED's were also very nice to listen to and mainly composed of some very energetic pop music.

Characters - (2/10)
This is by far the worst aspect for Fairy Tail, one dimensional, bland, incredibly cliche and just lacked development. I will start off with the main character Natsu who is to me one of the worst MC's in anime ever. He never develops, there is no challenge for him, he doesn't have any conflicts with how he does things its just 'I'll beat the crap out of you' no matter how evil that person is, even if they kill someone he will still treat it more like a sparring match rather than him losing control and losing himself in the process of it, if he's always going to be this guy who doesn't think and just swings away then its going to get really boring really fast.He doesn't so much get stronger but rather uses the power of friendship after making a speech and wins. Lucy is another character I just could not handle because she was just fanservice and a plot device, she didn't get stronger each time, she just gets caught in a messy situation, screams a bit, summons a spirit and that's it, her character seems to be a key for the arc to go through but apart from that she is utterly useless. Now despite all the bashing of the characters I will say that there are some decent characters like Erza, Wendy, Gajeel and Gray because most of them did get stronger and developed and were conflicted with how they did things but even they can fall victim to lousy progression.

Enjoyment - (4/10)
It was fun at first but once the story and comedy repeated all the time, you get sick of it and switch to something else straight away, there is no proper pacing and some arcs went for too long that you don't feel as invested or interested any more to care

Overall - (3/10)
Fairy Tail lacked a lot of important elements and was clearly confused as to what it wanted to be, it was either over the top battle or a comedy, it was too messy to balance both because it couldn't have the comedy at the right time, I wouldn't recommend this anime because it's fallen to the many cliches and doesn't really bring anything solid to the table.

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Mar 2, 2014

175 of 175 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 3

Rice (All reviews)

417 people found this review helpful

Story (3/10): Oh god. People praise this as one of- No. THE best shounen anime out there. HAHAHAHAHAHA, no way dude. I swear, the writers follow a step by step process on a poster hung up in their office when creating this. This is what the poster reads: 1. Fairy Tail is aware of some evil people. 2. The regular Natsu, Lucy, and Happy group, sometimes with Gray and Erza, set out for adventure and to beat the bad people. 3. They find the bad dudes, and these bad dudes are seriously bad dudes. 5. A guild member (usually Lucy) is put in danger 5. Natsu attempts to fight them but they are far too strong. 6. Cue flashback/motivational speech about friendship. 7. This will then summon this random "will power" within Natsu. 8. Natsu beats the seriously bad dudes that are way OP for him and shouldn't be able to beat. 9. Celebration and breathing. 10. Back to the guild for absolute shite humour consisting of Juvia loving Gray, Gray taking his clothes off, Erza hurting people, Natsu destroying crap or eating, Lucy is making stupid faces because of what the guild members are doing, and brown hair girl is drinking. 11. Return to step 1 for the beginning of a new arc.

Art (6/10): My only complaint is the magic. I feel like is could be much better quality. Like, Natsu's flames looked like fire animations you'd pick up on Clipart or something. Apart from that, I suppose the art was pretty solid. Y'know, not outstanding, but just average.

Sound (6/10): Asides the less than average sound effects that is to be expected in all lengthy shounen, everything was pretty sweet. Fairy Tail had a nice OST, good OP's/ED's, and decent voice acting.

Characters (3/10): Of the 141 episodes I watched, every character did not change one bit. Even after that, however long timeskip it was, nobody changed. Except for their appearance I suppose. The villains, the villains, the villans... They are so awfully cliché, I want to vomit. Think of the most generic super villain you can think of. Done? Alright. Yeah, he/she's in this. People just trying to destroy the world, or cover it in darkness, etc etc etc. Pathetic. Now if we move onto Natsu, I have a complaint. Tell me how he could defeat all of these villains. They were over powered to the max... Like at that crystal joint (tower to heaven or something of the likes?), that guy was WAY out of his league, but no. All he had to do was have thoughts of Erza, and he's gold. I can't remember what he did, but I think he merged with the crystals? Either way, it's a last minute power up and that sort of crap ruins series. There are a lot more examples, but my memory is so bad (I'm editing this 5 months after I wrote the review, and even longer after I dropped it).

Enjoyment (2/10): I enjoyed it for a long time while I was still in my newborn anime diapers. I'm pretty sure this was my 4th or 5th anime ever. So obviously, I had no real taste, and sort of just watched and liked whatever I watched. But now that I've been watching anime for a while now, I see that this series is just crap. One hundred and seventy something episodes of pure repetition, garbage humour, and cliché villains.

Overall (3/10): Definitely not the best shounen anime. In fact. The worst (very close worst next to Bleach). I've watched every episode and read every chapter so far of One Piece, and Fairy Tail doesn't hold a match to One Piece. Of the 650+ episodes of One Piece I've seen, there has been, yes, MC's beating over powered characters, friendship flashbacks for random "will power" etc. But the level of repetitiveness is FAR less noticeable in One Piece. I'm not saying OP's a masterpiece, but it's definitely light years beyond Fairy Tail in terms of "the best shounen to date".

And then I watched Hunter X Hunter.

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