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Jan 10, 5:59 AM
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The artwork resemblence to Fairy Tail and Hiro Mashima is obvious here. There's even a similar vibe with the character personalities. They actually managed to introduce the main cast (at least shown so far) already here.

There's also the gimmick of farming added rather than guilds. But hey, it still has the friendship themes and there's a lot of lighthearted humor. Ten definitely reminds me of Natsu from this episode. Others..we'll have to see how they'll develop along with the story.
Jan 10, 6:00 AM
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Based on Marvelous's game of the same name (which released very recently in November 2024 to lukewarm reviews) and with character designs by Fairy Tail author Hiro Mashima. I felt that this tried too hard to be yet another imitation of the more popular Rune Factory franchise (also published by Marvelous).

I wasn't expecting Asian Kung-Fu Generation with such a calm, toned down OP song, but it fits. Sokoninaru's ED is alright

An RPG and a farming simulation game all in one, the land of Felicidad along with its inhabitants of the Farmagias of MC Ten and his fairy of Lookie-Loo, Chika, Lei and peeps sure reeks that of Natsu, Happy and the Fairy Tail gang. And to be fair, it is really just the complete package of a game setting that's just one more avenue that Hiro Mashima can stake on making his usual tropes work well.

Even the Erza imitation with the antagonists of the generals of Oración Seis (which is referenced in Edens Zero), who govern the other continents on behalf of Felicidad's ruler, the Magus Diluculum, and leading the pack is Avrion's noble-minded ruling general Nares thwarting Felicidad's lands, only for Ten to fight back.

It's Hiro Mashima in a package alright, do what you will on that one.
Jan 10, 8:19 AM
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i was waiting for another fairy tail

for the moment i'm not totally convinced but we will see

the cgi "dogs", they were awful...
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Jan 10, 8:34 AM
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We can clearly see Ten (Natsu), Leii (Gray), Nares (Erza), Arche (Lucy), Dentro (Makarov), Lookie-Loo (Happy).
Jan 10, 8:38 AM
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i can only call it a fairy tail x monsterfarm rehash garbage. its subpar to fairy tail in every aspect. a weak rehash (or money grab).
Jan 10, 9:03 AM
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Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest end last week so this anime perfectly fill the void. Even though Hiro Mashima only get character design credit but his influence is clearly reach beyond that, covering almost everything ranging from lore to fanservice, all done in Mashima's style.
Jan 10, 9:18 AM
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With Hiro Mashima, it’s hard to get excited about any anime of his other than Fairy Tail because Eden’s Zero and Farmagia just recycle elements and characters from Fairy Tail and hope people don’t notice
Jan 10, 9:26 AM
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What is with the obnoxious yelling their head off "I am going to be powerful" characters?
They don't add anything but annoying noise to the show and they are not likable characters.

[correction, only Asta from Black Clover was fun in this regard ]

Such an interesting concept of growing monsters to magically connect too, but we only saw a couple minutes of it's potential.

This anime rushed by super fast, it seems almost too fast, since we didn't get a look at what life was like under the old Magus or find out who he was.

At this point, it seems like a murder, as well as a coup d'état, with the annoying "only the powerful should rule by force" scenario.
What is with those types of people, it's like their brain and heart died at the same time.

If all other rulers are in agreement, then they are a bunch of blind and deaf pupils, never learning from the former Magus.

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And to all those people calling it a rip off or copy of other anime, basically all media are influenced by media that came before, so you could almost call all anime copies of former anime.

What really matters is the main story they tell, whether it is well written or not.

So don't judge it on 'surface level similarities' to other anime, judge it on whether it is a good story or not.
ejleonJan 10, 9:36 AM
Note: I don’t lazily watch 3-5 episodes, biasedly compare to other anime, or unfairly judge by surface level similarities. With every anime I start, I watch the entire series, both Japanese Sub & English Dub, then judge each anime based on what they present, to give an honest and fair rating.

Jan 10, 9:32 AM
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fanservice<3

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cool to see the Rave Master/Fairy Tail monster clones as usual

but somthing tells me the girls are gonna be sidelined and overprotected....
EcchiGodMamsterJan 10, 9:47 AM
Jan 10, 9:35 AM

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Just saw this on a whim since i heard Fairy Tail's studio is gonna be animating this, and not a bad first episode. Excited to see what our MC gonna do with these dogs in the upcoming episodes.
Jan 10, 10:43 AM
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The CG toads are goofy as hell, the cast is a copy and paste of fairy tail. I know I'll wath it anyways because I want to know if this will get shittier.
Jan 10, 10:46 AM
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Too fast paced, no time to even explain anything thats going on, jokes were overused adding no reason to care for anything going on (and this is comparing it to fairy tail for god sake)
Jan 10, 11:50 AM

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"make it more anime": the anime
Jan 10, 12:57 PM

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So much screaming. Was this made for 5 year olds? Don't need that in my life.
Jan 10, 1:56 PM

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Well, this was clearly made for us Mashima fanboys, to keep up distracted and satisfied until 100 Years Quest returns in a couple of seasons.
And who knows, maybe this is just the first cour and this will also get a second part three months after it ends.
Jan 10, 4:27 PM
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Terrible start with a lot of unfunny jokes. Not even the shonen formula worked properly because of the poor balance between the seriousness of an emerging danger and the weak jokes. If it was supposed to be an advertisement for a new game, it managed to drive me away.
Jan 10, 4:36 PM
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I drop it because it is so similar to Fairy Tail that I prefer to see Fairy Tail since it is an established work before this. Don't get angry because even the fans themselves realized it hahahaha. Anyway, good anime if you don't know Fairy Tail hahahahahaha since you are going to see 2 animes in 1. in the foreground you see pharmagia and in subliminal mode fairy tail hahahahaha
Jan 10, 5:16 PM
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Well, I'll give it 2 more episodes, but not terribly impressed either.
Jan 10, 6:10 PM

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Nakajima, Griffon Kato, Tanchimo - I just love that "Rave Master" is still getting references almost 20 years after it ended.
I wouldn't be surprised if Plue comes around the corner at some point. 😅

Otherwise, you've said almost everything. Although Hiro Mashima seems to only be doing the character design here, it still feels like a Mashima series.

Haru / Natsu / Shiki / Ten is the daredevil protagonist with jagged hair - the only difference being that this time he's not too overpowered from the start, but is even called a "wimp".

Ellie / Lucy / Rebecca / Arche is the brave blonde protagonist who accidentally gets naked

Muscia / Gray / Weisz / Lei is the protagonist's friend and rival at the same time, which leads to crazy discussions and fights.

So far, so Mashima.


But I kind of like the fact that his series, similar to Rumiko Takakashi, are all connected in some way and have countless cross-references. A bit like a universe of their own in which various intertwined stories are told.

(Image Source)

The only one I haven't warmed to yet is Lookie-Loo, who is strangely called "Glotzbert" in the German translation. I liked Happy, Plue and Pino better. But maybe that will take a while.

Apparently the whole thing will be over in 12 episodes (I would have expected 24 episodes based on the adventure setting, but the video game only seems to have 12 "chapters").

In any case, I'm excited to see where the journey takes me.

Man, Fridays are really my busy anime day: Guild Receptionist Alina, The Pharmacist, "Married To A Girl I Hate", "Welcome To Japan Elf-San" and now Fairy...er, Farmagia.
In order to prepare for the approaching exam period, a few titles will have to be dropped for the time being.

Hopefully Farmagia will prove worthy of not being one of them

julranmaJan 10, 6:15 PM
Jan 10, 6:52 PM
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Fairy Tail the farming game the anime huh?
Jan 10, 6:55 PM
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This makes for good background noise while I'm working, I'll give it that.
Jan 10, 7:08 PM
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Genuinely funny how many times Mashima fans will consume the same slop over and over again. Glad the site itself gave this garbage a 5.
Jan 10, 7:21 PM
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enjoyed this ep. though there was quite a lot of content!

great designs. hope the story gets a bit clearer/better
Jan 10, 7:21 PM

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its cute people are still pretending they hate mashima and how hes the worst writer for *shock* daring to reuse plot point and characters design while they themselves like equally as bad garbage or worse shit from ppl that actually unironically think they have talent


It's good that Slop leveling won the CR awards with such a power gap, Gaijin Weebs don't deserve good anime.
Not after what they did to frieren, kusuriya, and many others
Jan 10, 7:22 PM
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Mari_Marx said:

We can clearly see Ten (Natsu), Leii (Gray), Nares (Erza), Arche (Lucy), Dentro (Makarov), Lookie-Loo (Happy).

and blue hair with glasses is a bit like Wendy!
Jan 10, 8:13 PM
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I saw Pieces of Fairy Tail, Rave Master, and Eden Zero in just the first couple minutes. Hope this doesn’t disappoint.
Jan 10, 9:25 PM

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It's just Fairy Tail 3.0 but it was entertaining enough and interesting enough for me to continue to watch it.
Jan 10, 11:35 PM

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Mari_Marx said:

We can clearly see Ten (Natsu), Leii (Gray), Nares (Erza), Arche (Lucy), Dentro (Makarov), Lookie-Loo (Happy).

and blue hair with glasses is a bit like Wendy!
@a0i-kun agree!! i thought about Chica looking like Wendy too but i was in doubt. 😅
Jan 10, 11:55 PM
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So far, I'm dissapointed due to the uneven pacing and the inclusion of unnecessary fanservice and recycled character tropes from Fairy Tail. The lack of character depth and explanations is also bothering me. I'm giving it a 3 episode trial, though, in hopes that it improves.

I did like the monster farming though that is a really cool concept.
Jan 11, 4:23 AM

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Character design seems copy-paste fairy tail, dropped halfway as it was too much.
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Jan 11, 7:06 AM
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wow... how can you seriously copy characters 100% from other anime? lazy as fuck.


i guess i still wll give it 2 or 3 more episodes since i was at least not bored by it.
Jan 11, 7:07 AM
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Rave Master
Fairy Tail
Edens Zero

And now: Farmagia. Honestly, I wouldn't mind seeing 50 episodes of this. There's something charming about Mashima's works. Even if they all have the same tone, and the characters in Farmagia are very similar to the characters in Fairy Tail.
Jan 11, 10:08 AM
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Nice to see that even in the alternate bizarro farming dimension, Erza is still best girl. Poor Happy got the worst other self though. That is some ps1, monster rancher knock-off level of design right there. I couldn't place a counterpart for Chica and Anzar. We either need to see more from them or maybe they are just farming dimension exclusives. I went into this blind, so the parallels were amusing. I don't know how long I will keep up with this series, but I guess I might as well give it a couple more episodes.

@Wrathberry84
Well, he is copying his own work. Hiro Mashima, the creator of Fairy Tail, designed the characters for this. I don't know what his level of involvement was beyond that, but that is at least why it looks the way it does.
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I wonder if Mashima even can draw other designs of characters. They are identical. How many manga since the Rave? All of them are almost the same character-wise.
Jan 11, 1:07 PM

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Mari_Marx said:

We can clearly see Ten (Natsu), Leii (Gray), Nares (Erza), Arche (Lucy), Dentro (Makarov), Lookie-Loo (Happy).

and blue hair with glasses is a bit like Wendy!
@a0i-kun you are right!! also i'm thinking who should be Anzar....
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Jan 11, 5:22 PM
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It feels like I was sent back to 12 years ago, when I was watching Fairy Tail.
The characters look very similar, we’ve got a Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Wendy, Happy, Erza.. even the fan service.
I just feel that the anime direction is not good, feels like a simple animation that came straight from the original source, the scenes are too short and not deepened enough. Also, there’s a bit of explanation about everything, but seems rushed, so even thought that there’s enough info to understand the start of the anime, it gives a feeling that it’s still messy and confusing.
The CGI is… well.. I’ve seen many ugly CGIs over the years, so it’s ok. But the story doesn’t seem that appealing.
Jan 11, 10:53 PM

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Another copy paste of fairy tail here... INSTANT DROPPED.
It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines
and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it,
is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service.
Jan 11, 11:48 PM
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I've never had this experience before. I'm the type of person who says that character is more important than plot. I can't get into a story if I'm not into the characters, but I can get into a bad story if I'm into the characters. I love Ten and his type of his personality. He's really vibrant and energetic and wholesome.

But I just could not pay attention to this entire episode at all. It was like I was high or had ADD or something. I think the big reason is that the comedy and the humor is really designed for native Japanese speakers, because everything is happening so quick, and there's tons of stuff happening on the screen, and I couldn't really get all the jokes and stuff as I'm reading the subtitles. I think I'm a good subtitle reader too, but I just couldn't pay attention to all the humor that was happening.

I do like the idea of cute animals being their friends though. I'll definitely continue watching it because I like Ten and his friends, but I want to get something more out of an episode than just feeling mindless after watching it.
Jan 12, 8:12 AM
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Is this Fairy Tail flipped on its head? WTH 💀
Jan 12, 8:30 AM
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A video game turned into an anime, featuring designs by the man who must have a pact with some entity, HIRO MASHIMA. 👏🏼

▫I never really pay attention to how similar the characters in his stories look, but I do notice that he always uses ORACION SEIS in all his works. 😅
Jan 12, 9:49 PM
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I like this concept. Fun enough first episode for me to keep watching.
Jan 13, 7:49 AM
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it's hiro mashima design right ? actually this one better than eden zero on the story side. i don't know why hiro mashima love oracion seis so bad, he still bring it in every works he do. animation wise i feel like watching fairy tail 10 years ago. i kinda like it maybe let see the character development on the next episode
Jan 14, 7:45 PM
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Episode yang memuaskan
Jan 16, 2:51 AM
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it's good not that too bad
Jan 16, 2:24 PM
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Reply to KingYoshi
Nice to see that even in the alternate bizarro farming dimension, Erza is still best girl. Poor Happy got the worst other self though. That is some ps1, monster rancher knock-off level of design right there. I couldn't place a counterpart for Chica and Anzar. We either need to see more from them or maybe they are just farming dimension exclusives. I went into this blind, so the parallels were amusing. I don't know how long I will keep up with this series, but I guess I might as well give it a couple more episodes.

@Wrathberry84
Well, he is copying his own work. Hiro Mashima, the creator of Fairy Tail, designed the characters for this. I don't know what his level of involvement was beyond that, but that is at least why it looks the way it does.
@KingYoshi
Chica has a low-key Juvia vibe, but just slightly 😅
“SAITO! YOU NEED TO EXPLODE! FOR THE WORLD’S SAKE!”
Jan 16, 6:25 PM

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As someone who's never watched Fairy Tail or Eden Zero, this was actually good

I bet all the bad reviews come from people who's watched Mashima's other works

The show feels generic, but fun. It's one of those where you turn your brain off and just enjoy
Jan 17, 7:12 AM
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As someone who's never watched Fairy Tail or Eden Zero, this was actually good

I bet all the bad reviews come from people who's watched Mashima's other works

The show feels generic, but fun. It's one of those where you turn your brain off and just enjoy
@anikevin yeah ur correct, ppl that don’t like FT bash on his other works sadly but yh.
Jan 17, 10:05 PM
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Fairy Tail with terrible cg monsters…
Jan 19, 4:39 AM
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what discount fairy tail is this lol
Jan 19, 7:22 AM
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A good first episode. I heard the game has no fan service, but i like that they respected Mashima's style of work, and put it in the anime anyway.

Spanish translation:
Un buen primer episodio. Escuche que el juego no tiene fan service, pero me gusta que respetaran el estilo de trabajo de Mashima, y lo pusieran en el anime de todas formas.
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