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May 26, 2019 5:11 PM
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I'm wondering if I should pick this up again. From what I remember, a lot of the fight scenes were just still picture frames. I really like the arena battle where both Fairy Tail teams A and B were finalists. How is the animation compared to the arena arc.

Thanks in advance
May 26, 2019 6:11 PM
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its still a slideshow animation, i only watch it to see the characters in colors
May 26, 2019 9:47 PM
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Nope still trash, I struggle to watch it for this reason (also since the show is extremely repetitive and mediocre). But if you've come this far, might as fucking well I guess.
May 27, 2019 4:41 AM
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The artstyle has way improved and they've added blood consistently now but the animation is the same tbh. Outside of best animated fights

-Natsu vs. Zeref
-Sherria vs. Dimaria
-Lucy vs. Brandish
-Kagura vs. Larcade
-Natsu vs. Gray

it's mediocre or nothing really stands out. It doesn't take away enjoyment, animation is fine for a long runner. Final arc was already the weakest arc to me but FT anime has always been a better experience than the manga.
Jun 6, 2019 11:47 PM
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Shuhan said:
Nope still trash, I struggle to watch it for this reason (also since the show is extremely repetitive and mediocre). But if you've come this far, might as fucking well I guess.


Lol *The show is extremely repetitive and mediocre*
Get one thing straight in your head This *War arc* is created this way on purpose because FT is an Lightheart supposed serious and not to be taken seriously
Hiro had *NO* intention of creating a war arc
But his assistants or the magazine forced it on him
Which is why Tartaros (The Setup) and The War Arc happend
One scene got changed last week Episode compared to the Manga
If I post it MyAnimeList staff is going to get triggered if I post something from the *Manga* and the Anime
And that scene isn't changed because of Censorship

That could've been done to Brandish and August scene if that had been the case
So don't expect FT to be a serious series when it isn't intended to be
*You* can only hope more scenes get changed not other way around
And Hiro told everyone This *War arc* will have a Happy ending on Purpose because he didn't plan this arc at all
FT was *Never* about wars
With the exception of Phantom Lord arc ( The Original intended Ending )
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Jun 6, 2019 11:48 PM
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It actually feels like it's gotten even worse tbh, I still enjoy watching it though.
Jun 7, 2019 12:09 AM
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Gator said:
It actually feels like it's gotten even worse tbh, I still enjoy watching it though.

I do agree on that because from this point Hiro was rushing through the chapters
which made the series feel a little annoying
Jun 7, 2019 12:13 AM
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deg said:
its still a slideshow animation, i only watch it to see the characters in colors

And Yep Which is why I hate A 1 Studios If the Canon Sequel Manga get animated at some point I do hope they shouldn't pick it up , Any other studio would do just fine
Jun 7, 2019 12:18 AM
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AmeliaNeston2003 said:
Shuhan said:
Nope still trash, I struggle to watch it for this reason (also since the show is extremely repetitive and mediocre). But if you've come this far, might as fucking well I guess.


Lol *The show is extremely repetitive and mediocre*
Get one thing straight in your head This *War arc* is created this way on purpose because FT is an Lightheart supposed serious and not to be taken seriously
Hiro had *NO* intention of creating a war arc
But his assistants or the magazine forced it on him
Which is why Tartaros (The Setup) and The War Arc happend
One scene got changed last week Episode compared to the Manga
If I post it MyAnimeList staff is going to get triggered if I post something from the *Manga* and the Anime
And that scene isn't changed because of Censorship

That could've been done to Brandish and August scene if that had been the case
So don't expect FT to be a serious series when it isn't intended to be
*You* can only hope more scenes get changed not other way around
And Hiro told everyone This *War arc* will have a Happy ending on Purpose because he didn't plan this arc at all
FT was *Never* about wars
With the exception of Phantom Lord arc ( The Original intended Ending )


You need to take your fanboy glasses off. This being a "lighthearted" anime doesn't excuse the generic re-branding writing that is done with every arc. Every arc follows the same formula so it makes the anime drag terribly. There are a lot of lighthearted anime that have good plot and writing so thats a lame excuse. Fairy Tail was good before it got repetitive, this anime should have ended 300 episodes ago.
Jun 7, 2019 12:19 AM
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xfinityretaile1 said:
The artstyle has way improved and they've added blood consistently now but the animation is the same tbh. Outside of best animated fights

-Natsu vs. Zeref
-Sherria vs. Dimaria
-Lucy vs. Brandish
-Kagura vs. Larcade
-Natsu vs. Gray

it's mediocre or nothing really stands out. It doesn't take away enjoyment, animation is fine for a long runner. Final arc was already the weakest arc to me but FT anime has always been a better experience than the manga.


You forgot the Avatar fodders :P Natsu was beating when screaming for Gray
There was some Animation movements there Idk if that counts but I felt to mention them Natsu also landed a punch on that bald man it felt well done scene
Jun 7, 2019 12:29 AM
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Shuhan said:
AmeliaNeston2003 said:


Lol *The show is extremely repetitive and mediocre*
Get one thing straight in your head This *War arc* is created this way on purpose because FT is an Lightheart supposed serious and not to be taken seriously
Hiro had *NO* intention of creating a war arc
But his assistants or the magazine forced it on him
Which is why Tartaros (The Setup) and The War Arc happend
One scene got changed last week Episode compared to the Manga
If I post it MyAnimeList staff is going to get triggered if I post something from the *Manga* and the Anime
And that scene isn't changed because of Censorship

That could've been done to Brandish and August scene if that had been the case
So don't expect FT to be a serious series when it isn't intended to be
*You* can only hope more scenes get changed not other way around
And Hiro told everyone This *War arc* will have a Happy ending on Purpose because he didn't plan this arc at all
FT was *Never* about wars
With the exception of Phantom Lord arc ( The Original intended Ending )


You need to take your fanboy glasses off. This being a "lighthearted" anime doesn't excuse the generic re-branding writing that is done with every arc. Every arc follows the same formula so it makes the anime drag terribly. There are a lot of lighthearted anime that have good plot and writing so thats a lame excuse. Fairy Tail was good before it got repetitive, this anime should have ended 300 episodes ago.


Exactly my point FT is created this way on Purpose It's original Ending *was*
Phantom Lord Arc but it continued because his fans increased
Hiro from that point thought *I'll remove Logic in this one* Hiro begun doing that in Wendy's Introduction *Oracian Sies arc*
I apologize if I upset you I admit I went out of line today with my message
*I aren't a Fanboy* I'm a Fangirl but Whatever!! :P
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AmeliaNeston2003 said:
Shuhan said:


You need to take your fanboy glasses off. This being a "lighthearted" anime doesn't excuse the generic re-branding writing that is done with every arc. Every arc follows the same formula so it makes the anime drag terribly. There are a lot of lighthearted anime that have good plot and writing so thats a lame excuse. Fairy Tail was good before it got repetitive, this anime should have ended 300 episodes ago.


Exactly my point FT is created this way on Purpose It's original Ending *was*
Phantom Lord Arc but it continued because his fans increased
Hiro from that point thought *I'll remove Logic in this one* Hiro begun doing that in Wendy's Introduction *Oracian Sies arc*
I apologize if I upset you I admit I went out of line today with my message
*I aren't a Fanboy* I'm a Fangirl but Whatever!! :P


I am not upset, you should feel free to continue defending Fairy Tail if you desire. You obviously enjoy the anime/manga and theres nothing wrong with that. My opinion on the anime isnt going to change though.
Jun 7, 2019 12:48 AM
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Shuhan said:
AmeliaNeston2003 said:


Exactly my point FT is created this way on Purpose It's original Ending *was*
Phantom Lord Arc but it continued because his fans increased
Hiro from that point thought *I'll remove Logic in this one* Hiro begun doing that in Wendy's Introduction *Oracian Sies arc*
I apologize if I upset you I admit I went out of line today with my message
*I aren't a Fanboy* I'm a Fangirl but Whatever!! :P


I am not upset, you should feel free to continue defending Fairy Tail if you desire. You obviously enjoy the anime/manga and theres nothing wrong with that. My opinion on the anime isnt going to change though.


No it dpends because I also bash the series at times I'm not a complete a fan so I agree on your opinion
Jun 7, 2019 12:50 AM
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Shuhan said:
AmeliaNeston2003 said:


Exactly my point FT is created this way on Purpose It's original Ending *was*
Phantom Lord Arc but it continued because his fans increased
Hiro from that point thought *I'll remove Logic in this one* Hiro begun doing that in Wendy's Introduction *Oracian Sies arc*
I apologize if I upset you I admit I went out of line today with my message
*I aren't a Fanboy* I'm a Fangirl but Whatever!! :P


I am not upset, you should feel free to continue defending Fairy Tail if you desire. You obviously enjoy the anime/manga and theres nothing wrong with that. My opinion on the anime isnt going to change though.


Also i bash the One Piece series aswell even if I'm a fan of both series when I see problems I don't stay silent
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Shuhan said:
AmeliaNeston2003 said:


Exactly my point FT is created this way on Purpose It's original Ending *was*
Phantom Lord Arc but it continued because his fans increased
Hiro from that point thought *I'll remove Logic in this one* Hiro begun doing that in Wendy's Introduction *Oracian Sies arc*
I apologize if I upset you I admit I went out of line today with my message
*I aren't a Fanboy* I'm a Fangirl but Whatever!! :P


I am not upset, you should feel free to continue defending Fairy Tail if you desire. You obviously enjoy the anime/manga and theres nothing wrong with that. My opinion on the anime isnt going to change though.


This arc was the worst in Part 2 of the War arc that's where Hiro begun rushing due to his desire creating a new Manga
Anime only hope is redeem it Hiro said he wanted to do more with Acnologia
Part 2 is at Spriggan 12 reunion

And the formula are also in One Piece it does the same thing as FT does
FT isn't the only series that does it
Both series have the same problems
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AmeliaNeston2003 said:
Shuhan said:


I am not upset, you should feel free to continue defending Fairy Tail if you desire. You obviously enjoy the anime/manga and theres nothing wrong with that. My opinion on the anime isnt going to change though.


This arc was the worst in Part 2 of the War arc that's where Hiro begun rushing due to his desire creating a new Manga
Anime only hope is redeem it Hiro said he wanted to do more with Acnologia
Part 2 is at Spriggan 12 reunion

And the formula are also in One Piece it does the same thing as FT does
FT isn't the only series that does it
Both series have the same problems
I didn't like Jellal role in this arc so far and some of the other characters are underrated too

And I heard Jellal and Erza story"Jerza" ends badly(bad writing from hiro)it's just disappointed after waiting for so long
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Jellalo said:
AmeliaNeston2003 said:


This arc was the worst in Part 2 of the War arc that's where Hiro begun rushing due to his desire creating a new Manga
Anime only hope is redeem it Hiro said he wanted to do more with Acnologia
Part 2 is at Spriggan 12 reunion

And the formula are also in One Piece it does the same thing as FT does
FT isn't the only series that does it
Both series have the same problems
I didn't like Jellal role in this arc so far and some of the other characters are underrated too

And I heard Jellal and Erza story"Jerza" ends badly(bad writing from hiro)it's just disappointed after waiting for so long


I agree but Jellal will get 1 more role which is coming very soon I don't want to spoil it :P
Mirajane and Jellal need more scene time they are so underrated

but about the ships
No need to worry the canon sequel manga has high hope getting the ships happen
So far 1 Ship happend and another ship is building up right of now
But unless the Anime is changed right of now it's unknown how the Anime will end
Either of two possibilities
1.Straying away from the Manga
Or
2. Follows the Manga
Jun 8, 2019 3:11 AM
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AmeliaNeston2003 said:
deg said:
its still a slideshow animation, i only watch it to see the characters in colors

And Yep Which is why I hate A 1 Studios If the Canon Sequel Manga get animated at some point I do hope they shouldn't pick it up , Any other studio would do just fine


nah its just that long running TV anime shows usually have bad animation due to eventually having production problems like not enough time to make the next episode in good quality while short TV shows usually have better animation because production problems tend to not pile up as often

an exception to this that i know is Hunter X Hunter 2011
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AmeliaNeston2003 said:
Jellalo said:
I didn't like Jellal role in this arc so far and some of the other characters are underrated too

And I heard Jellal and Erza story"Jerza" ends badly(bad writing from hiro)it's just disappointed after waiting for so long


I agree but Jellal will get 1 more role which is coming very soon I don't want to spoil it :P
Mirajane and Jellal need more scene time they are so underrated

but about the ships
No need to worry the canon sequel manga has high hope getting the ships happen
So far 1 Ship happend and another ship is building up right of now
But unless the Anime is changed right of now it's unknown how the Anime will end
Either of two possibilities
1.Straying away from the Manga
Or
2. Follows the Manga

That 1 role left for him is good or not??I hope that more role is satisfying🌹

As for Jerza sometimes I have hope and sometimes I don't💔

Thanks for the reply
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Jellalo said:
AmeliaNeston2003 said:


I agree but Jellal will get 1 more role which is coming very soon I don't want to spoil it :P
Mirajane and Jellal need more scene time they are so underrated

but about the ships
No need to worry the canon sequel manga has high hope getting the ships happen
So far 1 Ship happend and another ship is building up right of now
But unless the Anime is changed right of now it's unknown how the Anime will end
Either of two possibilities
1.Straying away from the Manga
Or
2. Follows the Manga

That 1 role left for him is good or not??I hope that more role is satisfying🌹

As for Jerza sometimes I have hope and sometimes I don't💔

Thanks for the reply


You're welcome! Jellal's last role are Awesome and redeemable after his previous fight
Jerza ship has hope in the sequel manga
Unless the Anime change everything
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the anime was on break for 2 YEARS
idk what was the studio doing in these 2 years because the animation dropped
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deg said:
nah its just that long running TV anime shows usually have bad animation due to eventually having production problems like not enough time to make the next episode in good quality while short TV shows usually have better animation because production problems tend to not pile up as often

an exception to this that i know is Hunter X Hunter 2011

Fairy Tail season 1 was 175 episodes long and its animation is lightyears beyond Fairy Tail season 2 and the final season. While not spectacular at any point, for a long-running series, season 1 looked pretty decent. There is no excuse for the drop in quality.
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The animation is: you see a guy wanting to punch, then next scene the punch already happens, it's some weird stop motion animation. It's bearable for me because I enjoy the ecchi fanservice.
@AmeliaNeston2003 can you please tell me about that scene change, I'm curious, just put a spoiler tag.
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Catalano said:
The animation is: you see a guy wanting to punch, then next scene the punch already happens, it's some weird stop motion animation. It's bearable for me because I enjoy the ecchi fanservice.
@AmeliaNeston2003 can you please tell me about that scene change, I'm curious, just put a spoiler tag.


Sorry I'm still new here I don't know how to make a spoiler tag
but I can send you a message about it
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The animation is highly irregular in my opinion. But most of the time it's way closer to a slideshow than actual animation. It still has a few decents fights though.
That said the first arc has beautiful drawings, which make up for the overall bad animation. The first 15 episodes or so are beautiful to watch, but during Caracolle Island it suddenly becomes crap.

Someone above said the first Fairy Tail anime had better animation... and I absolutely agree with that.
Only the environments were bad ; the chara-design and animation were fine. In this final series it's the opposite : only the environment was fine (at least during the first episodes), the rest is awful...
Everything changes. Even the happy and funny things eventually disappear. How can I still enjoy this place then?
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Jul 1, 2019 9:14 AM

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Total and utter abomination as far as animation is concerned...not that it was much better in 2014 either. Juat a bunch of stills masquerading as animation.
Jul 1, 2019 9:43 AM

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The drawing look much better in FInal season than season 1

I'm rewatching season 1 (I'm on episode 22) while watching final season because there are stuff that I have forgotten, and I can tell you season 1 looks awful. Not only drawing looks worse but has so much filler and compedy. The final season is more serious, better visual and fights

I'm not too sensitive about animation. Drawing/visuals are more important to me
Jul 2, 2019 6:42 PM
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No it's Worst ، the manga way better from the anime
Jul 2, 2019 6:57 PM

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The only thing good I can say is that I like the color palette. It's not drab or dreary like the 2014 anime. It reminds me of the original anime.
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thepath said:
The drawing look much better in FInal season than season 1

I'm rewatching season 1 (I'm on episode 22) while watching final season because there are stuff that I have forgotten, and I can tell you season 1 looks awful. Not only drawing looks worse but has so much filler and compedy. The final season is more serious, better visual and fights

I'm not too sensitive about animation. Drawing/visuals are more important to me
Yeah, all the people blinded by nostalgia should really try to rewatch early episodes. While the final season is indeed lacking a lot when it comes to fluid animation, the artstyle and overall look of the show is much much better and closer to the manga.
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GrimorumInvoke said:
I'm wondering if I should pick this up again. From what I remember, a lot of the fight scenes were just still picture frames. I really like the arena battle where both Fairy Tail teams A and B were finalists. How is the animation compared to the arena arc.

Thanks in advance
ummm NO!

its basically OPM.

its generally poor, the prev seasons were much better
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Animation is not good, but the great art and visuals make up for that
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miskos3 said:
thepath said:
The drawing look much better in FInal season than season 1

I'm rewatching season 1 (I'm on episode 22) while watching final season because there are stuff that I have forgotten, and I can tell you season 1 looks awful. Not only drawing looks worse but has so much filler and compedy. The final season is more serious, better visual and fights

I'm not too sensitive about animation. Drawing/visuals are more important to me
Yeah, all the people blinded by nostalgia should really try to rewatch early episodes. While the final season is indeed lacking a lot when it comes to fluid animation, the artstyle and overall look of the show is much much better and closer to the manga.

Not true at all. I rewatch scenes from season 1 all the time, and the consistency in quality is far higher than anything season 2 produced. S2, while having a few moments that are really well animated, also has lots of terrible slideshow scenes. S1, on the other hand, has less of the highs, but also less of the lows. The result is a more consistent experience that is less jarring to look at.
And looking at S1 battle scenes, there's simply far more animation, even if it's not OPM quality, they utilise a lot of smart tricks to make the fights look dynamic, opposed to S2 where there's tons of still shots or low frame animations in favour of higher resolution art compared to S1.

Season 3 sits between S1 and S2, and while it does have its slideshow moments, the artwork and colouring is a step up from the previous season. Still not great by any means, but it's an improvement.
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