'Fairy Tail' Anime to Restart April 2014

by Wind_Sr
Dec 28, 2013 1:51 AM | 279 Comments

It was previously announced that the Fairy Tail anime would be restarting, however, it was unknown when it would begin airing again. A scan from the upcoming sixth issue of Weekly Shounen Magazine will announce that the anime will be restarting April 2014.

The scan also has an excerpt from the director of the series, Shinji Ishihira. In it he states that the staff of the anime has changed and that they are working to improve the quality of the anime. The scan shows the cast for the main characters, which all remain the same, and a few members of the new staff. The staff include:

Director: Shinji Ishihira
Series Composition: Masashi Sogo
Character Design: Shinji Takeuchi
Studio: A-1 Pictures, Bridge

Source: Scan via ANN

Fairy Tail (2014) on MAL

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I'm looking forward to watching Fairy Tail again, need to see conclusion to Grand Magic Games.

Jan 28, 2014 11:26 AM by KidRyan

FAIRRRRYYY TAILLL

Jan 28, 2014 3:03 AM by YamiYami-chan

I think it is really really funny when kids complain that the anime lacks blood when the manga itself has only 2 or 3 drops of it; can't help but laugh!

Jan 26, 2014 1:20 PM by psy-p

The first part of Fairy Tail was done pretty well! They don't have a need to remake it from scratch - that would be a huge waste of time, money, and resources IMHO.

I think they should continue from where they left off, and if the animation style is too different, then probably start from the Grand Tournament arc again.

Unless it's like FMA where the series ended using a different route than the original manga, there's not really a reason to remake this from episode 1.

Jan 26, 2014 9:36 AM by DocN

Oh Yeah !!!

Jan 26, 2014 9:33 AM by Otaculte

So excited :D

Jan 21, 2014 2:46 AM by Yunaa0

wow, that's cool!! finally I can see vidio when Erza fought against Minerva!!
can't be so cool than this!! :D
I can't wait!!

~ "finally!! after a long journey of waiting " ~ (I was sound like a old hag -__-)

Jan 20, 2014 3:16 AM by Kireiina

This year is gonna be EPIC ! the continuation of Fairy Tail and the second season of SAO ( Phantom Bullet ), i'm super excited for both of them, please April come quick !

Jan 19, 2014 10:23 PM by ToshiroChan

why would they ever start from the begginng? they just finished the show last year in the middle of the grand tournament arc . they left off in the spot of the arc for that reason . i would be shocked if they started at episode 1 . show only started 5 years ago.

Jan 19, 2014 8:28 PM by ace10ten

Wind_Sr said:
For the people who are wondering if the series is going to start from back from episode 1 or if it will start where it left off:

I haven't watched the full series yet, but I know that when the anime ended it had "To Be Continued" at the end of the last episode.

Also I know Mashima pumped out a lot of chapters in a short period of time when the anime stopped which I'm assuming he did so that the anime would start again as soon as possible. In this case I'm almost positive "Restart" just means the anime stopped, but is now it going to start back up again not restart the entire anime.

Lastly from a business sort of view it would make no sense to redo the previous episodes. It's not like the anime is old, it started back in 2009. There is really no reason to start from the beginning again.

I didn't put "Continue" because the scan says "Restart" and I don't want to change words for the sake of changing words, plus I'm not 100% positive.

Excellent. Yeah it certainly wouldn't make any sense for them to completely restart it, from a business point of view.
Fingers crossed they continue from Ep 176.

Jan 18, 2014 7:20 PM by SandyBoi

(づ｡◕‿◕｡)づ fairytail !!!!!
Can't wait :)

Jan 18, 2014 6:29 PM by conan4

TheArchangles982 said:
Wait... Is this going to be like FMAB, a superior remake to the original Fairy Tail starting back at episode 1 or will we just be getting episode 176 like Code Geass R2?

Can't speak for Geass, but this is a continuation, meaning episode 176.

Jan 18, 2014 6:26 PM by Momoirooooo

Wait... Is this going to be like FMAB, a superior remake to the original Fairy Tail starting back at episode 1 or will we just be getting episode 176 like Code Geass R2?

Jan 18, 2014 6:16 PM by JAW7

Zel_Ezl said:
Is it really true? that..

No waaaaaay~ I'm not really a fan of him but I like him.. it is really true? @_______@
Somebody posted it in the same title thread but it was locked.

From what I've heard.

Jan 18, 2014 1:24 PM by IntroverTurtle

Is it really true? that..

No waaaaaay~ I'm not really a fan of him but I like him.. it is really true? @_______@
Somebody posted it in the same title thread but it was locked.

Jan 18, 2014 1:23 PM by Zel_Ezl

yTooru said:

Darklight0303 said:

yTooru said:
Oh, boy...Why?

Because enough people wanted it and investors seem to think its worth it.

It's still a step in the wrong way.

In your opinion. Which matters very little in the end

Jan 17, 2014 1:54 AM by Darklight0303

Amberleh said:

yTooru said:

Darklight0303 said:

yTooru said:
Oh, boy...Why?

Because enough people wanted it and investors seem to think its worth it.

It's still a step in the wrong way.

Because YOU dislike it? That's silly. I get you want to hate on the series but at least have something clever or witty to say instead of "Ugh why".

I mean, I hate the crap out of Sword Art Online, but I admit that it would be foolish NOT to make a second season (which they are) due to how popular it is.

If you're gonna compare, at least do it right. SAO had brilliant sales, which is what factors for a shorter series. FT needs ratings, which it did even more horribly than Bleach.

Jan 16, 2014 10:48 PM by yhunata

yTooru said:

Darklight0303 said:

yTooru said:
Oh, boy...Why?

Because enough people wanted it and investors seem to think its worth it.

It's still a step in the wrong way.

Jan 16, 2014 10:10 PM by Amberleh

Darklight0303 said:

yTooru said:
Oh, boy...Why?

Because enough people wanted it and investors seem to think its worth it.

It's still a step in the wrong way.

Jan 16, 2014 3:49 AM by Siendo