Fairy Tail

In the enchanted Kingdom of Fiore, the lively Lucy Heartfilia has one wish: to join the renowned Fairy Tail—one of the many magical wizard guilds scattered around the continent. Luckily, a chance encounter with Natsu Dragneel, the "Salamander" of Fairy Tail, whisks her into the legendary guild.

From Natsu's rivalrous antics with ice wizard Gray Fullbuster to the frightening presence of the unmatched combat goddess Erza Scarlet, Fairy Tail's powerful mages have a slight penchant for trouble. Through all the lucrative odd jobs and adventures to save the world from destruction lies an absolute and unyielding trust stronger than family that has formed between each guild member.

Teaming up with Natsu, Gray, and Erza, Lucy finds herself amidst the guild's most misfit wizards. But as they constantly stand in the eye of every danger, there is one name that never ceases to resurface: Zeref, the feared master of dark magic.

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Dragneel, Natsu Main

Kakihara, Tetsuya Japanese

Scarlet, Erza Main

Ohara, Sayaka Japanese

Heartfilia, Lucy Main

Hirano, Aya Japanese

Fullbuster, Gray Main

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Happy Main

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Marvell, Wendy Main

Satou, Satomi Japanese

Charlés Main

Horie, Yui Japanese

Lockser, Juvia Supporting

Nakahara, Mai Japanese

Fernandes, Jellal Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Redfox, Gajeel Supporting

Hatano, Wataru Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Ochikoshi, Tomonori Producer

Beniya, Yoshikazu Producer

Kawando, Kenjirou Producer

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Jun 25, 2024

athena0412

Recommended

From what I've heard and seen, many think that Fairy Tail is a very "mid" or even bad shounen. It is a basic shounen, almost like a starter, and in fact, this was my first shounen and action anime ever which drove me deeper into watching action animes. Because people tend to look at the flaws of fairy tail, they ignore the good parts of it too.

Aside from the fan service, it is an amazing series that i recommend watching. There may be a lot of episodes, but every single episode is SO WORTH IT. I found myself binging this nonstop. the characters are ... hilarious, the fight scenes also great, and the theme that fairy tail delivers best - the theme of friendship and not giving up. It almost makes you want to teleport to that world and live there, surrounded by a crazy and fun guild that supports each other during hard battles, and constantly think of each other. The animation, considering 2009, is quite good for the year. and you cant ever forget the music - the main theme is so hype, along with so many soundtracks that just gives you a rush of adrenaline.

and of course, there are cute moments too!

Personally, as someone who watched this during pre teen, this anime is quite nostalgic and warm to me as my first action anime. Regardless of what others say, I love this anime a lot.

Fairy Tail forever.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Jan 1, 2025

DEEDSHOT_R

Mixed Feelings

Fairy Tail is the definition of a starter shonen anime, if you're 13-15 and haven't seen many anime you might even be fooled into thinking it's good. The guild has decent characters, they show a lot of boobs and asses, some of the villains are interesting, and the powers can be fun.
this show is the worst popular shonen out there (by far) but that doesn't mean it's horrendous. I think it's a 5/10.

Now for the negatives.
Character development: lack of it. when I was young I accidentally watched the 2nd part of this anime before watching the 1st part, all of the characters ... were so identical I didn't even know that the second series took place after like 8 arcs had passed. Only thing that changed is that there were new characters I didn't know.
Tension: none. none of these characters are willing to die, I swear they could explode the body, bury the pieces and they'd still rise up from the coffin. This series is made up of 200 Pells from One Piece. immortal. Even characters that died in flashbacks come back.
asspulls: if not the power of friendship, the other way a fight will predictably end is a character suddenly getting a power-up that was never mentioned before and won't be mentioned after the arc.
goofy motivations: half of the villains get talk no jutsu'd without Natsu even talking, why were they even villains when getting beaten up turns them into normal good guys???
animation: considering this show started airing in 2009 the animation is way worse than you'd expect
bad fights: putting aside the asspulls and power of friendship, most of the fights are just boring. the villain starts by beating the hero, they suddenly get stronger and 1-shot the villain easily, rinse and repeat.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jan 15, 2025

daaphish

Not Recommended

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Summary
Fairy Tail is a popular anime adaptation of its manga, and it is the epitome of a generic, average quality, starter shounen. The anime combines a variety of elements from other anime of similar fantasy genres, but it does nothing new, meaningful, or particularly entertaining. This story may appeal to you if you enjoy fantasy, action, and are new to anime; however, I would not recommend this to anyone looking for well-written characters, a meaningful storyline, or tackling any evocative themes.

Story: 4/10
Fairy Tail is comprised of 19% filler episodes. These are poorly written and often detract from the continuity of the story to the ... point where they make the plot nonsensical. This review will exclude the filler in the rating and focus on the content that is original. The plot of Fairy Tail is straightforward and predictable, with plenty of room for exploration that was set aside and forgotten about. The world-building is interesting, but the power system is both generic and pointless. Systems with magic have the potential to grow, especially when the abilities are related to the characters. However, decisions and abilities in this anime are built more so upon characters shouting, powering up, and randomly finessing their opponents by shouting louder. The plot twists are unnecessary, dull, and generally ridiculous. In fact, most of the plot twists have to do with characters’ identities, including bringing back people from the dead with obscure and unnecessary means. Not only does this completely remove the stakes for the characters, but it only makes the story more absurd. There are some interesting settings but using them to bring characters back is genuinely senseless and terrible writing. The story is supposed to follow Lucy, a character who does not grow except in breast size, and it instead follows the more stereotypical protagonist: Natsu, the dragon slayer. His character is just an amalgamation of other anime protagonists, but in a less meaningful way (see the characters section). One of the biggest flaws of the story is the general lack of direction with the characters, as they don’t face meaningful challenges and power themselves up by thinking about being stronger (even more so than the anime adaptation of Ichigo in Bleach). The plot relies on weird drawings (look them up), strange “funny” gags, poorly adapted character tropes, and lots of breasts being drawn progressively larger in each episode, rather than intelligible and eloquent writing. Consequently, the overall story is barely even average quality.

Characters: 4/10
There are a variety of flaws with the characters. Many start intriguingly because they have unique magical abilities. However, as the story progresses, they are extremely static. Occasionally, their character doesn’t develop, but their identity changes completely; in other situations, the characters are merely emotionless tools for the already meaningless plot. Part of the issue is that their abilities are insufficient in describing their character growth, and this relates back to the poor writing. The characters don’t learn from their mistakes or grow in a meaningful way: They think about getting stronger, they shout louder, and then they solve their problems with the plot solving everything for them or a new magical ability arising for no reason. Most of the time, they talk to their enemies and convert them to their side in the most ridiculous ways. There are literally characters who try to kill each other and then, within a few episodes, they’re in the same guild and in a romantic relationship. Such writing is genuinely appalling for any viewer who has basic maturity. Most of the female characters are written to be ditsy and cute, overly sexualized, or just useless. As aforementioned, Lucy, the main character, is simply present for her appearance, but in creepy ways. There is more time spent with characters talking about her underwear than there is depth to her character, and the writing is so poor that the animators just spent their time making her boobs bigger, probably thinking, “We’ll really show how she has grown this way. It’s genius!” Aside from this, there are characters written as plot points, and yet they fail miserably at that. One of the clearest mistakes in characters is the background for Natsu and his childhood friend. Imagine, in real life, that you had a childhood friend who died and impacted you and your motives. This is tragic and devastating in real life. Then, you find out that they didn’t actually die but were transferred to another dimension. What’s your response? According to this show, you should not be emotionally impacted about her wellbeing, make absolutely no effort to connect with her, and you should instead charge up your powers for fighting, pretending like nothing happened. The entire story revolves around this kind of logic, with horrific character writing. There are so many tropes in the story, but none of them are executed well. The characters are not memorable for uniqueness or profound traits; rather, they are meme-worthy.

Art: 6/10
The art is slightly above average, although some fighting scenes have drops in frame rate.

Sound: 8/10
Mr. Takanashi is a well-known composer, and his music is by far the highlight of the show. You are probably better off just listening to the music than watching the show.

Enjoyment: 4/10
Fairy Tail is an amalgamation of other anime stories and characters. The world could have been interesting, but the whole story was meaningless. The writing was horrible, the plot and character interactions were cringe-worthy and sometimes creepy, and the mediocrity in storytelling was truly unmotivating. I can’t recommend this story, except to people who want to see what generic fantasy anime is like. Almost all of the enjoyment came from the music.

Total score: 5.2/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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