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This review will contain some spoilers about Fairy Tail (2014) and the final series itself!!

I remember the day, where I started watching the very first season of Fairy Tail back in 2012 and how I was totally in love with it. Fairy Tail is my gateway Anime and when a second season was announced for 2014, I was so excited to finally be able to continue where the first season ended. Now when “Fairy Tail: Final Series” got announced, I was both happy and sad. Yes, another season is always nice to have, but this also meant the franchise is going to end. However, right ... now as of typing this review, I kinda wished we didn’t get this “Final Series” at all.


Story: 7/10
Fairy Tail’s story has always been a hate it or love it kind of thing. The guild runs into enemies who are a lot stronger, gets beaten, to get back up and beat them by the power of friendship, on most occasions. Either you like it or not, the final series is no different in that regard. During this series we got some interesting reveals and backstories, which really answered some questions for me after the first 2 seasons.

The story starts straight after the Fairy Tail guild had been disbanded after their battle with Tartaros (Fairy Tail 2014), with Lucy, Natsu and Happy searching for the scattered guild members who all had joined other guilds, to rebuild what Fairy Tail once was. All leading up to their final battle against Zeref/Acnologia.

The conclusion of these battles left me a bit unsatisfied. With the introduction of the Spriggan 12, we have had the toughest group ever for the Fairy Tail guild to handle. The defeat of some of these Spriggan 12 was actually alright and I have not much to complain about that. The main issue is the defeat of the biggest antagonist of Fairy Tail, Acnologia, due to the power of friendship. I was never really against this “power of friendship”, but I feel like I was robbed of a really good battle that would have been fitting for a conclusion.

Art/Animation: 4/10
The Final Series biggest issue. Fairy Tail 2014 gave us a slightly different art, which for me was quite a nice upgrade from the first season. The Final series doesn’t change that at all. Which is not a problem. The problem is the Animation. A1-Pictures/Cloverworks really butchered this. Fairy tail has always had many still images for their action scenes, but the final series really takes the cake, with barely animated fight scenes and guild members shown as silhouettes behind the main character. It’s so lazy animated. Eventho some scenes do look better than others I am still so utterly disappointed at what the Studio(s) have given us. To me personally, it’s not worthy for a Shounen Anime as big as Fairy Tail.

Sound: 9/10
Always have loved the soundtracks and still do. Voice acting was as great as to be expected. This season had some really nice songs for their Openings and Endings. Solid job done here! No complaints from me.

Characters: 10/10
This was kinda the reason I kept watching, I love all these characters so much. Don’t expect too much development though.

Enjoyment: 5/10
As much as I love the characters and sound, my enjoyment was so much less than previous seasons. Mainly due to the lack of Animation and quality of the Art, that I started to realise.. It wouldn’t have hurt to wait another year or two to get an adaptation that is worthy for a conclusion.

Overall: 6/10
I have never been a critical person, especially when it came to my favorite Anime Series, but this adaptation for me, was a huge disappointment. Rating it a 6/10 is me being generous, cause the love for the franchise is and will always be there.