Fairy Tail Anime Episode Discussion Thread [Episode 165 and Onward]

[Kafriel]

P.S. By the way I never understood all those complaints about animation. I had basicly watched all episodes in a raw out of boredom and for me animation seemed to be same everywhere 0_o
What's the difference?

Cheap CG and stock moves ruled over the first few episodes, it was not the best start for a new show. What I mean is:
1) Natsu's dragon moves.
2) Lucy's gate opening.
3) Even Gray's freezing at some point, although it was much smaller and discreet.

All the minus is lack of actual injuries and blood... just bruises even when they say "Look! your body got cut to shreds!". There is really no difference between how the damage looks what is annoying...

Well, we can't complain about censorship after watching Bleach, can we? :P

[kitten320]

Well this censorship is way too big, Bleach might cover some cut off limbs but not actual scratches and blood dripping. Naruto also has blood and as far as I know One Piece too...
It is really weird that they mae Fairy Tale like that. They better change it.

KiNA
I never had one
Though my classmate does... she is really noisy and outgoing in normal life and can do a lot of random stuff in front of almost anyone but whenever she has to do something official in public, she gets red like tomato and you can barely hear her when before whole school could hear her.
I just don't get it, what's the difference? I find making fun out of myself on stage far easier.

[FreezeTheSun]

Originally Posted by kitten320

P.S. By the way I never understood all those complaints about animation. I had basicly watched all episodes in a raw out of boredom and for me animation seemed to be same everywhere 0_o
What's the difference?

Well first of all, you have to look at who is producing the animation, A-1 Pictures and Satelight. Both have had really good resumes, especially A-1, so
Fairy Tail had a lot of potential. It was already considered to be a player in becoming the big four, but it wasn't treated the same as the others when it became an anime. It was censored down so bad, it just killed a lot good things. There is a lot of fan service in FT., which is more than any of the big three has, so it really hurts to be taken away from FT. Anyway back to the animation. In anime you have different Animation Directors that bring in all sorts of animators, so each episode has it's own quality. You will have AD's rotate from episode to episode, so we call them teams, so we know what to expect. For example, take episode 28 and compare it to episode 30. 28 was stiff and robotic (just like the majority of the series), but episode 30 had nice movement in certain parts, like when Luxus was talking with Mira and Lucy, then dodging Natsu. It's kinda funny, not to call people out, but when I said no one really cares about the animation, it was true. Not saying everyone thinks that but... yeah. The few times this series has fluid movement, no one mentions it. Naturally people usually care about the art and VA's than they do about the movement of a character. If you have read the manga, you would understand something that sticks out of the whole series. Fights! FT has more detailed fight scenes than any of the big three, yet when an important fight comes up, it's treated with the same stills with stiff animation, in an usual episode. When big fights come up in the big three, they tend to have spectacular animation, with lots of fluid movement. FT, ha, doesn't get jack. That's what is killing the series in my opinion. The majority of the people doesn't tend to worry about animation anyway, but to me, it's probably the most important thing to an anime series. On a last note, some people don't understand the importantce of animation to an anime. Other than old Disney, there really isn't nothing that surpasses Japanese animation, and a few other asian animes. Yes I've seen some pretty crappy production in anime, usually kids anime, but FT is right along with it. Direction, production, storyboard, all of it is stiff. It's just not fun.

@Kafriel: Yes, Bleach's censorship is bad, but I would take that any day over FT's censorship.

[OkamiNoKaze]

Episode 30 was great and hilarious throughout Fairy Tail, and namely "The most powerful" team, can't seem to do anything on subtle scale, it must always end in destruction, even a simple play. Reminds me of the episode of the original Slayers I watched where Lina and the rest were in a play. Ooh, now there would be a hilarious crossover, Slayers and Fairy Tail.

[Kafriel]

-inb4Shiroth-
Aye!

Spoiler for 31:

Mixed feelings about this episode...I know that the anime focuses more on humour, but sometimes it should be toned down in order to let the drama shine. I don't mean all of it, but some parts felt really excess (like the tall-headed nodding chef or the street punks...but the pillow fight was awesome!). So, Loki's a murderous, dying spirit with his eyes on Lucy, can't wait for 32!

[KiNA]

Screw drama.. after the first few minutes, I'm kinda looking at what the yellow arrow is pointing

[Viperflame]

Spoiler for yellow arrow:

the yellow arrow is pointing at Juvia stalking Gray, i kinda find it funny when Juvia provided Gray with some pillows

and i saw a merlion

[FlareKnight]

Spoiler for Ep 31:

I thought they did a nice job with this one. Really jumped into the Loke situation after those hints earlier. The guy really is running out of time and was just wrapping things up. Not a terrible plan since if he just left and vanished the others would just think he was gone and not dead.

On a death sentence after breaking such an important rule. Pretty impressive he managed to survive so long outside of the spirit world. I guess it's thanks to having that magic ring that would let him fight while conserving life-energy.

Think they did a good job and the bits they added in the last arc made the focus on Loke seem right. Of course also got some laughs out of this episode with the focus on Juvia stalking Gray.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Kafriel

-inb4Shiroth-

This is the first time i've been late watching a Fairy Tail episode.

Aye!

Spoiler for Episode 31:

Personally i found that this episode was handled really nicely. The humor had it's own parts along with the drama, and both were top notch. This is probably my favorite episodes of the series upto now with just how well the source material was adapted. Especially loved the music placement (the new piece used when Loke told Lucy he didn't have long to live was nicely done). Can't wait to hear what music we'll have for next weeks episode.

& of course the best bit, adding in Juvia. The staff get two huge thumps from me for adding her into this episode. Gives me high hopes for what they plan to do with her in the future. This episode really brought out her stalker side, along with just how strong her love for Gray is. Oh Juvia, how i love you.

Fantastic episode. Here's hoping the second delivers, and if so this would have been a grand arc adapted.

[Jin Kizuite]

Yo what's up... MAN?!

Elza naked?! ... *Smoke slowly clears away.* Elza in armor. My face expression. =_=''

Lucy getting triple headshotted by pillows and being slow motion ejected from the house. Too funny... MAN.

*Screams as a Loki fanboy.*

Lucy: "STFU (Elza face)" Gray and Natsu cowers in fear.

NOOOOOOOOOOO LOKIIIII! *CRIES ON SHIROTH'S MANLY CHEST.*

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Jin Kizuite

Elza naked?! ... *Smoke slowly clears away.* Elza in armor. My face expression. =_=''

That was an anime original scene (in the manga we just see Elza sat in the water), and a pretty good one at that. It was totally in character.

Originally Posted by Jin Kizuite

NOOOOOOOOOOO LOKIIIII! *CRIES ON SHIROTH'S MANLY CHEST.*

Loke's the one who deserves a hug.

Speaking of Loke, i just love how shiny his shades come across as being in certain scenes.

[Jin Kizuite]

His shades are shiny as a characteristic of being BADASS! <3

[kitten320]

Just saw subtitles.. I actually fell for Happy's joke about Plue
Erza bathing an armor sure looked funny and good to see that Lucy is able to scare Natsu and Gray too
The whole Loke truth was really unexpected, he starts to grow on me so I hope for good ending for him. And no wonder he was scarwed of Lucy.

[blewin]

10/10 for me in terms of humour for episode 31. Juvia's yellow arrow, talking Plue, Lucy's knowledgeable spirit, the guy with the tall head.

But what I don't like is the balance of humour and drama. The scene with Loke hugging Lucy is supposed to be quite dramatic and emotional, but the humour of the man with the tall head keeps getting in the way! The drama didn't flow all that well and that's a real shame.

Love the little Loke/Lucy moments though.

[kitten320]

Ah yeh, that cross spirit also cracked me up. I had same expresion as happy. Just how in the world can Lucy tell the difference?

[Master_Yoma]

A pillow fight that sends you to the hospital what where they doing putting bricks in the pillows

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by kitten320

Ah yeh, that cross spirit also cracked me up. I had same expresion as happy. Just how in the world can Lucy tell the difference?

Apparently she's interacted with the spirit enough to tell the difference. I was with Happy in being unable to tell one from the other .

[kenshinkid]

Originally Posted by Viperflame

Spoiler for yellow arrow:

the yellow arrow is pointing at Juvia stalking Gray, i kinda find it funny when Juvia provided Gray with some pillows

and i saw a merlion

Yeah I saw the merlion too XD. Japanese seem to love Singapore so much. I lost count how many times the merlion appeared in animes

[Clarste]

I liked the armor-in-the-bath thing. It's a nice bit of foreshadowing in addition to being a joke.

[blewin]

Originally Posted by Clarste

I liked the armor-in-the-bath thing. It's a nice bit of foreshadowing in addition to being a joke.

Foreshadowing?