Based on the manga by Mashima Hiro, whose only previous major work was Rave Master. Directed by some nobody who never made something significant in his whole career. What they have in common is how most of what they have made over the years is mediocre and forgettable. The first usually have very good production values and the later have low. THE STAFF - Animated by a collaboration of studios A-1 Pictures and Satelight. Not only that, but the show rehashes them in a watered down way to the point it becomes a Saturday morning cartoon. It can work alright but it will never stand out on its own it will forever be just a rehash of already established formulas that have been attributed to others at least a decade earlier. For to be honest, there is approximately zero innovation in this work and it just walks upon the path others paved before it. Nothing we haven’t seen before but, hey, if it worked before why wouldn’t it work again? Because it’s WORSE!It is hard to talk about anything in this show without feeling like I am just stating the obvious or just describing a different shonen. Because just like those shonens, FT has superpowers, adventure and a big cast of colourful and eccentric characters that occasionally get focused upon and fleshed out. I guess rehashing notions from Naruto or One Piece can make a success out of anything. Fairy Tail (FT) is from the pilot chapter/episode an average shonen series and yet it is loved by many for being just that. PROPER MINDSET Ah, gotta love the masses and their love for mediocrity.

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