A little over 1 year ago, I started watching my first anime: Fairy Tail. Originally, it was a manga made by Hiro Mashima, and both the anime and the manga are still running today. I thought it was about time for me to honor that anime in a blog post.
The first issue of Fairy Tail was published in Japan in 2006, and in America in 2008. As of me writing this post, there have been 464 manga chapters published. The story revolves around a group of mages in a fictitious country called Fiore that have joined together in a powerful guild that fights evil, but ends up getting into a lot of trouble. So far, they've gone on quests, battled dark guilds, fought powerful monsters and dragons, explored dungeons, and even played in some tournaments. Basically, if you've ever played Dungeons and Dragons, it's that but everyone uses various types of magic in some form. I actually have not yet read the manga, but I've heard from my best friend back home that it's excellent.
The shonen anime adaption of the Fairy Tail manga started in Japan in 2009, and the English dub of it started in 2010. As of me typing this, there have been 261 total episodes, 7 OVAs, and 1 movie, with both the movie and around 175 of the episodes being available in English dub. I'm not fully caught up yet, but I only have 10 more episodes to watch until I am. It's action-packed and philosophical at the same time, and I highly recommend it. (if you have the time).
Here are some of the main characters that have been there since the beginning:
This is Natsu Dragneel, a fire dragon slayer with insane amounts of power. Natsu seems tough, but inside he cares about his team and his friends very much and will do anything for them. He also gets motion sickness easily....
This is Happy the talking blue flying cat (bet you thought you'd never see those words stringed together), who's also Natsu's companion. Happy is a member of a magical race called Exceeds. He also really likes fish.
This is Lucy Heartfilia, a young mage that uses the power of celestial spirits in the form of keys. Her spirits, however, have minds and personalities of their own.
(Yes, that guy on the bottom right is a snowman)
This is Gray Fullbuster, a mage that has the ability to create and make shapes out of ice. Natsu and him constantly fight over who's the strongest. He also likes to take his shirt off a lot...
This is my favorite character from this anime: Erza Scarlet. Her power is being able to change her armor at will, and each of her armors have different magical properties. She's one of the strongest in the guild, but she's also very wise. Plus, she's obsessed with cake.
Speaking of Erza, for Halloween this year, one of my costumes was Erza in her casual outfit. Take a look!
Sorry for the long blog post, but long story short is that you should watch Fairy Tail whenever you get the chance. It's a good balance of action, comedy, and emotions, plus it's very well-written (for the most part, every anime has those few episodes that make you question what you're watching) and the art is fantastic. If you need a project for winter break, definitely pick this one up!
