Call me!

For a first episode, the story is pretty ho-hum. It does a good job of setting the scene, and it follows the manga exactly, but it probably wasn't the most exciting way for a story to start out. It gets better, though. It is pretty satisfying to see the battles play out in animated form, too. The animation is nice when it comes to said battles. Nothing groundbreaking, mind you. The animation does hit low points in places, though. It's kind of sad -- while I'm not a stickler for these types of things, you'd think that the first episode would look a bit better.

This part looked cool.

I appreciate the upbeat tone and overall cuteness of Fairy Tail, especially when compared to other shonen stuff. I like that it's not afraid to be cute. Lucy's cute. Her voice is cute (Aya-chan!). Natsu's flying cat companion Happy is cute. The exaggerated facial expressions of all the characters are cute. I appreciate this. Of course, that's not to say that the action isn't also there. It is. It was dialed back a bit when compared to the manga, but I know we're just starting out.

Lucy!

I'd say you need to stick around if the start of the show isn't doing it for you. It picks up as it progresses. You might be the type of person that looks down on this type of show. If so, I'd say skip it. If you're out for some lighthearted fun, and don't have that stick up your ass, Fairy Tail is a good watch. For now. Wait until this bad boy is 300 episodes in and has 120 cast members.

What I liked:

• Fun. Easy to watch. Stupid in a good way.
• Adorable ending animation
• Lucy is like a girl I dated once, though Lucy has bigger boobs.

What I didn't like:

• Animation is hit-and-miss.
• People are still going to compare this to One Piece.