Fairy Tail

[Archangel]

Plot Summary [ First episode spoilers ]

A young sorceress, Lucy Heartfilia, travels to the land of Fiore to join the magical Fairy Tail Guild. Along the way, she meets Natsu Dragneel, a teenage boy looking for a dragon named Igneel. Shortly after their meeting, Lucy is abducted by Bora of Prominence, who was posing as Salamander of Fairy Tail, to be sold as a slave. Natsu rescues her and reveals that he is the real Salamander and has the skills of a Dragon Slayer. He offers her membership into the guild, which she accepts, and they become a team performing various missions for the Fairy Tail guild.

Type: TV
Episodes: Unknown
Producers: A-1 Pictures Inc., Satelight
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen

Opening Theme:
#1: "Snow fairy" by FUNKIST

Ending Theme:
#1: "Kanpekigu~no ne (完璧ぐ～のね)" by Watarirouka Hoshiri Tai

Voice cast:

Natsu: Tetsuya Kakihara
Lucy: Aya Hirano
Happy: Rie Kugimiya
Gray: Yuuichi Nakamura
Erza: Sayaka Ohara

Links: Official Website | Anime News Network | Anime DB | MyAnimeList | Promo | Promo 2

[Horriblesubs] Fairy Tail - 01 - 720p | 480p

[IEA] Fairy Tail - 01v2 - 720p | 400p

[Mamiko] Fairy Tail - 01 - 720p

[KSH] Fairy Tail - 01 - 720p | 400p

[Ryugan] Fairy Tail - 01 - 720p

[Penner]

BOOBS .

[Kraco]

Lucy really sounds like Haruhi, but I'll get used to it. It's the same thing with every Aya Hirano character, after all.

[Archangel]

Lucy really sounds like Haruhi, but I'll get used to it. It's the same thing with every Aya Hirano character, after all.

I didn't notice it till you mentioned it. Still, they are very different characters so i'm sure it won't be a problem after a couple of episodes

I'm loving Natsu's VA, sounds young and cool

[Kraco]

I don't really recall Natsu's VA from anything else but Gurren Lagann and Minami-ke, but he aced those roles so I don't see why he wouldn't Natsu's as well, as different a role as it is. I wish the ANN VA list sported more names, though. The story has quite a few characters and now even my favorite girl in the story is missing (although she's not in the initial cast but I imagine the anime will go on long enough to reach her).

[Archangel]

I don't really recall Natsu's VA from anything else but Gurren Lagann and Minami-ke, but he aced those roles so I don't see why he wouldn't Natsu's as well, as different a role as it is. I wish the ANN VA list sported more names, though. The story has quite a few characters and now even my favorite girl in the story is missing (although she's not in the initial cast but I imagine the anime will go on long enough to reach her).

Hmmm ... rain or air? ( code talk, try to break it Kraco )

[NeoCybercoin]

I'd prefer rain. If I cracked the code good enough O_o

[Ryllharu]

Lucy really sounds like Haruhi, but I'll get used to it. It's the same thing with every Aya Hirano character, after all.

Just like her full range consists of:
1. Emotionless/Reserved (Kiddy Grade, Twenty Faces)
2. Haruhi (Haruhi, Queen's Blade, Lucky Star)
3. Overly cute little sister (Buso Renkin, White Album, AkaSaka)
With nothing really in between.

If she played Lucy like Reira from NANA, I think we might be in better shape, but if she's going to sound like that promo, they would have been better casting Haruka Tomatsu or even MAKO (after hearing the evil side of her voice in Sora o Kakeru Shōjo). It's going to take me a long time to get used to that. Kaori Nazuka would have been good too, the role she played in Mnemosyne would match quite well.

I don't really recall Natsu's VA from anything else but Gurren Lagann and Minami-ke, but he aced those roles so I don't see why he wouldn't Natsu's as well, as different a role as it is.

If his tone was closer to the voice he used for the German-speaking devices in the Nanoha franchise (since he apparently speaks it quite well), or Enjo from Kara no Kyoukai, it would be a big improvement. Natsu sounds a little too young in the promo. I'm sure he can pull it off, but if they directors want it like that, then there's nothing to be done.

[shinta|hikari]

I wouldn't put Haruhi and Konata in the same section. The voices, while recognizable as Hirano, are quite different. She also has a boyish voice that she uses as Kaoru in Zettai Karen Children. Still, I have to agree that this voice does not suit Lucy at all. Haruka Tomatsu would have been a better choice I think.

[Ryllharu]

I wouldn't put Haruhi and Konata in the same section. The voices, while recognizable as Hirano, are quite different.

While they sound different, I think the two voices are more similar than they are different. While the pitch may be different, the intonation is not. Both Haruhi and Konata rise in pitch as they speak, each getting more excited as they continue to talk. Konata takes it farther and almost squeaks at the end of her sentences, but they both follow the same pattern. Hirano's Imouto characters rise and fall depending on the role, and her reserved characters keep it stable or occasionally drop pitch (Lumière).

haruhi is one of her ranges?

Between Kiddy Grade and Haruhi, she didn't really have many (if any) noteworthy roles. So yes, since a lot of her characters lately can be generalized into one of those three categories, I found it was a fairly apt descriptor.


While I definitely agree that deciding she doesn't fit at all from a 20 second promo is completely absurd, I still felt the clip was horribly out of character (saying exactly why would fall into borderline spoiler territory to adequately describe). It is too early to make the judgment that she doesn't fit, and I definitely think she could to a wonderful job if she used influence from the proper past role (Reira in NANA or Pachira from Magical Pokaan with a slightly deeper pitch). The promo doesn't show that, and it is all we have to go on.

So we speculate. It is our nature.

[shinta|hikari]

@Ryll - but that change in pitch is a very significant difference. Hirano voiced both Haruhi and Konata perfectly IMO, and the two characters are hardly similar. One is an overactive arrogant babe, while the other is a lazy otaku loli. Swapping their voices with each other would be creepy, as the characters in Lucky Star said so themselves when Konata did it.

Like Ryll, I am not judging the entire series at all. I am just saying that from what I've heard of the preview, Hirano's voice (the one she used) doesn't fit. I can't really state an opinion on something that hasn't even been shown yet, so I only use the material posted above. If she can manage to do well, then all the better. I am a Hirano fan after all.

[Archangel]

What do you mean too young?

He's like 15 or something. I'm also happy that they got him sounding cool instead of funny, that would only lead to more OP comparisons

I'd prefer rain. If I cracked the code good enough O_o

But air is so tiny and kawaii

[Archangel]

You're making too big a deal out of a promo

Lucy's whole attitude isn't one to yell like she did there, so we might very well get something completely different out of the finished product

I say we wait for the first episode at least before making any hasty conclusions

[animus]

Natsu's VA makes me O_o. Natsu's personality is just like Luffy. Dumb, silly, and aloof. Voice doesn't match at all.

And Hirano for Lucy, meh. Lucy actually IS quite the yeller. She yells all the time in the manga. Rather, she is the only person in the main cast that even really yells often.

[Archangel]

Natsu's VA makes me O_o. Natsu's personality is just like Luffy. Dumb, silly, and aloof. Voice doesn't match at all.

And Hirano for Lucy, meh. Lucy actually IS quite the yeller. She yells all the time in the manga. Rather, she is the only person in the main cast that even really yells often.

Natsu isn't an idiot, not as much as Luffy anyway

[NeoCybercoin]

I wanted to see Erza animated and hear her voice. Since my knowledge of VA isn't as big as some of you guys in here ._.;

I'd still go for the rain though. Wind is just....tiny and not really my thing.

[Kraco]

I merely commented how Hirano sounds more or less like Haruhi, which is probably because Haruhi was such a visible and prominent role and Hirano's voice isn't exactly gray, thus forming strong associations. Other than that, like Archie said earlier, it's quite absurd to use one flash short promo to judge the whole series. There are castings in the anime history that even after the last episode feel preposterous but still there are many more VA choices that at a first glance seem dubious yet turn out ok in the long run.

[Marik]

Crunchyroll Gets Fairy Tail, Sasameki Koto Anime

Hopefully, this doesn't stop the groups that had already planned to sub this show.

[Archangel]

Crunchyroll Gets Fairy Tail, Sasameki Koto Anime

Hopefully, this doesn't stop the groups that had already planned to sub this show.

Fuck!

Dattebayo was doing a joint with gg, hope this doesn't stop them

[RyougaZell]

Fuck!

Dattebayo was doing a joint with gg, hope this doesn't stop them

Double fuck.

Dattebayo already refuses to do Naruto because of CrunchyRoll, so I don't think they'll change their minds for Fairy Tail.

And GG doesn't sub anything that has a sub already.


What other groups planne to do this?