Fairy Tail: 100-nen Quest Episode 6 Discussion

@Botther After rewatching the episode and hearing your argument, I can say that I was somewhat wrong. I still stand by the fact that this is an OK animated episode. By OK, I'm specifically referring to the beginning of the episode at least.

To start, the water dragon god still feels too static. Even though he moves a bit more now, he often seems too still when he should be more dynamic. It’s a small detail, but it’s noticeable, especially since Ignia doesn’t have this issue. I can also complain about how Natsu's punch looked poorly animated, but I guess one could argue that it’s intentional.

Everything after the Natsu gets into dragon force, was, at least in Fairy Tail standards, well animated. Perhaps I was maybe too harsh going as for as to say that this is on the same level, if not worse than Final, because after rewatching the episode, at least this episode has made it somewhat better.

@casilo As for your argument, I didn't even see those explosions at first because I thought that segment was still apart of the recap, so yes I will give you the benefit of the doubt and say those explosions were indeed impressive. And I was being a bit harsh saying Final is the "worst animated shounen". It's definitely up there, but I wouldn't go as far as to say that. There's way more issues with that season than just animation, but I won't go into those since they don't really matter all too much.

At the end of the day, it was partially my fault for wanting to expect something more from this series, when already knowing that this show hasn't had the best track record when it comes to animation and sakuga. To which, again, for Fairy Tail's standards, this is probably one of the best animated episodes, at least the second half anyways. Which even that I find impressive, considering that this shitty ass studio has like 16 other shows their working on at the moment.

The studio is VERY much to blame, but the staff isn't. To which, I will give them credit where credit it due, this was a good episode and I can see they put some effort and work into this, given this episode was the make or break for many Fairy Tail fans, it seems. This episode could have been better with a better schedule, but from what we got, yes, this was a good animated episode. Not the best, nor the worst.

@Botther After rewatching the episode and hearing your argument, I can say that I was somewhat wrong. I still stand by the fact that this is an OK animated episode. By OK, I'm specifically referring to the beginning of the episode at least.

To start, the water dragon god still feels too static. Even though he moves a bit more now, he often seems too still when he should be more dynamic. It’s a small detail, but it’s noticeable, especially since Ignia doesn’t have this issue. I can also complain about how Natsu's punch looked poorly animated, but I guess one could argue that it’s intentional.

Everything after the Natsu gets into dragon force, was, at least in Fairy Tail standards, well animated. Perhaps I was maybe too harsh going as for as to say that this is on the same level, if not worse than Final, because after rewatching the episode, at least this episode has made it somewhat better.

@casilo As for your argument, I didn't even see those explosions at first because I thought that segment was still apart of the recap, so yes I will give you the benefit of the doubt and say those explosions were indeed impressive. And I was being a bit harsh saying Final is the "worst animated shounen". It's definitely up there, but I wouldn't go as far as to say that. There's way more issues with that season than just animation, but I won't go into those since they don't really matter all too much.

At the end of the day, it was partially my fault for wanting to expect something more from this series, when already knowing that this show hasn't had the best track record when it comes to animation and sakuga. To which, again, for Fairy Tail's standards, this is probably one of the best animated episodes, at least the second half anyways. Which even that I find impressive, considering that this shitty ass studio has like 16 other shows their working on at the moment.

The studio is VERY much to blame, but the staff isn't. To which, I will give them credit where credit it due, this was a good episode and I can see they put some effort and work into this, given this episode was the make or break for many Fairy Tail fans, it seems. This episode could have been better with a better schedule, but from what we got, yes, this was a good animated episode. Not the best, nor the worst.

holy shit. my jaw was dropped for like half this episode. it really feels like fairy tail is back!!!

i can see all the hype about ignia. he’s awesome as an antagonist

i saw a comment last week saying the animation was bad, wdym. this episode was fire (literally). imo this season’s adaptation is already 5x better than the final season haha

the remixed OSTs gave me goosebumps

@MiraStraussFan99 this ep was too good wow

@filthyfrank8142 Preach brother. Peach. This was never a sakuga show, and it clearly never will be with J.C. being at the helm of all of this. The flames, water, ice, and character designs were at their best in 2014, and that's where this show has peaked.

I enjoyed this episode a lot, but I was a little annoyed by how long some of the exposition was. I loved seeing Natsu using the Fire Dragon God’s flames, as we got a glimpse into how powerful he may become in the future. And if the Water Dragon God is truly dead, then this is the first time Natsu actually lived up to his Dragon Slayer title. (9/10)

I enjoyed this episode a lot, but I was a little annoyed by how long some of the exposition was. I loved seeing Natsu using the Fire Dragon God’s flames, as we got a glimpse into how powerful he may become in the future. And if the Water Dragon God is truly dead, then this is the first time Natsu actually lived up to his Dragon Slayer title. (9/10)

It's been so long since I've watched that movie, but I guess I didn't count it because I don't know if it's canon or not. And I never viewed defeating Acnologia as slaying a dragon because he technically wasn't a dragon. He was a dragon slayer who transformed into a dragon, but I still consider him human. Also, killing him wasn't the goal from what I remember. They were trying to seal him, and then he ended up dying after that. This was the first time Natsu actually attempted to kill a dragon and succeeded, (with minimal assistance as well). I guess getting flames from Ignia counts as major assistance, but it was meant to foreshadow what kind of power Natsu may be able to use on his own in the future.