Hello there anime lovers i thought since Naruto has just finished it's run in anime form i would review a movie from a franchise which is also due to end soon so here is my review of Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess.
To put it simply the plot of the movie is Fairy Tail has to stop two half's of a stone being put together that's really it. To the films credit this is all the story a Fairy Tail movie really needs and it does do a good job of telling that story but that being said it does have pacing issues which at points make the film feel more boring then it really needs to be i was ready to turn it off by the thirty minuet mark but i stuck with it.
All the cast from the English dub reprise there roles and those include Cherami Leigh as Lucy Heartfilia, Jessica Calvello as Éclair who is a movie only character , Todd Haberkorn as Natsu Dragneel and Colleen Clinkenbeard as Erza Scarlet those four names are only a small handful of the actors who are in this movie and i have to say the dub for this movie was really well done and i have to say that i really liked Cherami Leigh as Lucy the voice she uses for the character just matches with how i thought Lucy should sound perfectly well and i hope that she gets a chance to work on the second Fairy Tail movie.
Out of the new characters the only one that really stood out was Eclair i found her alot more interesting then the returning cast and i thought that her story was really tragic she is a character who has seen everyone she loves die and because of that she is pretty messed up in the head as anyone would be.
Now i would mention the character designs but since most of these characters appear in the TV show i won't bother but i will the new characters look really good. Also doing a good job is the animation Fairy Tail is known for it's great animation (which sadly didn't make it to the 2014 series) and that is true for this movie unlike the 2014 series there was know animation errors and the movements and facial expressions were really well done honestly in terms of animation this film is pretty much perfect.
Fairy tail is also known for it's fan service especially when it comes to it's female characters and may god is there alot of fan service moments in this movie to be fair most of the time when it happens it's when nothing really important is happening but there are also times when it happens and it totally destroys all the tension that the movie has built up and it's quite annoying.
The other thing that Fairy Tail does really well is the action and again it's on top form here i was never bored when the action scenes came on since this is a fantasy film it's not just restricted to the standerd punch and kick you see the various members of the Fairy tail guild use there powers and it makes each action feel different and fresh
The music for this film was done by Yasuharu Takanashi with the opening theme sung by Jang Keun-suk and the ending by Aya Hirano (Lucy's Japanese Voice Actress) and for the most part the music is typical Fairy Tail by that i mean it mixes rock music with folk music altho i have to say that easily the standout piece of music was the opening theme it got me really excited for the movie.
Overall this movie is made for fans of the anime series so if your not a fan Fairy Tail going into this movie then chances are you won't be a fan when the movie ends for me this movie is a 7 out of 10