Introduction
While on a mission to find and defeat a troublesome mage, several members of the Fairy Tail guild are split up in an unfamiliar town. At the same time, Haru, Elie, and the rest of their group are also separated. In a fortunate turn of events, Elie runs into Lucy and Happy, who are looking for Natsu. Meanwhile, Haru stumbles upon Natsu, who is struggling with motion sickness. Although she seems friendly, Elie matches the description of the troublemaker that the Fairy Tail members were assigned to locate. To make matters worse, Natsu learns of Haru's relationship with her and suspects them to be accomplices.
In this crossover between two popular series, Fairy Tail x Rave follows the two groups as they discover their similarities with each other. As the miscommunications add up, they are pitted against one another in a heated clash of powers, but will have to work together against a common foe.
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Audience reviews
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_Bubassotto_
A prime example of how an author can fall into their own formula and deliver something extremely generic within the shonen genre.
This special brings together two of Hiro's works in a crossover that, in theory, could be interesting for fans. However, the end result is disappointing. Instead of using the meeting of universes to create something creative or memorable, the special is limited to being a big, empty fanservice, supported only by the recognition of the series involved, with Fairy Tail being the most popular, while the other work ends up being practically forgettable.
The narrative even tries to follow a coherent line, with a beginning, middle, and end, but the choices made along the way are weak and uninspired. The tone of the story never settles: while it tries to create some…
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This special existing is the reason I had to watch Rave Master. For that alone I almost want to give it a bad grade, I really didn't enjoy that show. Rave was like a proto-Fairy Tail with a lot of the same character archetypes and plot points and the same generic fantasy setting. Having the two coexist now in the same universe felt weirdly natural and unnatural yet the same time. I guess if you've just been a long time fan of Mashima and his work you might get a kick out of this, but as established I was not and had to do my homework just to understand what was going on.
Here's to the inevitable Fairy Tail x Edens Zero special sometime down the road. 7/10
Read at the sourceGuts-Valley
Now almost 20 years since I first saw Rave, still stunning. A true timeless classic, exceptional, without doubt one of the best anime ever made. Well cast and a superb performance from all involved. We binge watched and loved this ova good thing it was only 24 min. Well thought out and quiet. Smart dialog without endless gunfire, chases and boobs. A thinking person’s who done it, it was Erza. Brought up some good questions about when it too late really too late, the answer it's never too late to revisit old friends. Who gets away with crime with these four around? Obviously some do. Cant wait for move ova with them together.
Read at the sourceNiQ1
OK, it's a single episode so don't expect a long review. You shouldn't take this episode too seriously because it doesn't take itself as such. It's basically a gag where characters of Fairy Tail and characters of Rave run into each other and somehow end-up fighting each other, only to be attacked by a common (ridiculous) enemy and having to cooperate. Pure stupidity but it actually makes it fun if you take it as such.
One remark though - While this episode seems to take place somewhere during the second season of Fairy Tail, it takes place a lot after the events of Rave. If you've watched Rave you may know that the anime does not conclude the series and that the manga continues much further and the episode takes place after those events as well. While it doesn't affect the episode's plot…
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Before writing this, I usually have a different set up for my reviews, telling you how I rate each specific thing on a scale to 10, I have to tell you, everything is a 10. EVERYTHING.
Secondly, it seems silly just to write a review for 1 episode, or OVA, but this is an amazing episode you can't miss.
STORY: 1 episode can't really have a story, but it was funny as heck!!! Wendy, Carle, Happy, Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Juvia all trying to find a girl who has been destroying casinos, but they meet the people of Rave Master! Ellie, Haru, Musica, Julia, Let, Griff, and Plue!!!! ^w^ It's great, and you'll laugh your butt off!!!
ART: The art is amazing, but still the same as regular Fairy Tail
SOUND: Has the amazing Fairy Tail opening and the best Fairy Tail closing. The music is amazing.
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Ah, FT x Rave. As a Mashima fan, this OVA has gotten me quite excited, although I watched it late due to my busy schedule. OTL
Now, let's start with my review. (I'm sorry if my writing is lame orz)
FT x Rave is a crossover OVA of two of Hiro Mashima's popular works, Fairy Tail and Groove Adventure Rave, both having quite different plots, but quite similar characters, both in looks and personalities.
STORY (7) - The story is pretty bland and rather too typical. I've seen it too much in Fairy Tail, its getting rather boring. But since its only an OVA to reintroduce the characters of Mashima's previous work, I guess it's not really much of a big deal. Although it would have been better if it had a memorable plot.
ART (10) - The art is GREAT. I think the animation got a lot better here in…
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Guys lets start up with the basics. What is Fairy Tail X Rave all about. The OVA is basically a typical Fairy tailish episode. The collaboration is especially good as the characters seem to match very nicely. Yes like all collaborations this one too has the power adjustments showing that main characters of both anime are equally strong.
Story: 7/10 For an OVA the story is quite good. Its an action packed experiece and at times funny too.
Art: 8/10 The art is especially attractive. Well Fairy Tail art was good to begin with. And good art is one thing that makes a shounen anime worth the watch.
Sound: 9/10 The battle music is charming. Also the voice actors and actresses are in perfect sync with the characters. All the all the sound quality is something you can praise the anime for.
Enjoymen…
Read at the sourceBBQ_Chicken
This is my first review and my grammar is usually pretty poor so sorry if this is bad. I'm writing this view mainly on the assumption you are a fan of either Rave or Fairy Tail.
*Fairy Tail x Rave takes place sometime after the Oración Seis arc in Fairy Tail and the Blue Guardians arc in Rave Master.
*If you've watched the Fairy Tail x Rave trailer then this should be spoiler free.
Story- As this is a crossover don't expect much story. The way the chain of events played out was decent but its not really the focus of this OVA anyway. Both Dark Bring and Magic are referenced throughout the show.
Art- No different than the usual Fairy Tail animation. There wasn't enough time to cover lots of moves typical of both Fairy Tail & Rave but what was there was done well. I especially enjoyed th…
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We all know that episodes devoted to crossovers of similar anime are always lots of fun, and Fairy Tail x Rave is no exception.
It might just be the feeling you get from watching crossovers, but seeing how your favorite characters interact with each-other, in an otherwise impossible situation is something thoroughly enjoyable. Natsu and Haru are very similar in characteristics and several other members of Fairy tail and Rave get along with their similar characteristics.
As this is only a single episode, I can't really give much info. But I can safely say, that whether or not you're a Rave or Fairy tail fan (or Both) you will definitely enjoy this episode.
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