User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Episode 169: Wendy vs. Chelia, Review/@comment-121.54.8.130-20130216233607/@comment-4449950-20130216234640

I agree with you that the manga is just a basis, but what we are complaining about... or, at least, what I complain about when I say "bad animation", is that the anime went through a faze where it actually had very nice animation, and it seems to have gone backwards since the start of the GMG arc. Similarly, parts of episodes seem to be done very well whilst others are crap.

So, it's more the inconsistency and the fact that I know the anime team is capable of so much more that makes me complain.