User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Anime Returns in April/@comment-1153699-20140205151350/@comment-7418318-20140205173512

Elfman has his hair in more and thiker spikes and he doesn't wear a fur collared coat, so I'm pretty confident that it's actually Laxus.

Also Elfman's role in the GMG is pretty much over, while Laxus' isn't.