User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Episode 178: Fairy Strategist, Review./@comment-4800978-20140419053633

It really is a shame, but at the end of the day Fairy Tail is a weekly, year-long series, and like most series in that situation, its animation will suffer for it. Beautiful animation like that found in Fate/Zero or Nisekoi just isn't going to happen, because those series are already animated for the most part months in advance.

I mean, if Fairy Tail was ever animated like this (like in the upcoming Erza, Kagura, and Minerva three-way), I would practically jump at the chance to watch the anime, and even buy the DVDs.