User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Fairy Tail Episode 197: Hisui Rises, Review./@comment-83.253.83.233-20141108110600/@comment-4829046-20141108112342

"way better than to have no Fairy Tail Anime at all"

I would interject here. It is several times better to have the FT anime resume AFTER the series had ended. The old anime did not end on a good note, heck, it was obscure beyond measure, so quite frankly it could have waited longer. A series does much better when a clear view of the canon ending is in consideration and the budget is planned accordingly. Examples being Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood and Dragon Ball Kai. Granted, Brotherhood started when manga was still running, but it started during the final arc where the conclusion was already decided. This means no filler, more consistent animation, more time to think about the story and all the rest.