User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Episode 179: Gray vs. Rufus, Review./@comment-4800978-20140426040539/@comment-4829046-20140426142054

Sorry if I sound rude but Anon, you do not understand the true beauty of an anime of this day and age. You do NOT I repeat NOT view it as a cartoon. A cartoon TV series isn't supposed to have god-level animation in the first place unless it has some serious backing.

And the fact that the manga is black and white is rendered obsolete if the STORY is better in it. Sure this fight was still BS in the manga, but it wasn't like this pile you saw today. And Mashima puts a lot of detail into his art so show some appreciation for the "black and white".

An anime is great for a combination of multiple aspects and some anime got them all right so it is disappointing that FT, with all its fame and glory, can't keep up to par. A good anime of this age has good music, Voice Acting, animation, story, characters and everything else altogether and it is how they complement each other that really bring it out. It is fact that an anime can have amazing animation and music but stupid story so I see your argument, but FT imo had REALLY good and I mean REALLY good animation originally. It started to go downhill though as they had to rush more and more.

But i digress, I perfectly agree that one shouldn't be put off from a good story due to its art and I myself am guilty of going against that but here's the thing. FT story became shit even with good art. Also, this is a DOWNGRADE of the original manga art. A DOWNGRADE. You just don't do that in anime. You don't. You only improve the art not deteriorate it.