User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Anime Returns in April/@comment-3285005-20140214110805/@comment-7418318-20140217103419

They are currently tilted to the sides, rather than forward.

It'd be nice if their eyes would swivel around when they make out a sound behind or to the side of them in the anime, but I doubt they'll put that much efford into something that minor.