tetsuya kakihara did the japanese voice of natsu in fairy tail.
tetsuya kakihara did the japanese voice of natsu in fairy tail.
who does the japanese voice of natsu in fairy tail?
tetsuya kakihara
critics have also provided comments in regard to natsu based on how he was depicted in "fairy tail"s animated adaptation and feature films. reviewing the anime, carlo santos felt that natsu's abilities were not expanded on at the beginning of the story and stated natsu's fire magic was presented through mediocre animation. he further said that natsu's motion sickness produced "cheesy humor"; nonetheless, santos considered natsu "pumped-up" and energetic, and he praised todd haberkorn's role as natsu's english voice actor. the reviewer mentioned that natsu's fight against dragon slayer gajeel redfox was "eye-catching". he elaborated on this by mentioning that natsu's confrontation with gajeel showed "pure fighting spirit", stating that he enjoyed "the clash of fire and metal" and "their intense type-a personalities"; santos described natsu's final blow from this battle as "epic". he also stated that natsu's fight against wizard jellal fernandez was one of the series' greatest confrontations. he further mentioned that natsu's acrobatic moves provided some "truly great visuals"; nevertheless, santos felt that natsu winning his fights in the same manner became a cliché in the story. carl kimlinger criticized tetsuya kakihara's role as natsu's japanese voice actor, but he approved of haberkorn's voice acting. kimlinger wrote that while natsu's partnership with happy and lucy was bizarre, it represented the main part of the story. rebecca silverman praised natsu's skill in taking care of children, stating that he proved to be "competent at something besides fighting"; she also said this was "a nice inversion" of the trope in which the heroine is the one showing her abilities when it comes to parenting. david west thought natsu is "colorful and loud". crystalyn hodgkins of "ann" wrote that haberkorn was suitable for natsu's voice, but she felt he could have sometimes sounded more enthusiastic. andy hanley of "uk anime network" described natsu as one of "fairy tail's brightest young names", and richard gutierrez of "the fandom post" regarded natsu's behavior as a form of humor. while reviewing "fairy tail the movie: phoenix priestess", kimlinger praised that natsu resembled his portrayal from the manga series, and he enjoyed haberkorn's performance. reviewing "fairy tail: dragon cry", silverman stated that the scenes in the opening sequence which depicted natsu's childhood were "nice reminders of what brought him to where he currently is".
natsu dragneel
the first season of the "fairy tail" anime series was directed by shinji ishihira and produced by a-1 pictures and satelight. it follows the first adventures of natsu dragneel and lucy heartfilia of the fictional guild fairy tail. the season adapts the first 16 volumes of hiro mashima's "fairy tail" manga series. natsu befriends lucy who joins the titular guild and later goes on missions with her to earn money along with fellow wizards gray fullbuster and erza scarlet, as well as natsu's flying cat, happy. the five go on a forbidden s-class mission with gray and erza to save galuna island and fight gray's rival lyon vastia. shortly after, the guildhall is attacked by their rival guild phantom lord, leading into a guild war. after the dissolution of phantom lord, the group learns of erza's past as a slave in the tower of heaven and confront jellal fernandez to destroy the tower. lastly, once back at fairy tail, natsu and the others face laxus dreyar and the raijin tribe as they stage a coup in fairy tail.
list of fairy tail episodes (season 1)