Both ‘Fairy Tail’ and ‘Rave Master’ are written by Hiro Mashima. Being popular shows in their time, both animes garnered the same love and affection from people around the globe. The ‘Rave Master’ got published and ran from 1999 to 2005. Whereas the former started after the completion of the 1999 series.
Both talks about the world of magic and their main characters reek of the same personality. They are both set on their journey where they come across friends and foes and overcome challenges while protecting their beloved ones. Even the characters and the side characters are similar in style and personality so it’s no wonder if an anime fan gets confused about them.
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Is ‘Fairy Tail’ A Spinoff Of ‘Rave Master’?
Well technically speaking, no! They are completely different animes, set in their own universe of magic. It’s true that there are similarities between both, but it’s simply due to our favorite writer. Mashima has a tendency to seek help from his previous works, which results in his stories and characters being identical.
He himself has also agreed to this and has tried to change his habit, but as of now, it’s now showing. Anyways, ‘Fairy Tail’ came after ‘Rave Master’ ended. The Rave Master follows the journey of Haru Glory as he overcomes challenges to fulfill his duty and maintain world peace. Undoubtedly, magic plays a crucial role in both sections.
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Similar to the former one, Fairy Tail guild members carry on a similar duty to protect their country and their friends from harm’s way. The main protagonist Natsu, is similar to Glory from the aforesaid anime. Some of the characters like Plue, Gray’s necklace, Etherion, the protagonist’s personality, Jellal as Siegrain, and Oracion Seis – remain almost the same.
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‘Fairy Tail’ x ‘Rave’
One can better identify them as stories set in alternate dimensions, like Edolas in ‘Fairy Tail’. If you make sense like that, then their combined series makes perfect sense. They are shown crossing each other, bickering, fighting, and chilling all the same.
Natsu and Lucy do stumble into Glory’s universe and later both help each other out. It’s an OVA series where the crossover has been beautifully portrayed. For some fans the OVA wasn’t enough, so we can only hope to see more of these crossovers in the near future, where all our beloved characters will hurdle together.
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