Year: 2017
Runtime: 85 min
Language: Japanese
Director: Tatsuma Minamikawa
A perilous quest unfolds as Fairy Tail’s team races to prevent global destruction. Led by the fiery Natsu, alongside Happy, Gray, Erza, and Lucy, they seek the legendary Dragon Cry, a staff said to hold immense power. When the traitor Zash steals the staff for Animus in the Kingdom of Stella, the team must confront a formidable threat and recover the artifact before it unleashes cataclysmic consequences.
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Fiore is thrown into chaos when the cunning minister of state, Zash Caine, absconds with the Dragon Cry, an ancient staff unearthed from the legendary dragon graveyard located beneath the capital city of Crocus. In a desperate bid to reclaim this potent artifact, the royal family turns to Natsu Dragneel and his fellow wizards from the Fairy Tail guild. This staff possesses incredible magical power, one that has the potential to obliterate the entire kingdom.
The team sets out to track down Zash, who has travelled to Stella, where King Animus harbors plans to utilize the staff for a dire ritual. However, as fate would have it, Natsu’s unintentional contact with the staff provides Zash with an advantage, leading to the capture of Natsu’s team by both Zash and the kingdom’s elite military unit, the Three Stars. They manage to escape with the help of Zash’s hesitant accomplice, Sonya, an aide to King Animus and his childhood friend.
Sonya warns the Fairy Tail guild to abandon their quest, explaining that Animus’s ritual holds the key to averting a catastrophe that could engulf the kingdom in disaster. Yet, Natsu, sensing the malevolent intent of dragons slain by Acnologia within the staff, remains resolute in his mission.
As they regroup and return to Stella, Natsu and his companions confront the Three Stars and ultimately reclaim the staff. In a moment of revelation, when Sonya touches the Dragon Cry, she affirms Natsu’s fears regarding its dark essence. Moments later, Natsu discovers that Animus has been manipulating Sonya from within, appearing as a dragon who had imprisoned himself in her body to escape death.
With Zash intent on revenge against Fiore for his exile, he seizes the staff for his own malevolent purposes, activating an army of synthetic soldiers against Fairy Tail. However, it’s Zash who meets a grim fate at the hands of the very magic he sought to wield.
During a fierce struggle for the Dragon Cry, Animus manages to severely injure Natsu while regaining his lost powers by absorbing the staff’s magic. But rather than succumbing, Natsu, now part-dragon after the ordeal, unleashes a ferocious assault on Animus, who recognizes him as E.N.D., the “destroyer of all.” Natsu ultimately prevails, yet is left shaken by his transformation. Thankfully, he finds solace in the embrace of Lucy Heartfilia.
In a climactic resolution, Sonya shatters the Dragon Cry, dismantling the army of soldiers and allowing Animus to die peacefully. The shattered remnants of the staff reveal their true identity as a ribbon belonging to Sonya, which dances away with the wind.
In the post-credits scene, the ribbon catches the attention of Acnologia, who recalls a pivotal moment when he annihilated a group of dragons, gravely injuring Animus during his childhood for daring to protect Sonya. No longer holding any compassion for humanity, Acnologia obliterates the ribbon. Meanwhile, Zeref observes this dark turn of events from a distance, alongside Brandish μ and Invel Yura, foreshadowing an imminent confrontation with Natsu.
Last Updated: November 08, 2024 at 02:49
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