Fairy Tail

Fairy Tail
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Happy (upper left), Lucy Heartfilia (lower left) and Natsu Dragneel (upper right)
GenreAdventure, fantasy[1]
Manga
Written byHiro Mashima
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runAugust 2, 2006July 26, 2017
Volumes63 (List of volumes)
Further information
Anime television series
Directed byShinji Ishihira
Produced by
  • Taihei Yamanishi (#1–48)
  • Tomonori Ochikoshi (#1–226)
  • Yoshikazu Beniya (#1–277)
  • Yōsuke Imai (#49–214)
  • Tetsuya Endō (#215–277)
  • Noritoshi Satō (#227–328)
  • Aya Yoshino (#278–328)
  • Akiko Nabeiwa (#278–328)
Written byMasashi Sogo
Music byYasuharu Takanashi
Studio
Licensed byCrunchyroll[a]
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
Original run October 12, 2009 September 29, 2019
Episodes328 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Directed by
  • Shinji Ishihira (#1–6)
  • Tetsuo Amino (#7–9)
Produced by
  • Noriaki Matsuki
  • Shinji Horikiri (#1)
  • Ayano Iida (#1–2)
  • Takeshi Ozawa (#1–2)
  • Kensuke Tateishi (#1–2)
  • Ryōichi Ishihara (#2–6)
  • Nakuru Yamatani (#2–6)
  • Hiroshi Tatsukawa (#3–9)
  • Hideharu Gomi (#3–6)
  • Yōhei Itō (#7–9)
  • Yuri Terao (#7–9)
  • Osamu Hashimoto (#7–9)
  • Tomohiro Uchida (#9)
Written by
Music byYasuharu Takanashi
Studio
  • A-1 Pictures
  • Satelight (#1–6)
Released April 15, 2011 December 18, 2016
Episodes9 (List of episodes)
Manga
Anime films
Video games
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Fairy Tail (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from August 2006 to July 2017, with the individual chapters collected and published into 63 tankōbon volumes. The story follows the adventures of Natsu Dragneel, a member of the popular wizard[b] guild Fairy Tail, as he searches the fictional world of Earth-land for the dragon Igneel.

The manga has been adapted into an anime series by A-1 Pictures, Dentsu Inc., Satelight, Bridge, and CloverWorks which was broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo from October 2009 to March 2013. A second series was broadcast from April 2014 to March 2016. A third and final series was aired from October 2018 to September 2019. The series has also inspired numerous spin-off manga, including a prequel by Mashima, Fairy Tail Zero, and a sequel storyboarded by him, titled Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest. Additionally, A-1 Pictures has developed nine original video animations and two animated feature films.

The manga series was originally licensed for an English release in North America by Del Rey Manga, which began releasing the individual volumes in March 2008 and ended its licensing with the 12th volume release in September 2010. In December 2010, Kodansha USA took over the North American release of the series. The manga was also licensed in the United Kingdom by Turnaround Publisher Services, and in Australia by Penguin Books Australia. The anime has been licensed by Crunchyroll for an English release in North America. The Southeast Asian network Animax Asia aired an English-language version of the anime from 2010 to 2015. By February 2020, the Fairy Tail manga had over 72 million copies in print, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time.

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