Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess

Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMasaya Fujimori
Screenplay byMasashi Sogo
Based onFairy Tail
by Hiro Mashima
Produced byHideharu Gomi
Ryōichi Ishihara
Yōsuke Imai
Hiroshi Tsutsumi
Shinsuke Nomura
Hidemasa Tasaka
Starring
CinematographyYosuke Akimoto
Edited byAkinori Mishima
Music byYasuharu Takanashi
Production
company
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • August 18, 2012 (2012-08-18)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office$911,467[1]

Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess (Japanese: 劇場版 FAIRY TAIL 鳳凰の巫女, Hepburn: Gekijō-ban Fearī Teiru: Hōō no Miko, lit. "Theatrical Feature Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess") is a 2012 Japanese animated fantasy action comedy film and the first based on the manga series Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima.[2] It was directed by Masaya Fujimori, and its screenplay was written by anime staff writer Masashi Sogo, while Mashima was involved as the film's story planner.[3] Tetsuya Kakihara, Aya Hirano, Rie Kugimiya, Yuichi Nakamura, Sayaka Ōhara, Satomi Satō, and Yui Horie reprise their character roles from the anime series. The film also features Aya Endō as the titular priestess Éclair, and Mika Kanai as her birdlike companion Momon. The first film was released in Japan on August 18, 2012, and on Blu-ray and DVD in North America on December 10, 2013.

A first sequel, titled Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry, was released on May 6, 2017.

  1. ^ "Japan Yearly Box Office (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "Fairy Tail Adventure Manga Gets Film Next August". Anime News Network. October 12, 2011.
  3. ^ "Fairy Tail Film's Staff Listed". Anime News Network. November 17, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2012.