Fairy Tail
Fairy Tail is a shonen manga published in the Weekly Shônen Magazine from August 2, 2006 to July 26, 2017. It was created by Hiro Mashima. It has 545 chapters and 63 tankōbon volumes. The series is also aired. Some video games are released by Konami. In August 2012 The Phoenix Priestess, a Fairy Tail movie, was released, and in May 2012 a sequel Dragon Cry, a Fairy Tail sequel movie, was released.
| Fairy Tail | |
| フェアリーテイル (<span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Fearī Teiru) | |
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| Genre | Adventure, fantasy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hiro Mashima |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | August 2, 2006 – July 26, 2017 |
| Volumes | 63 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Shinji Ishihara |
| Produced by | Taihei Yamanishi Tomonori Ochikoshi Yoshikazu Beniya Yōsuke Imai |
| Written by | Masashi Sogo |
| Music by | Yasuharu Takanashi |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures (2009–2019) Satelight (2009–2013) Bridge (2014–2019) CloverWorks (2018–2019) |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo), AT-X |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 12, 2009 – September 29, 2019 |
| Episodes | 328[2] |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Shinji Ishihara (#1-6) Tetsuo Amino (#7-9) |
| Written by | Masashi Sogo (#1, 5-9) Atsuhiro Tomioka (#4) Hiro Mashima (#6) |
| Music by | Yasuharu Takanashi |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures Satelight (#1–6) Bridge (#7–9) |
| Released | April 15, 2011 – December 18, 2016 |
| Episodes | 9 |
| Manga | |
| Films | |
Story
The story of Fairy Tail focuses around the adventures of main characters Natsu and Lucy, who are sometimes with the members of the Fairy Tail Guild.
In the beginning, Lucy is a young sorceress (a "mage"), who wants to join Fairy Tail Guild. On her trip, she meets Natsu, a young boy, who is looking for Igneel the Salamander. She offers Natsu and Happy (his partner) a lunch and Natsu explains that Igneel is a dragon. Lucy talks about her dream to join a famous guild, which she later told him was the Fairy Tail Guild. Later, she is tricked and taken by Bora of Prominence to be sold as a slave. She is rescued by Natsu, who is the real Salamander, and a true member of Fairy Tail Guild. He offers her to be a member of Fairy Tail. Lucy says yes and joins the guild. Since then, Natsu and Lucy formed a team. This is the beginning of the adventures that the two have while carrying out missions from the guild.
Reception
According to Oricon, Fairy Tail was the eighth best-selling manga series in Japan for 2009.[3] It became the fourth best in 2010 and 2011[4][5] and the fifth best of 2012.[6] It also won the 2009 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga.[7]
In 2012, the anime series won the "Meilleur Anime Japonais" (best Japanese anime) award and the best French dubbing award at the 19th Anime & Manga Grand Prix in Paris, France.[8]
Fairy Tail Media
Author and illustrator Hiro Mashima
The Funimation staff and voice cast of the anime at the 2011 New York Comic Con, from left to right: Todd Haberkorn (Natsu), Cherami Leigh (Lucy), Colleen Clinkenbeard (Erza), Newton Pittman (Gray), and Tyler Walker (ADR director).
References
- ↑ "Fairy Tail Anime's TV Run to End on March 30". Anime News Network. March 2, 2013. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
- ↑ Ressler, Karen (December 10, 2018). Fairy Tail: Final Season Anime Listed With Planned 51 Episodes. Anime News Network. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-12-10/fairy-tail-final-season-anime-listed-with-planned-51-episodes/.140626. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
- ↑ "2009's Top-Selling Manga in Japan, by Series". Anime News Network. December 4, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2010". Anime News Network. November 30, 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2011". Anime News Network. November 30, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ↑ "10 Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 2012". Anime News Network. December 2, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ↑ "33rd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
- ↑ "ANIME NEWS: 'Fairy Tail' takes top award at Paris grand Prix". Asahi Shimbun. May 5, 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-10-02.
