Fairy Tail
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| Fairy Tail | |
 First tankōbon volume of Fairy Tail | |
| フェアリーテイル (Fearī Teiru) | |
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| Genre | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hiro Mashima |
| Published by |  Kodansha |
| English publisher |   Del Rey Manga |
| Magazine | Shōnen Magazine Weekly Comic |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | August 23, 2006 – present |
| Volumes | 13 |
Fairy Tail (フェアリーテイル, Fearī Teiru) is a Japanese manga series by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 23, 2006 where it is still on-going. The individual chapters are being collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Kodansha, with 12 released as of October 2008. The series follows the adventures of the sorceress Lucy Heartphilia after she joins the Fairy Tail Guild and partners with Natsu Dragneel, who is searching for the dragon Igneel.
The series is licensed for an English language release in North America by Del Rey Manga, which began releasing the individual volumes on March 25, 2008.
Plot
A young sorceress, Lucy Heartphilia, travels to the land of Fiore to join the magical Fairy Tail Guild. Along the way, she meets Natsu Dragneel, a young boy who is looking for a dragon named Igneel. Shortly after their meeting, Lucy is abducted by Bora of Prominence, who was posing as Salamander of Fairy Tail, to be sold as a slave. Natsu rescues her and reveals that he is a dragon slayer and a true member of Fairy Tail Guild. He offers her membership into the guild, which she accepts, and they become a team performing various missions for the Fairy Tail guild.
Media
Written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima, Fairy Tail premiered in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in the August 23, 2006 issue. The series is still on-going as of March 25, 2009, 130 chapters have been serialized. The individual chapters are collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Kodansha, which released the first volume on December 15, 2006. As of October 2008, 12 volumes have been released in Japan.
The series is licensed for an English language release in North America by Del Rey Manga.[1] The company released the first volume of the series on March 25, 2008; as of February 2009, 5 volumes have been released.
The anime adaption of this manga series has already been set in motion. The first episode is scheduled to release on June 20, 2009.[unreliable source?]
Reception
In Japan, the fifth volume of Fairy Tail was ranked seventh in a list of the top ten manga, and the series once again placed seventh after the release of the sixth volume.[2]
References
- ^ "Del Rey's Fairy Tail acquisition". Retrieved 2007-07-28.
- ^ "Tohan's top 10 manga rankings". Retrieved 2007-07-25.
External links
- Official Shonen Magazine Fairy Tail website Template:Ja icon
- Official Del Rey Fairy Tail website
- Fairy Tail ({{{type}}}) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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