Fairy Tail Zero
| Fairy Tail Zero | |
 The cover of the single collected manga volume. Clockwise from top left: Precht, Yuri, Warrod, Mavis, and Zera. | |
| フェアリーテイル ゼロ (Fearī Teiru Zero) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hiro Mashima |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Monthly Fairy Tail |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | 17 July 2014 – 17 July 2015 |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Anime television series | |
| Music by | Yasuharu Takanashi |
| Studio | A-1 Pictures, Bridge |
| Licensed by | |
| English network | |
| Original run | 9 January 2016 – present |
| Episodes | 3 |
Fairy Tail Zero (フェアリーテイル ゼロ, Fearī Teiru Zero) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The series is a prequel to Mashima's Fairy Tail manga. Kodansha Comics USA published it as a single volume in North America. An anime television series adaptation will begin airing in January 9, 2016.
Plot
105 years before the events of Fairy Tail, six-year-old Mavis Vermillion lives on Sirius Island as a servant of the Red Lizard wizards' guild. A violent skirmish breaks out between Red Lizard and their rival guild, Blue Skull, leaving Mavis the apparent sole survivor alongside Zera, the young daughter of Red Lizard's master. Seven years later, a band of treasure hunters—Yuri Dreyar, Precht Gaebolg, and Warrod Sequen—come to the island in search of its centerpiece, the Sirius Jade. As Mavis and Yuri contend over ownership of the jade, they discover it has already been taken by Blue Skull. Mavis proposes she and Zera accompany the treasure hunters to recover the treasure.
The group journeys to the city of Magnolia, where Blue Skull has established a brutal regime. Mavis fails to bluff the guild's master into returning the jade with her illusory magic, and she retreats into the forest with her outmatched allies. There Mavis encounters a young man who, unbeknownst to her, is the infamous dark wizard Zeref. Mavis expresses sympathy for the man, who is afflicted with a curse that whithers and kills all life around him, and convinces him to teach her and her allies how to use magic to combat Blue Skull. They successfully overthrow Blue Skull using their magic, but Mavis discovers that the jade has become contaminated with evil magic. When Yuri takes the jade for himself, he inadvertently fuses with a massive skeletal dragon utilized by Blue Skull and mindlessly rampages through the town. Mavis rescues Yuri by casting Law, a prototype spell learned from Zeref
After recovering and learning of Mavis's condition, Yuri dedicates himself to protecting her as a friend. He also reveals to Mavis that Zera is an illusion only she can perceive; Zera further confirms that the real Zera died during Blue Skull's raid on the island, and Mavis unknowingly created her in response to her death. Mavis accepts Zera as an illusion, causing her to disappear, and organizes the Fairy Tail wizard guild in her memory.
Characters
- Mavis Vermillion (メイビス・ヴァーミリオン, Meibisu Vāmirion)
- Voiced by: Mamiko Noto[1] (Japanese); Leah Clark (English)
- Mavis is a 13-year-old girl who becomes Fairy Tail's founding guild master. She is a deceptively carefree child who surprises others with her vast intellect and ability to create convincing illusions of people, animals and monsters. She lives on Sirius Island after her hometown is raided by the Blue Skull guild. After the island's sacred Sirius Jade is stolen, Mavis accompanies a group of treasure hunters to recover it.
- Zera (ゼーラ, Zēra)
- Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa[2][3]
- Zera is the spoiled daughter of Red Lizard's master Jezelf who becomes Mavis's closest friend after surviving Blue Skull's attack. It is later learned that Zera perished in the attack, and that the girl following Mavis throughout the series is an illusion only Mavis can see and hear.
- Yuri Dreyar (ユーリ・ドレアー, Yūri Doreā)
- Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi[1]
- Yuri is the future father of Makarov Dreyar, Fairy Tail's third master. Before meeting Mavis, he is a greedy and selfish treasure hunter whose main concern is claiming the Sirius Jade, a sacred relic from Sirius Island. After Mavis appeals to his better nature, however, he becomes one of her most trusted friends.
- Precht Gaebolg (プレヒト・ゲイボルグ, Purehito Geiborugu)
- Voiced by: Yoshihisa Kawahara[1]
- Precht is one of Yuri's treasure hunting companions, and Mavis's future successor as Fairy Tail's master who comes to be known as Hades, the leader of the dark guild Grimoire Heart. He is a stern man who disapproves of his allies' foolish behavior, and is a skilled fighter who wields retractable blade-tipped chain weapons.
- Warrod Sequen (ウォーロッド・シーケン, Wōroddo Shīken)
- Voiced by: Hiroshi Shirokuma[1]
- Warrod is a jovial man and another of Yuri's companions. He gains the power to control plant life, and eventually ranks fourth among the Ten Wizard Saints.
- Zeref (ゼレフ, Zerefu)
- Voiced by: Akira Ishida[1] (Japanese); Joel McDonald (English)
- Zeref, the main antagonist of Fairy Tail, is an immortal, ageless young man who is afflicted with a curse that causes all life around him to whither and die. His true identity is not known to the other characters, and he helps Mavis's group by teaching them magic.
Release
Hiro Mashima began publishing the series in the first issue of Kodansha's Monthly Fairy Tail magazine on 17 July 2014.[4][5][6] The series ended in the magazine's 13th and final issue on 17 July 2015.[7][8]
The series is licensed in North America by Kodansha Comics USA, who announced their license at an event at Books Kinokuniya in New York on 15 November 2015.[9]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 November 2015[10] | 978-4-06-395540-8 | 12 July 2016[11] | 9781632362841 |
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on the jacket bands of Fairy Tail volume 52 and on the single collected volume of Fairy Tail Zero.[1][12] The series will premiere in January 2016.[1] Funimation will simulcast the series with a broadcast dub in North America.[13] The opening is "Ashita o Orase", performed by Kavka Shishido while the ending "Landscape", is performed by SOLIDEMO.
Episode list
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Fairy Tail Zero Prequel Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation in January". Anime News Network. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Fairy Tail Zero Prequel TV Anime Casts Kana Hanazawa as Zera". Anime News Network. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ Green, Scott (24 November 2015). "KanaHana Joins "Fairy Tail Zero" Anime Cast". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Monthly Fairy Tail Magazine to Launch With Fairy Tail Zero Manga". Anime News Network. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ Green, Scott (30 March 2014). ""Fairy Tail" Author Announces Spin-off Manga". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ Green, Scott (2 July 2014). "VIDEO: "Fairy Tail" Magazine Promo". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Fairy Tail Zero, Fairy Tail: Ice Trail Spinoff Manga to End in July". Anime News Network. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Kodansha's Monthly Fairy Tail Magazine Ends Publication". Anime News Network. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Kodansha Comics Adds Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail Zero Prequel Manga". Anime News Network. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "ＦＡＩＲＹ ＴＡＩＬ ＺＥＲＯ". Kodansha (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Fairy Tail Zero". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ Green, Scott (16 November 2015). ""Fairy Tail Zero" TV Anime Announced". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Funimation to Stream Dimension W, Grimgar, Pandora, Divine Gate, Prince of Stride, Dagashikashi With Dub". Funimation. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
External links
- Official anime website
- Fairy Tail Zero (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia