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 shonen magazine since August 23, 2006 where it is still on-going. The individual chapters are being collected and published in volumes by Kodansha, with 16 released as of August 2009. An anime adaptation that will be produced by and is expected to be released in Japan on October 12, 2009. The series follows the adventures of the sorceress Lucy Heartfilia after she joins the Fairy Tail Guild and partners with Natsu Dragneel, who is searching for the dragon Igneel.
The series was licensed for an English language release in North America by which began releasing the individual volumes on March 25, 2008.
A young sorceress, travels to the land of Fiore to join the magical fairy tail guild. Along the way, she meets natsu, a teenage boy 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 the real Salamander and has the skills of a Dragon Slayer. He offers her membership into the guild, which she accepts, and they become a team performing various missions for the Fairy Tail guild.
Written and illustrated by, the Fairy Tail manga premiered in in the August 23, 2006 issue. The series is still ongoing and as of October 2009, over 150 chapters have been serialized. The individual chapters are collected and published in volumes by which released the first volume on December 15, 2006. As of October 2008, 12 volumes have been released in Japan.
The series was licensed for an English language release in North America by The company released the first volume of the series on March 25, 2008, and as of July 2009, 7 volumes have been released.
A Fairy Tail anime adaptation premiered on October 12, 2009. It is produced by the Japanese anime studios,
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 It also won the 2009 for It has also won The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation's Industry Awards for best comedy manga..Deb Aoki lists Fairy Tail as the best shōnen manga of 2008.
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