Fairy Tail
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Genre | Adventure, fantasy[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by | Hiro Mashima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Published by | Kodansha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Imprint | Shōnen Magazine Comics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Demographic | Shōnen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original run | August 2, 2006 – July 26, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volumes | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fairy Tail (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from August 2006 to July 2017, with the individual chapters collected and published into 63 tankōbon volumes. The story follows the adventures of Natsu Dragneel, a member of the popular wizard[b] guild Fairy Tail, as he searches the fictional world of Earth-land for the dragon Igneel.
The manga has been adapted into an
The manga series was originally licensed for an English release in
Plot
The world of Earth-land is home to numerous
Natsu and his companions eventually meet an isolated Zeref on Fairy Tail's
After Natsu returns one year later, Fiore is invaded by the
Meanwhile, Fairy Tail and their allies detain Acnologia within a space-time rift created by the use of Eclipse, Zeref's time travel gate. However, Acnologia consumes the rift's magic to escape, granting him godlike power, which he maintains by bringing the present Dragon Slayers into the rift with his disembodied spirit. Lucy and many other wizards across the continent immobilize Acnologia's body within Fairy Sphere, while Natsu accumulates the other Dragon Slayers' magic and destroys his spirit, killing Acnologia and freeing the Dragon Slayers. The following year, Natsu and his team depart on a century-old guild mission,[3] continuing their adventures together.
Production
After finishing his previous work, Rave Master, Hiro Mashima found the story sentimental and sad at the same time, so he wanted the storyline of his next manga to have a "lot of fun."[4] His inspiration for the series was sitting in bars and partying with his friends.[5] He also described the series as being about young people finding their calling, such as a job.[5] Mashima drew a one-shot titled Fairy Tale that was published in Magazine Fresh on September 3, 2002, which served as a pilot. Mashima's later concept for the serialized version involved Natsu as a fire-using member of a courier guild who carries various things on assignments.[6] Mashima then came up with the idea to have different types of wizards hanging out in one place, and eventually coerced his editor into allowing him to change the concept to a wizard guild.[6] The title was changed from "Tale" to "Tail" in reference to the tail of a fairy, which the author said may or may not prove to be a "pivotal point."[6] Mashima stated that while he tried to consider both his own interests and the fans' on what would happen next in Fairy Tail, the fans' took precedence.[5]
In the period between Rave Master and Fairy Tail, all but one of Mashima's assistants left, and the artist said making sure that the three new ones knew what to do was the hardest thing throughout the first year of serialization.[7] Mashima described his weekly schedule for creating individual chapters of Fairy Tail in 2008: script and storyboards were written on Monday, rough sketches the following day, and drawing and inking were done Wednesday through Friday; time in the weekends was for Monster Hunter Orage, a monthly series Mashima was writing at the same time. He usually thought up new chapters while working on the current ones. Mashima had six assistants in 2008 that worked in an 8,000 square feet (740 m2) area with seven desks, as well as a sofa and TV for video games.[4] In 2011, he stated that he worked six days a week, for 17 hours a day.[8]
For the characters of the series, Mashima drew people he had known in his life. In establishing the father-son relationship between Natsu and Igneel, Mashima cited his father's death when he was a child as an influence.[9] He took Natsu's motion sickness from one of his friends, who gets sick when they take taxis together. When naming the character, the author thought western fantasy names would be unfamiliar to Japanese audiences, so he went with the Japanese name for summer; Natsu.[4] Mashima based the reporter character Jason on American manga critic Jason Thompson, who interviewed him at 2008's San Diego Comic-Con, and another on an employee from Del Rey Manga, the original North American publisher of Fairy Tail.[10][11] He based the humorous aspects of the series on his daily life and jokes his assistants would make.[9]
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima, Fairy Tail was serialized in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Magazine from August 2, 2006, to July 26, 2017.[12][13] The 545 individual chapters were collected and published into 63 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha between December 15, 2006, and November 17, 2017.[14][15] In 2008, a special crossover one-shot between Fairy Tail and Miki Yoshikawa's Flunk Punk Rumble, titled Fairy Megane (FAIRYメガネ), was published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine. It was later included in Fairy Tail+, an official fanbook released on May 17, 2010.[16] Another crossover with Mashima's first series Rave was published in 2011.[17] A special issue of Weekly Shōnen Magazine, published on October 19, 2013, featured a small crossover between Fairy Tail and Nakaba Suzuki's The Seven Deadly Sins, where each artist drew a yonkoma (four-panel comic) of the other's series.[18] An actual crossover chapter between these two ran in the magazines' combined 4/5 issue of 2014, which was released on December 25, 2013.[19] A two-volume series called Fairy Tail S, which collects short stories by Mashima that were originally published in various Japanese magazines through the years, was released on September 16, 2016.[20][21]
The series was licensed for an English-language release in North America by Del Rey Manga.[22] The company released the first volume of the series on March 25, 2008, and continued until the release of the 12th volume in September 2010. After Del Rey Manga shut down,[23] Kodansha USA acquired the license and began publishing Fairy Tail volumes in May 2011.[24] They published the 63rd and final volume on January 23, 2018.[25] Kodansha USA began publishing a larger omnibus version of the series in November 2015. Called Fairy Tail: Master's Edition, each installment corresponds to five regular-sized volumes.[26] They published the first volume of Fairy Tail S: Tales from Fairy Tail on October 24, 2017.[27]
The manga has also been licensed in other English-speaking countries. In the United Kingdom, the volumes were distributed by Turnaround Publisher Services.
Spin-offs
Eight spin-off manga series based on Fairy Tail have been released. The first two series—Fairy Tail Zero by Mashima and Fairy Tail: Ice Trail by Yūsuke Shirato—began with the launch of a monthly magazine titled Monthly Fairy Tail Magazine on July 17, 2014,[30] and ended in the magazine's thirteenth and final issue published on July 17, 2015.[31] A third series, Fairy Tail Blue Mistral by Rui Watanabe, ran in Kodansha's shōjo manga magazine Nakayoshi from August 2, 2014, to December 1, 2015,[32] while another, Fairy Girls by Boku, was released in Kodansha's Magazine Special from November 20, 2014, to August 20, 2015.[33] Kyōta Shibano created a three-part meta-series titled Fairy Tail Gaiden, which was launched in Kodansha's free weekly Magazine Pocket mobile app.[34] The series began in 2015 with Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth from July 30 to November 4,[35] continued with Rhodonite from November 18, 2015, to March 30, 2016,[36] and concluded with Lightning Gods in 2016 from May 4 to September 14.[37] Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, a sequel to the original manga, began serialization on Magazine Pocket on July 25, 2018. It is storyboarded by Mashima and illustrated by Atsuo Ueda.[38][39] Another spin-off, Fairy Tail: Happy's Heroic Adventure by Kenshirō Sakamoto, began on July 26 on the same app.[39] On June 27, 2018, Mashima announced another spin-off manga for the app, Fairy Tail City Hero, written and illustrated by Ushio Andō.[40]
All eight Fairy Tail spin-off manga, including all three installments of Gaiden, are licensed for English release by Kodansha USA.[41]
Anime
On March 4, 2013, Mashima announced on his
Following Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll, the dub was moved to Crunchyroll.[71]
Original video animations
Nine original video animations (OVAs) of Fairy Tail have been produced and released on DVD by A-1 Pictures and Satelight, each bundled with a limited edition tankōbon volume of the manga. The first OVA, "Welcome to Fairy Hills!!",[JP 1] is an adaptation of the manga omake of the same name, and was released with Volume 26 on April 15, 2011. The second, "Fairy Academy: Yankee-kun and Yankee-chan",[JP 2] is also an adaptation of the omake of the same name, and was released together with Volume 27 on June 17, 2011.[72] The third, "Memory Days"[JP 3] was released together with Volume 31 on February 17, 2012,[73] and features an original story written by series creator Hiro Mashima.[74] The fourth, "Fairies' Training Camp", is based on chapter 261 of the manga, and was released with Volume 35 on November 16, 2012. The fifth, "Exciting Ryuzetsu Land",[JP 4] is based on chapter 298 of the manga and was released with Volume 38 of the manga on June 17, 2013. A sixth OVA, titled "Fairy Tail x Rave"[JP 5] is an adaptation of the omake of the same name and was released on August 16, 2013, with Volume 39 of the manga.[75]
Theatrical films
An
A second anime film was announced on May 15, 2015.[84] On December 31, 2016, the official title of film was revealed as Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry, which was released on May 6, 2017, in Japan.[85]
Video games
An
Two fighting games, Fairy Tail: Fight! Wizard Battle
On September 5, 2019, it was announced that a
Audio
The music for the anime was composed and arranged by
An internet radio program began airing on HiBiKi Radio Station on February 11, 2012, featuring anime voice actors Tetsuya Kakihara (Natsu) and Mai Nakahara (Juvia) as announcers.[101]
Reception
Manga
By February 2020, the Fairy Tail manga had 72 million collected volumes in circulation.
Reviewing the first volume, Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network (ANN) felt Fairy Tail followed standard shōnen action manga tropes, writing "the mix of goofy humor, face-crushing action, and teary-eyed sap is so calculated as to be mechanical."[119] Carlo Santos, also of Anime News Network, agreed in his review of volume three; having positive views towards the art, particularly the action scenes, but citing a lack of story and character development.[120] By volume 12 Santos suggested that Mashima's true talent lies in "taking the most standard, predictable aspects of the genre and somehow still weaving it into a fun, fist-pumping adventure."[121] Reviewing the first 11 volumes, ANN's Rebecca Silverman wrote that while the art in the early arcs of Fairy Tail may not be its best, the stories arguably are. She also praised Lucy and Erza as strong female characters.[122] Her colleague Faye Hopper was more critical, calling the manga a "somewhat mediocre shounen series [that] pushes enough buttons" so as to make her want to read more.[122]
Kimlinger, Silverman, and A.E. Sparrow of IGN all felt Mashima's artwork had strong similarities to Eiichiro Oda's in One Piece.[123] While Sparrow used the comparison as a compliment and said it had enough unique qualities of its own, Kimlinger went so far as to say it makes it difficult to appreciate Mashima's "undeniable technical skill."[119][124]
Anime
The anime has also received a positive response from critics and viewers alike. In Southeast Asia, Fairy Tail won Animax Asia's "Anime of the Year" award in 2010.[125] 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.[126]
In reviewing the first Funimation Entertainment DVD volumes, Carlo Santos of Anime News Network praised the visuals, characters, and English voice acting, as well as the supporting characters for its comedic approach. However, Santos criticized both the anime's background music and CGI animation.[127] In his review of the second volume, Santos also praised the development of "a more substantial storyline," but also criticized the inconsistent animation and original material not present in the manga.[128] In his review of the third volume, Santos praised the improvements of the story and animation, and said that the volume "finally shows the [anime] series living up to its potential."[129] In his reviews of the fourth and sixth volumes, however, Santos praised the storyline's formulaic pattern, though saying that "unexpected wrinkles in the story [...] keep the action from getting too stale," but calling the outcomes "unpredictable".[130][131]
Notes
General
- Madman Anime.
- ^ a b According to the Fairy Tail Volume 2 Del Rey edition Translation Notes, General Notes, Wizard: So this translation has taken that as its inspiration and translated the word madôshi as "wizard". But madôshi's meaning is similar to certain Japanese words that have been borrowed by the English language, such as judo (the soft way) and kendo (the way of the sword). Madô is the way of magic, and madôshi are those who follow the way of magic. So although the word "wizard" is used in the original dialogue, a Japanese reader would be likely to think not of traditional Western wizards such as Merlin or Gandalf, but of martial artists.
Translations
- ^ ようこそフェアリーヒルズ!!, Yōkoso Fearī Hiruzu
- ^ 妖精学園 ヤンキー君とヤンキーちゃん, Yōsei Gakuen: Yankī-kun to Yankī-chan
- ^ メモリーデイズ, Memorī Deizu
- ^ ドキドキ・リュウゼツランド, Dokidoki Ryuzetsu Rando
- ^ フェアリーテイル x レイヴ, Fearī Teiru x Reivu
- ^ フェアリーテイル ポータブルギルド, Fearī Teiru: Pōtaburu Girudo
- ^ フェアリーテイル ゼレフ覚醒, Fearī Teiru: Zerefu Kakusei
- ^ フェアリーテイル 激闘! 魔道士決戦, Fearī Teiru: Gekitō! Madōshi Kessen
- ^ フェアリーテイル 激突! カルディア大聖堂, Fearī Teiru: Gekitotsu! Karudia Daiseidō
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External links
- Media related to Fairy Tail at Wikimedia Commons
- Official anime website (in Japanese)
- Official anime sequel website (in Japanese)
- Fairy Tail (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia