[Anime] Fairy Tail

Fairy Tail (フェアリーテイル Fearī Teiru?, romanized as FAIRY TAIL in Japan) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 23, 2006, and has been published by Kodansha in 30 tankōbon volumes as of January 2012. An ongoing anime produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight was released in Japan on October 12, 2009, and has spawned two original video animations. The series follows the adventures of Lucy Heartfilia, a teenage wizard who joins the titular wizards' guild and teams up with fellow guild member Natsu Dragneel as he searches for the dragon Igneel.

The series was originally licensed for an English language release in North America by Del Rey Manga, which began releasing the individual volumes on March 25, 2008 and ended its licensing with the 12th volume release on September 28, 2010. The series was taken over by Kodansha USA Publishing, which continued its North American release. The anime adaptation was originally licensed by Animax Asia, which began airing the series with a Hong Kong-based English dub on September 30, 2010, but dropped the series after airing its first season on December 6 the same year; however, it resumed airing the series beginning with its second season in Japanese on February 10, 2012. The anime has also been licensed by Funimation Entertainment for distribution in North America.

A-1 Pictures and Satelight produced an anime adaptation of the manga. The anime, also titled Fairy Tail and directed by Shinji Ishihira, premiered on TV Tokyo on October 12, 2009. As of February 1, 2012, 25 DVD volumes containing four episodes each have been released, with two more scheduled to be released on March 7 and April 4 of 2012, respectively. Animax Asia started broadcasting the English dubbed version of the series on September 30, 2010, but due to time limitations, it was canceled after the first season. It still airs in some parts of Asia and in the Philippines through its sister channel AXN, where it initially used a Hong Kong-based English dub but currently uses the original Japanese audio. The series resumed airing episodes with the second season in Japanese on February 10, 2012. On January 18, 2011, British anime distributor Manga Entertainment announced on Twitter that the company would release the anime series in bilingual format at the end of the year. On April 21, 2011, they had confirmed that the first volume with 12 episodes would be released in February 2012; however, they later announced that the first volume would be released on March 5, 2012. In 2011, North American anime distributor Funimation Entertainment announced that they had acquired the first season of the ongoing series. The series made its North American television debut on November 22, 2011 on the Funimation Channel.

- Season 1 (2009~2010)
- Season 2 (2010~2011)
- Season 3 (2011~2012)

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