History Manga / FairyTail

In a world teeming with magic, becoming a full-fledged wizard[[note]]or mage, if you'd prefer, though it's officially translated as "wizard"[[/note]] requires you to join a guild. When aspiring teenage wizard [[PluckyGirl Lucy Heartfilia]] sets out to make her mark, she runs into a quirky boy named [[HotBlooded Natsu Dragneel]], who just so happens to be a famous [[TheDragonslayer Dragon Slayer]] wizard in search of his missing father--[[RaisedByWolves an actual dragon]]--and invites her into one of the most colorful and notorious guilds in the kingdom: [[TeamTitle Fairy Tail]]. Join the adventures of Natsu and Lucy as they perform missions for the guild, struggle with problems from the past, fight world-threatening villains, and learn ThePowerOfFriendship.

'''Please move any character tropes to the proper [[Characters/FairyTail character page]] and any arc-specific tropes to the [[Recap/FairyTail recap page]].'''

In a world teeming with magic, becoming a full-fledged wizard[[note]]or mage, if you'd prefer, though it's officially translated as "wizard"[[/note]] requires you to join a guild. When aspiring teenage wizard [[PluckyGirl Lucy Heartfilia]] sets out to make her mark, she runs into a quirky boy named [[HotBlooded Natsu Dragneel]]...who just so happens to be a famous [[TheDragonslayer Dragon Slayer]] wizard in search of his missing father--[[RaisedByWolves an actual dragon]]--and invites her to join one of the most colorful and notorious guilds in the kingdom: [[TeamTitle Fairy Tail]]. Join the adventures of Natsu and Lucy as they perform missions for the guild, struggle with problems from the past, fight world-threatening villains, and learn ThePowerOfFriendship.

In a world teeming with magic, becoming a full-fledged wizard[[note]]or mage, if you'd prefer, though it's officially translated as "wizard"[[/note]] requires you to join a guild. When aspiring teenage wizard [[PluckyGirl Lucy Heartfilia]] sets out to make her mark, she runs into a quirky boy named [[HotBlooded Natsu Dragneel]]...who just so happens to be a famous [[TheDragonslayer Dragon Slayer]] wizard in search of his missing father--[[RaisedByWolves an actual dragon]]--and invites her to join one of the most colorful and notorious guilds in the kingdom: [[TeamTitle Fairy Tail]]. Join the adventures of Natsu and Lucy as they perform missions for the guild, struggle with problems from the past, fight world-threatening villains, and explore the world.

In a world teeming with magic, becoming a full-fledged wizard[[note]]or mage, if you'd prefer, though it's officially translated as "wizard"[[/note]] requires you to join a guild. When aspiring teenage wizard [[PluckyGirl Lucy Heartfilia]] sets out to make her mark, she runs into a quirky boy named [[HotBlooded Natsu Dragneel]]...who just so happens to be a famous [[TheDragonslayer Dragon Slayer]] wizard in search of his missing father--[[RaisedByWolves an actual dragon]]--and invites her to join one of the most colorful and notorious guilds in the kingdom: [[TeamTitle Fairy Tail]]. Join the adventures of Natsu and Lucy as they perform missions for the guild, struggle with problems from the past, fight world-threatening villains, and learn ThePowerOfFriendship.

Not to be confused with the FairyTale genre (the author has stated since the beginning that the spelling of the name ''is'' intentional). See the [[Franchise/FairyTail Franchise Page]] for more information about the associated media.

In a world teeming with magic, becoming a full-fledged wizard[[note]]or mage, if you'd prefer, though it's officially translated as "wizard"[[/note]] requires you to join a guild. When [[PluckyGirl Lucy Heartfilia]], a 17-year-old aspiring wizard and novelist, meets a quirky boy named [[HotBlooded Natsu Dragneel]]--who just so happens to be a famous [[TheDragonslayer Dragon Slayer]] wizard in search of his missing father, [[RaisedByWolves an actual dragon]]--he invites her to join one of the most colorful and notorious guilds in the kingdom: [[TeamTitle Fairy Tail]]. Join the adventures of Natsu and Lucy as they perform missions for the guild, struggle with problems from the past, fight world-threatening villains, and learn ThePowerOfFriendship.

In a world teeming with magic, becoming a full-fledged wizard[[note]]or mage, if you'd prefer, though it's officially translated as "wizard"[[/note]] requires you to join a guild. When [[PluckyGirl Lucy Heartfilia]], a 17-year-old aspiring wizard and novelist, meets a boy named [[HotBlooded Natsu Dragneel]], who also happens to be the well-known wizard Salamander, he invites her to join one of the most colorful and notorious guilds in the kingdom: [[TeamTitle Fairy Tail]]. Their adventures continue as they perform missions for the guild, struggle with problems from the past, fight world-threatening villains, and learn ThePowerOfFriendship.

In a world teeming with magic, becoming a full-fledged wizard[[note]]or mage, if you'd prefer, though it's officially translated as "wizard"[[/note]] requires you to join a guild. [[HotBlooded Natsu Dragneel]] is a well-known wizard Salamander who is on a journey to find his adoptive father, during his journey he meets [[PluckyGirl Lucy Heartfilia]], a 17-year-old aspiring wizard and novelist, Natsu decides to invite her to join one of the most colorful and notorious guilds in the kingdom: [[TeamTitle Fairy Tail]]. Their adventures continue as they perform missions for the guild, struggle with problems from the past, fight world-threatening villains, and learn ThePowerOfFriendship.

In a world teeming with magic, becoming a full-fledged wizard[[note]]or mage, if you'd prefer, though it's officially translated as "wizard"[[/note]] requires you to join a guild. [[HotBlooded Natsu Dragneel]] is a well-known wizard Salamander who is on a journey to find his adoptive father, during his journey he meets [[PluckyGirl Lucy Heartfilia]], a 17-year-old aspiring wizard and novelist, after their meeting Natsu invites her to join one of the most colorful and notorious guilds in the kingdom: [[TeamTitle Fairy Tail]]. Their adventures continue as they perform missions for the guild, struggle with problems from the past, fight world-threatening villains, and learn ThePowerOfFriendship.

In a world teeming with magic, becoming a full-fledged wizard[[note]]or mage, if you'd prefer, though it's officially translated as "wizard"[[/note]] requires you to join a guild. When [[PluckyGirl Lucy Heartfilia]], a 17-year-old aspiring wizard and novelist, meets a boy named [[HotBlooded Natsu Dragneel]], who also happens to be the well-known wizard Salamander, he invites her to join one of the most colorful and notorious guilds in the kingdom: [[TeamTitle Fairy Tail]]. Their adventures continue as they perform missions for the guild, struggle with problems from the past, fight world-threatening villains, and learn ThePowerOfFriendship.

The manga ended in July 2017 with a total of 545 chapters, collected in 63 volumes. Despite the series reaching its conclusion, an official sequel manga titled ''Manga/FairyTail100YearsQuest'' launched nearly a year later, with storyboards by Mashima and the finalized art done by Atsuo Ueda. As for Mashima himself, he moved on to create ''Manga/EdensZero'', a SpiritualSuccessor that continues the same themes and contains a few {{Expies}} of familiar ''Fairy Tail'' characters, just as ''Fairy Tail'' has done with ''Rave Master'' before it. October 2019 also saw Mashima bring the main ''Fairy Tail'' cast back in ''Manga/{{Heros}}'', a 10-chapter {{Crossover}} manga with ''Rave Master'' and ''Edens Zero''.

Written by Hiro Mashima of ''Manga/RaveMaster'' fame and first published by Kodansha in 2006, ''Fairy Tail'' consists of 63 manga volumes, proving itself among the more successful long-running {{shonen}} series. The manga was adapted into an anime produced by Creator/A1Pictures and Creator/{{Satelight}} and directed by Shinji Ishihira in 2009, with [[DuelingDubs two English dubs]] produced by Creator/{{Funimation}} and Creator/{{Animax}}. The show was put on hiatus in March 2013, totaling 175 episodes (not including OVA episodes), but was eventually relaunched April 2014 with Creator/{{Bridge}} replacing Satelight. The continuation itself would end upon reaching its 102nd episode[[note]]bringing the total to 277[[/note]], until it was picked back up for a final, 51-episode season in October 2018[[note]]for a grand total of 328 episodes[[/note]].

In a world teeming with magic, becoming a full-fledged wizard[[note]]or mage, if you'd prefer, though it's officially translated as "wizard"[[/note]] requires you to join a guild. When [[PluckyGirl Lucy Heartfilia]], a 17-year-old aspiring wizard and novelist, meets a boy named [[HotBlooded Natsu Dragneel]], who also happens to be the well-known wizard Salamander, he invites her to join one of the most colorful and notorious guilds in the kingdom: [[TeamTitle Fairy Tail]]. Their adventures continue as they perform missions for the self-titled guild, struggle with problems from the past, fight world-threatening villains, and learn ThePowerOfFriendship.

Not to be confused with the FairyTale genre (the author has stated since the beginning that the spelling of the name ''is'' intentional).See [[Franchise/FairyTail the Franchise Page]] for more information about the associated media.

The manga ended in July 2017 with a total of 545 chapters, collected in 63 volumes. Despite the series reaching its conclusion, an official sequel manga titled ''Manga/FairyTail100YearsQuest'' launched nearly a year later, with storyboards by Mashima and the finalized art done by Atsuo Ueda. As for Mashima himself, he moved on to create ''Manga/EdensZero'', a SpiritualSuccessor that continues the same themes and contains a few {{Expies}} of familiar ''Fairy Tail'' characters, just as ''Fairy Tail'' has done with ''Rave Master'' before it. October 2019 also saw Mashima bring the main ''Fairy Tail'' cast back in ''Manga/{{Heros}}'', a 10-chapter {{Crossover}} manga with Mashima's two other major works.

Not to be confused with the FairyTale genre (the author has stated since the beginning that the spelling of the name ''is'' intentional).

The series ended in July 2017 with a total of 545 chapters, collected in 63 volumes. Despite the series reaching its conclusion, an official sequel manga launched nearly a year later titled ''Manga/FairyTail100YearsQuest'', with storyboards by Mashima and the finalized art done by Atsuo Ueda. As for Mashima himself, he moved on to create ''Manga/EdensZero'', a SpiritualSuccessor that continues the same themes and contains a few {{Expies}} of familiar ''Fairy Tail'' characters, just as ''Fairy Tail'' has done with ''Rave Master'' before it.

See [[Franchise/FairyTail the Franchise Page]] for more information about the associated media.

%%Remember to pothole it as Manga/FairyTail on the wiki.

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In a world teeming with magic, becoming a full-fledged wizard[[note]]or mage, if you'd prefer, though it's officially translated as "wizard"[[/note]] requires you to join a guild. When seventeen-year-old aspiring wizard [[PluckyGirl Lucy Heartfilia]] meets a boy named [[HotBlooded Natsu Dragneel]], who also happens to be the well-known wizard Salamander, he invites her to join one of the most colorful and notorious guilds in the kingdom: [[TeamTitle Fairy Tail]]. Their adventures continue as they perform missions for the self-titled guild, struggle with problems from the past, fight world-threatening villains, and learn ThePowerOfFriendship.

Written by Hiro Mashima of ''Manga/RaveMaster'' fame and first published in 2006, ''Fairy Tail'' consists of 63 manga volumes, proving itself among the more successful long-running {{shonen}} series. The manga was adapted into an anime in 2009 by Creator/A1Pictures and Creator/{{Satelight}}, with [[DuelingDubs two English dubs]] produced by Creator/{{Funimation}} and Creator/{{Animax}}. The show was put on hiatus in March 2013, totaling 175 episodes (not including OVA episodes), but later relaunched in April 2014 with [[Creator/{{Bridge}} a new animation studio]] and director. The continuation itself would end upon reaching its 102nd episode[[note]]bringing the total to 277[[/note]], until it was picked back up for a final, 51-episode season in October 2018[[note]]for a grand total of 328 episodes[[/note]].

In a magic world ruled by guilds, becoming a full-fledged wizard[[note]]or mage, if you'd prefer, though it's officially translated as "wizard"[[/note]] requires you to join one. When seventeen-year-old [[PluckyGirl Lucy Heartfilia]] meets a boy named [[HotBlooded Natsu Dragneel]], who also happens to be the well-known wizard Salamander, he invites her to join one of the most colorful and notorious wizard guilds in the kingdom: [[TeamTitle Fairy Tail]]. Their adventures continue as they perform missions for the self-titled guild, struggle with problems from the past, fight world-threatening villains, and learn ThePowerOfFriendship.

This is the tale of [[PluckyGirl Lucy Heartfilia]], a seventeen-year-old girl seeking to become a full-fledged wizard.[[note]]Or mage, if you'd prefer, though it's officially translated as "wizard"[[/note]] In a magic world ruled by guilds, becoming a full wizard requires you to join one. When Lucy meets a boy named [[HotBlooded Natsu Dragneel]], who also happens to be the well-known wizard Salamander, he invites her to join one of the most colorful and notorious wizard guilds in the kingdom: [[TeamTitle Fairy Tail]]. Their adventures continue as they perform missions for the self-titled guild, struggle with problems from the past, fight world-threatening villains, and learn ThePowerOfFriendship.

Written by Hiro Mashima of ''Manga/RaveMaster'' fame and first published in 2006, ''Fairy Tail'' consists of more than 60 manga volumes, proving itself among the more successful long-running {{shonen}} series. The manga was adapted into an anime in 2009 by Creator/A1Pictures and Creator/{{Satelight}}, with [[DuelingDubs two English dubs]] produced by Creator/{{Funimation}} and Creator/{{Animax}}. The show was put on hiatus in March 2013, totaling 175 episodes (not including OVA episodes), but later relaunched in April 2014 with [[Creator/{{Bridge}} a new animation studio]] (working alongside the already established A-1 Pictures) and director. The continuation itself would end upon reaching its 102nd episode (bringing the total to 277 episodes), but there are already plans for [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-20/fairy-tail-tv-anime-gets-final-season-in-2018/.119087 a final season in Fall 2018.]]

This is the tale of [[PluckyGirl Lucy Heartfilia]], a seventeen-year-old girl seeking to become a full-fledged wizard.[[note]]Or mage, if you'd prefer, though it's officially translated as "wizard"[[/note]] In a magic world ruled by guilds, becoming a full wizard requires you to join one. When Lucy meets a boy named [[HotBlooded Natsu Dragneel]], who also happens to be the well-known wizard Salamander, he invites her to join one of the most colorful and notorious wizard guilds in the kingdom: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Fairy Tail]]. Their adventures continue as they perform missions for the self-titled guild, struggle with problems from the past, fight world-threatening villains, and learn ThePowerOfFriendship.

Several spin-off series have been made:

* ''Manga/FairyTailZero'' is an OriginStory for the guild as a whole, featuring [[BigGood Mavis Vermillion]] as the main character, which proved to be so popular that an animated adaptation was included to cap off the anime's second run.
* ''Manga/FairyTailIceTrail'' chronicles [[TheLancer Gray Fullbuster's]] life between [[BadassTeacher Ur]]'s death and him finding a new home in Fairy Tail.
* ''Manga/FairyTailBlueMistral'' stars [[ChildMage Wendy Marvell]] on her earliest adventures as a member of Fairy Tail.
* ''Manga/FairyGirls'' focuses on the lives of Fairy Tail's core female members: [[SummonMagic Lucy Heartfilia]], [[MagicKnight Erza Scarlet]], [[BlowYouAway Wendy Marvell]], and [[MakingASplash Juvia Lockser]].
* ''Manga/FairyTailGaiden'', a three-part subseries consisting of the following manga:[[/index]]
** ''Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth'' features the lives of [[HeroOfAnotherStory Saber Tooth]], a rival guild to Fairy Tail.
** ''Rhodonite'' explores [[ExtraOreDinary Gajeel Redfox]] and his past before he became one of Fairy Tail's biggest [[HeelFaceTurn adversaries-turned-friends]].
** ''Lightning Gods'' centers on [[ShockAndAwe Laxus Dreyar]] and the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Raijin Tribe]], and their unlikely friendship with the [[AgentPeacock Blue Pegasus]] guild.
* ''Manga/FairyTailHappyAdventure'' features [[FunnyAnimal Happy the Cat]] becoming TrappedInAnotherWorld where [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals everyone is a talking animal]].
* ''Manga/FairyTailCityHero'' is set in an AlternateUniverse where Fairy Tail is not a guild, but a magical police force.

''Fairy Tail'' likewise got a couple of movies. The first, ''Anime/FairyTailTheMoviePhoenixPriestess'', was released in 2012 (with the dub following in 2013). A second film, ''Anime/FairyTailDragonCry'', was released on May 6th, 2017 in Japan (with the dub following in August of the same year).

The series ended in July 2017 with a total of 545 chapters, collected in 63 volumes. Despite the series reaching its conclusion, an official sequel manga launched nearly a year later titled ''Manga/FairyTail100YearsQuest'', with storyboards by Mashima and the finalized art done by Atsuo Ueda. As for Mashima himself, he moved on to create ''Manga/EdensZero'', a SpiritualSuccessor that continues the same themes and contains a few {{Expies}} of familiar ''Fairy Tail'' characters, just as ''Fairy Tail'' has done with ''Rave Master'' before it.

'''Please move any character tropes to the proper [[Characters/FairyTail character page]] and any arc-specific tropes to the [[Recap/FairyTail recap page]].'''
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