Trivia / Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest

• Author's Saving Throw: For those who were disappointed by Selene looking weak compared to Ignia during their incredibly short fight, Mashima assured the concerned fans that she’d be fine and would receive major development, indicating that she would recover completely (meaning Ignia and some readers underestimated her) and would be out for revenge after that fight went in Ignia’s favor.
• B-Team Sequel: Downplayed. Hiro Mashima is still involved as a storyboarder, but the rest is done by Atsuo Ueda.
  • While the director and composer are returning for the adaptation this series, J.C. Staff is handling the animation production instead of A-1 Pictures and Bridge, while Atsuhiro Tomioka, who worked on some of the episodes of the original series, is taking Masashi Sogo‘s place as the head writer.
• Executive Meddling: Mashima's involvement in the manga boils down to this, according to his afterword in the first volume. His original stance was that he had no intention to write the sequel himself, leaving it entirely in the hands of Atsuo Ueda so he could focus on his new work, EDENS ZERO. However, the one in charge of the project insisted that Mashima at least provide the storyboards, and he relented. That said, Ueda still does the lion's share of the artwork, and the manga doesn't interfere with Mashima's work on Edens Zero. This essentially makes it a rare example of the writer insisting on the meddling.
• God Never Said That: For a while before any specific story details were made public, fans came under the impression that the sequel would be a Spin-Offspring-type of series when Mashima uploaded a detailed portrait of a middle-aged Natsu and Happy on his Twitter account on April 3. Due to a Language Barrier, fewer people noticed Mashima's admission that he originally meant to upload the sketch two days earlier.
• He Also Did: The artist, Atsuo Ueda, has also drawn a Gorn-heavy series called Dr. Prisoner.
• Meaningful Release Date: The first two chapters were released back-to-back in Japan on July 25, 2018, just one day shy of a full year after the final chapter of Fairy Tail on July 26, 2017. That's approximately the same amount of time spent between the original story's Final Boss and Distant Finale.
• Refitted for Sequel: Wendy was originally planned to be the Water Dragon Slayer before this was changed to her being the Sky Dragon Slayer. The Water Dragon got to appear in this series, though Wendy never managed to eat his magic to get a Dual Element Mode with it, bringing it all full-circle.
• Working Title: The original title of the series was Fairy Tail: Zokuhen (the subtitle meaning "sequel").

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