Fairy Tail 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 guild Fairy Tail, as he searches the fictional world of Earth-land for the dragon Igneel.

The manga has been adapted into an anime series produced by A-1 Pictures, Dentsu Inc., Satelight, Bridge, and CloverWorks which was broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo from October 2009 to March 2013. A second series was broadcast from April 2014 to March 2016. A third and final series was aired from October 2018 to September 2019. The series has also inspired numerous spin-off manga, including a prequel by Mashima, Fairy Tail Zero, and a sequel storyboarded by him, titled Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest. Additionally, A-1 Pictures has developed nine original video animations and two animated feature films.

The manga series was originally licensed for an English language release in North America by Del Rey Manga, which began releasing the individual volumes in March 2008 and ended its licensing with the 12th volume release in September 2010. In December 2010, Kodansha USA took over the North American release of the series. The Southeast Asian network Animax Asia aired an English-language version of the anime for seven seasons from 2010 to 2015. The manga was also licensed in the United Kingdom by Turnaround Publisher Services and in Australia by Penguin Books Australia. The anime has been licensed by Funimation for an English-language release in North America. As of February 2020, Fairy Tail had 72 million copies in print.

Fairy Tail
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Happy (upper left), Lucy Heartfilia (lower left) and Natsu Dragneel (upper right).
Genre	Adventure, fantasy
Manga
Written by	Hiro Mashima
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	AUS Penguin Books NA Kodansha USA UK Turnaround
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	August 2, 2006 – July 26, 2017
Volumes	63 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Shinji Ishihira
Produced by	Taihei Yamanishi (#1–48) Tomonori Ochikoshi (#1–226) Yoshikazu Beniya (#1–277) Yōsuke Imai (#49–214) Tetsuya Endō (#215–277) Noritoshi Satō (#227–328) Aya Yoshino (#278–328) Akiko Nabeiwa (#278–328)
Written by	Masashi Sogo
Music by	Yasuharu Takanashi
Studio	A-1 Pictures Satelight (#1–175) Bridge (#176–328) CloverWorks (#278–328)
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Funimation UK Manga Entertainment SA/SEA Muse Communication
Original network	TXN (TV Tokyo)
English network	SEA Animax Asia US Funimation Channel
Original run	October 12, 2009 – September 29, 2019
Episodes	328 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Directed by	Shinji Ishihira (#1–6) Tetsuo Amino (#7–9)
Produced by	Noriaki Matsuki Shinji Horikiri (#1) Ayano Iida (#1–2) Takeshi Ozawa (#1–2) Kensuke Tateishi (#1–2) Ryōichi Ishihara (#2–6) Nakuru Yamatani (#2–6) Hiroshi Tatsukawa (#3–9) Hideharu Gomi (#3–6) Yōhei Itō (#7–9) Yuri Terao (#7–9) Osamu Hashimoto (#7–9) Tomohiro Uchida (#9)
Written by	Masashi Sogo (#1, 5–9) Atsuhiro Tomioka (#4) Hiro Mashima (#6)
Music by	Yasuharu Takanashi
Studio	A-1 Pictures Satelight (#1–6)
Released	April 15, 2011 – December 18, 2016
Episodes	9 (List of episodes)
Manga
Fairy Tail Zero (2014–15) Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest (2018–present)
Films
Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess (2012) Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry (2017)
Video games
Fairy Tail: Portable Guild (2010) Fairy Tail: Fight! Wizard Battle (2010) Fairy Tail: Portable Guild 2 (2011) Fairy Tail: Attack! Kardia Cathedral (2011) Fairy Tail: Zeref Awakens (2012) Fairy Tail: Hero’s Journey (2018) Fairy Tail (2020)