Fairy Tail

Fairy Tail
	Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Natsu Dragneel (upper right), Lucy Heartfilia (lower left), and Happy (upper left)
Genre	Adventure; Fantasy;
Manga
Written by	Hiro Mashima
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	AUS: Penguin Books; NA: Del Rey Manga (former); Kodansha USA; ; UK: Turnaround;
Imprint	Shōnen Magazine Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Original run	August 2, 2006 – July 26, 2017
Volumes	63
Anime television series
	Fairy Tail (2009–2019);
Anime films
	Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess (2012); Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry (2017);
Related manga
	Fairy Tail Zero (2014–15); Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest (2018–present);
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); Fairy Tail 2 (2024);

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 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 by A-1 Pictures, Dentsu Inc., Satelight, Bridge, and CloverWorks which aired on TV Tokyo from October 2009 to March 2013. A second series aired from April 2014 to March 2016. A third and final 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.

The manga series was originally licensed for an English 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 manga was also licensed in the United Kingdom by Turnaround Publisher Services, and in Australia by Penguin Books Australia.

By February 2020, the Fairy Tail manga had over 72 million copies in print, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time.