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Fairy Tail (フェアリーテイル) is a Japanese manga series by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 23, 2006 where it is still on-going. The individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Kodansha, with the first volume published on December 15, 2006. Since then a total of 21 volumes released as of May 2010. On October 12, 2009, an anime adaption produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight was released in Japan, airing on TV Tokyo. Two role-playing video games were created for the series, with one being released on the PSP and the other on the Nintendo DS.

The series follows the adventures of the sorceress Lucy Heartfilia after she joins the Fairy Tail Guild and partners with Natsu Dragneel, who is searching for the dragon Igneel.

Del Rey Manga acquired the license for an English-language release in North America and began releasing the individual volumes on March 25, 2008.

Plot
A young sorceress, Lucy Heartfilia, travels to the land of Fiore to join the magical Fairy Tail Guild. Along the way, she meets Natsu Dragneel, a teenage boy looking for a dragon named Igneel. Shortly after their meeting, Lucy is abducted by Bora of Prominence, who was posing as Salamander of Fairy Tail, to be sold as a slave. Natsu rescues her and reveals that he is the real Salamander and has the skills of a Dragon Slayer. He offers her membership into the guild, which she accepts, and they become a team performing various missions for the Fairy Tail guild.

Media
Written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima, the Fairy Tail manga premiered in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in the August 23, 2006 issue. The series is still ongoing and as of October 2009, over 150 chapters have been serialized. The individual chapters are collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Kodansha, which released the first volume on December 15, 2006. As of October 2008, 12 volumes have been released in Japan.

The series was licensed for an English language release in North America by Del Rey Manga. The company released the first volume of the series on March 25, 2008, and as of July 2009, 7 volumes have been released.

Anime
In June 2009, it was announced that Satelight and A-1 Pictures would be producing a anime adaptation of the manga that would air in the fall. Two months the voice actors of the main characters was revealed. The first episode of the series was aired by TV Tokyo on October 12, 2009. American online streaming website Crunchyroll acquired the rights to air English subtitled of the episodes.

Video games
Fairy Tail Portable Guild (フェアリーテイル ポータブルギルド) PSP. ''TV Anime Fairy Tail Gekitō! Madō Shikkesen (TVアニメ FAIRY TAIL 激闘!魔道士決戦) Nintendo DS.

Reception
In Japan, the fifth volume of Fairy Tail was ranked seventh in a list of the top ten manga, and the series once again placed seventh after the release of the sixth volume. It also won the 2009 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga. It has also won The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation's Industry Awards for best comedy manga. About.com's Deb Aoki lists Fairy Tail as the best shōnen manga of 2008.