The Fairy Tail Manga Gallery
Sixty-three covers, one unbroken run: the whole shelf, pictured.
From December 15, 2006 to November 17, 2017, Kodansha published 63 tankōbon of Fairy Tail under its Shōnen Magazine Comics imprint, collecting the 545 chapters Hiro Mashima drew for Weekly Shōnen Magazine. Every one of those covers is shown here, in order, with its release date and ISBN.
The design never changes its grammar: the hand-lettered logo across the top, the author credit at the foot, a new painting every time. What changes is the cast, which grows from three figures on volume 1 to the full-guild crowd that fills volume 63.
VOLUMES 1–10
Shōnen Magazine Comics · 2006 to 2008
Volume 1
Kodansha · December 15, 2006
ISBN 978-4-06-363771-7
ISBN 978-4-06-363771-7
Volume 2
Kodansha · January 17, 2007
ISBN 978-4-06-363782-3
ISBN 978-4-06-363782-3
Volume 3
Kodansha · March 16, 2007
ISBN 978-4-06-363810-3
ISBN 978-4-06-363810-3
Volume 4
Kodansha · May 17, 2007
ISBN 978-4-06-363832-5
ISBN 978-4-06-363832-5
Volume 5
Kodansha · July 17, 2007
ISBN 978-4-06-363857-8
ISBN 978-4-06-363857-8
Volume 6
Kodansha · September 14, 2007
ISBN 978-4-06-363890-5
ISBN 978-4-06-363890-5
Volume 7
Kodansha · November 16, 2007
ISBN 978-4-06-363914-8
ISBN 978-4-06-363914-8
Volume 8
Kodansha · January 17, 2008
ISBN 978-4-06-363940-7
ISBN 978-4-06-363940-7
Volume 9
Kodansha · March 17, 2008
ISBN 978-4-06-363965-0
ISBN 978-4-06-363965-0
Volume 10
Kodansha · May 16, 2008
ISBN 978-4-06-363986-5
ISBN 978-4-06-363986-5
VOLUMES 11–20
2008 to 2010
Volume 11
Kodansha · August 12, 2008
ISBN 978-4-06-384023-0
ISBN 978-4-06-384023-0
Volume 12
Kodansha · October 17, 2008
ISBN 978-4-06-384050-6
ISBN 978-4-06-384050-6
Volume 13
Kodansha · December 17, 2008
ISBN 978-4-06-384075-9
ISBN 978-4-06-384075-9
Volume 14
Kodansha · March 17, 2009
ISBN 978-4-06-384098-8
ISBN 978-4-06-384098-8
Volume 15
Kodansha · May 15, 2009
ISBN 978-4-06-384136-7
ISBN 978-4-06-384136-7
Volume 16
Kodansha · July 17, 2009
ISBN 978-4-06-384158-9
ISBN 978-4-06-384158-9
Volume 17
Kodansha · September 17, 2009
ISBN 978-4-06-384185-5
ISBN 978-4-06-384185-5
Volume 18
Kodansha · November 17, 2009
ISBN 978-4-06-384211-1
ISBN 978-4-06-384211-1
Volume 19
Kodansha · January 15, 2010
ISBN 978-4-06-384233-3
ISBN 978-4-06-384233-3
Volume 20
Kodansha · March 17, 2010
ISBN 978-4-06-384266-1
ISBN 978-4-06-384266-1
VOLUMES 21–30
2010 to 2011
Volume 21
Kodansha · May 17, 2010
ISBN 978-4-06-384296-8
ISBN 978-4-06-384296-8
Volume 22
Kodansha · August 17, 2010
ISBN 978-4-06-384346-0
ISBN 978-4-06-384346-0
Volume 23
Kodansha · October 15, 2010
ISBN 978-4-06-384379-8
ISBN 978-4-06-384379-8
Volume 24
Kodansha · December 17, 2010
ISBN 978-4-06-384416-0
ISBN 978-4-06-384416-0
Volume 25
Kodansha · February 17, 2011
ISBN 978-4-06-384442-9
ISBN 978-4-06-384442-9
Volume 26
Kodansha · April 15, 2011
ISBN 978-4-06-384473-3
ISBN 978-4-06-384473-3
Volume 27
Kodansha · June 17, 2011
ISBN 978-4-06-384502-0
ISBN 978-4-06-384502-0
Volume 28
Kodansha · August 17, 2011
ISBN 978-4-06-384533-4
ISBN 978-4-06-384533-4
Volume 29
Kodansha · October 17, 2011
ISBN 978-4-06-384563-1
ISBN 978-4-06-384563-1
Volume 30
Kodansha · December 16, 2011
ISBN 978-4-06-384597-6
ISBN 978-4-06-384597-6
VOLUMES 31–40
2012 to 2013
Volume 31
Kodansha · February 17, 2012
ISBN 978-4-06-384628-7
ISBN 978-4-06-384628-7
Volume 32
Kodansha · April 17, 2012
ISBN 978-4-06-384654-6
ISBN 978-4-06-384654-6
Volume 33
Kodansha · June 15, 2012
ISBN 978-4-06-384686-7
ISBN 978-4-06-384686-7
Volume 34
Kodansha · August 17, 2012
ISBN 978-4-06-384719-2
ISBN 978-4-06-384719-2
Volume 35
Kodansha · November 16, 2012
ISBN 978-4-06-384765-9
ISBN 978-4-06-384765-9
Volume 36
Kodansha · February 15, 2013
ISBN 978-4-06-384810-6
ISBN 978-4-06-384810-6
Volume 37
Kodansha · April 17, 2013
ISBN 978-4-06-384845-8
ISBN 978-4-06-384845-8
Volume 38
Kodansha · June 17, 2013
ISBN 978-4-06-384876-2
ISBN 978-4-06-384876-2
Volume 39
Kodansha · August 16, 2013
ISBN 978-4-06-394908-7
ISBN 978-4-06-394908-7
Volume 40
Kodansha · October 17, 2013
ISBN 978-4-06-394941-4
ISBN 978-4-06-394941-4
VOLUMES 41–50
2013 to 2015
Volume 41
Kodansha · December 17, 2013
ISBN 978-4-06-394982-7
ISBN 978-4-06-394982-7
Volume 42
Kodansha · March 17, 2014
ISBN 978-4-06-395009-0
ISBN 978-4-06-395009-0
Volume 43
Kodansha · May 16, 2014
ISBN 978-4-06-395077-9
ISBN 978-4-06-395077-9
Volume 44
Kodansha · July 17, 2014
ISBN 978-4-06-395124-0
ISBN 978-4-06-395124-0
Volume 45
Kodansha · September 17, 2014
ISBN 978-4-06-395186-8
ISBN 978-4-06-395186-8
Volume 46
Kodansha · November 17, 2014
ISBN 978-4-06-395241-4
ISBN 978-4-06-395241-4
Volume 47
Kodansha · January 16, 2015
ISBN 978-4-06-395287-2
ISBN 978-4-06-395287-2
Volume 48
Kodansha · March 17, 2015
ISBN 978-4-06-395343-5
ISBN 978-4-06-395343-5
Volume 49
Kodansha · May 15, 2015
ISBN 978-4-06-395406-7
ISBN 978-4-06-395406-7
Volume 50
Kodansha · July 17, 2015
ISBN 978-4-06-395435-7
ISBN 978-4-06-395435-7
VOLUMES 51–63
2015 to 2017 · the run completes
Volume 51
Kodansha · September 17, 2015
ISBN 978-4-06-395489-0
ISBN 978-4-06-395489-0
Volume 52
Kodansha · November 17, 2015
ISBN 978-4-06-395538-5
ISBN 978-4-06-395538-5
Volume 53
Kodansha · January 15, 2016
ISBN 978-4-06-395577-4
ISBN 978-4-06-395577-4
Volume 54
Kodansha · March 17, 2016
ISBN 978-4-06-395626-9
ISBN 978-4-06-395626-9
Volume 55
Kodansha · May 17, 2016
ISBN 978-4-06-395675-7
ISBN 978-4-06-395675-7
Volume 56
Kodansha · July 15, 2016
ISBN 978-4-06-395715-0
ISBN 978-4-06-395715-0
Volume 57
Kodansha · September 16, 2016
ISBN 978-4-06-395761-7
ISBN 978-4-06-395761-7
Volume 58
Kodansha · November 17, 2016
ISBN 978-4-06-395804-1
ISBN 978-4-06-395804-1
Volume 59
Kodansha · December 16, 2016
ISBN 978-4-06-395831-7
ISBN 978-4-06-395831-7
Volume 60
Kodansha · March 17, 2017
ISBN 978-4-06-395897-3
ISBN 978-4-06-395897-3
Volume 61
Kodansha · May 17, 2017
ISBN 978-4-06-395945-1
ISBN 978-4-06-395945-1
Volume 62
Kodansha · September 15, 2017
ISBN 978-4-06-510034-9
ISBN 978-4-06-510034-9
Volume 63
Kodansha · November 17, 2017
ISBN 978-4-06-510390-6
ISBN 978-4-06-510390-6
THE HONEST FLOOR
What is pictured, and what is not hidden63 of 63
Every Japanese tankōbon cover of the main series is pictured above, sourced per-volume from Rakuten Books by ISBN and checked in sequence: the printed volume numbers run 1 to 63 without a break. For this gallery the floor and the census are the same number.
Two honest blemishes
Volume 4's verified image renders smaller than its neighbours, and volume 58 is shown wearing its printed obi band, the paper strip Kodansha wrapped around the book at release. Both are the genuine publisher images, kept as they are rather than cleaned up.
The documents beneath
Each tile carries its Kodansha release date and ISBN, so any cover here can be matched against a physical copy, a colophon, or a bookseller's record. The gallery is a census first and a picture show second.