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The Fairy Tail Manga Gallery
All 63 Japanese Fairy Tail tankōbon covers, pictured and documented with Kodansha release dates and ISBNs: Mashima's eleven-year run, cover by cover.
The History of Fairy Tail
Fairy Tail's history: the 2002 pilot one-shot, the August 2006 Weekly Shōnen Magazine launch, 545 chapters without a hiatus, 63 volumes, 72 million copies.
Who is Hiro Mashima?
Hiro Mashima: born 1977 in Nagano, rookie prize winner at 21, creator of Rave Master, Fairy Tail and Edens Zero, and the fastest famous hand in Weekly Shōnen…
Rave Master, Fairy Tail, Edens Zero: One Universe
The Mashima universe: how Rave Master, Fairy Tail and Edens Zero share creatures, faces and seasonal heroes, and the crossovers where they meet on the page.
How Fast Does Hiro Mashima Draw?
Mashima's documented speed: three chapters in one issue two weeks running (128 pages), 17-hour days, eleven years of Fairy Tail without a hiatus, 26 years…
The Fairy Tail Anime, Era by Era
The Fairy Tail anime eras: Satelight and A-1 Pictures (175 episodes, 2009–13), Bridge joins (102, 2014–16), CloverWorks and the final series (51, 2018–19). 328…
What Is Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest?
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest: the official sequel, storyboarded by Mashima and drawn by Atsuo Ueda since July 2018; 24 volumes, a 25-episode J.C.Staff anime.
What Are the Fairy Tail English Editions?
Fairy Tail in English: Del Rey's twelve volumes, Kodansha USA's takeover and completion, the five Master's Editions that stopped early, and the 3-in-1 Omnibus line.
What Fairy Tail Video Games Are There?
Fairy Tail games: Konami's PSP Portable Guild trilogy and DS fighters, Gust's 2020 console RPG and its sequel, and Mashima's indie contest that produced a…
Are Fairy Tail Covers the Same in Japanese and English?
Fairy Tail's Japanese and English covers compared: the same Mashima paintings in both markets, re-dressed, with volume 1 and volume 63 shown side by side.
How Many Fairy Tail Books Are There?
The Fairy Tail census: 63 main volumes, 24 sequel volumes, Zero, Fairy Tail S, and eight spin-off series: 116 Japanese tankōbon in all, counted line by line.
What Is Fairy Tail Zero?
Fairy Tail Zero: Mashima's one-volume prequel about Mavis Vermillion and the founding of the guild, serialized in Monthly Fairy Tail Magazine, 2014–15.
What Are the Fairy Tail Spin-Off Manga?
The eight Fairy Tail spin-off series: Zero, Ice Trail, Blue Mistral, Fairy Girls, the Side Stories trilogy, Happy's Heroic Adventure and City Hero, with authors…
How Can You Tell a First Printing of Fairy Tail?
Identifying a first printing of Fairy Tail: the colophon page method for Kodansha tankōbon, why the ISBN cannot tell you, and volume 1 worked as the example.
The Fairy Tail Movies
The two Fairy Tail films: Phoenix Priestess (August 18, 2012) and Dragon Cry (May 6, 2017), and the manga-bundled anime DVDs that fill out the screen catalogue.
Fairy Tail in Weekly Shonen Magazine
Fairy Tail's magazine life: the August 2006 debut in Weekly Shōnen Magazine, the crossovers, the simultaneous second series, and the 2017 finale after 545 chapters.
How Did Fairy Tail Get Its Name?
Why Fairy Tail is spelled Tail: the 2002 one-shot called Fairy Tale, Mashima's own explanation of the change, and the founding riddle the title asks.
Was Fairy Tail Inspired by One Piece?
The One Piece question answered from the record: Mashima was never Oda's assistant, critics noted the art resemblance from 2008, and both artists cite Dragon Ball.
Fairy Tail at Twenty: Re:Fantasia
Fairy Tail Re:Fantasia: Mashima's 20th-anniversary miniseries in Weekly Shōnen Magazine, July to September 2026, moved a week early because he finished too fast.
