I will forever remember Fairy Tail as the anime that constantly makes me stop and think on the spelling of “fairy tale” depending on whether I’m talking about the anime or the story type.
But joke – and also true story – aside, Fairy Tail is easily Hiro Mashima’s magnum opus version of the same type of story he’s been telling in all his series. It combines the fun energy and action that are required for a successful shounen series with a fairly unique world.
Alternative Titles:
- フェアリーテイル
Year Anime Premiered: 2009
Animation Studio: Satelight, A-1 Pictures
Number of Seasons: 3 + 9 OVAs + 2 Movies + 1 Sequel Spin-off
Source Material Country of Origin: Japan
Source Material Available: Manga
Is It Officially Licensed Past Where The Anime Ends?: Yes
Is It Fan Translated Past Where The Anime Ends?: Yes
Entry Last Updated: January 5th, 2025 – Updated for 100 Year Quest anime end
Where To Start The Fairy Tail Manga After The Anime?
If you finished the Fairy Tail anime and want to continue the story in the manga, you can start at:
- If you finished Fairy Tail Season 1 – You can start the manga at Volume 36, Chapter 300
- If you finished Fairy Tail Season 2 – You can start the manga at Volume 49, Chapter 420
- If you finished Fairy Tail Season 3 – The anime is a complete adaptation of the original Fairy Tail manga, adapting through Volume 63, Chapter 545. You can continue the adventure in the Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest manga
Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest
If you finished the Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest anime and want to continue the story with the manga, you can start at Volume 12, Chapter 92.
What to Expect From The Fairy Tail Manga?
Like most shounen anime adaptations, the Fairy Tail anime and manga present very similar stories. Due to time constraints in the anime, there are a few changes from the manga, but they are always rather minimal. As such, you don’t need to read the Fairy Tail manga from the beginning unless you want to.
Is The Fairy Tail Manga Over?
The base Fairy Tail manga is complete. It ended in 2017 with Volume 63, Chapter 545.
The Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest sequel manga is still ongoing. Since launching in 2018, it usually releases three volumes per year.
Fairy Tail Spin-offs
Fairy Tail has an amount of spin-off manga to enjoy that would make some isekai series jealous.
- Fairy Tail Zero (Manga, Complete, Present in Anime) – About Mavis founding Fairy Tail
- A Tale of Fairy Tail: Ice Grail (Manga, Complete) – Follows Gray when he switches from Ur to Fairy Tail
- Fairy Tail: Blue Mistral (Manga, Complete) – Side story about Wendy after she joins Fairy Tail
- Fairy Girls (Manga, Complete) – After the Grand Magic Games, Lucy, Erza, Juvia, and Wendy go on vacation – chaos ensues.
- Fairy Tail Gaiden: Twin Dragons of Sabertooth (Manga, Complete) – Sabertooth side story
- Fairy Tail Gaiden: Rhodonite (Manga, Complete) – Follows Gajeel and Levy after Tartarus
- Fairy Tail Gaiden: Lightning Gods (Manga, Complete) – Follows Laxus after Tartarus
- Fairy Tail S: Tales from Fairy Tail (Manga, Complete, Seen in OVAs) – Bonus funny side stories
- Fairy Tail + (Manga, Complete) – More bonus funny side stories
- Fairy Tail: City Hero (Manga, Complete) – Alternate Universe setting where Lucy becomes a cop and Fairy Tail is a police unit
- Happy’s Great Adventure (Manga, Complete) – Happy prequel story
- Fairy Tail the Movie: Priestess of the Phoenix (Manga, Complete) – Prequel manga to the Priestess of the Phoenix movie
- Fairy Tail X Rave (Manga, Complete, Covered in OVAs) – Crossover between Fairy Tail and Mashima’s Rave manga
- Heroes (Manga, Complete) – Crossover between Rave, Fairy Tail, and Edens Zero – All Mashima manga series
Will There Be A Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest Season 2 Anime?
There has been no official announcement of a Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest Season 2 anime.
…But it seems pretty likely.
