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Jumat, 13 April 2012

FAIRY TAIL


Fairy Tail (フェアリーテイル Fearī Teiru?, romanized as FAIRY TAIL in Japan) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 23, 2006, and has been published by Kodansha in 30 tankōbon volumes as of January 2012. An ongoing anime produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight was released in Japan on October 12, 2009,[1] and has spawned three original video animations. The series follows the adventures of Lucy Heartfilia, a teenage wizard who joins the titular wizards' guild and teams up with fellow guild member Natsu Dragneel as he searches for the dragon Igneel.
The series was originally licensed for an English language release in North America by Del Rey Manga, which began releasing the individual volumes on March 25, 2008 and ended its licensing with the 12th volume release on September 28, 2010. The series was taken over by Kodansha USA Publishing, which continued its North American release.[2] The anime adaptation was originally licensed by Animax Asia, which began airing the series with a Hong Kong-based English dub on September 30, 2010, but dropped the series after airing its first season on December 6 the same year;[3] however, it resumed airing the series beginning with its second season in Japanese on February 10, 2012.[4] The anime has also been licensed by Funimation Entertainment for distribution in North America.[5]

Plot

See also: List of Fairy Tail characters
A 17-year-old celestial wizard named Lucy Heartfilia runs away from home to join Fairy Tail, a rambunctious wizards' guild whose members are infamous for their overly destructive antics. Along the way, she meets Natsu Dragneel, a boy who is traveling the land of Fiore together with his partner Happy, a talking cat, in search of his foster parent, a dragon named Igneel who had disappeared without a trace seven years prior. Shortly after their meeting, Lucy is abducted by a wizard posing as the famous Salamander of Fairy Tail. Natsu rescues Lucy and reveals himself to be the real Salamander and a Dragon Slayer, a wizard with the abilities of a dragon. Natsu offers membership to Fairy Tail for Lucy, which she accepts.
Lucy forms a team together with Natsu and Happy, as well as Gray Fullbuster, an ice wizard with a habit of stripping, and Erza Scarlet, an armored female wizard. The five go on missions for their guild together and battle a wide variety of villains, which include: multiple dark (illegal) guilds led by an organization called Balam Alliance; demons created by an ancient, evil wizard named Zeref; Phantom Lord, a rival guild to Fairy Tail; Erza's former childhood friend Jellal Fernandes; and Laxus Dreyar, the renegade grandson of Fairy Tail's master, Makarov. The Fairy Tail guild also sees the inclusion of two other Dragon Slayers—Gajeel Redfox from the Phantom Lord guild and Wendy Marvell from the Cait Shelter guild—who were both raised by dragons (Metalicana and Grandine, respectively) that disappeared on the same day as Igneel.
Some time later, several members of Fairy Tail, including Natsu, Lucy, and their friends, gather for an annually held examination on their guild's sacred ground of Tenrou Island, where they discover that Zeref has been living on the island and is being sought out by one of the guilds of the Balam Alliance, Grimoire Heart. Though Fairy Tail defeats Grimoire Heart, the incident summons the black dragon Acnologia, which attacks the island. However, everyone on the island is protected by the spirit of Fairy Tail's founding master, Mavis Vermilion, and disappears. Seven years later, the group returns home to discover that their guild has become the weakest in Fiore, Zeref is on the loose, and the world's magical power has increased drastically. Fairy Tail decides to participate in the Grand Magic Games, a tournament held to determine the strongest guild in Fiore. However, a guard working for Zeref plots to use the discord between Fairy Tail and Raven Tail to kidnap Lucy as part of their Eclipse Plan.

Media

Manga

Main article: List of Fairy Tail chapters
Written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima, Fairy Tail premiered in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in the August 23, 2006 issue. The series is ongoing, with 278 chapters serialized as of April 2012. The individual chapters are collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Kodansha, which released the first volume on December 15, 2006. As of February 17, 2012, 31 volumes have been released in Japan. A special in Weekly Shōnen Magazine featured a crossover with Flunk Punk Rumble, released in 2008. The official fanbook, Fairy Tail+, was released on May 17, 2010 in Japan.
The series was licensed for an English-language release in North America by Del Rey Manga.[6] The company released the first volume of the series on March 25, 2008 and continued until the release of the 12th volume in September 2010. Since May 2011, Kodansha Comics USA acquired the license the series.[2] Eighteen English volumes of Fairy Tail have been released as of March 6, 2012.

Anime

Main article: List of Fairy Tail episodes
The Funimation staff and voice cast of the anime at the 2011 New York Comic Con, from left to right: Todd Haberkorn (Natsu), Cherami Leigh (Lucy), Colleen Clinkenbeard (Erza), Newton Pittman (Gray) and Tyler Walker (ADR director).
A-1 Pictures and Satelight produced an anime adaptation of the manga. The anime, also titled Fairy Tail and directed by Shinji Ishihira, premiered on TV Tokyo on October 12, 2009.[1] As of February 1, 2012, 25 DVD volumes containing four episodes each have been released, with two more scheduled to be released on March 7 and April 4 of 2012, respectively.[7] Animax Asia started broadcasting the English dubbed version of the series on September 30, 2010, but due to time limitations, it was canceled after the first season. It still airs in some parts of Asia and in the Philippines through its sister channel AXN, where it initially used a Hong Kong-based English dub but currently uses the original Japanese audio. The series resumed airing episodes with the second season in Japanese on February 10, 2012.[4] On January 18, 2011, British anime distributor Manga Entertainment announced on Twitter that the company would release the anime series in bilingual format at the end of the year.[8] On April 21, 2011, they had confirmed that the first volume with 12 episodes would be released in February 2012;[9] however, they later announced that the first volume would be released on March 5, 2012.[citation needed] In 2011, North American anime distributor Funimation Entertainment announced that they had acquired the first season of the ongoing series.[5] The series made its North American television debut on November 22, 2011 on the Funimation Channel.[10]

OVA

Three OVA episodes of Fairy Tail have been produced and released on DVD by A-1 Pictures and Satellite. The first OVA, Yōkoso Fairy Hills!! (ようこそフェアリーヒルズ!!?, lit. "Welcome to Fairy Hills!!"), is an adaptation of the manga omake of the same name, and was released together with the 26th tankōbon manga volume on April 15, 2011. The second, Yōsei Gakuen Yankee-kun to Yankee-chan (妖精学園 ヤンキー君とヤンキーちゃん?, lit. "Fairy Academy: Yankee-kun and Yankee-chan"), is also an adaptation of the omake of the same name, and was released together with the 27th volume of the manga on June 17, 2011.[11] The third, titled "Memory Days" (メモリーデイズ Memorī Deizu?), was released together with the 31st volume of the manga on February 17, 2012,[12] and features an original story written by series creator Hiro Mashima.[13]

[edit] Film

Kodansha announced on October 12, 2011 that an anime film adaptation of Fairy Tail, titled Fairy Tail the Movie: The Phoenix Priestess (劇場版 FAIRY TAIL 鳳凰の巫女 Gekijōban Fearī Teiru: Hōō no Miko?), will be released on August 18, 2012.[14] It will be directed by Masaya Fujimori, and its screenplay will be written by anime staff writer Masashi Sogo. Series creator Hiro Mashima will also be involved as the film's story planner and designer for guest characters appearing in the film.[15]

Video games

An action video game for the PlayStation Portable, titled Fairy Tail: Portable Guild, was unveiled at the 2009 Tokyo Game Show.[16][17] The game was developed by Konami and was released on June 3, 2010. Two sequels to Portable Guild have also been released for the PlayStation Portable—the first, subtitled Portable Guild 2, was released on March 10, 2011; the second, Fairy Tail: Zeref Kakusei (FAIRY TAIL ゼレフ覚醒 Fairy Tail: Zerefu Kakusei?, lit. Fairy Tail: Zeref Awakens), was released on March 22, 2012. Two fighting games, Fairy Tail: Gekitō! Madōshi Kessen (FAIRY TAIL 激闘! 魔道士決戦?, lit. Fairy Tail: Fight! Wizard Battle) and Fairy Tail: Gekitotsu! Kardia Daiseidō (FAIRY TAIL 激突! カルディア大聖堂 Fairy Tail: Gekitotsu! Karudia Daiseidō?, lit. Fairy Tail: Attack! The Greak Kardia Cathedral), were released for the Nintendo DS on July 22, 2010 and April 21, 2011, respectively.[18] Natsu and Lucy have also appeared in the crossover video game Sunday VS Magazine: Shūketsu! Chōjō Daikessen as playable characters.[19]

Music

The music for the anime was composed and arranged by Yasuharu Takanashi. As of July 2011, three original soundtrack CDs have been released, containing music from the anime: the first soundtrack volume was released on January 6, 2010,[20] the second volume on July 7, 2010,[21] and the third volume on July 6, 2011.[22] Character song singles were also produced; the first single, featuring Tetsuya Kakihara (Natsu) and Yuichi Nakamura (Gray) was released on February 17,[23] while the second single, featuring Aya Hirano (Lucy) and Rie Kugimiya (Happy), was released on March 3, 2010.[24] Another character song album, entitled "Eternal Fellows," was released announced on April 27, 2011. Two of the songs from the album, performed by anime cast members Tetsuya Kakihara (Natsu) and Aya Hirano (Lucy), were used for both OVAs as the opening and ending themes, respectively. Other songs on the volume are performed by Yuichi Nakamura (Gray), Sayaka Ohara (Erza), Satomi Satō (Wendy), Wataru Hatano (Gajeel), and a duet by Rie Kugimiya (Happy) and Yui Horie (Carla).[25]

Radio

An internet radio program began airing on HiBiKi Radio Station on February 11, 2012, featuring anime voice actors Tetsuya Kakihara (Natsu) and Mai Nakahara (Juvia) as announcers.[26]

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.[27] About.com's Deb Aoki lists Fairy Tail as the best shōnen manga of 2008.[28] It also won the 2009 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga.[29] It has also won the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation's Industry Award in 2009 for best comedy manga.[30]
The anime won Animax Asia's "Anime of the Year" award in 2010.[31] In reviewing Funimation's first DVD volume of the Fairy Tail anime, Carlo Santos of Anime News Network praised the visuals, characters, and English voice acting, as well as the supporting characters for its comedic approach. However, Santos criticized both the anime's background music and CGI animation.[32] In his review of the second volume, Santos also praised the development of "a more substantial storyline," but also criticized the inconsistent animation and original material not present in the manga.[33] In his review of the third volume, Santos praised the improvements of the story and animation, and said that the volume "finally shows the [anime] series living up to its potential."[34]

References

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  2. ^ a b "Kodansha USA Publisher Take Over of Fairy Tail North American Manga Release". Anime News Network. 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
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  5. ^ a b "Funimation Adds Fairy Tail, Live-Action Treasure Hunter". Anime News Network. 2011-04-22.
  6. ^ "Del Rey Manga acquires bestselling manga Fairy Tail". activeAnime. July 28, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
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  13. ^ "Fairy Tail Manga Volume 31 to Bundle 3rd New Anime DVD". Anime News Network. 2011-09-14.
  14. ^ "Fairy Tail Adventure Manga Gets Film Next August". Anime News Network. 2011-10-12.
  15. ^ "Fairy Tail Film's Staff Listed". Anime News Network. 2011-11-17.
  16. ^ "Tokyo Game Show 2009 Konami Special Site". Konami. Archived from the original on November 26, 2009. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
  17. ^ Spencer (April 8, 2010). "Only Two Months Until Fairy Tail: Portable Guild". Siliconera. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  18. ^ "あにてれ:FAIRY TAIL" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  19. ^ "サンデー VS マガジン 集結！ 頂上大決戦:Sunday VS Magazine: Shūketsu! Chōjō Daikessen" (in Japanese). Konami. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
  20. ^ "Fairy Tail Original Soundtrack Vol.1". Retrieved 2010-07-18.
  21. ^ "Fairy Tail Original Soundtrack Vol.2". Retrieved 2010-07-18.
  22. ^ "Fairy Tail Original Soundtrack Vol. 3". Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  23. ^ "Fairy Tail Character Song Collection Vol.1 Natsu & Gray". Retrieved 2010-07-18.
  24. ^ "Fairy Tail Character Song Collection Vol.2 Lucy & Happy". Retrieved 2010-07-18.
  25. ^ "Fairy Tail Character Song Album". Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  26. ^ "番組紹介：FAIRY TAIL Webラジオ『魔導士ギルド放送局 やりすぎソーサラー！』" (in Japanese). hibiki-radio.jp/. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
  27. ^ "Tohan's top 10 manga rankings". Retrieved 2007-07-25.
  28. ^ Aoki, Deb. "2008 Best New Manga". About.com. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  29. ^ "33rd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  30. ^ "Anime Expo 2009 Rides on a High for its Second Day in Los Angeles". Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation.
  31. ^ "Animax Taiwanese website". Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  32. ^ Santos, Carlo (December 13, 2011). "Fairy Tail Blu-Ray + DVD 1 Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  33. ^ Santos, Carlo (January 2, 2012). "Fairy Tail Blu-Ray + DVD 2 Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
  34. ^ Santos, Carlo (February 15, 2012). "Fairy Tail Blu-Ray + DVD 3 Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 15, 2012.

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