Fairy tail manga creator Hiro Mashima talked in regards to the collection’ origins throughout a query and reply session at this yr’s New York Comedian Con.
Responding to a fan’s query or Fairy tailMashima’s themes of friendship emerged from his personal life, Mashima candidly admitted: “To let you know the reality, I wrote the story as a result of I had no buddies. My loneliness is what you see in Fairy Tail.”
This revelation struck a chord with followers, lots of whom credit score the collection for serving to them navigate their very own struggles.
One participant shared: “Fairy Tail acquired me by way of lots of my highschool struggles and helped me join with my buddies on a deeper degree.”
Mashima additionally mirrored on his shock on the present’s worldwide recognition. “After I was first invited to New York Comedian Con, I did not consider there was a worldwide viewers. I used to be instantly stunned by the heat of the fan base (at NYCC)” he shared, expressing his gratitude to the worldwide neighborhood of Fairy Tail.
Hiro Mashima launched Fairy tail manga in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Journal from August 2006 to July 2017, with the person chapters being collected and revealed in 63 tankobon volumes.
The manga was tailored into an anime collection by A-1 Footage, Dentsu Inc., Satelight, Bridge and CloverWorks, which aired from October 2009 to March 2013. A second collection aired from April 2014 to March 2016. A 3rd and The ultimate collection aired from October 2018 to September 2019.
The collection has additionally impressed quite a few spin-off manga, together with a prequel by Mashima, Fairy story zeroand a sequel with a storyboard of his, titled Fairy Tail: 100 Years of Quest. As well as, A-1 Footage has developed 9 unique video animations and two animated movies.
