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Fairy Tail ( Fear Teiru?, romanized as FAIRY TAIL in Japan) is a Japanesemanga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shnen Magazine since August 23, 2006, and has been published by Kodansha in 29 tankbon volumes as of October 2011. An ongoing anime produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight was released in Japan on [1] October 12, 2009, and has spawned two 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, who [2] continued its North American release. 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 [3] the series after airing its 48th episode on December 6 the same year. It has since been licensed [4] by Funimation Entertainment for distribution in North America.