'Fairy Tail' Receives New OVA Episode and Second Movie
May 16, 2015
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It was announced that the Fairy Tail franchise will be receiving a new movie and OVA adaptation.
The new OVA episode was announced during Fairy Tail's Ryuuousai event. It will be based on the manga's spinoff chapter, Yousei-tachi no Batsu Game (Fairy Penalty Game), which was published in Magazine Special in July 2013.
Amazon's catalog of Weekly Shounen magazine's upcoming issue, to be released May 20, has also revealed that Fairy Tail will get a new movie adaptation. Hiro Mashima, the manga's creator, will be participating in the movie's production. The magazine will also include two new chapters.
Fairy Tail began serialization in Weekly Shounen Magazine in August 2006. The 47th volume of the manga was released in North America on March 2015 and ranked fourth on the New York Times' manga bestseller list. The 50th volume of the manga will be released on July 17.
The manga previously received two TV anime adaptations and multiple OVA episodes. The first TV series ran for a total of 175 episodes between October 2009 and March 2013. After a year-long break, its sequel began in April 2014, and is currently still airing. The franchise has received one previous movie adaptation, Houou no Miko, which premiered in theaters on August 18, 2012.
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Fairy Tail Movie 2 on MAL
The new OVA episode was announced during Fairy Tail's Ryuuousai event. It will be based on the manga's spinoff chapter, Yousei-tachi no Batsu Game (Fairy Penalty Game), which was published in Magazine Special in July 2013.
Amazon's catalog of Weekly Shounen magazine's upcoming issue, to be released May 20, has also revealed that Fairy Tail will get a new movie adaptation. Hiro Mashima, the manga's creator, will be participating in the movie's production. The magazine will also include two new chapters.
Fairy Tail began serialization in Weekly Shounen Magazine in August 2006. The 47th volume of the manga was released in North America on March 2015 and ranked fourth on the New York Times' manga bestseller list. The 50th volume of the manga will be released on July 17.
The manga previously received two TV anime adaptations and multiple OVA episodes. The first TV series ran for a total of 175 episodes between October 2009 and March 2013. After a year-long break, its sequel began in April 2014, and is currently still airing. The franchise has received one previous movie adaptation, Houou no Miko, which premiered in theaters on August 18, 2012.
Source: Anime! Anime!
Fairy Tail Movie 2 on MAL