'Fairy Tail' Sequel, Spin-Off Confirm Summer 2018 Debut'

The final season of Fairy Tail is scheduled to premiere this October, but ever since the manga [...]

By Nick Valdez

The final season of Fairy Tail is scheduled to premiere this October, but ever since the manga ended last year, fans have been waiting to see what series creator Hiro Mashima was working on with the sequel.

Luckily fans will find out soon as the sequel manga, now titled Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, is currently scheduled for a July 25 release in Japan.

The sequel, with Mashima providing the original storyboards and Atsuo Ueda providing the illustrations, will release in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine 34th issue on July 25, which Ueda revealed on Twitter.

Although the manga officially ended last year, series creator Mashima has a ton of projects in the works. Along with this Fairy Tail sequel series, there are the confirmed spin-offs, Fairy Tail: City Hero, putting Fairy Tail's characters in another world, and Fairy Tail: Happy's Grand Adventure, which focuses on Happy, and Fairy Tail: Lightning Gods, which focuses on Laxus. It's a very exciting time to be a fan of his works for sure,

There's also Mashima's latest work, Edens Zero, which was simultaneously published in five languages (Chinese, English, French, Korean, and Thai), for its first chapter as Edens Zeroreleased in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine's Issue 30. The first chapter of the series was simulpubbed and available for fans in other territories on Crunchyroll Manga, comiXology, and Kindle.

When the announcement from Kodansha broke, Hiro Mashima had a special message for his worldwide fans stating, "I'm bringing you my next series pretty soon! I can assure you it's going to be full of surprises and excitement. Please look forward to it on June 26!" Fans have reacted positively to the new series publication after reading through its premiere chapter."

For those unfamiliar with Hiro Mashima's previous work Fairy Tail, the series was originally created by Hiro Mashima. It is set in a fantasy world full of magic, and Natsu Dragneel is a fire breathing wizard with the powers of a dragon, and is in search of his missing foster father, the dragon Igneel. As he and his wizarding guild Fairy Tail get into adventures, Natsu always tries to find a way to succeed. The series ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from August 2006 to July 2017 and has spawned 60 million copies. It was later adapted into an anime by A-1 Pictures, Dentsu Inc., and Satelight in 2009 and ended its first run in 2013. A second series ran from 2014 to 2016, and a third series is planned for a Fall release.

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