Fairy Tail Creator Debuts Behind-The-Scenes Character Sketches

Over on Twitter, it seems there’s one manga artist who can’t seem to let his fans down. Hiro Mashima, creator of Fairy Tail, has an active social media presence where he teases his followers with the occasional behind-the-scene sketch. But, over the weekend, the illustrator must have been overcome with an artistic fever. After all, the writer did upload a slew of brand-new character sketches, and fans are already wondering if they can get prints of them for their collections.

Today, Mashima debuted a series of cute, line drawn sketches of some fav-favorite characters from Fairy Tail. In one of the images, Juvia can be seen reimagined as a shy school girl complete with pigtails and a green plaid skirt. Another greyscale piece shows the Edolas iterations of Natus and Lucy where the latter’s outfit is more than a bit revealing.

Of course, the heroine wasn’t the only character who had their skin put on display. Mashima uploaded a photo of the wizard Elfman showing off his toned body in nothing but a cloth. And, as always, Erza Scarlet was more than happy to show off his sleek physique in a skin-tight body suit.

These are not the only character sketches Mashima has debuted in the past weeks. Not too long ago, the creator let fans see a stunning image of Gray. Which characters do you want to see drawings of from Hiro Mashima? Check out his twitter @hiro_mashima for more!

If you are not familiar with Fairy Tail, then it is about time you familiarized yourself with the anime. The series follows a guild of young, powerful wizards who call Fairy Tail family. Set in a fictional Earth, a boy named Natsu teams up with an unlikely friend Lucy Heartfilia as the latter dreams of becoming a powerful wizard. To date, there are more than 250 episodes of the acclaimed series, and fans can expect more to come in the new year.

To date, several million copies of Fairy Tail have been sold worldwide. Published by Del Ray in the west, there are over 35 million volumes of the manga in circulation at the moment. Kodansha Comics is now overseeing the release of Fairy Tail projects in the U.S. and other western territories, and the licensing return has helped the publisher amass popularity. Other series like Attack on Titan have also helped bolster Kodansha’s visibility outside of Japan, so fans can expect the company to continue pushing out new content as it becomes available.

The anime franchise’s new movie Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry will hit theaters in Spring 2017.

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