A-1 Pictures and Satelight produced an anime adaptation of the manga. The anime, also titled Fairy Tail and directed by Shinji Ishihira, premiered on TV Tokyo on October 12, 2009.[2] The series ended its run on March 30, 2013,[3] with reruns to begin airing on April 4, 2013 under the titleFairy Tail Best.[4] As of June 5, 2013, 41 DVD volumes containing four episodes each have been released.[19] The Southeast Asian networkAnimax Asia aired the series locally in English.[8] On January 18, 2011, British anime distributor Manga Entertainment announced on Twitter that the company would release the anime series in bilingual format at the end of the year.[20] On April 21, 2011, they had confirmed that the first volume with 12 episodes would be released in February 2012;[21] however, they later announced that the first volume would be released on March 5, 2012.[citation needed] In 2011, North American anime distributor Funimation Entertainment announced that they had acquired the first season of the ongoing series.[9] The series made its North American television debut on November 22, 2011 on the Funimation Channel.[22]
On July 11, 2013, Mashima announced a sequel series of the anime has been greenlit.
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