Fairy Tail is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The first chapter premiered in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine on August 2, 2006, and it was serialized weekly until July 26, 2017. Fairy Tail follows the adventures of Natsu Dragneel, a teenage wizard (魔導士, madōshi) who is a member of the popular wizards' guild Fairy Tail, as he searches for the dragon Igneel. On their journey, they are tasked with completing missions requested by people and collect money for rewards, such as hunting monsters and fighting illegal guilds called dark guilds.

The 545 chapters were collected into 63 tankōbon volumes between December 15, 2006 and December 26, 2017. The manga was adapted into an anime series by A-1 Pictures and Satelight, and aired on TV Tokyo from October 12, 2009 to March 30, 2013. On July 20, 2017, Mashima confirmed on Twitter that the final season of Fairy Tail will air in 2018. The series is licensed for regional language releases by Star Comics in Italy, Pika in France and Norma Editorial in Spain.

In North America, Kodansha USA, under the Kodansha Comics imprint, publishes its English language adaptation of the series, chapterwise in Crunchyroll Manga since October 2013. The tankōbon were first published by Del Rey Manga beginning on March 25, 2008, until Kodansha USA took over with the thirteenth volume in May 2011, reprinting the earlier 12 volumes under their name. At the New York Comic Con in October 2012, Kodansha announced an accelerated tankōbon release schedule after the 24th volume in March 2013. Their English release concluded with the 63rd volume on January 23, 2018.