Fairy Tail (フェアリーテイル, Fearī Teiru^?) is a Japanese manga series by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 23, 2006 where it is still on-going. The individual chapters are being collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Kodansha, with 23 released as of November 2010^[update]. An anime produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight was released in Japan on October 12, 2009.^[1] The series follows the adventures of the celestial wizard Lucy Heartfilia after she joins the Fairy Tail guild and teams up with Natsu Dragneel, who is searching for the dragon Igneel.