Did you hear? We’re teaming up with our friends at ANN Connect, to bring a special Q&A session with Hiro Mashima, the superstar creator from Kodansha Comics! Join us for in-depth discussion about FAIRY TAIL, EDENS ZERO, Rave Master & a whole lot more!
ANN Connect: Hiro Mashima Session When? September 15, 2020 at 6pm PT / 9pm ET Where? Anime News Network’s official YouTube, Facebook and Twitch channels!
Not only will Mashima-sensei be fielding questions from ANN Connect, but he will also be taking questions from YOU, the fans! Want to ask question? You can either submit them at the ANN forum here or on Twitter using the hashtag #askmashima (make sure to tag @anime). But HURRY! The deadline to submit questions is 5PM EDT / 2 PM PDT on Friday, September 4th.
And be sure to stick around until the end of the September 15, ANN Connect Session for a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
Wanna win Special Prizes like FAIRY TAIL Box Set, EDENS ZERO, & MORE? Watch this episode of Kodansha Live and take the viewer’s survey (link in video description)
Are you curious if you have been selected as one of the lucky winners to get a spot on Hiro Mashima Global Virtual Autograph Session? Join the event on livestream on October 17 at 7am ET / 4am PT on Shonen Magazine Official YouTube Channel!
Updated September 15!
On October 17, superstar manga creator Hiro Mashima (FAIRY TAIL, EDENS ZERO, RAVE MASTER), along with Weekly Shonen Magazine in Japan, will host an exclusive global virtual autograph session! During this session, 80 lucky fans from North America (US & Canada), China, France, Italy, and Japan will be able to request unique illustrations from Mashima-sensei himself!
For your chance to be one of the lucky U.S. & Canada fans virtually meet Hiro Mashima, and get your own signed illustration, visit kodanshacomics.com/mashima and submit your entry today! Deadline to submit is September 30, 2020 JST.
Winners will be announced on Weekly Shonen Magazine’s official YouTube channel at the start of the signing session, October 17, 2020 at 20:00 JT (4am PT / 7am ET). This event will also be open for anyone to view regardless of being a winner.
To help celebrate this great upcoming Hiro Mashima event we’re having a special sale on both FAIRY TAIL & EDENS ZERO! That’s right! If you’ve only seen the anime but have’t read the manga, we’re here to get you started with volume 1s priced at 99¢ and select volumes up to 50% off after that! So whether just starting or catching up, you won’t want to miss this sale!
Just visit one of our participating digital vendors to take up to 50% off these amazing Mashima series: Bookwalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, Nook and izneo. Sale runs from September 15 to 30!
SPECIAL GIVEAWAY! Wanna win awesome prizes like FAIRY TAIL Box Set, EDENS ZERO, & MORE? Watch this episode of Kodansha Live and take the viewer’s survey (link in video description) Offer extended until September 23, 2020.
Did you hear? We’re teaming up with our friends at ANN Connect, to bring a special Q&A session with Hiro Mashima, the superstar creator from Kodansha Comics! Join us for in-depth discussion about FAIRY TAIL, EDENS ZERO, Rave Master & a whole lot more!
ANN Connect: Hiro Mashima Session When? September 15, 2020 at 6pm PT / 9pm ET Where? Anime News Network’s official YouTube, Facebook and Twitch channels!
Not only will Mashima-sensei be fielding questions from ANN Connect, but he will also be taking questions from YOU, the fans! Want to ask question? You can either submit them at the ANN forum here or on Twitter using the hashtag #askmashima (make sure to tag @anime). But HURRY! The deadline to submit questions is 5PM EDT / 2 PM PDT on Friday, September 4th.
And be sure to stick around until the end of the September 15, ANN Connect Session for a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!
For more exciting news about Hiro Mashima, stay tune to kodanshacomics.com!
Have you ever wanted to step into the grand worlds of FAIRY TAIL, EDENS ZERO, & other Hiro Mashima-created stories? Now’s the perfect chance to jump in headlong with the Hiro Mashima Humble Bundle brought to you by Kodansha Comics and Humble Book Bundle! With this bundle you can instantly own all of FAIRY TAIL, RAVE MASTER, MONSTER SOUL, and get completely caught up with EDENS ZERO – including chapters not yet collected! But this deal won’t last forever. Hurry and stock your manga library with over a 100 Hiro Mashima titles at a low low price before this Humble Bundle ends, Wednesday, March 25th!
Name your price: To get all the awesome Hiro Mashima titles included at the $20 tier you’d normally have to pay over $1000! But at Humble Bundle, you choose the price and what tier you want to pay up to!
Read ’em anywhere: These comics are available in multiple formats including CBZ, PDF, and ePub, so they work on your computer, e-readers, iPads, cell phones, and a wide array of mobile devices! Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here.
Support charity. Not only will you be immersing yourself in the exciting worlds of Hiro Mashima but you’ll also be donating to great causes! Choose where the money goes—among Kodansha Comics and our preselected charities, The American Civil Liberties Union, and The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund — or choose a charity of your preference via the PayPal Giving Fund. For details on how this works, click here. If you like this bundle or like what Humble Bundle does, you can leave a Humble Tip too.
This special bundle ends WEDNESDAY, March 25, 10:59 A.M. PACIFIC TIME ____________
PAY WHAT YOU WANT! Here’s what you’ll get with each tier:
Highlights of 2019 Digital Sale: 20 Kodansha Comics and Vertical digital series up to 50% off!
5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1 … oh snap! Before we say sayonara to 2019, we wanted to relive some of our best memories from the past year … but so much to choose from, it was tough task! But! We managed to refine it down to 20 series that kinda summed up how special a year it was in ’19—with apologies to your favorite series that didn’t make the list. And you can relive the memories too (and get into series you’ve been meaning to get into, natch) with our Highlights of 2019 Digital Sale with up to 50% off all digital volumes from our featured series, at our digital partners BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, MyAnimeList, and nook! Sale ends December 30th!
Leave it to scientific advancements to save the day! Thanks to simulpub technology, we’re releasing the latest chapters of HERO’S—Hiro Mashima’s brand-new all-star manga crossover—and The Ghost in The Shell: The Human Algorithm the same day and time they hit newsstands in Japan!
HERO’SChapter 1-6 are now available for purchase and download on comiXology and Kindle and BookWalker—for just 99-cents a chapter!
Get the jump on these while they’re coming out before the graphic-novel Volume 1s come out!
HERO’S Discover HERO’S, the ultimate crossover in the Hiro Mashima universe, featuring your favorite characters from Mashima-sensei’s past megahits Rave Master, Fairy Tail, and Edens Zero! Yup, it’s true! The Fairy Tail guild are enjoying a well-deserved rest on True Island—an island known to contain all the truth of the secrets of the world—when Natsu gets drawn into the jungle by the smell of delicious fruit. There he encounters Shiki, a young boy who’s also after that same fruit, and the two get entangled! Will our heroes become friends—or enemies? Find out as all your old faves from three manga classics come together for the first time in this brand-new adventure!
Togusa, Batou, and the rest of Public Security Section 9 are back in The Ghost in The Shell: Human Algorithm, a new story set after the events of The Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human Error Processer! With the Major missing, Section 9 continues along, solving cases with the help of their newest recruit, Tsunagi!
Want more simulpub action so you’re at the cutting-edge of the manga world?
Calling all Fairy Tail fans! The original series may be over, but the adventure continues for the guild members. Whether your ultimate favorite was Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Erza, Gray, Gajeel, Juvia or Wendy, with all these spinoff titles added to the Fairy Tail universe, you can continue your adventure with them by completing all the series!
And the saga continues for the whole Fairy Tail Guild, as they tackle the “100 Years Quest”, a job no one has dared to take on! The new Fairy Tail series Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest debuts August 20—TODAY!
And to celebrate the new quest, all of our select Fairy Tail titles, including 63 volumes of the original series and spinoffs, are now up to 50% offat our digital retail partners: BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, MyAnimeList, and nook.Sale ends August 26!
~ Fairy Tail Universe Sale ~
August 20-26 Click on the links to read Chapter 1s for FREE!
The year 2019 marks the 10th anniversary of the first Kodansha Comics manga published in English. Please join us in celebration as we select one classic Kodansha Comics series each month for exclusive content, promotions, and other surprises!
Fairy Tail Volumes 1-63 (complete series) and Edens ZeroVolumes 1-3 are now available from Kodansha Comics!
Our June Spotlight is the one-and-only Hiro Mashima, the superstar manga creator of classic shonen sagas Fairy Tail and newcomer Edens Zero! So what kind of “special surprises” do we have waiting for you this month? Check these out …
Surprise 1: New Kodansha Comics mascot reveal!
Remember back in February, we’ve ask you all to vote for the best candidate for the new intern mascot, designed by Hiro Mashima? Well, here’s the moment of truth … Today, we’re happy to announce the new hire! Plus we’ve interviewed Mashima-sensei about his thought process of creating the new character!
About Hiro Mashima
One of the world’s bestselling and most prolific comics artists, Hiro Mashima is the creator of the 63-volume magical epic Fairy Tail as well as its prequel Fairy Tail ZERO, fantasy series Rave Master, the game spinoff Monster Hunter Orage, and a variety of other manga series and short stories. Then check out this Kodansha Comics’ exclusive interview with Hiro Mashima from 2016!
Q. How did you come up with the different character sketches? Where did your ideas come from? Hiro Mashima (HM): The inspiration came from a variety of characters from my past works.
Q. What is the standout feature of the Kodansha Comics mascot? What do you think the personality of the character is like? HM: His most charming feature is the triangle fur patch on his tummy. I imagine he’s a bit of a prankster!
Q. Message to Kodansha Comics and US fans? HM: Please enjoy what’s coming next for Fairy Tail and Edens Zero!
Surprise 2: Hiro Mashima Digital Sale
Already read all of Fairy Tail and all the spinoff series? But wait, whattabout every true manga lover’s favorite classic, Rave Master? For all ten years of Kodansha Comics’s existence, Hiro Mashima has been our one constant atop our manga artist roster, the one who keeps on knocking out one manga hit after the other! To showcase his works, this week, we’re hosting Hiro Mashima Creator Spotlight Sale where all volumes of his epic sagas, spinoffs, and one-shots are up to50% off at our digital retail partners: BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, and nook. (Sale ends June 10.) …More Details
Surprise 3: Fairy Tail and Edens Zero Survey Sweepstakes!
Wanting to check out Fairy Tail but unsure where to begin? Looking to jump into Edens Zero as Mashima-sensei’s new series just as it’s getting started? Well here’s your lucky chance: for the month of June only, ONE lucky winner will win a set of Fairy Tail manga Volumes 1-63, Fairy Tail S Volumes 1-2 the Fairy Tail Day Planner and Edens Zero Volumes 1-3. Not only that, you’ll get Blue-Ray/DVD combo of Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry, Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess, and Fairy Tail Zero, courtesy of our friends at Funimation! All you have to do is take this survey by June 30 to enter for a chance to win! Wow, what a bundle!
Surprise 4: Exclusive Happy and KC Mascotpin!
Update June 7–– As a part of the 10 Years of Kodansha Comics project, we’ve teamed up with our friends at Rightstuf to bring you these awesome exclusiveHappy from FAIRY TAIL and EDENS ZERO and new Kodansha Comics mascot pins!
Visit Rightstuf and order any volume of Hiro Mashima’s Manga and you’ll receive an exclusive pin for FREE! Available this month (June 2019) only or while supplies last.
The new Kodansha Comics mascot Kacey pins will be also available at Kodansha Comics convention appearances! Come to our booth and collect this exclusive item!
Fairy Tail, Rave Master, Edens Zero … For all ten years of Kodansha Comics’s existence, Hiro Mashima has been the constant appearing at the top of our manga artist roster, the one who keeps knocking out one manga hit after another! This week, to showcase his works, we’re hosting the Hiro Mashima Creator Spotlight Sale where all volumes of his manga series, spinoffs, and one-shots are up to50% off at our digital retail partners: BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, and nook. (Sale ends June 10.)
~ Hiro Mashima Creator Spotlight Sale ~ June 4 ~ 10 Click on the link to read Chapter 1 for FREE!
Edens Zero — Hiro Mashima’s latest! Yes, it’s science-fiction! Fairy Tail — the all-time bestselling shonen manga! Rave Master — every true manga lovers’ favorite classic! Hiro Mashima’s Playground — Mashima’s short stories collected in one volume! Monster Soul — short ‘n’ sweet monster adventure!
Gather round, Kodansha Comics fans! As you’ve heard, 2019 marks the 10th Anniversary of Kodansha Comics, and to celebrate, each month of 2019 we’ll be featuring a different series as we celebrate some of the classic and most iconic Kodansha Comics series with exclusive contents, special deals, sweepstakes, and more. (ICYMI—we’ve already spotlighted AKIRA and Battle Angel Alita!).
But special surprises and exclusive new content isn’t all we have in store—we’re also hiring an intern mascot, drawn by the one-and-only Hiro Mashima, creator of Fairy Tail, to help us celebrate and promote our 10th Anniversary all year long! We’ve narrowed our pool down to three candidates, and we want you, our fans, to help us decide the winning mascot.
Check out the three candidates below, and vote here for who you think we should choose as the winning mascot. The winner will be announced in the coming weeks, so stay tuned to KodanshaComics.com and our Twitter @KodanshaUSA, Facebook @KodanshaComics or Instagram @kodansha_comics for more #KC10YRS news, announcements, and more!
The voting period starts on February 21 through March 11, 2019. VOTE NOW!
Celebrate 10 Years of Kodansha Comics with us all year long by following us on KodanshaComics.com!
Be sure to check back again next month, when we’ll be shining the spotlight on yet another Kodansha classic!
Hey! Are you enjoying the newest and final season of Fairy Tail anime courtesy of Funimation? It sure is nice to see Natsu, Lucy, and Happy all powered up and being together after a long break! (Actually, can you believe it’s been almost three years since the end of Season 2 for some of us?)
As they go on a quest to find the ex-Fairy Tail members to bring back the disbanded guild, they soon realize the mission ain’t that easy … Not only have some of the ex-members moved on with their lives, there’s a black magic cult is causing shady commotions. Meanwhile, the Magic Council is on the move. What is the book of E.N.D. that they’re all looking for? And just who really is Zeref? And what’s his relation to the first guild master of Fairy Tail, Mavis? All the mysteries of the world of Fairy Tail will reach their conclusion in this season of the anime!
B-but wanna know what happens next RIGHT NOW? Well, here’s something that can give some immediate satisfaction …
This week only, we’re putting all digital volumes of Fairy Tail and its spinoff series up to 50% off duringManga to Anime Sale: Fairy Tail on all of our digital retail partners: BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, iBooks, Kindle, MyAnimeList, and nook. (Sale ends January 21.)
~ Manga to Anime Sale: Fairy Tail ~ January 15-21 Click on the cover to read Chapter 1 for FREE!
The Fairy Tail anime final season covers the story from volumes 50-63 in the manga!
Wait, you’ve NEVER read the Fairy Tail manga?
(or know a friend who’s never read it?)
Don’t worry! It’s never too late! Check out Fairy Tail Volume 1 while it’s on sale for ONLY 99 cents! (Ends January 21) Reading the manga is totally different from watching the anime. And it’s totally awesome!
And here’s a special message from Hiro Mashima (creator of Fairy Tail) about the final season of Fairy Tail anime!
Spin-offs!
Do you know the origin of Fairy Tail Guild?
Check out Fairy Tail Zero
Who’s your favorite Fairy Tail gal?
Check out Fairy Girls, volume 1-4
Love the comedy in Fairy Tail? Check out Fairy Tail S Volumes 1-2
Anime: Fairy Tail Final Season Natsu, Lucy, and Happy return in the final season of Fairy Tail! They’ve faced some seriously tough challenges but there’s still more to do. Between reforming Fairy Tail and looking for their missing guild master, Makarov, they’ll also have to face the enemy kingdom of Alvarez. Up against new wizards and formidable new powers, are they ready for their greatest adventure yet?
New Episodes every week! Simulcast Saturdays @ 7:30 PM ET SimulDub™ Mondays @ 4:00 PM ET More info: Funimation.com/fairytail
