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Funimation Adds Fairy Tail, Live-Action Treasure Hunter
posted on by Egan Loo
The North American anime distributor and The Treasure Hunter (Ci Ling) live-action film.
The Fairy Tail television anime series Hiro Mashima's manga of the same name. In the story, a teenaged girl named Lucy Heartfilia aims to the world's most notorious mage guild, Fairy Tail. During a daring rescue, Lucy encounters Natsu "Salamander" Dragneel, a quirky Fairy Tail member and a teenaged practitioner of the ancient Dragon Slayer magic. Lucy is eventually welcomed into the Fairy Tail guild as she, Natsu, and other go on various quests together.
Funimation has already begun dubbing this anime, and it will release the first 48 episodes on DVD and Blu-ray Disc later this year. Todd Haberkorn as Natsu.
The anime studios next month.
In The Treasure Hunter, Kevin Chu (Kung Fu Dunk) directs Eleven Arts will release the film in theaters in late this summer, and Funimation will release the film on DVD and Blu-ray in the fall.
Update: More background information added.
Image © Hiro Mashima - Kodansha/Fairy Tail Guild, TV Tokyo
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