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Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine is confirming that the television anime version of Hiro Mashima’s Fairy Tail fantasy adventure manga will continue into its third year this September. The third year will begin with the “Tenrōjima” story arc.

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The official Japanese website of Hiro Mashima’s Fairy Tail fantasy adventure manga has confirmed on Wednesday that the 26th volume will bundle an original anime DVD when it ships on April 15, 2011. The special edition’s DVD will contain the anime adaptation of the manga side story “Yōkoso Fairy Hills!!” (Welcome to Fairy Hills!)

In the story, the Fairy Tail mage guild member Lucy comes across a mysterious written request. The client is looking for an object that is in Fairy Tail’s female dormitory, Fairy Hills. To verify the request, Lucy visits Fairy Hills, and discovers that the client is Hilda, the dormitory head who is looking for a “shining treasure.” Meanwhile, Natsu and the other guild members are cleaning their pool. The manga’s website hints that there will be an original anime scene with the characters Natsu and Gray.

Besides the DVD, the special edition of the 26th manga volume will include the original “Yōkoso Fairy Hills!!” manga side story in a separately bound booklet, as well as a strap attached to a figure of the mascot Happy and an exclusive cover drawn by Mashima. (The manga short story originally appeared in Kodansha’s Magazine Special and has not been published in a compiled book volume before.)

Shinji Ishihira is directing the new anime at A-1 Pictures Inc. and Satelight, just as he does for the television anime series. Similarly, the television anime’s series script supervisor Masashi Sogo and character designer Aoi Yamamoto are also involved.

This year’s 42nd issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine is confirming on Wednesday that the television anime version of Hiro Mashima’s Fairy Tail fantasy adventure manga will continue into its second year. According to director Shinji Ishihira, the second year will deal with the Nirvana story arc.

The Nirvana story arc will add Hibiki: Takashi Kondo, Charle: Yui Horie, Wendy: Satomi Satou, Ren: Masaya Matsukaze, and Eve: Fuyuka Oura.

The manga and anime follow the adventures of world’s most notorious mage guild, Fairy Tail. A-1 Pictures and Satelight launched the anime last October. Crunchyroll simulcasts the anime into several countries within an hour of each episode’s Japanese broadcast.