Fairy Tail Zero

Fairy Tail Zero
The cover of the single collected manga volume. Clockwise from top left: Precht, Yuri, Warrod, Mavis, and Zera.
フェアリーテイル ゼロ (Fearī Teiru Zero)
Manga
Written by	Hiro Mashima
Published by	Kodansha
English publisher	US Kodansha Comics USA
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Monthly Fairy Tail
Original run	July 17, 2014 – July 17, 2015
Volumes	1 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Music by	Yasuharu Takanashi
Studio	A-1 Pictures
Licensed by	AUS Madman NA Funimation
Original network	TV Tokyo
English network	SEA Animax Asia
Original run	January 9, 2016 – March 26, 2016
Episodes	12 (List of episodes)

Fairy Tail Zero (Japanese: フェアリーテイル ゼロ, Hepburn: Fearī Teiru Zero^?, stylized as FAIRY TAIL ZERØ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The series is a prequel to Mashima's Fairy Tail manga, depicting the events leading to the formation of the titular wizards' guild. Kodansha Comics USA published it as a single volume in North America. The Fairy Tail anime television series included an adaptation of the spin-off, which aired from January 9 to March 26, 2016.

105 years before the events of Fairy Tail, six-year-old Mavis Vermillion lives on Sirius Island as a servant of the Red Lizard (赤い蜥蜴(レッドリザード), Reddo Rizādo^?) wizards' guild. A violent skirmish breaks out between Red Lizard and Blue Skull (青い髑髏(ブルースカル), Burū Sukaru^?), a rival guild, leaving Mavis the apparent sole survivor alongside Zera, the young daughter of Red Lizard's master. Seven years later, a band of treasure hunters—Yuri Dreyar, Precht Gaebolg, and Warrod Sequen—come to the island in search of the Sirius Orb (天狼玉, Tenrōgyoku^?), a sacred jewel. As Mavis and Yuri contend over ownership of the orb, they discover it has already been taken by Blue Skull. Mavis proposes she and Zera accompany the treasure hunters to recover the orb.