Fairy Tail x Rave Master Crossover Manga Gets Anime DVD

Manga
creator Hiro Mashima announced at midnight on Tuesday that his Fairy
Tail and Rave crossover manga is being adapted into anime. The anime
will be bundled on DVD with the special edition of Fairy Tail's 39th
manga volume on August 16.

In the crossover story Fairy Tail's main character Natsu and Rave's main character Haru are lost so Lucy and Elie the heroines of both series embark on a search for them.

Mashima published the original crossover one-shot manga story in the
May issue of Kodansha's Magazine Special magazine in 2011. In addition
to the material he already created for the crossover manga Mashima is
drawing the original artwork for new sequences in the anime. The new
sequences will add Musica and Let, two Rave characters who did not
appear in the crossover manga.

Haru's voice actor Tomokazu Seki
repeated, "Long time no see. Chihiro Yonekura a singer of theme songs
for both anime also welcomed the news.

Mashima assured Fairy
Tail fans that they can still enjoy the crossover anime even if they
have not read Rave yet although he added that they will enjoy the
crossover more if they do know Rave. He noted that he is supervising all
parts of the crossover anime personally.

Like Fairy Tail, Rave
is another fantasy action manga created by Mashima and adapted into
anime. Tokyopop had published the manga under the name Rave Master from
2003 until 2009 when Kodansha ended its contract with Tokyopop.

The manga inspired a television anime that just ended on March 30 with
the words "To Be Continued" Mashima added "It's actually not over yet. I
can't say more than this but I hope you watch the rerun starting in
April and wait for the day I can announce some good news."

Source: Anime News Network