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| - Phantasy (パンテーシ, Panteisi) is a written and illustrated by Akiba Numashi. It is published in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shonen Champion. The series follows Knave Dhahaka, a young fairy that befriends middle school student Tsubaki Fusuke , who helps Knave restore his powers and return him to the fairy world (Utherworld). The series then follows Knave and his group of other Z-class fairies (faires that take requests to protect the Fairy World for money), as they explore Utherworld and fight evil. The manga has been adapted into an ongoing anime series by Toei Animation. The anime was directed by the creator's wife, Hana Numashi. The anime premiered on Fuji TV on April 23rd, 2005, and continues to run to this day. The anime ranked 15th of the top 100 anime in 2010, as by TV Arashi. The manga won the Akita Shoten Manga Award for best manga of 2012. Two movies have been made, with a third on the way. In May 2013, a special, anime-only crossover between Phantasy and One Piece, Phantasy X One Piece: Stark vs Devil Fruits! The True Power Source!, written by both Akiba Numashi and Eiichero Oda was released on DVD. It was never adapted to manga due to the manga of both series belonging to different companies. A card game made by Bandai was first produced in 2009, as well as a series of action figures, and even a series of video games for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, Dreamcast, Gameboy, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. FUNimation announced plans to distribute the manga in the United States in 2007, and has currently released 31 volumes. The english-dubbed anime began airing on the 3 PM slot on Toonami in 2011.
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