Suzuki, Kobayashi to collaborate on opening; Ishida to perform ending

This year's 28th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine will announce on Wednesday that Tatsuyuki Kobayashi (Battle Spirits Saikyō Ginga Ultimate Zero) and Konomi Suzuki (WATAMOTE, No Game, No Life) will perform the next opening theme "NEVER-END TAIL" and Yoko Ishida (Strike Witches, Ah! My Goddess) will perform the next ending theme "FOREVER HERE" for the Fairy Tail anime. These songs will play with the anime from July to September.

The singles will go on sale together on August 19. The regular CD will retail for 1,200 yen (about US$9.60) and a special edition that will bundle a DVD with music videos and other specials will retail for 1,800 yen (about US$14).

The 2009 Fairy Tail anime concluded with a "To Be Continued" title card in 2013. The second series began airing in Japan last April, and Crunchyroll and Funimation stream the series as it airs. Funimation is releasing the first series on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in North America.