User blog comment:Imhungry4444/Fairy Tail Wikia Podcast 9/21/13/@comment-4449950-20130922025919/@comment-4829046-20130922040029

It was originally a story by Hans Christian Anderson and it was adapted into an anime movie. The manga is part of a series of Fairy Tales drawn with smut elements. Tbh all the Fairy Tales were originally not child-friendly, they are actually far more brutal. Disney just made them seem like they weren't.