The latest issue of Weekly Shonen Magazine confirmed that Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga will be getting a much anticipated anime adaptation beginning this Fall. No episode count has been given, & the manga is still going strong with no signs of stopping anytime soon. So it's hard to say what the anime will do when it catches up to the manga's storyline.

Mashima's previous manga-turned-anime, Rave Master, had its adaptation end after 50 episodes leaving the story unfinished. The rest of the manga (& there was quite a lot of it still) was never animated, thus leaving fans who only watched the anime no way of knowing what happened next. Whether Fairy Tail pulls the same stunt, or does a Naruto/Bleach & create filler arcs, probably depends on how popular the anime becomes. But if its anywhere near as popular as the manga is, then that shouldn't really be a problem. Here's synopsis of the story:

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In addition to Queen's Blade, Eden of the East, & Sengoku Basara, two more Spring anime series have announced that they'll be getting a second season. You can now add Natsu no Arashi (which has been streaming on Crunchyroll) & Asura Cryin to the list as well. Both shows had the announcement once their supposed final episodes aired in Japan.

But the biggest sequel news comes not from a Spring 2009 series, but a little bit older series. The very ecchi anime series "Kanokon" has officially received a new season, according to the new August issue of Megami Magazine (haven't gotten mine yet). It's tentatively titled as "Kanokon R," though to be fair it hasn't really been confirmed what format the sequel will be. It could be an OVA or even a movie, though more than likely it'll be your standard TV anime series sequel.

Source: http://www.animevice.com/news/more-kanokon-natsu-no-arashi-asura-cryin-you-got-it/1603/