Fairy Tail is an anime television series based on the manga series Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima. Produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight, and directed by Shinji Ishihira, the first season was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 12, 2009, to March 30, 2013. It continued a year later for a second season run from April 5, 2014, to March 26, 2016. A third and final season aired from October 7, 2018, to September 29, 2019. The series follows the adventures of Natsu Dragneel, a member of the Fairy Tail wizards' guild who is searching for the dragon Igneel, and partners with Lucy Heartfilia, a celestial wizard.

The series uses 52 different pieces of theme music: 26 opening themes and 26 ending themes. Several CDs containing the theme music and other tracks have been released by Pony Canyon and Avex Group. The first DVD compilation was released on 29 January 2010, with individual volumes being released monthly. The Southeast Asian network Animax Asia aired part of the series locally in English.

In 2011, Funimation licensed the first season for an English-language release in North America. The Funimation-dubbed episodes aired on the Funimation Channel. The first DVD set, containing 12 episodes, was released on 22 November 2011. Similarly sized sets followed, with 14 sets released as of 2 December 2014. Funimation also acquired the rights to simulcast the relaunched anime episodes.

Series overview

Episodes Season 1 (2009–13)

Season 2 (2014–16)

Season 3 (2018–19)

OVAs

Home media release Japanese + Pony Canyon (Region 2) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. Season 1 1 1–4 29 January 2010 2 5–8 26 February 2010 3 9–12 17 March 2010 4 13–16 30 April 2010 5 17–20 28 May 2010 6 21–24 25 June 2010 7 25–28 30 July 2010 8 29–32 27 August 2010 9 33–36 6 October 2010 10 37–40 3 November 2010 11 41–44 1 December 2010 12 45–48 24 December 2010 13 49–52 2 February 2011 14 53–56 2 March 2011 15 57–60 27 April 2011 16 61–64 3 May 2011 17 65–68 1 June 2011 18 69–72 6 July 2011 19 73–76 3 August 2011 20 77–80 7 September 2011 21 81–84 5 October 2011 22 85–88 2 November 2011 23 89–92 7 December 2011 24 93–96 6 January 2012 25 97–100 1 February 2012 26 101–104 7 March 2012 27 105–108 4 April 2012 28 109–112 2 May 2012 29 113–116 6 June 2012 30 117–120 4 July 2012 31 121–124 1 August 2012 32 125–128 5 September 2012 33 129–132 27 October 2012 34 133–136 7 November 2012 35 137–140 5 December 2012 36 141–144 9 January 2013 37 145–148 7 February 2013 38 149–152 6 March 2013 39 153–156 3 April 2013 40 157–160 1 May 2013 41 161–164 5 June 2013 42 165–168 3 July 2013 43 169–172 7 August 2013 44 173–175 4 September 2013 Season 2 Vol. 1 176–179 7 July 2014 Vol. 2 180–183 16 August 2014 Vol. 3 184–187 17 September 2014 Vol. 4 188–191 17 October 2014 Vol. 5 192–195 17 November 2014 Vol. 6 196–199 16 December 2014 Vol. 7 200–203 16 January 2015 Vol. 8 204–207 17 February 2015 Vol. 9 208–211 17 March 2015 Vol. 10 212–215 16 April 2015 Vol. 11 216–219 15 May 2015 Vol. 12 220–223 17 June 2015 Vol. 13 224–226 17 July 2015 Collections DVD Collection I 1–48 6 July 2011 DVD Collection II 49–98 4 July 2012 DVD Collection III 99–144 21 August 2013

English

+ Funimation Entertainment Volume Episodes Release date Ref. Season 1 Part 1 1–12 22 November 2011 Part 2 13–24 27 December 2011 Part 3 25–36 31 January 2012 Part 4 37–48 20 March 2012 Part 5 49–60 23 July 2013 Part 6 61–72 20 August 2013 Part 7 73–84 10 December 2013 Part 8 85–96 4 February 2014 Part 9 97–108 25 March 2014 Part 10 109–120 20 May 2014 Part 11 121–131 15 July 2014 Part 12 132–142 16 September 2014 Part 13 143–153 28 October 2014 Part 14 154–164 2 December 2014 Part 15 165–175 10 March 2015 Season 2 Part 16 176–187 25 August 2015 Part 17 188–199 23 September 2015 Part 18 200–212 1 December 2015 Part 19 213–226 22 March 2016 Part 20 227–239 7 June 2016 Part 21 240–252 6 September 2016 Part 22 253–265 6 December 2016 Zero 266–277 6 March 2018 Final Season Part 23 278–290 4 August 2020 Part 24 291–303 6 October 2020 Part 25 304–316 22 December 2020 Part 26 317–328 23 February 2021 Collections Collection 1 1–24 30 April 2013 Collection 2 25–48 23 July 2013 Collection 3 49–72 6 January 2015 Collection 4 73–96 2 June 2015 Collection 5 97–120 3 November 2015 Collection 6 121–142 17 January 2017 Collection 7 143–164 28 March 2017 Collection 8 165–187 6 June 2017 Collection 9 188–212 15 August 2017 Collection 10 213–239 24 October 2017 Collection 11 240–265 13 February 2018

+ Manga Entertainment (Parts 1–9) Funimation via Anime Limited (Part 10+) (Region B/2) Volume Episodes Release date Refs. Standards Part 1 1–12 5 March 2012 Part 2 13–24 21 May 2012 Part 3 25–36 16 July 2012 Part 4 37–48 17 September 2012 Part 5 49–60 2 December 2013 Part 6 61–72 24 February 2014 Part 7 73–84 28 April 2014 Part 8 85–96 11 August 2014 Part 9 97–108 23 February 2015 Part 10 109–120 21 November 2016 Part 11 121–131 5 December 2016 Part 12 132–142 9 January 2017 Part 13 143–153 3 April 2017 Part 14 154–164 8 May 2017 Part 15 165–175 5 June 2017 Part 16 176–187 3 July 2017 Part 17 188–199 28 August 2017 Part 18 200–212 25 September 2017 Part 19 213–226 30 October 2017 Part 20 227–239 27 November 2017 Part 21 240–252 18 December 2017 Part 22 253–265 29 January 2018 Collections Collection 1 1–24 22 July 2013 (DVD)10 March 2014 (Blu-ray) Collection 2 25–48 2 September 2013 (DVD)2 June 2014 (Blu-ray) Collection 3 49–72 19 January 2015 Collection 4 73–96 14 September 2015

+ Madman Entertainment (Region B/4) Volume Episodes Release date Ref. Collections Collection 1 1–12 11 January 2012 Collection 2 13–24 15 February 2012 Collection 3 25–36 18 April 2012 Collection 4 37–48 23 May 2012 Collection 5 49–60 18 September 2013 Collection 6 61–72 20 November 2013 Collection 7 73–84 19 February 2014 Collection 8 85–96 16 April 2014 Collection 9 97–108 18 June 2014 Collection 10 109–120 23 July 2014 Collection 11 121–131 17 September 2014 Collection 12 132–142 26 November 2014 Collection 13 143–153 7 January 2015 Collection 14 154–164 18 February 2015 Collection 15 165–175 20 May 2015 Collection 16 176–187 21 October 2015 Collection 17 188–199 13 January 2016 Collection 18 200–212 2 March 2016 Collection 19 213–226 4 May 2016 Collection 20 227–239 6 July 2016 Collection 21 240–252 2 November 2016 Collection 22 253–265 8 February 2017 Zero 266–277 11 April 2018 Guild Collections Guild Collection 1 1–48 11 April 2018 Guild Collection 2 49–96 11 April 2018 Guild Collection 3 97–142 9 May 2018 Guild Collection 4 143–175 6 June 2018 Guild Collection 5 176–226 4 July 2018 Guild Collection 6 227–277 3 October 2018 Complete Collections Collection 1–277, Fairy Tail: Phoenix Priestess, Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry 3 October 2018

See also List of Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest episodes

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