The second season of the Fairy Tail anime television series is directed by Shinji Ishihira and produced by A-1 Pictures and Bridge. Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Natsu Dragneel and Lucy Heartfilia of the fictional guild Fairy Tail. The season contains three story arcs. The first 28 episodes continue the arc (episodes 202–203 filler), which adapts material from the beginning of the 36th to the middle of the 40th volume of the manga series Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima. Focusing on Natsu and the others who have been frozen in time for seven years on Tenrou Island, the members continue to participate in the Grand Magic Games, an annual competition to decide the Kingdom of Fiore's strongest guild. However, they encounter a conspiracy involving a time machine called Eclipse and the imminent destruction of the kingdom. The next 22 episodes form an original storyline called (episodes 219–226 filler), in which the twelve celestial spirits of the Zodiac rebel against their owners Lucy and Yukino after being transformed by Eclipse's black magic. The next 39 episodes contains the and the arcs, which adapts material from the rest of the manga's 40th volume to the middle of the 49th volume, depicting Fairy Tail's battle with a dark guild of Zeref's demons who aim to resurrect E.N.D., their master and Zeref's ultimate creation. The following arc is a 10-episode adaptation of the spin-off manga series Fairy Tail Zero, also by Hiro Mashima. Fairy Tail Zero is a prequel which focuses on the adventures of the guild's first master, Mavis Vermillion. Finally, the remaining two episodes of the season are the beginning of the , which adapts material from the last two chapters of the 49th volume of the original manga, and deal with Lucy Heartfilia reuniting with Natsu Dragneel and Happy one year later at the Grand Magic Games.
The season ran from April 5, 2014, to March 26, 2016, on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. The first DVD compilation was released with the first issue of Fairy Tail Monthly magazine on July 17, 2014, renumbered as "Vol. 1". The season was simulcast by its North American licensor Funimation Entertainment, subtitled in English on their website, and streamed English subtitled on Crunchyroll. __TOC__
Episodes
Music Opening themes No. Song Title Artist Episodes 15 "Masayume Chasing" BoA 176–188 16 "Strike Back" Back-On 189–203 17 "Mysterious Magic" Do As Infinity 204–214 18 "Break Out" V6 215–226 19 "Yume-iro Graffiti" Tackey & Tsubasa 227–239 20 "Never-End Tale" Tatsuyuki Kobayashi & Konomi Suzuki 240–252 21 "Believe in Myself" Edge of Life 253–265 22 "Ashita wo Narase" Kavka Shishido 266–277
Ending themes No. Song Title Artist Episodes 15 "Kimi to Kare to Boku to Kanojo to" Breathe 176–188 16 "Kokoro no Kagi" May J. 189–203 17 "Kimi no Mirai" Root Five 204–214 18 "Don't Let Me Down" Mariya Nishiuchi 215–226 19 "Never Ever" Tokyo Girls' Style 227–239 20 "Forever Here" Yoko Ishida 240–252 21 "Azayaka na Tabiji" Megumi Mori 253–265 22 "Landscape" Solidemo 266–277
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