Season	Episodes	Release date	Rating
Season 1 The season adapts the first 16 volumes of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga series. Natsu befriends Lucy who joins the titular guild and later goes on missions with her to earn money along with fellow wizards Gray Fullbuster and Erza Scarlet, as well as Natsu's flying cat, Happy. The five go on a f…	48	2009-10-12	8.5
Season 2 The first 20 episodes make up the "Nirvana" (ニルヴァーナ, Niruvāna) arc, which adapts Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga from 16th through the middle of the 20th volume. The arc focuses on Fairy Tail's alliance with other guilds to take down the dark guild Oración Seis, aided by the Dragon Slayer Wendy M…	48	2010-10-11	8.7
Season 3 The first 29 episodes adapt the rest of the 24th volume through the beginning of the 25th volume as part of the "Sirius Island" (天狼島編, "Tenrōjima-hen") arc, which focuses on Natsu and the guild's other strongest members as they take their S-Class examination on Sirius Island, they are interrupted…	54	2011-09-17	8.7
Season 4 This season contains a single story arc, titled "Dai Matō Enbu" (大魔闘演武, lit "Grand Magic Games"), which adapts material from the beginning of the 31st through the ending of the 35th volumes of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga over 25 episodes. Focusing on Natsu and the others who were frozen in ti…	25	2012-10-06	9.1
Season 5 The season contains two story arcs. The first 27 episodes continue the "Grand Magic Games" (大魔闘演武編, Dai Matō Enbu-hen) arc, which adapts material from the beginning of the 36th to the middle of the 40th volume of the Fairy Tail manga by Hiro Mashima. Focusing on Natsu and the others who have been…	51	2014-04-05	8.5
Season 6 This season has 39 episodes containing the "Tartaros" (冥府の門タルタロス編, Tarutarosu-hen) arc, 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 …	39	2015-04-04	8.7
FAIRY TAIL ZERØ The first 10 episodes are an adaptation of the spin-off manga series "Fairy Tail Zero" by Hiro Mashima. "Fairy Tail Zero" is a prequel which focuses on the adventures of the guild's first master, Mavis Vermillion. The last 2 episodes adapt material from the last two chapters of the 49th volume of…	12	2016-01-09	8.7
Final Series Fairy Tail has been disbanded. A year later, Lucy came in contact with Natsu and Happy. The three of them try to find the other former members' whereabouts to reconstruct the guild as they seek the real reason behind the guild's disbandment.	51	2018-10-07	8.1

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