Fairy Tail watch order
Every Fairy Tail season, film and special in the order it was released: 9 entries (4 TV seasons, 2 films and 3 specials and OVAs), 2009 to 2024. The TV seasons add up to 353 episodes. 50 episodes are filler or recap you can skip.
Updated , when release dates were last checked.
Start with Fairy Tail (2009), then follow the list from top to bottom.
Release order
Oldest first, by the date each entry first aired or opened in cinemas.
1.Fairy Tail
TV2009 · 175 episodes32 filler- 2.
Fairy Tail OVA
OVA2011 · 5 episodes 
3.Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess
Fairy Tail Movie 1: Houou no Miko
Movie2012- 4.
Fairy Tail: Phoenix Priestess - The First Morning
Fairy Tail Movie 1: Houou no Miko - Hajimari no Asa
Special2013 · 1 episode - 5.
Fairy Tail (2014)
TV2014 · 102 episodes18 filler - 6.
Fairy Tail OVA (2016)
OVA2016 · 3 episodes 
7.Fairy Tail the Movie: Dragon Cry
Fairy Tail Movie 2: Dragon Cry
Movie2017
8.Fairy Tail: Final Series
TV2018 · 51 episodes
9.Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest
Fairy Tail: 100-nen Quest
TV2024 · 25 episodesNo filler
Filler labels from Fairy Tail Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Episode-by-episode sources
Just the TV seasons
Short on time? These are the 4 TV runs on their own, in order.
Keep your place in Fairy Tail
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Questions
- What order should I watch Fairy Tail in?
- Watch it in release order, starting with Fairy Tail (2009) and ending with Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest (2024). That is 9 entries in all: 4 TV seasons, 2 films and 3 specials and OVAs.
- How many seasons does Fairy Tail have?
- Fairy Tail has 4 TV seasons in our catalog, 353 episodes in total.
- Where do the Fairy Tail movies fit?
- In release order, Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess (2012) came out after Fairy Tail; Fairy Tail the Movie: Dragon Cry (2017) came out after Fairy Tail (2014).
- Can I skip the filler in Fairy Tail?
- Yes. Fairy Tail Wiki marks 50 episodes as filler or recap (Fairy Tail: 32 of 175 episodes; Fairy Tail (2014): 18 of 102 episodes). Another 1 episode mixes story with filler, so keep it. Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest has no filler. We don't have a filler guide for the other TV seasons yet. On MyAnimeTracker, Skip filler hides them from the series page.
More watch orders
Release details come from the anime offline database (ODbL 1.0); series groups from Wikidata, TVmaze and publisher listings. See data sources for licenses and credits.