All Fairy Tail arcs in order of release

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Fairy Tail first became serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine way back in 2006, and over the last 18 years, there have been 63 volumes of the original manga totaling 545 chapters, 328 episodes of the anime, nine OVAs, two fully fledged movies, and additional spin-offs. That’s a lot of lore to sift through.

In total, discounting the hours it would take to get through all 63 volumes of the manga, that’s way over 100 hours of watch time. We all lead busy lives, and finding 100 extra hours to watch Fairy Tail from start to finish is a big ask, so it’s understandable if you’d rather watch the main arcs and avoid all of the optional filler.

All Fairy Tail arcs in order of release

With that in mind, here are all of the main Fairy Tail arcs in the order they were released, whether they’re classed as canonical or filler content, and where you can find them in both the manga and the anime.

Note: Release dates are based on the original manga release, and anime release dates may differ.

ArcRelease yearFiller/canonMangaAnime

Macao	2009	Canon	Chapters 1 – 3	Episodes 1 – 2
Daybreak	2009	Canon	Chapters 4 – 9	Episodes 3 – 4
Eisenwald	2009	Canon	Chapters 10 – 23	Episodes 5 – 10
Sub-Zero Emperor Lyon	2009 – 2010	Canon	Chapters 24 – 46	Episodes 11 – 20
Phantom Lord	2010	Canon	Chapters 47 – 69	Episodes 21 – 30
Loke	2010	Canon	Chapters 70 – 74	Episodes 31 – 32
Tower of Heaven	2010	Canon	Chapters 75 – 102	Episodes 33 – 40
The Battle of Fairy Tail	2010	Canon	Chapters 103 – 130	Episodes 41 – 51
Ocación Seis	2010 – 2011	Canon	Chapters 131 – 164	Episodes 52 – 68
Daphne	2011	Filler	N/A	Episodes 69 – 75
Edolas	2011	Canon	Chapters 165 – 199	Episodes 76 – 95
Tenrou Island	2011 – 2012	Canon	Chapters 200 – 253	Episodes 96 – 122
X791	2012	Canon	Chapters 254 – 357	Episodes 123 – 124
Key of the Starry Sky	2012	Filler	N/A	Episodes 125 – 150
Grand Magic Games	2012 – 2014	Canon	Chapters 258 – 340	Episodes 151 – 203
Eclipse / Celestial Spirits	2014 – 2015	Filler	N/A	Episodes 204 – 226
Sun Village	2015	Canon	Chapters 341 – 355	Episodes 227 – 233
Tartaros	2015	Canon	Chapters 356 – 417	Episodes 234 – 265
Zero*	2016	Canon / Prequel	Fairy Tail: Zero chapters 1 – 13	Episodes 266 – 275
Avatar / Reunion	2016 – 2018	Canon	Chapters 418 – 437	Episodes 276 – 284
Alvarez	2018 – 2019	Canon	Chapters 438 – 545	Episodes 285 – 328

If you want to watch or consume the Fairy Tail story in chronological order, Zero should be read or watched first, as it’s the origin story of the Mage Guild Fairy Tail.

Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest arcs

The 100 Year Quest collection of manga began to be released in 2018 and is an ongoing series with the anime lagging slightly behind the story of the manga. All of the arcs are considered canonical. Here’s all the arcs from the ongoing series:

ArcMangaAnime

Water Dragon God	Chapters 1 – 24	Episodes 1 – 7
Wood Dragon God	Chapters 25 – 63	Episodes 8 – 18
Moon Dragon God	Chapters 64 – 90	Episodes 19 – Ongoing
Great Labyrinth	Chapters 91 – 122	Episodes TBD
Gold Owl	Chapters 123 – 153	Episodes TBD
True Dragon King Festival	Chapters 154 – Ongoing	Episodes TBD

All Fairy Tail filler arcs

As you can see from the table above, there are only three arcs that are considered filler in Fairy Tail. These aren’t present in the manga and only appear in the anime. If you want to give them a miss, here’s a quick list of which episodes you can avoid:

Daphne Arc (Episodes 69 – 75)
Key of the Starry Sky Arc (Episodes 125 – 150)
Eclipse / Celestial Spirits Arc (Episodes 204 – 226)

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