Fairy Tail Filler List
The first Fairy Tail series mixes canon with several anime-original arcs — here is the filler you can skip.
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Total episodes
37
Filler episodes
0
Recap episodes
21%
Filler percentage
The verdict
Fairy Tail is 21% filler. Skip every episode in the list below and you will not miss a single canon story beat. Anime-original stretches such as the Daphne arc are skippable; the core guild storyline stays intact without them.
How long to finish Fairy Tail?
Set your pace and see your finish date — plus how much time you save by skipping filler.
138
Episodes to watch
skipping 37
2d 7h
Total watch time
at ~24 min/ep
46
Days to finish
at 3 ep/day
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Finish date
saves 14h 48m
Adjust the pace to see your finish date.
Quick skip list — filler episode ranges
919–2049–5070–75125–150
Copy-friendly: skip episodes 9, 19–20, 49–50, 70–75, 125–150.
FAQ
How much of Fairy Tail is filler?
37 of 175 episodes are filler (about 21%). You can skip every filler episode without missing any of the canon story.
Can I skip Fairy Tail filler episodes safely?
Yes. Filler episodes are anime-only side stories that do not affect the main plot. Skipping them loses nothing from the core narrative.
Does Fairy Tail have a lot of filler?
A moderate amount, concentrated in a few anime-original arcs like the Daphne arc. Skip those and the main story still follows cleanly.
Are Fairy Tail recap episodes worth watching?
No. The 0 recap episodes only re-summarize events you have already seen. Skip them all.
Full episode list
| # | Title | Aired | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fairy Tail | 2009-10-12 | CANON |
| 2 | Fire Dragon, Monkey, and Bull | 2009-10-19 | CANON |
| 3 | Infiltrate the Everlue Mansion | 2009-10-26 | CANON |
| 4 | DEAR KABY | 2009-11-02 | CANON |
| 5 | The Wizard in Armor | 2009-11-09 | CANON |
| 6 | Fairies in the Wind | 2009-11-16 | CANON |
| 7 | Flame and Wind | 2009-11-23 | CANON |
| 8 | The Strongest Team | 2009-11-30 | CANON |
| 9 | Natsu, Devours a Village | 2009-12-07 | FILLER |
| 10 | Natsu vs. Erza | 2009-12-14 | CANON |
| 11 | The Cursed Island | 2009-12-21 | CANON |
| 12 | Moon Drip | 2010-01-04 | CANON |
| 13 | Natsu vs. Yuka the Wave User | 2010-01-11 | CANON |
| 14 | Just Do Whatever!! | 2010-01-18 | CANON |
| 15 | Eternal Magic | 2010-01-25 | CANON |
| 16 | The Final Showdown on Galuna Island | 2010-02-01 | CANON |
| 17 | Burst | 2010-02-08 | CANON |
| 18 | Reach the Sky Above | 2010-02-15 | CANON |
| 19 | Changeling | 2010-02-22 | FILLER |
| 20 | Natsu and the Dragon Egg | 2010-03-01 | FILLER |
| 21 | The Phantom Lord | 2010-03-08 | CANON |
| 22 | Lucy Heartfilia | 2010-03-15 | CANON |
| 23 | 15 Minutes | 2010-03-22 | CANON |
| 24 | To Keep From Seeing Those Tears | 2010-03-29 | CANON |
| 25 | A Flower Blooms in the Rain | 2010-04-12 | CANON |
| 26 | Wings of Flame | 2010-04-19 | CANON |
| 27 | The Two Dragon Slayers | 2010-04-26 | CANON |
| 28 | Fairy Law | 2010-05-03 | CANON |
| 29 | My Resolve | 2010-05-10 | CANON |
| 30 | Next Generation | 2010-05-17 | CANON |
| 31 | A Star Removed from the Sky | 2010-05-24 | CANON |
| 32 | Celestial Spirit King | 2010-05-31 | CANON |
| 33 | The Tower of Heaven | 2010-06-07 | CANON |
| 34 | Jellal | 2010-06-21 | CANON |
| 35 | Voice of Darkness | 2010-06-28 | CANON |
| 36 | Heaven's Game | 2010-07-05 | CANON |
| 37 | Armor of the Heart | 2010-07-12 | CANON |
| 38 | Destiny | 2010-07-19 | CANON |
| 39 | Give Our Prayers to the Sacred Light | 2010-07-26 | CANON |
| 40 | Titania Falls | 2010-08-02 | CANON |
| 41 | Home | 2010-08-09 | CANON |
| 42 | Battle of Fairy Tail | 2010-08-16 | CANON |
| 43 | Defeat Your Friends to Save Your Friends | 2010-08-23 | CANON |
| 44 | Thunder Palace | 2010-08-30 | CANON |
| 45 | Advent of Satan | 2010-09-06 | CANON |
| 46 | Clash at Kardia Cathedral! | 2010-09-13 | CANON |
| 47 | Triple Dragons | 2010-09-20 | CANON |
| 48 | Fantasia | 2010-09-27 | CANON |
| 49 | The Day of the Fateful Encounter | 2010-10-11 | FILLER |
| 50 | Special Request: Watch Out for the Guy You Like! | 2010-10-18 | FILLER |
| 51 | Love & Lucky | 2010-10-25 | CANON |
| 52 | Allied Forces, Assemble! | 2010-11-01 | CANON |
| 53 | Enter the Oración Seis! | 2010-11-08 | CANON |
| 54 | Maiden of the Sky | 2010-11-15 | CANON |
| 55 | The Girl and the Ghost | 2010-11-22 | CANON |
| 56 | Dead Grand Prix | 2010-11-29 | CANON |
| 57 | Darkness | 2010-12-06 | CANON |
| 58 | Celestial Skirmish | 2010-12-13 | CANON |
| 59 | Jellal of Days Gone By | 2010-12-20 | CANON |
| 60 | March of Destruction | 2010-12-27 | CANON |
| 61 | Super Aerial Battle: Natsu vs. Cobra! | 2011-01-10 | CANON |
| 62 | Wizard Saint Jura | 2011-01-17 | CANON |
| 63 | Your Words | 2011-01-24 | CANON |
| 64 | Zero | 2011-01-31 | CANON |
| 65 | From Pegasus to Fairies | 2011-02-07 | CANON |
| 66 | The Power of Feelings | 2011-02-14 | CANON |
| 67 | I'm With You | 2011-02-21 | CANON |
| 68 | A Guild for One | 2011-02-28 | CANON |
| 69 | Call of the Dragon | 2011-03-07 | CANON |
| 70 | Natsu vs. Gray!! | 2011-03-14 | FILLER |
| 71 | Friendship Overcomes the Dead | 2011-03-21 | FILLER |
| 72 | A Fairy Tail Wizard | 2011-03-28 | FILLER |
| 73 | Rainbow Cherry Blossoms | 2011-04-04 | FILLER |
| 74 | Wendy's First Big Job!? | 2011-04-11 | FILLER |
| 75 | 24-Hour Endurance Road Race | 2011-04-16 | FILLER |
| 76 | Gildarts | 2011-04-23 | CANON |
| 77 | Earth Land | 2011-04-30 | CANON |
| 78 | Edolas | 2011-05-07 | CANON |
| 79 | Fairy Hunter | 2011-05-14 | CANON |
| 80 | Key of Hope | 2011-05-21 | CANON |
| 81 | Fireball | 2011-05-28 | CANON |
| 82 | Welcome Home | 2011-06-04 | CANON |
| 83 | Extalia | 2011-06-11 | CANON |
| 84 | Fly, to Our Friends! | 2011-06-18 | CANON |
| 85 | Code ETD | 2011-06-25 | CANON |
| 86 | Erza vs. Erza | 2011-07-02 | CANON |
| 87 | We're Talking About Lives Here!!!! | 2011-07-09 | CANON |
| 88 | For Pride's Sake, the River of Stars | 2011-07-16 | CANON |
| 89 | The Apocalyptic Dragon Chain Cannon | 2011-07-23 | CANON |
| 90 | The Boy Back Then | 2011-07-30 | CANON |
| 91 | Dragon Sense | 2011-08-06 | CANON |
| 92 | O Living Ones | 2011-08-13 | CANON |
| 93 | I'm Standing Right Here | 2011-08-20 | CANON |
| 94 | Bye-Bye Edolas | 2011-08-27 | CANON |
| 95 | Lisanna | 2011-09-03 | CANON |
| 96 | He Who Extinguishes Life | 2011-09-10 | CANON |
| 97 | Best Partners | 2011-09-17 | CANON |
| 98 | Who's the Lucky One? | 2011-09-24 | CANON |
| 99 | Natsu vs. Gildarts | 2011-10-01 | CANON |
| 100 | Mest | 2011-10-08 | CANON |
| 101 | Black Wizard | 2011-10-15 | CANON |
| 102 | Iron Soul | 2011-10-22 | CANON |
| 103 | Makarov Charges | 2011-10-29 | CANON |
| 104 | Lost Magic | 2011-11-05 | CANON |
| 105 | Fire Dragon vs. Flame God | 2011-11-12 | CANON |
| 106 | Grand Magic World | 2011-11-19 | CANON |
| 107 | Arc of Embodiment | 2011-11-26 | CANON |
| 108 | Human Gate | 2011-12-03 | CANON |
| 109 | Lucy Fire | 2011-12-10 | CANON |
| 110 | Dead-End of Despair | 2011-12-17 | CANON |
| 111 | Tears of Love and Vitality | 2011-12-24 | CANON |
| 112 | The One Thing I Couldn't Say | 2012-01-07 | CANON |
| 113 | Tenrou Tree | 2012-01-14 | CANON |
| 114 | Erza vs. Azuma | 2012-01-21 | CANON |
| 115 | Freezing Fighting Spirit | 2012-01-28 | CANON |
| 116 | Power of Life | 2012-02-04 | CANON |
| 117 | Rolling Thunder | 2012-02-11 | CANON |
| 118 | The Man Without an Emblem | 2012-02-18 | CANON |
| 119 | Realm of the Abyss | 2012-02-25 | CANON |
| 120 | Daybreak on Tenrou Island | 2012-03-03 | CANON |
| 121 | The Right to Love | 2012-03-10 | CANON |
| 122 | Let's Hold Hands | 2012-03-17 | CANON |
| 123 | Fairy Tail, Year X791 | 2012-03-24 | CANON |
| 124 | The Seven Year Gap | 2012-03-31 | CANON |
| 125 | The Magic Ball | 2012-04-07 | FILLER |
| 126 | True Scoundrels – The Butt Jiggle Gang | 2012-04-14 | FILLER |
| 127 | The Terror of Invisible Lucy! | 2012-04-21 | FILLER |
| 128 | Father's Memento | 2012-04-28 | FILLER |
| 129 | Turbulent Showdown! Natsu vs. Laxus | 2012-05-05 | FILLER |
| 130 | Target: Lucy | 2012-05-12 | FILLER |
| 131 | The Fury of Legion | 2012-05-19 | FILLER |
| 132 | Key of the Starry Heavens | 2012-05-26 | FILLER |
| 133 | Travel Companions | 2012-06-02 | FILLER |
| 134 | Labyrinth Capriccio | 2012-06-09 | FILLER |
| 135 | Footprints of the Myth | 2012-06-16 | FILLER |
| 136 | True Scoundrels, Once Again | 2012-06-23 | FILLER |
| 137 | Defying Calculation | 2012-06-30 | FILLER |
| 138 | The Course of the Holy War | 2012-07-07 | FILLER |
| 139 | Time Begins to Tick | 2012-07-14 | FILLER |
| 140 | Enter the Neo-Oración Seis! | 2012-07-21 | FILLER |
| 141 | Get the Infinity Clock! | 2012-07-28 | FILLER |
| 142 | Dissonance of Battle | 2012-08-04 | FILLER |
| 143 | Anti-Link | 2012-08-11 | FILLER |
| 144 | Despair Unleashed | 2012-08-18 | FILLER |
| 145 | Real Nightmare | 2012-08-25 | FILLER |
| 146 | Time Spiral | 2012-09-01 | FILLER |
| 147 | To the Infinity Castle! | 2012-09-08 | FILLER |
| 148 | Angel Tears | 2012-09-15 | FILLER |
| 149 | I Hear the Voice of My Friend | 2012-09-22 | FILLER |
| 150 | Lucy and Michelle | 2012-09-29 | FILLER |
| 151 | Sabertooth | 2012-10-06 | CANON |
| 152 | And So We Aim for the Top | 2012-10-13 | CANON |
| 153 | Song of the Stars | 2012-10-20 | CANON |
| 154 | For All the Time We Missed Each Other | 2012-10-27 | CANON |
| 155 | Crocus, the Flower-Blooming Capital | 2012-11-03 | CANON |
| 156 | Sky Labyrinth | 2012-11-10 | CANON |
| 157 | New Guild | 2012-11-17 | CANON |
| 158 | Night of Shooting Stars | 2012-11-24 | CANON |
| 159 | Lucy vs. Flare | 2012-12-01 | CANON |
| 160 | Portent | 2012-12-08 | CANON |
| 161 | Chariots | 2012-12-15 | CANON |
| 162 | Elfman vs. Bacchus | 2012-12-22 | CANON |
| 163 | Mirajane vs. Jenny | 2013-01-05 | CANON |
| 164 | Kagura vs. Yukino | 2013-01-12 | CANON |
| 165 | Hatred at Nightfall | 2013-01-19 | CANON |
| 166 | Pandemonium | 2013-01-26 | CANON |
| 167 | 100 Against 1 | 2013-02-02 | CANON |
| 168 | Laxus vs. Alexei | 2013-02-09 | CANON |
| 169 | Wendy vs. Shelia | 2013-02-16 | CANON |
| 170 | Small Fists | 2013-02-23 | CANON |
| 171 | Naval Battle | 2013-03-02 | CANON |
| 172 | A Parfum for You | 2013-03-09 | CANON |
| 173 | Battle of Dragon Slayers! | 2013-03-16 | CANON |
| 174 | Four Dragons | 2013-03-23 | CANON |
| 175 | Natsu vs. the Twin Dragons | 2013-03-30 | CANON |
Filler flags compiled from public episode data and reviewed editorially.
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