Fairytail Episode Guide Season One

Episode list

No.	Title	Original airdate[n 1]	American airdate[n 2]
1	"The Fairy Tail" "Yōsei no Shippo" (妖精の尻尾)	October 12, 2009	November 22, 2011
Natsu Dragneel and his cat partner Happy arrive in the town of Hargeon in search of a dragon named Igneel. Meanwhile, Lucy Heartfilia, a young wizard determined to join the local wizards' guild Fairy Tail, is hypnotized by Bora, a wizard posing as the famous Salamander of Fairy Tail. Natsu and Happy inadvertently save Lucy after approaching Bora, mistaking "Salamander" for the fire dragon. Later, Bora offers membership of Fairy Tail to Lucy and invites her onto his yacht, where he reveals his plan to smuggle her and other young girls. Natsu and Happy rescue Lucy again and expose Bora as an imposter. Revealing himself to be the real Salamander, Natsu easily defeats Bora with his mastery over fire magic and invites Lucy to join Fairy Tail, which she accepts as they flee from the army.
2	"Fire Dragon, Monkey, and Bull" "Karyū to Saru to Ushi" (火竜と猿と牛)	October 19, 2009	November 22, 2011
In Magnolia, Natsu and Happy bring Lucy to the Fairy Tail guildhall in Magnolia. Joining Fairy Tail, Lucy overhears a conversation between the guild master Makarov Dreyar and Romeo Conbolt to search for his father Macao. Unable to wait for Macao, Natsu and Happy decide to go find the wizard. Lucy travels with Natsu and Happy to Mt. Hakobe and search for Macao. They encounter a monster called a Vulcan and Lucy is captured. Natsu arrives and fights him, but is thrown out of a hole. Lucy summons Taurus to fight the Vulcan, but Natsu goes back into the mountain and inadvertently knocks out Taurus. Natsu defeats the Vulcan and find out that it took control of Macao's body. After saving Macao, the four return to Magnolia where Romeo reunites with his father.
3	"Infiltrate the Everlue Mansion" "Sennyū Seyo!! Ebarū Yashiki!!" (潛入せよ!! エバルー屋敷!!)	October 26, 2009	November 22, 2011
Lucy settles into her new apartment. Unbeknown to her, Natsu and Happy enter the apartment and Lucy scolds them. She teaches the two how a wizard makes contracts with celestial spirits. Lucy summons Nicola, forms a contract with him and names him Plue. She accepts a job to steal a book entitled Daybreak from the Everlue Mansion's corrupt owner Duke Everlue. At Fairy Tail, Makarov reviews that job has been changed to destroying the book and increased the reward. They arrive at Shirotsume and accept the request to burn the book. When Everlue rejects Lucy as a maid and insults her, the three infiltrate the mansion and successfully steal the book. However, Everlue, his maids, and his gorilla-sized celestial spirit Virgo, attacks the three. Lucy flees to the sewers, and discovers the book's hidden secrets before being caught by Everlue. Meanwhile, Natsu takes on Everlue's mercenaries, the Vanish Brothers, and defeats them along with Virgo.
4	"Dear Kaby" "Shin'ai Naru Kābi e" (DEAR KABY 〜親愛なるカービィへ〜)	November 2, 2009	November 22, 2011
Duke Everlue is about to crush Lucy when Happy appears and ends his struggle. Lucy summons Cancer, her crab spirit. Oblivious to Natsu's presence, Duke Everlue summons Virgo. Lucy and Cancer easily defeat him. They take the book back to Kaby, the son of the book's author Zakua. Kaby explains that his father considered Daybreak to be the worst book he had ever written, and intends to destroy it to protect his father's honor. However, Lucy reveals that the book contains a secret message for Kaby from his father as an apology for neglecting him over the years while writing the book for Everlue. To Lucy's chagrin, Natsu and Happy respectfully decline the reward as Kaby does not have as much money as he claimed he would give.
5	"The Wizard in Armor" "Yoroi no Madōshi" (鎧の魔導士)	November 9, 2009	—
Erza Scarlet, one of the most powerful wizards of Fairy Tail, returns to Magnolia. She recruits Natsu and Gray to assist her on a mission to stop the dark guild Eisenwald from using the Lullaby, a demonic flute with the power to kill anyone who hears its music, for an unknown assassination plot.
6	"Fairies in the Wind" "Yōsei-tachi wa Kaze no Naka" (妖精たちは風の中)	November 16, 2009	—
The heroes are lured into a train station where Eisenwald is holed up, thinking they will broadcast the Lullaby's music from there. While they fight the dark guild members, the Eisenwald's leader Erigor traps them inside the station with a barrier of wind. He then heads for the town of Clover where the guild masters are holding a conference, intending to kill them with the Lullaby.
7	"Flame and Wind" "Honō to Kaze" (炎と風)	November 23, 2009	—
Natsu defeats Eisenwald member Kageyama, whom Erza hopes will help them dispel the wind barrier around the station, but Kageyama is gravely wounded by another Eisenwald member to keep him quiet. Happy reveals that he had stolen the key for the celestial spirit Virgo from Duke Everlue, allowing Lucy to summon her and use her power to burrow out from beneath the station with Kageyama in tow. Meanwhile, Natsu tracks down and fights Erigor to stop him from reaching Clover.
8	"The Strongest Team" "Saikyō Chīmu!!!" (最強チーム!!!)	November 30, 2009	—
Although Natsu defeats Erigor, Kageyama steals the Lullaby and escapes to Clover where he prepares to play it and kill the guild masters, but has a change of heart and surrenders after speaking with Makarov, the master of Fairy Tail. This outrages and awakens the demon sealed within the flute, which attempts to kill the guild masters on its own. Combining their powers, Natsu, Gray and Erza destroy the Lullaby and save the guild masters.
9	"Natsu Devours a Village" "Natsu, Mura o Kū" (ナツ､ 村を食う)	December 7, 2009	—
While returning home from Clover, the heroes stumble upon a town completely devoid of people. Their presence activates a spell that transforms everything in the town into giant monsters, but Makarov saves everyone by deactivating the spell, freeing the townsfolk who were trapped inside the monsters.
10	"Natsu vs. Erza" "Natsu vs. Eruza" (ナツ vs. エルザ)	December 14, 2009	March 4, 2012
Natsu challenges Erza to a fight to prove his strength, but their battle is interrupted when Erza is arrested for the damages caused during the battle against Eisenwald. Natsu tries to rescue her, only to learn that she is merely standing in a mock trial for the Magic Council to display their authority. Once she is released, Natsu tries to resume their battle, but she easily defeats him. Natsu remains determined to prove himself and secretly embarks on an S-Class mission with Happy against Makarov's permission, persuading Lucy into coming with them.
11	"The Cursed Island" "Norowareta Shima" (呪われた島)	December 21, 2009	March 10, 2012
Natsu, Lucy and Happy set off to their mission's destination of Galuna Island, which its residents claim has been inflicted with a curse that transforms them into demons when exposed to moonlight. Gray tries to bring the three to the guildhall, but is dragged into the mission instead. While exploring the island, the heroes discover the frozen body of Deliora, a demon that Gray's teacher Ur sacrificed herself for to seal away.
12	"Moon Drip" "Mūn Dorippu" (月の雫（ムーンドリップ）)	January 4, 2010	March 13, 2012
The heroes discover that a cult of wizards on the island is using a spell called Moon Drip to revive Deliora, which they reason to be the cause of the island's curse. Gray recognizes the cult's leader as Lyon, another one of Ur's former students, who blames Gray for killing Ur and hopes to defeat Deliora himself to surpass her.
13	"Natsu vs. Yuka the Wave User" "Natsu vs. Hadō no Yūka" (ナツ vs. 波動のユウカ)	January 11, 2010	—
Gray is badly injured during his fight with Lyon and is brought back to the village by Natsu. Lyon's henchmen destroy the village with a flume of acidic jelly, but Natsu protects everyone from Lyon's henchmen Yuka and Toby. Meanwhile, Lucy fights with Lyon's henchman Sherry, who has the power to control Lucy's celestial spirits.
14	"Just Do Whatever!!" "Katte ni Shiyagare!!" (勝手にしやがれ!!)	January 18, 2010	—
Lucy easily defeats Sherry when Erza arrives on Galuna Island. Disinterested in the situation the islanders are in, Erza apprehends the heroes with the intention of return them to the guild for punishment for taking the S-Class job without permission. However, Gray stands up to Erza for the first time, telling them that he will defeat Lyon no matter what. Erza relents and sets them free to look for Natsu, who attempts to defeat Lyon and prevent Deliora's resurrection by himself. Along the way, Gray reveals that Ur is still alive.
15	"Eternal Magic" "Eien no Mahō" (永遠の魔法)	January 25, 2010	—
Gray reveals how he was found by Ur and Lyon ten years ago after his hometown was destroyed by Deliora. Seeking revenge against the demon, Gray became Ur's student to learn magic in order to defeat it. When Deliora reappeared, however, Ur sealed Deliora using Iced Shell, a spell that transformed her body into ice to freeze Deliora. Although Ur remains alive in this form, she had Gray tell Lyon that she had died in the hopes that he wouldn't spend his life trying to return her to normal, sparking Lyon's grudge against Gray.
16	"The Final Showdown on Galuna Island" "Garuna-tō, Saishū Kessen" (ガルナ島 最終決戦)	February 1, 2010	—
Gray confronts Lyon and tries to use Iced Shell against him, but is stopped by Natsu and realizes that doing so would be meaningless as Lyon could be restored by his henchmen. Gray tells Lyon the truth about Ur, but Lyon admits that he had known this all along and still intends to melt Ur's former body. Enraged, Gray defeats Lyon, but fails to stop the Moon Drip from resurrecting Deliora. Meanwhile, Natsu fights with Lyon's henchman Zalty, who has the power to control the time of objects around them.
17	"Burst" "BURST"	February 8, 2010	—
Natsu and Gray attempt to stop Deliora, only to learn that Ur had drained its strength over the ten years that it was frozen, causing Deliora to die shortly after it is resurrected. Even with Deliora's death, however, everyone realizes that they have yet to lift the island's curse. They return to the village to find that it has been repaired by Zalty. The villagers reason that they must lift the curse by destroying the moon itself.
18	"Reach the Sky Above" "Todoke, Ano Sora ni" (届け あの空に)	February 15, 2010	—
Natsu and Erza lift the curse by aiming their attacks at the moon, destroying a magical membrane cast over the island by the Moon Drip, which turns out to be the direct cause of the curse. Furthermore, it is revealed that the curse hadn't turned the islanders into demons; rather, they had been demons all along, and the curse affected their memories of it. Freed from their obsession with Deliora, Lyon and his henchmen resolve to change their ways, while Erza brings the others back to the guild to be punished.
19	"Changeling" "Chenjuringu" (チェンジリング)	February 22, 2010	—
Natsu finds a strange-looking request on the job board and chants the words written on it, causing him and several other members of Fairy Tail to switch bodies with each other. Levy and her partners try to break the spell, but only manage to save some of the guild members while even more members swap bodies as well.
20	"Natsu and the Dragon Egg" "Natsu to Doragon no Tamago" (ナツとドラゴンの卵)	March 1, 2010	—
Mirajane tells Lucy the story of how Natsu found Happy as an egg when he was younger and helped care for it together with Mirajane and Elfman's younger sister Lisanna, a former member of Fairy Tail.
21	"The Phantom Lord" "Yūki no Shihaisha" (幽鬼の支配者)	March 8, 2010	—
The Fairy Tail guildhall is attacked by Phantom Lord, a rival guild. At first, Makarov ignores the attack in order to maintain the law of neutrality among guilds, but later declares war on Phantom Lord when Levy and her group are attacked and hospitalized by Gajeel, Phantom Lord's resident Dragon Slayer. As Makarov leads an attack against Phantom Lord, Lucy is kidnapped by Juvia and Sol, two of Phantom Lord's most powerful members, Element 4.
22	"Lucy Heartfilia" "Rūshii Hātofiria" (ルーシィ・ハートフィリア)	March 15, 2010	—
Makarov confronts Jose, the leader of Phantom Lord, but is drained of his magical power by Aria of Element 4, forcing Fairy Tail to retreat. Learning that Lucy has been kidnapped by Phantom Lord, Natsu makes his way to their tower headquarters to rescue her. There Lucy learns that the one who ordered her kidnapping was her own father, with Phantom Lord's attacks meant to fulfill his request of bringing her back to the Heartfilia family estate after she ran away from home. Desperate to escape, Lucy leaps from her tower window and is saved by Natsu.
23	"15 Minutes" "Jūgo-fun" (15分)	March 22, 2010	—
Phantom Lord appears in Magnolia to destroy Fairy Tail with its magic cannon, Jupiter, but Erza sacrifices herself to defend everyone from the attack. Given fifteen minutes until the cannon is fired again and left without their strongest fighters, Lucy is taken away to safety while Natsu tries to destroy Jupiter, leaving everyone else to defend the guildhall.
24	"To Keep From Seeing Those Tears" "Sono Namida o Minai Tame ni" (その涙を見ない為に)	March 29, 2010	—
Natsu successfully destroys Jupiter while fighting with Totomaru of Element 4. In response, the Phantom Lord guildhall is transformed into a giant robot and begins casting the forbidden magic Abyss Break to wipe out the city. Mirajane offers herself to Phantom Lord while disguised as Lucy, but Jose sees through her disguise and captures her. Elfman, having infiltrated Phantom Tail with Gray, is confronted by Sol, who forces him to relive his guilt of killing his sister Lisanna. Upon seeing Mirajane as a hostage, however, Elfman performs Beast Soul, the spell that caused Lisanna's death, against Sol.
25	"A Flower Blooms in the Rain" "Ame no Naka ni Saku Hana" (雨の中に咲く華)	April 12, 2010	—
After Elfman defeats Sol, he apologizes to Mirajane for failing to protect Lisanna. Mirajane realizes that the casting of Abyss Break has slowed down and deduces that they can stop the spell by defeating all of the Element 4 members. Meanwhile, Gray encounters Juvia, who immediately falls in love with him. Gray attacks Juvia, but her body is not only made of water, but can repel any attack. When she attempts to convince Gray to hand over Lucy, Gray states that he will give his life, causing Juvia to burst out into anger and fighting him, but Gray freezes her. When Gray says the rain is depressing, Juvia attacks Gray again, but he easily defeats her. Meanwhile, Natsu confronts the final member of Element 4, Aria.
26	"Wings of Flame" "Honō no Tsubasa" (炎の翼)	April 19, 2010	—
Erza joins the fight against Aria despite her injuries and defeats him, which successfully deactivates Abyss Break. Meanwhile, Lucy is kidnapped from Fairy Tail's safehouse by Gajeel, despite Loke's efforts to save her in time. Erza tells Natsu to save Lucy before Jose enters the battle to dispose of Erza, Gray, Elfman, and Mirajane.
27	"The Two Dragon Slayers" "Futari no Doragon Sureiyā" (二人の滅竜魔導士（ドラゴンスレイヤー）)	April 26, 2010	—
To save Lucy, Natsu fights against Gajeel, whose Dragon Slayer magic allows the two to fight on even grounds until Gajeel gains the upper hand by eating iron to regain his energy, leaving Natsu weak without any fire to eat. Lucy helps Natsu by summoning Sagittarius, the only celestial spirit currently in her possession, who is able to start a fire by shooting an arrow at a set of machinery, causing an explosion that allows Natsu to feed and continue fighting.
28	"Fairy Law" "Fearī Rō" (フェアリーロウ)	May 3, 2010	—
Natsu defeats Gajeel while Erza continues fighting Jose, who reveals his intention to hold Lucy hostage until he is able to completely monopolize her family's wealth, allowing Phantom Lord to prove its superiority over Fairy Tail. Shortly after, Makarov returns fully recovered and casts the legendary spell Fairy Law, defeating Jose and ending the war between Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord.
29	"My Resolve" "Atashi no Ketsui" (あたしの決意)	May 10, 2010	—
Following the battle, Lucy decides to return home to her father, much to the dismay of her friends. Instead of reuniting with her father to accept the vast wealth at her disposal, Lucy declares that her home is with Fairy Tail and breaks ties with him. As she leaves, Lucy is pleasantly surprised to find that her friends have followed her out of fear that she would leave them.
30	"Next Generation" "NEXT GENERATION"	May 17, 2010	—
The Magic Council expresses its disapproval with Fairy Tail, but is unable to force them to disband. Makarov's friend from the council, Yajima, suggests that Makarov retire and choose a successor. However, Makarov refuses to retire upon hearing the destruction caused by Natsu and his friends on their latest mission. Meanwhile, the heroes are forced to perform a play for a failing theater. Though they seemingly ruin the play and destroy the theater with their antics, it greatly entertains the audience and becomes a success.
31	"A Star Removed from the Sky" "Sora ni Modorenai Hoshi" (空に戻れない星)	May 24, 2010	—
Loke begins acting strangely around Lucy, whom Loke has always avoided in the past. After Loke breaks up with all his girlfriends and disappears, Lucy becomes concerned and investigates Loke's past. She discovers him to actually be the celestial spirit Leo, who had been banished from the spirit world.
32	"Celestial Spirit King" "Seirei-ō" (星霊王)	May 31, 2010	—
Loke reveals to Lucy that by drawing out his contract with his previous master, Karen Lilica, to prevent her from bullying his friend Aries, Loke had prevented her from summoning other spirits to protect herself, thus indirectly causing her death three years ago. Furthermore, the three years he spent banned from the spirit world is causing him to gradually fade away and die. Lucy challenges the law Loke had broken in order to save him, causing the Celestial Spirit King to appear before them. The Celestial Spirit King reconsiders Loke's exile when Lucy summons all of her spirits at once to support her, allowing Loke to return to the spirit world.
33	"The Tower of Heaven" "Rakuen no Tō" (楽園の塔)	June 7, 2010	—
Loke gives Lucy and the others passports to the Fiore Kingdom's best resort as thanks for saving him. While on vacation there, Erza is haunted by glimpses from her past as a slave forced to build the Tower of Heaven. She and Happy are later abducted by Erza's former friends from the tower, who believe that she had betrayed them, and are taken to the tower to meet Jellal.
34	"Jellal" "Jerāru" (ジェラール)	June 21, 2010	—
As a big battle begins in the darkness of the Tower of Heaven, Erza's past begins to unfold and the mysterious R-system is revealed.
35	"Voice of Darkness" "Yami no Koe" (闇の声)	June 28, 2010	—
Erza and Jellal's pasts and their connection is revealed, along with why Erza gained her skills as a wizard.
36	"Heaven's Game" "Rakuen Gēmu" (楽園ゲーム)	July 5, 2010	—
Following the revolt against Jellal, it is revealed that two of his "comrades" betrayed him to Erza. Meanwhile, Lucy and Juvia encounter one of Jellal's mercenaries, Vidaldus Taka, while Natsu fights with another mercenary, Fukuro.
37	"Armor of the Heart" "Kokoro no Yoroi" (心の鎧)	July 12, 2010	—
Juvia reaches out to Lucy while being controlled by Vidaldus, inspiring Lucy to defeat their opponent by summoning Aquarius inside Juvia's body to pin him down while they perform a Unison Raid on him. Meanwhile, Fukuro devours Natsu to gain his powers but is defeated by Gray, while Siegrain reveals Jellal's plan to resurrect Zeref to gain the Magic Council's support in firing Etherion.
38	"Destiny" "Desutinī" (運命（デスティニー）)	July 19, 2010	—
Sho is attacked by Ikuruga, the leader of Trinity Raven, but her attacks release Erza from her card prison. After most of her armors are destroyed by Ikaruga, Erza realizes that wearing armor had been a form of weakness for her, so she dons an outfit of ordinary cloth and strikes Ikaruga down. She then climbs to the top of the Tower of Heaven and, after a brief battle, manages to pin Jellal down. Concerned that Erza won't have it in her heart to kill her childhood friend, Simon sends Natsu to save her.
39	"Give Our Prayers to the Sacred Light" "Seinaru Hikari ni Inori o" (聖なる光に祈りを)	July 26, 2010	—
Erza confronts Jellal with the fact that the Tower of Heaven cannot be completed without a massive amount of magic energy, leading Jellal to seemingly concede defeat. Soon after, the Etherion fires on the tower which, to everyone's shock, is absorbed by the tower's true form, an immense lacrima crystal, preventing the attack from killing anyone. Jellal reveals that he had disguised himself as Siegrain using a magical projection of himself to coerce the Magic Cuncil into firing Etherion at the tower, thereby completing it. He tries using Erza as a sacrifice to resurrect Zeref, but Natsu arrives and rescues her. Natsu fights Jellal, but Jellal outmatches him, so Natsu decides to aim his attacks at the tower and destroy it instead.
40	"Titania Falls" "Titānia, Chiru" (妖精女王（ティターニア）､ 散る)	August 2, 2010	—
Enraged at the damage done to his tower, and deciding he no longer needs Erza as a sacrifice, Jellal tries to kill both Natsu and Erza, but Simon arrives and defends the two from Jellal's attack, killing him. Natsu becomes infuriated with Jellal at the sight of Erza crying over Simon's death and eats a chunk of lacrima containing Etherion, which greatly increases his physical and magical power, allowing him to defeat Jellal and destroy the tower. Realizing that the tower's remains have now become unstable and threaten to explode, Erza decides to sacrifice herself to save Natsu by merging with the tower lacrima to control its power.
41	"Home" "HOME"	August 9, 2010	—
Erza has a vision of her friends' sadness at own funeral and regrets her decision to sacrifice her life for them. However, she is rescued by Natsu, and the two escape the tower alive together. Erza offers her old friends membership in Fairy Tail, but they decide against it as they wish to experience the world without weighing her down, so Erza and her guildmates hold a farewell ceremony for them. They return home to find their new, larger guildhall finally complete and Juvia as a member of Fairy Tail; to their chagrin, Gajeel has also become a member. Laxus, believing these changes to the guild are causing people to think little of his guild, decides to take over the guild by force.
42	"Battle of Fairy Tail" "Batoru Obu Fearī Teiru" (バトル・オブ・フェアリーテイル)	August 16, 2010	—
The members of Fairy Tail celebrate Magnolia's annual harvest festival, which includes a beauty contest in which Lucy and Erza participate. The festival is interrupted by Laxus and his personal bodyguards, the Raijin Tribe, who turn the contest participants into stone and force the other members into joining a battle royale where they must defeat one another to save the girls. To ensure Makarov doesn't interfere, they create a runic barrier around the guildhall which prevents people over 80 years of age from leaving, which mysteriously affects Natsu as well.
43	"Defeat Your Friends to Save Your Friends" "Tomo no Tame ni Tomo o Ute" (友の為に友を討て)	August 23, 2010	—
The members of Fairy Tail defeat one another until only Natsu and Gajeel, who remain trapped inside the Fairy Tail guildhall, remain. Fortunately, the petrification spell lifts on Erza faster than normal thanks to her artificial right eye, and Mystogan enters the competition, giving Fairy Tail the chance they need to defeat Laxus.
44	"Thunder Palace" "Kaminari Den" (神鳴殿)	August 30, 2010	—
Erza battles and defeats Evergreen of the Raijin Tribe, returning the other girls to normal. In retaliation, Laxus surrounds the entire town with Thunder Palace, a cluster of lightning-infused lacrima orbs that threaten to destroy the town, and damage anyone who attacks them. The rescued girls enter the competition, with Lucy facing off against Bickslow of the Raijin Tribe with the assistance of Loke.
45	"Advent of Satan" "Satan Kōrin" (サタン降臨)	September 6, 2010	—
Lucy and Loke defeat Bickslow, leaving only the leader of the Raijin Tribe, Fried Justine, remaining. Cana and Juvia find him but are forced by his runic magic to battle each other until one of them falls first. Believing it to be an act to earn Fairy Tail's complete trust, Juvia instead attacks one of the Thunder Palace lacrima, sacrificing herself so Cana can fight Freid. However, Cana is defeated by Fried, as is Elfman. Mirajane's distress over her brother's suffering causes her to activate her latent magic power, Satan Soul, which she uses to defeat Fried in a fury. However, she regains control of herself and convinces him to stop fighting his friends.
46	"Clash at Kardia Cathedral!" "Gekitotsu! Karudia Daiseidō" (激突! カルディア大聖堂)	September 13, 2010	—
Poluchka appears in the guildhall to check on Makarov, who had collapsed under the stress of the battle royale, and reasons he does not have long to live. Meanwhile, Mystogan confronts Laxus at Kardia Cathedral to convince him to lift the Thunder Palace spell. The two battle until Natsu and Erza arrive at the cathedral and witness Laxus blast off Mystogan's mask, revealing him to resemble Jellal. After Mystogan leaves, Erza goes out to destroy the Thunder Palace while Natsu battles Laxus.
47	"Triple Dragons" "Toripuru Doragon" (トリプル ドラゴン)	September 20, 2010	—
Lucy persuades the rest of her guildmates, who remain bitter over their senseless fighting, to help Erza destroy the Thunder Palace. Meanwhile, Natsu fights Laxus together with Gajeel, but their attacks prove ineffective against him as he reveals himself to be a Lightning Dragon Slayer. Frustrated with his plans' failure, Laxus prepares to use Fairy Law to destroy the entire city at once. Levy arrives to tell him that Makarov is dying, but he coldly dismisses it and casts the spell anyway.
48	"Fantasia" "Fantajia" (幻想曲（ファンタジア）)	September 27, 2010	—
After casting Fairy Law, Laxus discovers that the spell hadn't affected anybody in Magnolia, signifying he does not truly see his guildmates as his enemies. In denial of this revelation, Laxus continues battling Natsu, but Natsu defeats him with Gajeel's help. Afterward, Poluchka restores Makarov to full health. As punishment for his actions, Makarov expels Laxus from Fairy Tail. During the harvest festival's Fantasia parade, however, Makarov leads the rest of the guild as they bid him farewell with a gesture Laxus himself made as a child showing that they will always watch over him.

The first season of the Fairy Tail anime series was directed by Shinji Ishihira and produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight. It follows the first adventures of Lucy Heartfilia and Natsu Dragneel of the fictional guild, Fairy Tail. The season adapts the first 16 volumes of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga series. Joining the titular guild after befriending Natsu, Lucy goes on missions with him 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 forbidden S-Class mission with Gray and Erza to save Galuna Island and fight Gray's rival Lyon Vastia. Shortly after, the guildhall is attacked by their rival guild Phantom Lord, leading into a guild war. After the dissolution of Phantom Lord, the group learns of Erza's past as a slave in the Tower of Heaven and confront Jellal Fernandes to destroy the Tower of Heaven. Lastly, once back at Fairy Tail, Laxus Dreyar and the Thunder God Tribe stage a coup in Fairy Tail, but Natsu and the others defeat him.

The season initially ran from October 12, 2009 to September 27, 2010 on TV Tokyo in Japan. It was later released on DVD in 12 compilations, each containing four episodes, by Pony Canyonbetween January 29 and December 24, 2010. The season was licensed by Animax Asia for a Southeast Asian broadcast. Their adaptation aired from September 30, 2010 to December 6, 2011. DVDs of their adaptations were not released. In 2011, Funimation Entertainment licensed the series for an English DVD release in North America. The season was released in four compilations between November 22, 2011 and March 20, 2012. The series also began airing on the Funimation Channel in North America beginning on November 22, 2011.

The season makes use of eight pieces of theme music: four opening themes and four ending themes. The opening themes are "Snow Fairy", performed by Funkist for episodes 1 to 11,"S.O.W - Sense of Wonder" (S.O.W.センスオブワンダー S.O.W Sensu obu Wondā?) by Idoling!!! for episodes 12 to 24, "Ft." performed by Funkist for episodes 25 to 35, and "R.P.G. (Rockin' Playing Game)" performed by Sug for the remainder of the season.The ending themes respectively used with the opening themes are "Kanpeki Gū no ne" (完璧ぐ〜のね?, "Complete Loss for Words") performed by Watarirouka Hashiritai, "Tsuioku Merry-Go-Round" (追憶メリーゴーランド Tsuioku Merīgōrando?, "Reminiscence Merry Go Round") by Onelifecrew,”Gomen ne. Watashi" (ごめんね。私?, "I'm Sorry") performed by Shiho Nanba, and "Kimi ga Iru Kara" (君がいるから?, "Because You Are Here") by Mikuni Shimokawa.

The cover of the first DVD compilation for season one of Fairy Tail released by Pony Canyon