Roughly 19% of Fairy Tail is filler. But if you’re a die-hard fan of an anime, fillers might just be something you can watch when the anime ends. Or if you’re in no hurry to get back to your main storyline fillers can be indulging and interesting, allowing you to see your favorite characters in different scenarios without the stress of maybe losing them in the future (we know, the main storyline of so many animes can be super stressful.)
Fairy Tail has a total of 7 mixed canon and filler episodes.
So can we say fillers are all bad?
Honestly no!
Some great anime have some superbly entertaining filler arcs believe it or not! In fact, sometimes filler arcs are likely to bring out under-appreciated side characters who haven’t gotten the spotlight but are extremely loved by fans.
So overall, whether you’re looking for a filler arc list because you want to avoid them or if you’re looking for a filler arc to help pass the time, we’ve got a good long list for you. Fairytale is a time-honored anime that is loved by millions across the world. And it’s safe to say, it possibly has the longest list of fillers any anime does! Not that our fans mind though, a good fairy tale filler has everything a good filler should have, a new villain, some new moves, some new powerups, and spells.
Fairy tale filler list Episodes:
| FILLER EPISODES: |
|---|
| 09, 19, 49-50, 69-75, 125-150, 204-226, 246, 256 |
Mixed Canon/Filler Episodes:
| CANON EPISODES: |
|---|
| 01-08, 10-18, 20-48, 51-68, 76-124, 151-203, 227-245, 247-255, 257-277 |
Which fairytale filler episode is the best?
A few interesting filler episodes that help you understand the fairytale cast a bit better are the ones that aired at the very start. These included an introductory visit (a few casual takes on the characters just to make the story a bit more lighthearted and help evolve the friendships)
We would recommend watching the first few fillers at least (skipping the 150-200) and you should watch the final four fillers (as a way to say goodbye to the cast if you’re an avid watcher.
Full Episode List
| EP | TITLE | TYPE |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Fairy Tail | Canon |
| 2 | Fire Dragon, Monkey, and Bull | Canon |
| 3 | Infiltrate the Everlue Mansion | Canon |
| 4 | Dear Kaby | Canon |
| 5 | The Wizard in Armor | Canon |
| 6 | Fairies in the Wind | Canon |
| 7 | Flame and Wind | Canon |
| 8 | The Strongest Team | Canon |
| 9 | Natsu Devours a Village | Filler |
| 10 | Natsu vs. Erza | Canon |
| 11 | The Cursed Island | Canon |
| 12 | Moon Drip | Canon |
| 13 | Natsu vs. Yuka the Wave User | Canon |
| 14 | Just Do Whatever!! | Canon |
| 15 | Eternal Magic | Canon |
| 16 | The Final Showdown on Galuna Island | Canon |
| 17 | Burst | Canon |
| 18 | Reach the Sky Above | Canon |
| 19 | Changeling | Filler |
| 20 | Natsu and the Dragon Egg | Canon |
| 21 | The Phantom Lord | Canon |
| 22 | Lucy Heartfilia | Canon |
| 23 | 15 Minutes | Canon |
| 24 | To Keep From Seeing Those Tears | Canon |
| 25 | Flower Blooms in the Rain | Canon |
| 26 | Wings of Flame | Canon |
| 27 | The Two Dragon Slayers | Canon |
| 28 | Fairy Law | Canon |
| 29 | My Resolve | Canon |
| 30 | Next Generation | Canon |
| 31 | A Star Removed from the Sky | Canon |
| 32 | Celestial Spirit King | Canon |
| 33 | The Tower of Heaven | Canon |
| 34 | Jellal | Canon |
| 35 | Voice of Darkness | Canon |
| 36 | Heaven’s Game | Canon |
| 37 | Armor of the Heart | Canon |
| 38 | Destiny | Canon |
| 39 | Give Our Prayers to the Sacred Light | Canon |
| 40 | Titania Falls | Canon |
| 41 | Home | Canon |
| 42 | Battle of Fairy Tail | Canon |
| 43 | Defeat Your Friends to Save Your Friends | Canon |
| 44 | Thunder Palace | Canon |
| 45 | Advent of Satan | Canon |
| 46 | Clash at Kardia Cathedral! | Canon |
| 47 | Triple Dragons | Canon |
| 48 | Fantasia | Canon |
| 49 | The Day of the Fateful Encounter | Filler |
| 50 | Special Request: Watch Out for the Guy You Like! | Filler |
| 51 | Love & Lucky | Canon |
| 52 | Allied Forces, Assemble! | Canon |
| 53 | Enter the Oración Seis! | Canon |
| 54 | Maiden of the Sky | Canon |
| 55 | The Girl and the Ghost | Canon |
| 56 | Dead Grand Prix | Canon |
| 57 | Darkness | Canon |
| 58 | Celestial Skirmish | Canon |
| 59 | Jellal of Days Gone By | Canon |
| 60 | March of Destruction | Canon |
| 61 | Super Aerial Battle: Natsu vs. Cobra! | Canon |
| 62 | Wizard Saint Jura | Canon |
| 63 | Your Words | Canon |
| 64 | Zero | Canon |
| 65 | From Pegasus to Fairies | Canon> |
| 66 | The Power of Feelings | Canon |
| 67 | I’m With You | Canon |
| 68 | A Guild for One | Canon |
| 69 | Call of the Dragon | Filler |
| 70 | Natsu vs. Gray!! | Filler |
| 71 | Friendship Overcomes the Dead | Filler |
| 72 | A Fairy Tail Wizard | Filler |
| 73 | Rainbow Cherry Blossoms | Filler |
| 74 | Wendy’s First Big Job!? | Filler |
| 75 | 24-Hour Endurance Road Race | Filler |
| 76 | Gildarts | Canon |
| 77 | Earth Land | Canon |
| 78 | Edolas | Canon |
| 79 | Fairy Hunter | Canon |
| 80 | Key of Hope | Canon |
| 81 | Fireball | Canon |
| 82 | Welcome Home | Canon |
| 83 | Extalia | Canon |
| 84 | Fly, to Our Friends! | Canon |
| 85 | Code ETD | Canon |
| 86 | Erza vs. Erza | Canon |
| 87 | We’re Talking About Lives Here!!!! | Canon |
| 88 | For Pride’s Sake, the River of Stars | Canon |
| 89 | The Apocalyptic Dragon Chain Cannon | Canon |
| 90 | The Boy Back Then | Canon |
| 91 | Dragon Sense | Canon |
| 92 | O Living Ones | Canon |
| 93 | I’m Standing Right Here | Canon |
| 94 | Bye-Bye Edolas | Canon |
| 95 | Lisanna | Canon |
| 96 | He Who Extinguishes Life | Canon |
| 97 | Best Partners | Canon |
| 98 | Who’s The One With The Good Luck? | Canon |
| 99 | Natsu vs. Gildarts | Canon |
| 100 | Mest | Canon |
| 101 | Black Wizard | Canon |
| 102 | Iron Soul | Canon |
| 103 | Makarov Charges | Canon |
| 104 | Lost Magic | Canon |
| 105 | Fire Dragon vs. Flame God | Canon |
| 106 | Grand Magic World | Canon |
| 107 | Arc of Embodiment | Canon |
| 108 | Human Gate | Canon |
| 109 | Lucy Fire | Canon |
| 110 | Dead-End of Despair | Canon |
| 111 | Tears of Love and Vitality | Canon |
| 112 | The One Thing I Couldn’t Say | Canon |
| 113 | Tenrou Tree | Canon |
| 114 | Erza vs. Azuma | Canon |
| 115 | Freezing Fighting Spirit | Canon |
| 116 | Power of Life | Canon |
| 117 | Rolling Thunder | Canon |
| 118 | The Man Without an Emblem | Canon |
| 119 | Realm of the Abyss | Canon |
| 120 | Daybreak on Tenrou Island | Canon |
| 121 | The Right to Love | Canon |
| 122 | Let’s Hold Hands | Canon |
| 123 | Fairy Tail, Year X791 | Canon |
| 124 | The Seven Year Gap | Canon |
| 125 | The Magic Ball | Filler |
| 126 | True Scoundrels – The Butt Jiggle Gang | Filler |
| 127 | The Terror of Invisible Lucy! | Filler |
| 128 | Father’s Memento | Filler |
| 129 | Turbulent Showdown! Natsu vs. Laxus | Filler |
| 130 | Target: Lucy | Filler |
| 131 | The Fury of Legion | Filler |
| 132 | Key of the Starry Heavens | Filler |
| 133 | Travel Companions | Filler |
| 134 | Labyrinth Capriccio | Filler |
| 135 | Footprints of the Myth | Filler |
| 136 | True Scoundrels, Once Again | Filler |
| 137 | Defying Calculation | Filler |
| 138 | The Course of the Holy War | Filler |
| 139 | Time Begins to Tick | Filler |
| 140 | Enter the Neo-Oración Seis! | Filler |
| 141 | Get the Infinity Clock! | Filler |
| 142 | Dissonance of Battle | Filler |
| 143 | Anti-Link | Filler |
| 144 | Despair Unleashed | Filler |
| 145 | Real Nightmare | Filler |
| 146 | Time Spiral | Filler |
| 147 | To the Infinity Castle! | Filler |
| 148 | Angel Tears | Filler |
| 149 | I Hear the Voice of My Friend | Filler |
| 150 | Lucy and Michelle | Filler |
| 151 | Sabertooth | Canon |
| 152 | And So We Aim for the Top | Canon |
| 153 | Song of the Stars | Canon |
| 154 | For All the Time We Missed Each Other | Canon |
| 155 | Crocus, the Flower-Blooming Capital | Canon |
| 156 | Sky Labyrinth | Canon |
| 157 | New Guild | Canon |
| 158 | Night of Shooting Stars | Canon |
| 159 | Lucy vs. Flare | Canon |
| 160 | Portent | Canon |
| 161 | Chariots | Canon |
| 162 | Elfman vs. Bacchus | Canon |
| 163 | Mirajane vs. Jenny | Canon |
| 164 | Kagura vs. Yukino | Canon |
| 165 | Hatred at Nightfall | Canon |
| 166 | Pandemonium | Canon |
| 167 | 100 Against 1 | Canon |
| 168 | Laxus vs. Alexei | Canon |
| 169 | Wendy vs. Shelia | Canon |
| 170 | Small Fists | Canon |
| 171 | Naval Battle | Canon |
| 172 | A Parfum for You | Canon |
| 173 | Battle of Dragon Slayers! | Canon |
| 174 | Four Dragons | Canon |
| 175 | Natsu vs. the Twin Dragons | Canon |
| 176 | King of the Dragons | Canon |
| 177 | The Eclipse Project | Canon |
| 178 | Fairy Tactician | Canon |
| 179 | Gray vs. Rufus | Canon |
| 180 | The Hungry Wolf Knights | Canon |
| 181 | Fairy Tail vs. Executioners | Canon |
| 182 | Scorching Earth | Canon |
| 183 | Our Place | Canon |
| 184 | The Kingdom ’til Tomorrow | Canon |
| 185 | Erza vs. Kagura | Canon |
| 186 | A Future Racing Toward Despair | Canon |
| 187 | Frog | Canon |
| 188 | Roaring Thunder! | Canon |
| 189 | Gloria | Canon |
| 190 | The One Who Closes the Gate | Canon |
| 191 | Natsu vs. Rogue | Canon |
| 192 | For Me, Too | Canon |
| 193 | Seven Dragons | Canon |
| 194 | Zirconis’ Magic | Canon |
| 195 | People and People, Dragons and Dragons, People and Dragons | Canon |
| 196 | Sin and Sacrifice | Canon |
| 197 | Time of Life | Canon |
| 198 | Fields of Gold | Canon |
| 199 | The Grand Banquet | Canon |
| 200 | Droplets of Time | Canon |
| 201 | A Gift | Canon |
| 202 | Welcome Back, Frosch | Canon |
| 203 | Moulin Rouge | Canon |
| 204 | Full Effort Hospitality! | Filler |
| 205 | Signal of Rebellion | Filler |
| 206 | Library Panic | Filler |
| 207 | Hisui Rises! | Filler |
| 208 | Astral Spiritus | Filler |
| 209 | Wendy vs. Aquarius – Let’s Have Fun in the Amusement Park! | Filler |
| 210 | Guild Deck vs. Celestial Deck | Filler |
| 211 | Gray vs. Cancer! Dance Battle! | Filler |
| 212 | Juvia vs. Aries! Desert Death Match! | Filler |
| 213 | Erza vs. Sagittarius! Horseback Showdown! | Filler |
| 214 | Natsu vs. Leo | Filler |
| 215 | Ophiuchus, the Snake Charmer | Filler |
| 216 | When the Stars Fall | Filler |
| 217 | Celestial Spirit Beast | Filler |
| 218 | Believe | Filler |
| 219 | What a Pure Heart Weaves | Filler |
| 220 | 413 Days | Filler |
| 221 | The Labyrinth of White | Filler |
| 222 | Transform! | Filler |
| 223 | It’s Kemo-Kemo! | Filler |
| 224 | The Place You Came To | Filler |
| 225 | Lightning Man | Filler |
| 226 | Fairy Tail of the Dead Meeeeeeeeen | Filler |
| 227 | Morning of a New Adventure | Canon |
| 228 | Wizards vs. Hunters | Canon |
| 229 | Art of Regression | Canon |
| 230 | The Demon Returns | Canon |
| 231 | Gray vs. Doriate | Canon |
| 232 | Voice of the Flame | Canon |
| 233 | Song of the Fairies | Canon |
| 234 | Tartaros Chapter, Prologue – The Nine Demon Gates | Canon |
| 235 | Tartaros Chapter, Prologue – Fairies vs. Netherworld | Canon |
| 236 | Tartaros Chapter, Prologue – The White Legacy | Canon |
| 237 | Tartaros Chapter, Prologue – Natsu vs. Jackal | Canon |
| 238 | Tartaros Chapter – Immorality and Sinners | Canon |
| 239 | Tartaros Chapter – Jellal vs. Oración Seis | Canon |
| 240 | Tartaros Chapter – A Place Reached by Prayer | Canon |
| 241 | Tartaros Chapter – The Demon’s Rebirth | Canon |
| 242 | Tartaros Chapter – To Let Live or Die | Canon |
| 243 | Tartaros Chapter – Wendy vs. Ezel | Canon |
| 244 | Tartaros Chapter – Friends Forever | Canon |
| 245 | Tartaros Chapter – Hell’s Core | Canon |
| 246 | Tartaros Chapter – Underworld King | Canon |
| 247 | Tartaros Chapter – Alegria | Canon |
| 248 | Tartaros Chapter – A Strike from the Stars | Canon |
| 249 | Tartaros Chapter – Celestial Spirit King vs. Underworld King | Canon |
| 250 | Tartaros Chapter – Erza vs. Minerva | Canon |
| 251 | Tartaros Chapter – The Boy’s Tale | Canon |
| 252 | Tartaros Chapter – Gray vs. Silver | Canon |
| 253 | Tartaros Chapter – A Silver Wish | Canon |
| 254 | Tartaros Chapter – Air | Canon |
| 255 | Tartaros Chapter – Steel | Canon |
| 256 | Tartaros Chapter – Final Duels | Canon |
| 257 | Tartaros Chapter – Wings of Despair | Canon |
| 258 | Tartaros Chapter – Fire Dragon Iron Fist | Canon |
| 259 | Tartaros Chapter – 00:00 | Canon |
| 260 | Tartaros Chapter – The Girl in the Crystal | Canon |
| 261 | Tartaros Chapter – The Definitive Demon | Canon |
| 262 | Tartaros Chapter – Memento Mori | Canon |
| 263 | Tartaros Chapter – Soaring Above Ishgar | Canon |
| 264 | Tartaros Chapter – Drops of Fire | Canon |
| 265 | Tartaros Chapter, Finale – Where the Power of Life Lies | Canon |
| 266 | Fairy Tail Zero – The Fairy in Your Heart | Canon |
| 267 | The Adventure Begins | Canon |
| 268 | Treasure Hunt | Canon |
| 269 | Dancing with Blades | Canon |
| 270 | Moonlit Lake | Canon |
| 271 | Blue Skull | Canon |
| 272 | Conveyer of Magic | Canon |
| 273 | Treasure | Canon |
| 274 | Law | Canon |
| 275 | Eternal Adventure | Canon |
| 276 | Challenger | Canon |
| 277 | Message of Flame | Canon |
We follow Natsu across Fiore as he goes through ups and downs trying to find his father. His guild is a group of the most interesting wizards and the fillers really help you understand them a lot better. Overall, fairytale has a lower number of fillers than you usually find in anime (actually as low as 19%).
Overall, fairytale has a number of filler episodes (instead of filler arcs which are common in some other popular animes).
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Fairytale summary:
Overall fairytale consists of a total of 328 episodes and ended fairly recently in 2019, the manga had been concluded a short while ago but the animation continued until 2019 (it had started all the way in 2009).
The story features (as previously mentioned) Lucyheartfilla who wants to become a member of the fairytale guild of magicians. Eventually, she meets Natsu and the two of them embark on their journey meeting more members on the way. As expected the entire story is action-packed and interesting for people who are interested in fantasy fiction tales (this is possibly the best of them all.) Overall some of the fillers in the series do a very good job to make the entire thing a lot more interesting and spicy. The anime has a certain sweet side to it with its constant jokes and friendships which change and shift into a number of different bonds over the anime. The quest for something better if also something you can always look forward to, fairytale has a very out-there vibe. It’s like every episode makes you feel like you’re doing some better or working towards a better goal.
Fairytale fans have always loved the entire adventure theme of it and the exploration that comes with it.
Fairytale is a loveable anime about action, friendship, and most importantly wizards. With its small filler count, the entire anime is worth watching and enjoying.