Fairy Tail season 4

Fairy Tail (season 4)
Fairy Tail (season 4)
Season 4
	Cover of the twenty-sixth DVD volume released by Pony Canyon in Japan on March 7, 2012, featuring Zeref.
No. of episodes	25
Release
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original release	October 15, 2011 –; April 7, 2012
Season chronology
	← Previous; Fairy Tail (season 3) Next →; Fairy Tail (season 5)
	List of episodes

The fourth season of the Fairy Tail anime series was directed by Shinji Ishihira and produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight.^[1] Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Natsu Dragneel and Lucy Heartfilia of the fictional guild, Fairy Tail. It continues the story arc "Tenrōjima-hen" (天狼島編, lit. "Sirius Island Arc") from season 3, where Fairy Tail's S-Class examination on Sirius Island is interrupted by the arrival of Grimoire Heart, who attempt to retrieve the dark wizard Zeref living on the island.

The season initially ran from October 15, 2011 to April 7, 2012 on TV Tokyo in Japan. Seven DVD compilations were released, each containing four episodes, by Pony Canyon between March 7 and September 5, 2012.^[2]^[3] The season was licensed for a dubbed broadcast in English by Animax Asia, which released it as part of "Season 3".^{[citation needed]} Funimation Entertainment released the episodes with their own English-dubbed version across three Blu-ray/DVD box sets, released on March 25, May 20, and July 15 in 2014 along with the first six episodes of season 5.^{[citation needed]} The episodes were made available on Funimation's website as "Season 4".

The season makes use of 6 pieces of theme music: three opening themes and three ending themes. The opening themes are "Towa no Kizuna" (永久のキズナ, "Everlasting Bond") performed by Daisy x Daisy until episode 111, "I Wish" performed by Milky Bunny until episode 124, and "Hajimari no Sora" (はじまりの空, "Beginning Sky") performed by +Plus for the rest of the season. The ending themes, used with the opening themes, are "Kono Te Nobashite" (この手伸ばして, "Reach Out This Hand") and "Boys Be Ambitious", both performed by Hi-Fi Camp, and "Glitter (Starving Trancer Remix)" by Another Infinity.

Episode list

No.	Official English title^[a] Original Japanese title	Original air date^[b]	English air date^[c]

Notes

^ All English titles are taken from Funimation.
^ Date the episode originally aired on TV Tokyo.
^ Date the episode first aired on the Funimation Channel in an English dub.

References

General

"Episodes 99-111" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
"Episodes 112-124" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
"Episodes 125-137" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved July 22, 2012.

Specific

^ "あにてれ: FAIRY TAIL" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
^ "ポニーキャニョン - FAIRY TAIL (25): DVD". Pony Canyon. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
^ "ポニーキャニオン - FAIRY TAIL (37): DVD". Pony Canyon. Retrieved February 7, 2013.

[4] All English titles are taken from Funimation.

[5] Date the episode originally aired on TV Tokyo.

[6] Date the episode first aired on the Funimation Channel in an English dub.

[1] "あにてれ: FAIRY TAIL" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved May 13, 2012.

[2] "ポニーキャニョン - FAIRY TAIL (25): DVD". Pony Canyon. Retrieved July 21, 2012.

[3] "ポニーキャニオン - FAIRY TAIL (37): DVD". Pony Canyon. Retrieved February 7, 2013.

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