This year's 13th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine announced on Wednesday that the new anime adaptation of Hiro Mashima's manga Fairy Tail will premiere in Japan on April 5. New episodes will air on 6 TV Tokyo networks every Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

The original manga inspired a television anime that concluded last March with a "To Be Continued" title card. Weekly Shōnen Magazine announced on January 8 that the anime will return in April.

Funimation is releasing the first anime series on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in North America. Part 8, which includes episodes 85-96, shipped on February 4.