User:Sjones23/List of Fairy Tail episodes (season 3)

The third season of the Fairy Tail anime series was directed by Shinji Ishihira and produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight. Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Lucy Heartfilia and Natsu Dragneel of the fictional guild, Fairy Tail. The season adapts Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga from shortly after the 24th volume onwards. The guild begins the S-Class exams on Tenrou Island after Carla and Pantherlily join the guild. However, they are soon attacked by the dark guild Grimoire Heart. The group also encounters Zeref, an evil wizard living on Tenrou Island for 400 years. As Ultear Milkovich, a member of Grimoire Heart, nearly escapes with Zeref, she duels with Gray and learns of her past through her mother Ur's memories. Meanwhile, Natsu and the others confront and defeat Hades with the help of Happy and Carla. However, Hades is killed by Zeref just as the black dragon Acnologia arrives. The spirit of their first guild master Mavis Vermillion protecting the protagonists, but freezes them in time for seven years. After returning to Fairy Tail, Lucy and the others meet a relative of the Heartfilias and encounter Earthland's counterparts of the Edolas' Royal Army guards.

The season began broadcasting on September 17, 2011 on TV Tokyo in Japan. It is being released on DVD compilations, each containing four episodes, by Pony Canyon since.

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) 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) performed by Watarirouka Hashiritai, "Tsuioku Merry-Go-Round" (追憶メリーゴーランド) by Onelifecrew, "Gomen ne. Watashi" (ごめんね. 私) performed by Shiho Nanba, and "Kimi ga Iru Kara" (君がいるから) by Mikuni Shimokawa.