| Fairy Tail | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
 Cover of the thirty-seventh DVD volume released by Pony Canyon in Japan on February 7, 2013, featuring Midnight and Natsu Dragneel | |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original release | April 14 – September 29, 2012 |
| Season chronology | |
The fifth season of the Fairy Tail anime television series is 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. Instead of adapting part of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga, it features a completely original, self-contained story arc called "Key of the Starry Heavens" (星空の鍵編, Hoshizora no Kagi-hen), and focus on Natsu and the members of Fairy Tail as they meet a relative of the Heartfilias', and face a religious sect of warriors and a revived Oración Seis as they try to find the parts to an ancient doomsday weapon.
The season initially ran from April 14 to September 29, 2012 on TV Tokyo in Japan. Seven DVD compilations were released, each containing four episodes, by Pony Canyon between September 5, 2012 and March 6, 2013, including the last episode of the fourth season and first two episodes of the sixth season.[2][3] Funimation Entertainment released the episodes with their own English-dubbed version across three Blu-ray/DVD box sets, released on July 15, September 16, and October 28 in 2014.[citation needed] The episodes were made available on Funimation's website as "Season 5".
The season makes use of 4 pieces of theme music: two opening themes and two ending themes. The first opening theme, "Hajimari no Sora" (はじまりの空, "Beginning Sky") performed by +Plus, is used for the first 12 episodes, and the second opening theme used for the remainder of the season is "Te no Hira" (テノヒラ, "Palm of the Hand") performed by Hero. The ending themes, used with the opening themes, are "Glitter (Starving Trancer Remix)" by Another Infinity, and "Yell: Kagayaku Tame no Mono" (YELL ～輝くためのもの～, "Yell: The Thing for Shining") by Sata Andagi, respectively.
- ^ "Suzuko Mimori Voices New Fairy Tail Anime's Princess Hisui". Anime News Network. March 29, 2014. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
- ^ "ポニーキャニョン - FAIRY TAIL (25): DVD". Pony Canyon. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
- ^ "ポニーキャニオン - FAIRY TAIL (37): DVD". Pony Canyon. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2013.