User blog comment:Leland Davis/Anime less ecchi than manga/@comment-77.194.131.4-20150628112022/@comment-7418318-20150628113404

Fairy Tail is censored because it's aired in the 10:00 o'clock timeslot in Japan itself. It has nothing to do with western countries.

Just look at the OVAs and Movie. They aren't censored compared to the manga. If they'd censor for export reasons the movie and OVAs would be cut too.