User blog comment:ILuvAnime/Fairy Tail continue after episode 175/@comment-204.184.207.16-20131025191305/@comment-7418318-20131025191820

There has been no official news about a release date.

When airing "Fairy Tail Best" they left out many episodes and recently jumped straight into the GMG arc. If they showed all the episodes of that arc, it'd take till April, that's why many people assume they'll air the new episodes then.

As to the timeslot or any timejump we have again no official information, but considering the cliffhanger I can't imagine there being any timejumps between 175 and 176, except perhaps a few hours or a day tops.

Anything more would require some severe re-writing of the manga story.