Despite being an ancient and presumably wise being who has lived many human lifetimes, the titular elven protagonist of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End just can’t seem to prevent herself from getting caught in the mouth of a mimic, the iconic shape-shifting creature introduced to the fantasy genre by Dungeons and Dragons. If the memory of Frieren’s two amusing mimic encounters in the anime’s first episode still brings a smile to your face, this newly released official character visual, titled Frieren x Mimic, might be worth saving to your folder:
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End premiered on September 29 with its first four episodes. The two-cour show is being streamed by Crunchyroll, Muse Asia, and Bilibili. The source material is a Shogakukan-published manga written by Kanehito Yamada and drawn by Tsukasa Abe, which was the grand prize winner of Manga Taisho 2021. Viz Media describes the manga’s premise as:
Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure…
The anime is produced by MADHOUSE with Keiichirou Saitou (Bocchi the Rock!) as director, Tomohiro Suzuki (One-Punch Man) as series composer, Reiko Nagasawa (takt op.Destiny) as character designer, and Evan Call (Violet Evergarden) as music composer. The cast includes:
• Atsumi Tanezaki as Frieren
• Nobuhiko Okamoto as Himmel
• Hiroki Touchi as Heiter
• Youji Ueda as Eisen
• Kana Ichinose as Fern
• Chiaki Kobayashi as Stark
Source: @Anime_Frieren
