The production team for the Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End TV anime series has unveiled a new character visual, featuring the titular heroine. The 2-cour anime first premiered on September 29, 2023 and will air for a total of 28 episodes.
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is currently being streamed by Crunchyroll, Muse Asia, and Bilibili.
The anime’s production staff includes Keiichirou Saitou (Bocchi the Rock!) as director, Tomohiro Suzuki (One-Punch Man) as series screenwriter, Reiko Nagasawa (takt op.Destiny) as character designer, Evan Call (Violet Evergarden) as music composer, Daiki Harashina (takt op.Destiny D2 designer) as magical creature designer, Tooru Iwazawa (takt op.Destiny) as action director, Sawako Takagi (Bleach) as art director, Harue Ohno (A Place Further Than the Universe) as color designer, and Akane Fushihara (Spy x Family) as compositing director. MADHOUSE is in charge of the animation production for the series.
Meanwhile, the voice cast includes Atsumi Tanezaki as Frieren, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Himmel, Hiroki Touchi as Heiter, Youji Ueda as Eisen, Kana Ichinose as Fern, and Chiaki Kobayashi as Stark.
The anime is based on the fantasy manga written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe, which was first serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shounen Sunday on April 28, 2020 under the Shounen Sunday Comics label. Eleven tankoubon volumes have been released as of September 15, 2023. The manga was the grand prize winner of Manga Taisho 2021. Viz Media releases the manga in English.
Crunchyroll describes the synopsis of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End as:
The mage Frieren defeated the Demon King alongside the hero Himmel’s party after a 10-year quest. Peace was restored to the kingdom. Because she is an elf, she is able to live over a thousand years. She promises Himmel and the others that she will be back to see them and then sets out on a journey by herself. Fifty years later, Frieren goes to visit Himmel and the others. She remained unchanged, but Himmel and the others have aged and only a little of their lives remain. Later, she witnesses Himmel’s death. Frieren is pained by her desire to have spent more time getting to know people. With that regret in her heart, she then goes on a journey to do just that. On her journey, she meets many people and many events await her.
Source: Frieren Official Anime Twitter
