A trailer for Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 has been released, previewing beautiful scenery, familiar faces, new battles, and the milet ending song “The Story of Us.”
The anime will premiere in Japan on January 16, 2026 JST. Crunchyroll will stream the show.
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End adapts the Shogakukan-published fantasy manga written by Kanehito Yamada and drawn by Tsukasa Abe, with the story following the long-lived elf Frieren, once a member of the party that defeated the Demon King, as she journeys with a new generation of companions. The two-cour first season debuted on September 29, 2023.
While the first season was directed by Keiichiro Saito (Bocchi the Rock!), Season 2 has Tomoya Kitagawa (Frieren Season 1 storyboard artist and episode director for Episodes 2, 8, and 25, among other roles) directing with Daiki Harashina (Frieren Season 1’s monster designer, Episode 3 storyboard artist and director, Episode 24 storyboard artist, and more) as assistant director and Saito in a director cooperation role.
The Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End manga began serialization in Weekly Shonen Sunday in 2020 and has 14 volumes as of March 2025. It scored wins at the 48th Kodansha Awards (in the Shonen category) and 69th Shogakukan Manga Award, and has also performed well at a number of other rankings and awards. It’s currently on hiatus, with plans for an adjusted serialization pace out of consideration for the creators’ well-being.
Staff
• Director: Tomoya Kitagawa (Frieren Season 1 storyboard artist and episode director for Episodes 2, 8, and 25, among other roles)
• Assistant director: Daiki Harashina (Frieren Season 1’s monster designer, Episode 3 storyboard artist and director, Episode 24 storyboard artist, and more)
• Director cooperation: Keiichiro Saito (Frieren Season 1 and Bocchi the Rock! director)
• Series composer: Tomohiro Suzuki (reprising)
• Character designer: Takasemaru (Violet Evergarden)
• Character designer: Keisuke Kojima (100 Meters)
• Character designer: Yuri Fujinaka (Frieren Season 1 Episode 22 co-chief animation director)
• Concept artist: Seiko Yoshioka (reprising)
• Background art director: Sawako Takagi (reprising)
• Color designer: Harue Ohno (reprising)
• Compositing director: Akane Fushihara (reprising)
• Music composer: Evan Call (reprising)
• Animation production: Madhouse
Cast
• Atsumi Tanezaki as Frieren
• Kana Ichinose as Fern
• Chiaki Kobayashi as Stark
• Nobuhiko Okamoto as Himmel
• Hiroki Tochi as Heiter
• Yoji Ueda as Eisen
Source: TOHO animation channel
