Murai as Scharf, Kurosawa as Edel appear in episode 19 on Friday
The official website for Kanehito Yamada’s television anime and Tsukasa Abe’s Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Sōsō no Frieren) manga has revealed two new manga castings for the characters in the “First Class Magician Exam” arc. “of the program. The characters appeared in the anime’s 19th episode on Friday.
The new cast members are:
Yuji Murai as Scharf
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Tomoyo Kurosawa as Edel 
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© 山田鐘人・アベツカサ／小学館／ 「葬送のフリーレン」製作委員会
The anime’s “First Class Mage Exam” season begins with the 17th episode on January 5 and marks the start of the show’s second season (a quarter year).
The previously announced new cast for “First Class Mage Exam” includes:
The anime Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End premiered with a two-hour special on September 29. It is the first television anime to premiere on NTV’s “Kinyō Roadshow”, a regular Friday night program. for feature films. The anime then began airing the following episodes on October 6 at 11 p.m. JST in NTV’s new anime time slot, “FRIDAY ANIME NIGHT.” The anime will run for two consecutive seasons until March. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs and is also streaming the English dub.
Viz Media licensed the manga and describes the story:
The adventure is over but life goes on for an elven mage who is just starting to learn the meaning of life. The elven mage Frieren and her brave companions defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will live longer than the rest of her old group. How will she understand what life means to those around her? Decades after their victory, the funeral of one of her friends causes Frieren to confront her own near-immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill his teammate’s last wish and finds himself embarking on a new adventure…
Keiichirō Saitō (Bocchi the Rock!) is directing the anime at Madhouse. Tomohiro Suzuki (ACCA: 13 Territories Control Room, One-Punch Man, Boogiepop and others) is in charge of the series’ scripts. Reiko Nagasawa (takt op. Destiny) designed the characters. Evan Call (Violet Evergarden, Josee, The Tiger and the Fish, Muv-Luv Alternative) is composing the music.
Yorushika will perform the new opening theme song “Hareru” and Milet will perform the ending theme song “Anytime Anywhere.”
Yamada and Abe launched the ongoing manga in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine in April 2020. The manga has won several awards, including the New Creator Award for Literature Award 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu in 2021 and the 14th Manga Taisho Awards in 2021. In addition, the manga was nominated for the Best Shōnen Manga award at the 45th Kodansha Annual Manga Awards in 2021 and the 2021 Kodansha Manga Awards. 46 in May 2022. The American Library Association’s Comics & Graphic Novels Roundtable (GNCRT) included the manga in its list of the 10 best graphic novels for adults to read in 2022.
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