Anime Frieren: Beyond Journey's End has officially had part 2 with studio Madhouse returning to produce the sequel. The announcement was made at the show's anniversary event held on Saturday, which featured the cast of the hero group and the new group. Teaser images and trailers have also been released.
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2-Teaser Trailer
The first season of the anime started in September 2023 and returned with a second season in January 2024. The anime ended on March 22 with the message “The journey to the end continues”.
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2-Teaser Visual
Tsukasa Abe, the manga's illustrator, also made a commemorative image for the season 2 announcement.
Studio Madhouse (A Place Beyond Than The Universe) animated the first season with direction from Keiichiro Saito (Bocchi the Rock!). Tomohiro Suzuki (One Punch Man) wrote the script, Evan Call (Violet Evergarden) composed the music and Reiko Nagasawa (takt op. Destiny) designed the characters. The cast of season 1 includes:
Atsumi Tanezaki as FrierenKana Ichinose as FernChiaki Kobayashi as StarkYuichi Nakamura as SeinNobuhiko Okamoto as HimmelHiroki Tochi as HeiterYoji Ueda as EisenAyana Taketatsu as AuraJunichi Suwabe as LugnerManaka Iwami as LinieTakehito Koyasu as KraftMariya Ise as SerieAzumi Waki as KanneSayumi Suzushiro as LawineKisho Taniyama as WirbelIkumi Hasegawa as ÜbelJiro Saitou as DenkenShouhei Komatsu as LandEiji Hanawa as RichterShizuka Ishigami as LaufenKanae Itou as EhreHaruka Terui as SenseTarasuke Shingaki as GenauReina Ueda as Methode
The anime is based on the manga written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's Shonen Sunday manga magazine, Weekly Shonen Sunday since April 2020. A prequel novel titled Shosetsu Soso no Frieren ~Zenso~ written by Mei Hachimoku will be released on April 17. The novel will feature five origin stories, revolving around Frieren, Fern, Stark, Kanne, Lawine and Aura. The manga's 13th volume will be released at the same time as the prequel novel.
Crunchyroll streams the anime and they describe the story as follows:
After the group of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to their lonely lives. Many generations passed, and the elven mage Frieren faced the death of humanity. She takes on a new apprentice and promises to fulfill the dying wishes of her old friends. Can the elven mind make peace with the nature of life and death? Frieren embarked on a journey of understanding.
Source: Official website, First Anniversary Event
© Yamada Kanehito, Abe Tsukasa/Shogakukan/“Sousou no Frieren” Production Committee
