The blockbuster anime of 2023, which has proven to be a major success, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, is receiving its highly anticipated second season, and it is now scheduled for 2026, according to the latest key visual.
Adapted by the legendary Studio Madhouse, the manga and its anime adaptation are no strangers to accolades. Originally published by Shogakukan, the manga series was first published in April 2020.
Following a continuous successful run with sales, the anime adaptation was announced in 2022. Now, three years later, the second season is officially in production by Studio Madhouse, and we have a release date and teaser trailer as well.
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End season 2 is officially set to release in January 2026! So mark your calendars to see your favorite characters return!
The new teaser trailer was unveiled at Anime Expo 2025, and it was also revealed that Crunchyroll will stream the second season of the anime!
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 – Teaser Trailer:
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 – Key Visual:
Frieren Season 2 – Voice Cast and Production Crew:
The voice cast from the first season will return to reprise their roles for the second season. New characters will also be introduced in the series!
The returning voice cast is:
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Frieren
- Kana Ichinose as Fern
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Stark
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Himmel
- Youji Ueda as Eisen
- Hiroki Touchi as Heiter
During the unveiling of the teaser trailer, it was also revealed that Tomoya Kitagawa, who directed multiple episodes of the first season and worked on the storyboards, will be directing the second season.
Keiichiro Saito, the director of the first season, will now act as the supervising director and oversee the upcoming second season.
The rest of the production crew is as follows:
- Director: Tomoya Kitagawa
- Supervising Director: Keiichiro Saito
- Assistant Director: Daiki Harashina
- Series Composition: Tomohiro Suzuki
- Character Design: Takasemaru, Keisuke Kojima, and Yuri Fujinaka
- Music: Evan Call
- Animation Production: Studio MADHOUSE
What is Freiren: Beyond Journey’s End About?
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End follows a band of heroes, Himmel, Frieren, Eisen, and Heiter, who successfully defeat the demon king of their fantasy world.
After the celebrations, the group disbands, and Frieren leaves on her own journey, promising to return to visit after 50 years. But when she returns, Himmel and Heiter, who are humans, have grown very old, while Frieren hasn’t aged at all, owing to her near-immortal lifespan, which is something common for elves.
When she witnesses Himmel’s death, a person that she really liked, she finally realizes that time moves differently for her and the others. She feels the pain of losing someone and is overcome with guilt for not spending more time with the people she cared about, and the people who cared for her!
She realizes that no matter what she does, time will always come to take away those she loves; her lifespan is a blessing yet a horrible curse.
Now with this realization, she decides to continue forward with her life and later receives the chance to mentor two youngsters: Stark and Fern.
With them, Frieren continues her life normally as their mentor, yet with the looming curse of time that will befall her and the students.
But this time she makes sure to relive her past glories and achievements that she experienced with Himmel, Heiter, and Eisen, and make new memories with Fern and Stark that she will cherish for the rest of her life.
Conclusion
Now that we know the second season is rapidly approaching, it’s time to catch up on the first season and get ready when the new episodes are released!
Since Studio Madhouse is in charge of the animation, the quality is expected to be the same as the first season. But there is a high chance that the production quality will improve, leading to Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End season 2 surpassing the first season.
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