It has been announced that the second season of the TV anime "Furieren: The Frieren: Beyond Journey's End of Frieren," based on the manga currently being serialized in "Weekly Shonen Sunday" (Shogakukan), will begin airing on Nippon TV in January 2026. The second teaser visual featuring Frieren, Fern, and Stark has also been released. The visual shows the three of them enjoying a foot bath with calm expressions on their faces at dusk, accompanied by the tagline "A silly, irreplaceable adventure."
The first season depicted Frieren's new journey, his new companions Fern and Stark, his encounters with various people on his journey, and his battles with demons and monsters. The final episode of the first season depicted the "First Class Mage Exam Arc," and ended with Frieren, Fern, and Stark heading toward Aureole, the land where souls rest, their destination on the journey. The second season will depict the story from chapter 61 of volume 7 of the original manga.
Atsumi Tanezaki , who plays Frieren , commented, "Finding out that the series will actually start airing in January next year fills me with a variety of emotions: relief, happiness, and the feeling that I have to work hard on the dubbing. It's a silly, but irreplaceable adventure. I'm excited to think that we'll be able to see Frieren and her friends' adventures again from January. I hope everyone will look forward to it."
"Frieren: Beyond Journey's End" is a manga written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe Abe, which began serialization in "Weekly Shonen Sunday" in April 2020. Frieren is a magician in the hero's party who defeated the Demon King. She is an elf and has a long lifespan, but after experiencing the death of a companion, she sets out on a journey to "get to know people". It was selected for the Manga Taisho 2021, the 25th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize Newcomer Award, the 69th (2023) Shogakukan Manga Award, and the 48th Kodansha Manga Award in the boys' category. The comic has sold over 24 million copies in total.
The anime is directed by Keiichiro Saito , who has worked on " Bocchi the Rock! ", and produced by Madhouse. The first season of the TV anime aired on Nippon Television's anime slot "FRIDAY ANIME NIGHT" from September 2023 to March 2024.
