The staff for the second season of the TV anime "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End," based on the manga currently being serialized in "Weekly Shonen Sunday" (Shogakukan), has been announced, with Kitagawa Tomoya, who was the chief director of episodes 2 and 8 of the first season and the second cour, serving as director. Harashina Daiki, who was in charge of monster design, direction, and animation director in the first season, will join as assistant director. Keiichiro Saito, who served as director in the first season, will back up the series as a directorial assistant.
At the AnimeExpo 2025 event held in Los Angeles, Madhouse producer Yuichiro Fukushi explained about the staff for the second season, "We have discussed with the staff in preparation for the production of the second season and have put together a directorial system that we think will be best. Based on the direction that Keiichiro Saito established with the staff in the first season, we will continue to take on creative challenges together with Daiki Harashina, who demonstrated his wide range of abilities in the first season, and Tomoya Kitagawa, who led many famous episodes."
The teaser PV for the second season was also released on YouTube, and the main footage was released. It depicts the adventures of the main character Frieren, the magician Fern, the warrior Stark, the hero Himmel who once defeated the Demon King with Frieren, the monk Frieren , and the warrior Eisen. The new soundtrack is by Evan Call, who is in charge of the music for the first season, and new lines are also recorded by the voice actors Atsumi Tanezaki, Kana Ichinose, and Chiaki Kobayashi , who play Frieren, Fern, and Stark .
" 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, a magician in the hero's party who defeated the Demon King, 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 first season of the TV anime aired on Nippon Television's anime slot "FRIDAY ANIME NIGHT (Fura-ani)" from September 2023 to March 2024. The second season will air on Nippon Television from January 2026.
*Staff (titles omitted)
Director: Kitagawa Tomoya▽Assistant Director: Harashina Daiki▽Supervisory Assistant: Keiichiro Saito ▽Series Composition & Screenplay: Suzuki Chihiro▽Character Design: Takasemaru, Kojima Keisuke, Fujinaka Yuri▽Concept Art: Yoshioka Seiko▽Music: Evan Call▽Animation Production: Madhouse
※Cast (titles omitted)
Frieren: Atsumi Tanezaki ▽ Fern: Kana Ichinose ▽ Stark: Chiaki Kobayashi ▽ Himmel: Nobuhiko Okamoto ▽ Heiter: Hiroki Tochi ▽ Eisen: Yoji Ueda
