It has been announced that the second season of the TV anime "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End," based on the manga currently being serialized in "Weekly Shonen Sunday" (Shogakukan), will be broadcast on Nippon Television's anime slot "FRIDAY ANIME NIGHT (Furaani)" every Friday at 11pm starting January 16, 2026. The key visual for the second season has also been released. It depicts Frieren, her apprentice magician Fern, and the warrior Stark as a party floating in space surrounded by what appears to be crystal.
The announcement was made at the "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End 2nd Anniversary Anime Broadcast Screening Event" held at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills (Minato Ward, Tokyo) on September 26th. The event was a stage greeting for the first chapter of the special project "Special Screening of Season 1 Retrospective - Memories of the Journey", which screens all episodes of the first season of the TV anime in five chapters at theaters, and on October 11th, the second chapter, "Aura of the Guillotine", will be screened at nine theaters nationwide. It was also announced that Ayana Taketatsu, who plays the great demon Aura, will appear on stage at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo) on the same day to greet the audience.
"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. Freiren is a magician in the hero's party who defeated the Demon King. Being an elf, Frieren lives a long life. After experiencing the death of a companion, she embarks on a journey to "discover people." The manga has been 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 manga has sold over 30 million copies.
The first season of the TV anime aired on "Furaani" from September 2023 to March 2024.
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