Who’s ready for Season 2 of the breakout anime series Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End?
TOHO Animation dropped the main trailer for the second season of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End where fans could also enjoy a preview of the opening theme song “lulu” performed by Mrs. Green Apple. The second season will be full of exciting battles interspersed with moments of peace of ordinary everyday life. Kazuhiko Inoue joins the cast as the Southern Hero.
Animated and produced by Madhouse, Keiichiro Saito directed the first season with Tomohiro Suzuki writing the scripts and Reiko Nagasawa designing the characters. The second season saw Tomoya Kitagawa replacing Saito as the director with Daiki Harashina as the assistant director and Saito providing support. Evan Call, who composed the soundtrack for Season 1, will return for Season 2. Season 1 launched on September 29, 2023 and has received critical acclaim, winning a few awards during the Crunchyroll Anime Awards including “Best Director” and “Best Drama.”
Atsumi Tanezaki voices Frieren, an elven mage who goes on a journey to understand humanity after the loss of her comrade Himmel. Kana Ichinose voices Fern, a war orphan who later becomes Frieren’s apprentice. Chiaki Kobayashi voices Stark, a timid but strong warrior who serves as the frontline fighter. Yuichi Nakamura portrays Sein, a village priest who is searching for his best friend. Nobuhiko Okamata portrays the human hero Himmel who died after he reunited with Frieren 50 years after they parted.
Viz Media’s summary for the first volume of the manga is as follows:
The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her? Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure…
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End will stream the second season on Crunchyroll. on January 16. Fans can read the manga on Viz Media.
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