Another special character key visual of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End has been released, featuring the four members of the Hero Party that includes Heiter, Frieren, Himmel, and Eisen. The visual is reminiscent of the original manga’s first volume.
The anime is scheduled to premiere with a 2-hour special on September 29, 2023.
Keiichirou Saitou (Bocchi the Rock!) is directing the anime series, with Tomohiro Suzuki (One-Punch Man) as series screenwriter, Reiko Nagasawa (takt op.Destiny) as character designer, and Evan Call (Violet Evergarden) as music composer. MADHOUSE is handling the animation production for the anime.
Other production staff include Daiki Harashina (takt op.Destiny D2 designer) as magical creature designer, Tooru Iwazawa (takt op.Destiny) as action director, Sawako Takagi (Bleach) as art director, Harue Ohno (A Place Further Than the Universe) as color designer, and Akane Fushihara (Spy x Family) as compositing director.
Meanwhile, the voice cast features Atsumi Tanezaki as Frieren, Nobuhiko Okamoto as the hero Himmel, Hiroki Touchi as the priest Heiter, Youji Ueda as the warrior Eisen, Kana Ichinose as Fern, and Chiaki Kobayashi as Stark.
The anime is based on the original fantasy manga written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe, which was the grand prize winner of Manga Taisho 2021. The manga was first serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday on April 28, 2020 and has been on hiatus since January 2023. Ten tankoubon volumes have been published under the Shonen Sunday Comics label as of March 2023. An 11th volume will be released on September 15, 2023. Viz Media releases the manga in English.
Crunchyroll will stream Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End and describes the synopsis as:
The mage Frieren defeated the Demon King alongside the hero Himmel’s party after a 10-year quest. Peace was restored to the kingdom. Because she is an elf, she is able to live over a thousand years. She promises Himmel and the others that she will be back to see them and then sets out on a journey by herself. Fifty years later, Frieren goes to visit Himmel and the others. She remained unchanged, but Himmel and the others have aged and only a little of their lives remain. Later, she witnesses Himmel’s death. Frieren is pained by her desire to have spent more time getting to know people. With that regret in her heart, she then goes on a journey to do just that. On her journey, she meets many people and many events await her.
Source: Frieren Official Anime Twitter
