Series synopsis
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, also known as 葬送のフリーレン is a Japanese animation action & adventure drama sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on Nippon TV on September 29, 2023. It stars Atsumi Tanezaki, Kana Ichinose, Chiaki Kobayashi and Nobuhiko Okamoto.
After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity’s mortality. She takes on a new apprentice and promises to fulfill old friends’ dying wishes. Can an elven mind make peace with the nature of life and death? Frieren embarks on her quest to find out.
Premise
After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity’s mortality. She takes on a new apprentice and promises to fulfill old friends’ dying wishes. Can an elven mind make peace with the nature of life and death? Frieren embarks on her quest to find out.
Premise: Living means being known and remembered by someone.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Frieren (voice)
- Kana Ichinose as Fern (voice)
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Stark (voice)
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Himmel (voice)
- Hiroki Touchi as Heiter (voice)
- Yoji Ueda as Eisen (voice)
Guest cast
- Yoshimi Mitsui as Funeral Attendee (voice)
- Meiko Kawasaki as Funeral Attendee (voice)
- Ai Satou as Herbalist (voice)
- Kamiri Matsuda as Herbalist as a Child (voice)
- Atsuko Tanaka as Flamme (voice)
- Hiroki Yasumoto as Qual (voice)
- Keiichi Sonobe as Old Man with Straw Hat (voice)
- Hana Sato as Cat (voice)
- Sachiko Okada as Old Woman (voice)
- Mika Doi as Villager (voice)
- Kaori Nakamura as Villager (voice)
- Saya Hirose as Child (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 64 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 26 | October 11, 2023 | May 22, 2026 |
| Season 1 | 38 | September 29, 2023 | March 27, 2026 |
| Season 2 | 0 | January 16, 2026 | March 27, 2026 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
OO Magic Episode 1: The Magic of Saying What You Are Thinking Frieren, Heiter, and Eisen test the spell that causes the user to say whatever they are thinking on Himmel, who begins to wax-poetic about his looks aloud. The three of them agree that it would be unbearable to listen to it long term. |
October 11, 2023 |
| 2 |
OO Magic Episode 2: The Magic of Removing Only Alcohol From Alcoholic Beverages After using the spell that removes just the alcohol from an alcoholic drink, Frieren, Himmel, and Eisen taste the drink and can't tell the difference. They then urge Heiter to try the drink, but he immediately guesses that the drink isn't alcoholic, to which the party all call him a Corrupt Priest. |
October 25, 2023 |
| 3 |
OO Magic Episode 3: The Magic of Waking Up at a Certain Time in the Morning Fern is excited to try the spell because of Frieren's oversleeping habits. She sets the specified time to 6 AM. The next day, Frieren wakes up at the correct time, but the spell is unable to keep her from falling back asleep. |
November 15, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Journey's End The world celebrates the Demon King's defeat at the hands of the Hero and his companions. Now that their great adventure is over, what will Frieren the mage do next? |
September 29, 2023 |
| 2 |
It Didn't Have to Be Magic... Frieren instructs Fern in the use of magic while deciphering a grimoire for Heiter. |
September 29, 2023 |
| 3 |
Killing Magic While retracing the path she took on her adventure with her former traveling companions, Frieren confronts an old enemy. |
September 29, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Shall We Go, Then? Frieren, Fern, and Stark leave the magic city of Äußerst behind and travel along a road in the northern lands. |
January 16, 2026 |
| 2 |
The Hero of the South In a village in the northern lands, Frieren's party are hired to polish a statue of a hero. |
January 23, 2026 |
| 3 |
Somewhere She'd Like Frieren's party dream of hot springs as they reach Etwas, but the village is abandoned. |
January 30, 2026 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Nippon TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 29, 2023 |
| Last aired | March 27, 2026 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Schedule | Friday at 01:00:00 |