The official Frieren: Beyond Journey's End account posted a new photo on November 10 of a Frieren plush sitting at a yakiniku grill, captioned "Juu Juu no Frieren," or "Sizzling Frieren." The post is part of the account's daily run of art and plush photos while Madhouse prepares the third season, which premieres in Japan in October 2027. Check out the official post down below:
The anime adapts the manga by writer Kanehito Yamada and artist Tsukasa Abe, published in English by VIZ Media under its Shonen Sunday label. VIZ's synopsis describes elf mage Frieren and her party defeating the Demon King and bringing peace to the land, after which Frieren has to come to terms with outliving everyone she traveled with. So far the anime runs 38 episodes across 2 seasons, with both available on Crunchyroll.
Frieren Season 1: Episodes 1 To 28
The first season aired from September 29, 2023, to March 22, 2024, under director Keiichiro Saito, with series composition by Tomohiro Suzuki, character designs by Reiko Nagasawa and music by Evan Call. It premiered with a 2-hour, 4-episode special on Nippon TV's Kin'yo Road Show, a film slot that had never opened with an anime series before. Crunchyroll's English dub, directed by Jad Saxton, followed on October 13, 2023.
Episode 1, "The Journey's End," opens with Himmel the Hero, the priest Heiter, the dwarf warrior Eisen and Frieren returning to the royal capital after their 10-year quest. After Himmel dies of old age decades later, Frieren takes Heiter's ward Fern as her apprentice and heads north toward Aureole, the resting place of souls, retracing the party's original route. Eisen's apprentice Stark joins them after facing down a dragon threatening a village.
Episodes 9 and 10 cover the fight with Aura the Guillotine, one of the Demon King's generals, in the city ruled by Graf Granat. The priest Sein travels with the group for a stretch afterward, and Episode 18, "First-Class Mage Exam," opens the arc that runs through the season finale in the northern city of Aussert. Fern competes alongside Ubel and Land, and the arc ends with the grand mage Serie interviewing the candidates.
The season's opening themes were "Yusha" by YOASOBI and "Haru" by Yorushika, and milet performed the ending theme "Anytime Anywhere." Here is Crunchyroll's original trailer for the series:
Frieren Season 2: Episodes 29 To 38
Season 2 premiered on Crunchyroll on January 16, 2026, at 8:00 AM MST and ran 10 episodes through March 27. Tomoya Kitagawa, who storyboarded Episode 18 of the first season, took over as director, while Suzuki and Call returned. Keisuke Kojima, Takasemaru and Yuri Fujinaka handled character designs, and the main cast of Atsumi Tanezaki, Kana Ichinose and Chiaki Kobayashi came back as Frieren, Fern and Stark, with Nobuhiko Okamoto, Hiroki Tochi and Yoji Ueda returning as Himmel, Heiter and Eisen.
The season picks up as the party leaves the exam city and continues north, and the episode titles run in this order:
- Episode 29: "Shall We Go, Then?"
- Episode 30: "The Hero of the South"
- Episode 31: "Somewhere She'd Like"
- Episode 32: "Other People's Homes"
- Episode 33: "Logistics in the Northern Plateau"
- Episode 34: "A Demon-Slaying Request"
- Episode 35: "The Divine Revolte"
- Episode 36: "A Magnificent End"
- Episode 37: "Himmel's Memoirs"
- Episode 38: "A Beautiful Sight"
The official site released a separate key visual for the Divine Revolte storyline, which gives Episode 35 its title. Mrs. GREEN APPLE performed the opening theme "lulu.," and milet returned for the ending theme "The Story of Us." Here is Crunchyroll's official Season 2 trailer:
Where The Manga Picks Up After The Anime
VIZ has released 14 volumes of the manga in English so far, starting with Volume 1 on November 9, 2021, and each runs 192 pages at $11.99. Volume 15 is scheduled for December 8, 2026. VIZ also publishes chapters digitally, with its chapter listing currently running through Chapter 147.
Season 2 ends at Chapter 80, right before the Golden Land arc. That arc opens with Chapter 81, the 4th chapter of Volume 9, and VIZ's synopsis for that volume follows the party through the Great Tor Canyon before they reach a cursed city tied to the demon Macht. Volume 9 released in English on October 17, 2023.
For the start of Season 2's material, VIZ's Volume 7 synopsis, from the January 17, 2023, release, covers Serie's interviews at the end of the exam and the party's departure for Aureole, which places the end of Season 1 near Chapter 60. Later volumes move the story to the Imperial capital, where VIZ's Volume 14 synopsis has Frieren and her friends working for the Continental Magic Association to stop a plot against Serie by a group of assassins called the Shadow Warriors.
Frieren Season 3 And Where To Stream
The official site confirmed the third season, covering the Golden Land arc, right after Season 2 ended, with a teaser visual of Macht of the Golden Land and an October 2027 premiere on Nippon TV. That announcement was covered in FRIEREN: BEYOND JOURNEY'S END Season 3 Officially Confirmed For Fall 2027.
The production marked the anime's 3rd anniversary in September with a new visual from Madhouse and started a Season 3 countdown illustration project, with staff sharing original art at set points before the premiere. Character designer Keisuke Kojima drew the first piece, which shows Frieren holding a grimoire titled "the magic to air Season 3 in 1 year." In Japan, Animate stores will also hold a Frieren fair from December 19 to January 11 with a new visual of Frieren, Fern and Stark.
Crunchyroll holds the streaming rights outside East Asia and carries both seasons. The series also recently competed at a major Japanese awards show, as covered in Daemons Of The Shadow Realm Beats Frieren For Best TV Anime At The Newtype Anime Awards.
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