It was the moment we were waiting for. Toho Animation streamed a new trailer for the upcoming second season of the TV Anime adaptation of Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe’s Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.
The new trailer gave us a first look at what to expect in the second season, and it was something that got fans talking on Social Media. It previews milet’s ending theme song “The Story of Us,” which was made specifically for the anime. Milet also performed the first season’s ending theme. For exclusive comments about the new ending theme, Oricon has the details.
The second season is scheduled to premiere on January 16th, 2026 on NTV’s “Friday Anime Night” programming block on Fridays at 11:00 p.m. JST. Crunchyroll has already confirmed that it will stream the second season. For staff, Keiichiro Saito (BOCCHI THE ROCK!) directed the first season of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End at studio MADHOUSE, with series composition by Tomohiro Suzuki (One-Punch Man), character designs by Reiko Nagasawa (takt op.Destiny), and music by Evan Call (Violet Evergarden). Tomoya Kitagawa takes over as director for Season 2.
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Kanehito Yamada (Writer) and Tsukasa Abe (Illustrator)’s Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End was first serialized in Shogakukan’s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday in April 2020 and is an ongoing series, but has currently been placed on indefinite hiatus due to the creators taking stock of their health, and considering adjusting the serialization pace of the series. Its chapters have been collected into 14 tankobon volumes, with the 15th going on sale on December 18th. It is licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media and the series’ chapters are published in English in North America at the same time as their release in Japan on Viz Media‘s Digital Manga app. It has inspired a TV Anime adaptation, which is available to watch on streaming services such as Crunchyroll, Disney+/Hulu, and Netflix. The first season is also available to own in two parts on Blu-ray.
After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to their 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.
Source: Oricon
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