©Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe/Shogakukan/ “Frieren”ProjectThe second season of the Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End TV anime will premiere on January 16, 2026 JST. It will be featured in Nippon TV’s Friday Anime Night block.
The reveal includes a key visual showing Frieren, Fern, and Stark traversing a tunnel adorned with what appear to be crystals. The landscape has elevated the trio into the air, with Stark depending on Fern for aerial support.
The sequel arrives just over two years following the two-cour first season, which was the inaugural anime to broadcast in the Friday Anime Night block, debuting on September 29, 2023 JST. The adaptation of the Shogakukan-published fantasy manga authored by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe narrates the journey of the ageless elf Frieren, once part of the team that vanquished the Demon King, as she explores with a new generation of allies.
©Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe/Shogakukan/ “Frieren”ProjectSeason 1 director Keiichiro Saito (Bocchi the Rock!) will step back for Season 2, taking on a director cooperation role. Tomoya Kitagawa (Frieren Season 1 storyboard artist and episode director for Episodes 2, 8, and 25, among other positions) will direct the new season, with Daiki Harashina (Frieren Season 1’s monster designer, Episode 3 storyboard artist and director, Episode 24 storyboard artist, and more) serving as assistant director.
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The Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End manga began its run in Weekly Shonen Sunday in 2020 and has reached 14 volumes as of March 2025. It won the 48th Kodansha Awards (for Shonen) and the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award, alongside success in various other rankings and awards. Viz Media handles the English publication of the manga.
Staff
• Director: Tomoya Kitagawa (Frieren Season 1 storyboard artist and episode director for Episodes 2, 8, and 25, among other positions)
• Assistant director: Daiki Harashina (Frieren Season 1’s monster designer, Episode 3 storyboard artist and director, Episode 24 storyboard artist, and more)
• Director cooperation: Keiichiro Saito (Frieren Season 1 and Bocchi the Rock! director)
• Series composer: Tomohiro Suzuki (reprising)
• Character designer: Takasemaru (Violet Evergarden)
• Character designer: Keisuke Kojima (100 Meters)
• Character designer: Yuri Fujinaka (Frieren Season 1 Episode 22 co-chief animation director)
• Concept artist: Seiko Yoshioka (reprising)
• Music composer: Evan Call (reprising)
• Animation production: Madhouse
Cast
• Atsumi Tanezaki as Frieren
• Kana Ichinose as Fern
• Chiaki Kobayashi as Stark
• Nobuhiko Okamoto as Himmel
• Hiroki Tochi as Heiter
• Yoji Ueda as Eisen
Source: @Anime_Frieren
