{"id":40127,"date":"2025-09-27T02:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T02:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/40127\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T02:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T02:12:07","slug":"beyond-journeys-end-season-2-confirms-anime-return-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/40127\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Confirms Anime Return Release Date"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End<\/a> fans have plenty to look forward to this winter anime season, with the anime now confirmed to make a return, both in Japan and on international streaming platform Crunchyroll, very soon.<\/p>\n

Via its official anime account on X (formerly Twitter), Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 is revealed to make its return to the airwaves on Jan. 16, 2026, with new episodes airing each Friday night (JST) after that date. The news was accompanied by a brand-new key visual starring Frieren herself, alongside long-time travel companions Fern and Stark.<\/p>\n

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Gets Exciting Release Date Reveal<\/p>\n

As previously announced, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 will be streaming on Crunchyroll as it airs in Japan; however, the streamer has not yet confirmed a simulcast (as of writing). The series is being directed by Tomoya Kitagawa, replacing Season 1 Frieren director Keiichiro Saito<\/a>, with Madhouse (Overlord, No Game No Life, One-Punch Man Season 1) returning to animate the hit show. The anime will pick up from Volume 7, Chapter 61 (“Magic-Nullifying Crystal”) of the original manga series.<\/p>\n

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End began as a manga in 2020, written by Kanehito Yamadaand illustrated by Tsukasa Abe. Following the long-lived titular elf, Frieren, it details her life after being part of a party that defeated the infamous Demon King. With most of her previous party now long dead, the near-immortal Frieren travels the world with her new companions in search of the resting place of souls to reunite with her former comrade, Himmel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Frieren remains one of the most popular fantasy manga and anime to come out of Japan in recent years, with a Tolkien-esque protagonist and Western-style fantasy world that spans over many decades (despite this feeling like only a few days to the long-lived Frieren). To date, the manga has over 30 million copies in circulation<\/a>, while the anime has received critical acclaim and won numerous awards both in Japan and internationally.<\/p>\n

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\n Frieren is holding a case and looking behind herself while Fern and Stark wait for her in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.Image via Studio Madhouse<\/p>\n

Release Date<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 29, 2023<\/p>\n

Network<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNippon TV, YTV, FBS, Chukyo TV, RNB, FCT, STV, KNB, HTV, YBS, RAB, TVI, YBC, UMK TV Miyazaki, TSB, MMT, TeNY, RNC, NIB, KKT, KTK, NKT, ABS, JRT, Daiichi-TV, FBC, RKC, KYT, KRY<\/p>\n

Directors<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKento Matsui, Kota Mori, Takahiro Natori, Morio Asaka, Lim Ka-hee, Taku Kimura, Ken Ando, Hirotaka Mori, Ayaka Tsuji<\/p>\n

Writers<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTomohiro Suzuki<\/p>\n

\"Cast<\/p>\n

Atsumi Tanezaki<\/p>\n

\n Frieren (voice)\n <\/p>\n

\"Cast<\/p>\n

Kana Ichinose<\/p>\n

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