The upcoming Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End fantasy anime has received a new trailer that previews its newly announced theme songs, the ending song “Anytime Anywhere” by milet and the opening song “Yuusha” by YOASOBI, as well as brief shots of its action elements.
The video also features footage of protagonist Frieren’s new party members Fern and Stark, emphasizing the elf’s longevity by contrasting the two with one of her aged former party members and showing a meeting between Frieren and a pre-adolescent Fern.
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End will premiere in Japan on September 29 with a two-hour special. The TV anime is based on the Shogakukan-published manga written by Kanehito Yamada and drawn by Tsukasa Abe, which was the grand prize winner of Manga Taisho 2021.
Viz Media describes the manga as:
Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure…
The anime is produced by MADHOUSE with Keiichirou Saitou (Bocchi the Rock!) as director, Tomohiro Suzuki (One-Punch Man) as series composer, Reiko Nagasawa (takt op.Destiny) as character designer, and Evan Call (Violet Evergarden) as music composer. Other staff include:
• Daiki Harashina (takt op.Destiny D2 designer) as magical creature designer
• Tooru Iwazawa (takt op.Destiny) as action director
• Sawako Takagi (Bleach) as art director
• Harue Ohno (A Place Further Than the Universe) as color designer
• Akane Fushihara (Spy x Family) as compositing director
Meanwhile, the cast includes:
• Atsumi Tanezaki as Frieren
• Nobuhiko Okamoto as Himmel
• Hiroki Touchi as Heiter
• Youji Ueda as Eisen
• Kana Ichinose as Fern
• Chiaki Kobayashi as Stark
The Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End manga began serialization in Weekly Shonen Sunday in 2020 and has 10 tankoubon volumes published under the Shonen Sunday Comics label as of March 2023.
Source: @Anime_Frieren
