{"id":70519,"date":"2023-09-29T07:54:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T14:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=70519"},"modified":"2024-02-07T18:23:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T02:23:51","slug":"yoasobi-drops-gorgeous-music-video-for-frieren-beyond-journeys-end-opening-song-yuusha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/09\/29\/yoasobi-drops-gorgeous-music-video-for-frieren-beyond-journeys-end-opening-song-yuusha\/","title":{"rendered":"YOASOBI Drops Gorgeous Music Video for Frieren: Beyond Journey&#8217;s End Opening Song &#8220;Yuusha&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The <strong>Ayase\/ YOASOBI<\/strong> YouTube channel has released a music video for &#8220;Yuusha,&#8221; the opening song for the new Fall 2023 anime <em>Frieren: Beyond Journey\u2019s End<\/em>, with the timing more or less matching the show&#8217;s Japanese premiere on NTV&#8217;s Friday Roadshow program block.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Aside from allowing YOASOBI fans or those interested in the show to listen to the full version of the song, the music video also treats listeners\/viewers to over three minutes of beautiful visuals. The video is storyboarded and directed by <strong>Keisuke Hiroe<\/strong>, who previously lent his touch to the also-gorgeous opening sequence of the recent <em>My Happy Marriage<\/em> anime. Other staff include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Animation director: <strong>Maru Takase<\/strong> (<em>Fri<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">eren: Beyond Journey\u2019s End <\/span><\/em>design works [co-credit])<br \/>\u2022 Art director: <strong>Yukiko Maruyama<\/strong> (<em>Dead Mount Death Play<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Color designer: <strong>Harue Ohno<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Frieren: Beyond Journey\u2019s End<\/em>, <em>A Place Further Than the Universe<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Compositing director: <strong>Akane Fushihara<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Frieren: Beyond Journey\u2019s End<\/em>, <em>Spy x Family<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YOASOBI\u300c\u52c7\u8005\u300d Official Music Video\uff0fTV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300e\u846c\u9001\u306e\u30d5\u30ea\u30fc\u30ec\u30f3\u300f\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30cb\u30f3\u30b0\u30c6\u30fc\u30de\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OIBODIPC_8Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The anime edit version of the song can be also heard thanks to TOHO&#8217;s release of the anime&#8217;s opening animation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Frieren: Beyond Journey\u2019s End<\/em>&nbsp;is based on the Shogakukan-published manga written by&nbsp;<b>Kanehito Yamada&nbsp;<\/b>and drawn by&nbsp;<b>Tsukasa Abe<\/b>, which was the grand prize winner of Manga Taisho 2021. Crunchyroll, Muse Asia, and Bilibili are some of the sites streaming the show, which has a special two-hour premeire, overseas.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Viz Media describes the manga\u2019s premise as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><i>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\u2026<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The anime is produced by&nbsp;<strong>MADHOUSE<\/strong>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<strong>Keiichirou Saitou<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Bocchi the Rock!<\/em>) as director,&nbsp;<strong>Tomohiro Suzuki<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>One-Punch Man<\/em>) as series composer,&nbsp;<strong>Reiko Nagasawa<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>takt op.Destiny<\/em>) as character designer, and&nbsp;<strong>Evan Call<\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Violet Evergarden<\/em>) as music composer. The cast includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Atsumi Tanezaki&nbsp;<\/strong>as Frieren<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Nobuhiko Okamoto<\/strong>&nbsp;as Himmel<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Hiroki Touchi<\/strong>&nbsp;as Heiter<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Youji Ueda<\/strong>&nbsp;as Eisen<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Kana Ichinose&nbsp;<\/strong>as Fern<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022&nbsp;<strong>Chiaki Kobayashi&nbsp;<\/strong>as Stark<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u300e\u846c\u9001\u306e\u30d5\u30ea\u30fc\u30ec\u30f3\u300f\u30ce\u30f3\u30af\u30ec\u30b8\u30c3\u30c8\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30cb\u30f3\u30b0\uff0f\u30d5\u30ea\u30fc\u30ec\u30f3OP\uff0fOP\u30c6\u30fc\u30de\uff1a\u300c\u52c7\u8005\u300dYOASOBI\uff0f\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QoGM9hCxr4k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Ayase\/ YOASOBI YouTube channel<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ayase\/ YOASOBI YouTube channel has released a music video for &#8220;Yuusha,&#8221; the opening song for the new Fall 2023 anime Frieren: Beyond Journey\u2019s End, with the timing more or less matching the show&#8217;s Japanese premiere on NTV&#8217;s Friday Roadshow program block. 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