The Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End) first anniversary stage greeting event announced a second anime season on Saturday, revealing a teaser visual (pictured) and announcement promo. Madhouse, the animation studio behind the first season, will return to produce the second season.

The first season premiered with a two-hour special featuring the first four episodes on Nippon TV's Kinyou Roadshow programming block on September 29 last year. Subsequent episodes were broadcast on the station and its affiliates' Friday Anime Night programming block. The anime series ended with 28 episodes on March 22, adapting the first 60 chapters.

Crunchyroll streamed the anime with subtitles and later dubbed it in multiple languages, including English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Muse Asia streamed it in Southeast Asia. Amazon Prime, Netflix, and Disney+ also streamed the anime.

The anime series adapts Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe's fantasy adventure manga, which began in Shounen Sunday in April 2020. Shogakukan published the 13th volume on April 17. Sousou no Frieren has a cumulative 22 million copies of its volumes in circulation.

Shogakukan also released a prequel light novel penned by Mei Hachimoku (Natsu e no Tunnel, Sayonara no Deguchi) on April 17, featuring illustrations by Abe. Supervised by Yamada, the light novel features five chapters, each featuring a different character as the protagonist, including Frieren, Fern, Stark, Lawine & Kanne, and Aura. The light novel sold a cumulative 100,000 copies.

VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in February 2021 and released the 11th volume on September 10. The 12th volume is planned for a February 11, 2025 release. The manga has also been licensed in multiple foreign languages, including Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, and Chinese.

Sousou no Frieren ranked second in 2021 and sixth in 2022 in the Male Readers division of Kono Manga ga Sugoi!, won the New Work Prize at the 25th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, and the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award earlier this year. The manga was also nominated for the Shounen category at the 45th and 46th Kodansha Manga Awards, eventually winning the award at the 48th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2024.

Announcement


Official site: https://frieren-anime.jp/
Official X (Twitter): @Anime_Frieren
Official manga site: https://websunday.net/work/708/
Official manga X (Twitter): @FRIEREN_PR

Source: Anime Voice

Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season on MAL