The official YouTube channel for the three-member Japanese rock band Mrs. GREEN APPLE started streaming a music video for their latest digital single song, "lulu.," which will be featured as the opening theme for the forthcoming TV anime Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 . The video was released at midnight on January 12, and has over 2.8 million views. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 begins airing in Japan on January 16, 2026 , with Crunchyroll to stream soon after . Mrs. GREEN APPLE "lulu." Music Video Mrs. GREEN APPLE was formed in 2013 and is one of the most successful rock bands in Japan today, having won the Japan Record Award Grand Prize for three consecutive years. Their notable anime theme song works include "Lilac" for Oblivion Battery (2024) and "Kusushiki" for The Apothecary Diaries (2025). As their 22nd digital single, "lulu." released on January 12. Motoki Omori, the vocalist and guitarist of Mrs. GREEN APPLE who wrote and composed the song, shared the following comment on the anime's official website: I've been a huge fan of the original manga and have been reading it with great pleasure, so this is truly an honor. The song 'lulu.' depicts the strength to move forward, carrying one's homeland in one's heart, as life, treasures, memories and will are passed down from one person to another, flowing steadily from today into tomorrow. As a fan of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End , I'm already incredibly excited about all the scenes it'll depict this season. I'd be delighted if you could also enjoy 'lulu.'" "lulu." digital jacket Mrs. GREEN APPLE artist photo Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 Trailer Based on the by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe, Keiichiro Saito ( BOCCHI THE ROCK! ) directed the first season of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End at studio MADHOUSE, with series composition by Tomohiro Suzuki ( One-Punch Man ), character designs by Reiko Nagasawa ( takt op.Destiny ) and music by Evan Call ( Violet Evergarden ). Tomoya Kitagawa takes over as director for Season 2. Crunchyroll streams the first season of the anime in a range of subs and dubs, describing the story as such: After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity’s mortality. She takes on a new apprentice and promises to fulfill old friends’ dying wishes. Can an elven mind make peace with the nature of life and death? Frieren embarks on her quest to find out. Source : Mrs. GREEN APPLE official YouTube channel , Frieren: Beyond Journey's End official website
