Stark, Frieren and Fern are bundled up and battle ready in a brand-new character visual released today for Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2, ahead of the much-anticipated sequel's January 16 broadcast. Crunchyroll will stream the new series as it airs in Japan . Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 Character Visual RELATED: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 Anime Premieres on January 16 Adapting the award-winning manga 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 anime in a range of subs and dubs, describing the story like so: 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: Official X (formerly Twitter)