The official website and accounts for the Frieren: Beyond Journey's End anime today announced that the much-anticipated second season will begin broadcasting on January 16, 2026 at 23:00 JST . Frieren, Fern and Stark also take to the skies in a brand-new key visual. Crunchyroll will stream the new series as it airs in Japan . Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 Key Visual RELATED: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 Anime Reveals New Visual, January 2026 Release 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 Website
