The ongoing TV anime based on the fantasy manga Frieren: Beyond Journey's End shared three new pieces of character art today. The artwork focuses on the main character, Frieren, as she naps, blows a kiss, and gets rescued from a Mimic by her apprentice, Fern. The series kicks off its new season on Japanese TV on January 16, 2026, which Crunchyroll will also simulcast . Since April 2020, Shogakukan has serialized the original Frieren: Beyond Journey's End manga in their Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine, and 15 collected volumes have also been published in Japan to date. Kanehito Yamada writes and Tsukasa Abe illustrates Frieren: Beyond Journey's End . Viz Media publishes an English language version of the series. Tomoya Kitagawa directs the second season of the TV anime at animation studio MADHOUSE, with series composition by Tomohiro Suzuki, character designs by Maru Takase, Keisuke Kojima and Yuri Fujinaka and music by Evan Call. RELATED: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga Goes on Extended Hiatus Crunchyroll describes Frieren: Beyond Journey's End : 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: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End on X (formerly Twitter)
