When it comes to one of the most highly anticipated anime in fall this year, you can't miss the popular manga series Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, which is based on the original work by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe. The fact that the anime is handled by an impressive production team (MADHOUSE), as well as a two-hour long episode one, are enough to catch one's attention.

Furthermore, it as been announced that the anime's opening song will be performed by renowned band Yoasobi and is titled "Yuusha" ("Hero"), while the ending song is called "Anytime Anywhere" by popular singer milet.

The story of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End takes place after a group of heroes have defeated the Demon King. After a ten-years quest, Himmel the human hero, Eisen the dwarven warrior, Heiter the human priest, Frieren the elven mage returned triumphantly and were praised by the king. They happened to encounter a once-in-50-years meteor shower and made a promise to meet again in 50 years to watch it together. However, on the night that Frieren and her former companions were supposed to reunite, the death of her friends made the long-living Frelia realize the impermanence of life, and thus she began to explore the meaning of life.

 

• Original by: Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe
• Directed by: Keiichiro Saito
• Written by: Tomohiro Suzuki
• Character designed by: Reiko Nagasawa
• Studio: MADHOUSE

CAST

• Frieren: Atsumi Tanezaki
• Fern: Kana Ichinose
• Stark: Chiaki Kobayashi
• Himmel: Nobuhiko Okamoto
• Heiter: Hiroki Tochi
• Eisen: Yoji Ueda