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Alongside the holiday fireworks, a magical air filled the air was felt in Los Angeles on the Fourth of July as Crunchyroll hosted a panel at Anime Expo to celebrate the critically acclaimed animated fantasy series Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. Lighting up the faces of eager fans with delight who were anticipating news of Season 2, Crunchyroll presented an exclusive global reveal of its first trailer, and they also confirmed the acquisition for worldwide streaming rights excluding Asia –but including India and the Indian Subcontinent – which will be simulcast from Japan in January 2026. #ReasonsToLive

Held in the Peacock Theater in downtown LA, the panel of guests included the Japanese voice actor for the character of Stark, Chiaki Kobayashi (Hell’s Paradise), Producer Yuichiro Fukushi (One-Punch Man), and Composer Evan Call (Violet Evergarden), each of whom spoke about their experiences working on the beloved show and their excitement for Season 2. 

In addition to the new trailer, Producer Yuichiro Fukushi shared with fans that Tomoya Kitagawa will direct Season 2. Kitagawa worked on storyboards and also directed multiple episodes in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 1. The trailer also confirmed Season 1 director Keiichiro Saito (BOCCHI THE ROCK!) will be overseeing Season 2 as its Supervising Director. Additional staff for Season 2 will include Assistant Director Daiki Harashina (takt op. Destiny); series composition written by Tomohiro Suzuki (One-Punch Man); Character Design by Takasemaru (Violet Evergarden), Keisuke Kojima (100 Meters), and Yuri Fujinaka (key animation on SPY x FAMILY CODE: White); Concept Art by Seiko Yoshioka (background art on Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo); and Evan Call will return to compose the music. 

Based on the popular, ongoing manga of the same name written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe, Frieren Beyond Journey’s End is produced by the animation studio Madhouse, who are best known for their work on Yu Yu Hakusho, Trigun, Cardcaptor Sakura, Paranoia Agent, Death Note, One-Punch Man Season 1, OVERLORD, and Sonny Boy.

Here at BNP, we love us some Frieren. Ja-Quan chose the series as his favorite anime for the year of 2024, writing “Come take a walk with me as Frieren shreds all preconceived notions of what a quality fantasy looks like”.

Our E-I-C, Will dropped a rare write up cosigning it’s immediate goat status, titling it, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is the Best Anime in the Last Few Years. Period. Exclamation Point.

Even I had to drop into the mix last year with a editorial I eventually titled, Lessons Learned from Watching Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. A lesson that I did feel was worth mentionign was “Work on Defining a Legacy on Your Own Terms” as Legacy is a very important theme throughout Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, coincidentally. 

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End coming back with a season two feels like being rewarded…feels like the world hasn’t given up on stellar storytelling and those who happily await for more of it to arrive.

The Season 1 characters and voice cast (Japanese and English) include the following:

• Frieren voiced by Atsumi Tanezaki | Mallorie Rodak
• Fern voiced by Kana Ichinose | Jill Harris
• Stark voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi | Jordan Dash Cruz
• Himmel voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto | Clifford Chapin
• Heiter voiced by Hiroki Tochi | Jason Douglas
• Eisen voiced by Yoji Ueda | Chris Guerrero
• Flamme voiced by Atsuko Tanaka | Lydia Mackay
• Sein voiced by Yuichi Nakamura | Christopher Wehkamp
• Übel voiced by Ikumi Hasegawa | Morgan Berry
• Denken voiced by Jiro Saito | Ben Phillips
• Serie voiced by Mariya Ise | Anastasia Munoz

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End was nominated for Anime of the Year and the winner of Best Drama, Best Director (Keiichiro Saito), Best Background Art, and Best Supporting Character at the 9th Annual Crunchyroll Anime Awards held earlier this year.

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 1 is currently streaming on Crunchyroll and available to own on Blu-ray in the Crunchyroll Store, among other franchise merch, as well as the manga.

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is coming to Crunchyroll January 2026!

About Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll is the global anime brand that fuels fans’ love of anime. With the ambition to make anime an even bigger part of pop culture, Crunchyroll offers fans the ultimate anime experience and destination centered around a premium streaming service. Crunchyroll has the largest dedicated anime library, an immersive world of events, exciting theatrical releases, unique games, must-have merchandise, timely news, and more. Anime is for everyone and is accessible to stream across territories through Crunchyroll—whether on the go on mobile, through gaming consoles and big-screen devices at home, or on desktops anywhere.

Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between U.S.-based Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan’s Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group.

Cover Image: ©Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe/Shogakukan/ “Frieren”Project

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