At this year’s Anime Expo in Los Angeles, the Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End anime confirmed a premiere window for its anime’s second season.
The Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End anime season 2 will premiere sometime in January of next year, exclusively via Crunchyroll outside of Japan. The second season of the fan-favorite anime will be simulcast alongside its Japanese schedule.
A new trailer for the anime’s second season was revealed, which confirmed a new director for the new season – Tomoya Kitagawa, who worked on storyboards and directed multiple episodes in the first season. Original season director Keiichiro Saito will be overseeing as supervising director.
The voice cast for the second season was also confirmed:
- 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
Here’s the first trailer for Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End season 2:
Additional staff for Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End season 2 include assistant director Daiki Harashina (takt op. Destiny); series composition by Tomohiro Suzuki (One-Punch Man); character designs 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 finally Evan Call returning to compose the music.
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is based on the popular, ongoing manga of the same name by Kanehito Yamada with illustrations by Tsukasa Abe. The anime adaptation is produced by MADHOUSE, the folks known for Yu Yu Hakusho, Trigun, Death Note, and many other iconic series and feature films.
