Frieren
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Japanese: 葬送のフリーレン, Hepburn: Sōsō no Furīren, pp. "Frieren, the Final Farewell to the Dead") is a Japanese manga series written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday since April 2020, with its chapters collected in twelve tankōbon volumes as of December 2023. The series is licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media. An anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse premiered in September 2023. Crunchyroll has licensed and distributed the series in North America, Europe and Australia, with an English dub premiering the following month, and Muse Communication licensing the series in Southeast Asia.
| Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | |
| 葬送のフリーレン (Sōsō no Furīren) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kanehito Yamada |
| Illustrated by | Tsukasa Abe |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | April 28, 2020 – present |
| Volumes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Keiichirō Saitō |
| Written by | Tomohiro Suzuki |
| Music by | Evan Call |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | NNS (Nippon TV) |
| Original run | September 29, 2023 – present |
| Episodes | 23 |
Taking place in a fantasy world, the story follows Frieren, an elven mage, as she embarks on a journey to reach the resting place of souls in order to reunite with her former comrade Himmel, whose Hero Party once slew the Demon King.
By December 2023, the manga had over 17 million copies in circulation. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End won the 14th Manga Taishō and the New Creator Prize of the 25th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2021 and the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2024.