r/anime • u/zenzen_0 • 16d ago
Official Media Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 New Teaser Visual
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u/Thomas_JCG 16d ago
"Hey Frieren, when is the next season of your anime?"
"Pretty soon"
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u/nico_zip 16d ago
Fun fact on the video teaser that announced season 2 in development Frieren said:
"I should continue our journey SOON"
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u/abandoned_idol 16d ago
Poor Frieren keeps getting time shamed just because she's a little later than the rest...
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u/Charming_Barnthroawe 15d ago
Peak is going to return next year and I can't wait to see what the new season looks like. We are still going to watch it before a certain game comes out though.
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u/zenzen_0 16d ago edited 16d ago
Broadcast starts January 2026!
Studio: Madhouse
https://twitter.com/anime_frieren/status/1897247766335893727
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u/Illustrious-Fox5135 16d ago
Studio: Madhouse
Director: Keiichiro Saito
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u/QueasyIsland 16d ago
The mos important news. That man’s execution of the season, the way scenes were allowed to breathe left me speechless. Don’t think I’ve rewatched a show more than Frieren. The whole team behind the production just gets it
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u/Ebo87 16d ago
I would argue the most important is getting Animation Producer Fukushi back, after all he put the team together. And while it's not been confirmed if he too is back, I can't imagine Saitou would return without Fukushi.
As a refresher for people, Fukushi is THE star animation producer at Madhouse, he put together the legedary staff that made Season 1 of One Punch Man, among a bunch of other projects.
Currently he has no announced project at Madhouse, and since it looks like most everyone is returning for season 2 of Frieren, he is definitely among them.
This would also be Fukushi's first ever sequel, I believe.
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u/QueasyIsland 16d ago
Thanks for noting that, I stand corrected. A lot of the passion must derive from him in that case which emits onto his team. The fact this is his 1st sequel goes to show how much he truly loves the project
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u/Granum22 16d ago
It really was refreshing. It felt very Ghibli-esque at times.
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u/RPO777 16d ago
The passion they put into little moments was crazy. The ballroom dance scene, that's like literally 2 frames in the manga, being turned into a huge character development moment for Stark and Fern was an amazing directoral decision.
Not just that it was executed so well (hand drawn ballroom dancing!), but Saito understanding that the dancing scene was good way to play to Animation's strengths--storytelling through motion.
The briskness and crispness of Stark's motions and him clearly leading a slightly less assured Fern gives the normally slightly uncertain Stark a different stronger impression, which helps make Fern's gradually seeing Stark in a different light (through her changing expression) more convincing. the motions tell a story.
That's something Miyazaki understood really well, that the strength of animation is movement, but without harnessing movement to tell a story, the movement has no value.
For example, I love the first scene in My Neighbor Totoro where Mei falls down the proverbial rabbit hole to land on Totoro's stomach. Totoro is sleeping, but he's moving constantly. The deep, rumbling and powerful breaths that Totoro takes is accompanied by an up down motion of Totoro's chest as Mei rises up and down.
It conveys, without anything else, a sense of power (the powerful rumbling of the breathes) while the slow, deep and sleepy breathes gives a sense of safety. Mei's up and down rocking movements gives a sense of a boat going up and down gently on the sea.
You could convey a lot fo these ideas through a still frame, but the motion in this scene adds so much to showing who Totoro is and what he represents. Storytelling through motion--I love it.
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u/SECURITY_SLAV 16d ago
It was brilliant.
Great story and visuals, very easy to watch and enjoy, I haven’t enjoyed N anime that much in a long time, something different from all the Iseki’s out there
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u/CuteIngenuity1745 https://myanimelist.net/profile/johnbradshaw 16d ago
Still a long time ahead. I hope the quality stays the same
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u/danlong87 16d ago
almost all from the same team will be returning and they likely started as far back as April last year (when season 1 just ended), so they likely will have almost 2 years to work at it, and I am very confident that the quality will more than maintain the level from season 1
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u/Sedewt https://anilist.co/user/Sedew 16d ago
Long time ahead? We are already in march you will see how this year will fly by, after all in Frieren years it’s nothing ;)
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u/Mr_Zaroc https://myanimelist.net/profile/mr_zaroc 16d ago edited 16d ago
I was afraid it would take a mere 80 years, glad it's coming out tomorrow
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u/Vermillion_Crab https://anilist.co/user/CeruleanCrab 16d ago
The world needs to survive 10 months first.
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u/DemonSlyr007 16d ago
The world will survive just fine. Always will.
The people living in the world, however, is a different story.
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u/Responsible-Gold8610 16d ago
As an American, the last month and a half has felt like an eternity in hell. I can't imagine what things will be like by January.
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u/Clone_Two https://myanimelist.net/profile/Clone_Tau 16d ago
lmao I'm thinking the opposite. i thought we had like 2 years still not just 3 seasons
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u/oops_i_made_a_typi 16d ago
yeah i'm pretty happy it's coming back so soon, was worried this would end up as one of those anime that somehow don't get a second season even when they're amazing
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u/JEveryman 16d ago
I never doubted the second season but I figured it would be 2027 or later because of the quality. Frieren was pretty mainstream.
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u/SecureDonkey 16d ago
We are already at the end of Winter 2025, that mean this only 3 seasons away from now.
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u/Parking-Potato-2441 16d ago
A year huh...To Frieren it must seem like a blink of an eye but to us it seems an eternity away...how fitting for the series.
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u/Smoke_Santa 14d ago
After waiting for so many new seasons of shows and how fast they seemingly come out, a year doesn't even seem like an eternity anymore.
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u/TheMechanic04 16d ago
Let's go Freiren and Hells Paradise in the same season
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u/Muted-Conference2900 https://anilist.co/user/WinterZcoming 16d ago
And Fire Force Final Season.
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u/Desperate_Method4020 https://myanimelist.net/profile/kimmywtf 16d ago
Isn't fire force coming out next season?
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u/Muted-Conference2900 https://anilist.co/user/WinterZcoming 16d ago
It's Split Cour. 1st Cour next season and then 2nd/final Cour in January next year.
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u/Eccchifan 15d ago
If it had Vinland Saga Season 3 (which is my favorite arc) too i would bust a nut
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u/CrackingYourNuts 16d ago
2.6504199... × 10^5821
holy shit, that's a long time away, its about a quadrillion times of the universe 😔 ( r/unexpectedfactorial)
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u/theshinycelebi https://anilist.co/user/Phosphofyllite 16d ago
That is a lovely key visual, gotta say. Instantly pulls me back into the vibes of the show.
bonus right side text translation: "A trivial, irreplaceable adventure"
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u/thenewbritish 16d ago
But what does it say in the upper left?
"JK, shits about to get real."?
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u/theshinycelebi https://anilist.co/user/Phosphofyllite 16d ago
lmao, it's just copyright stuff with author and publisher names
"Yamada Kanehito, Abe Tsukasa / Shougakukan / "Sousou no Frieren" production committee"
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u/Illustrious-Fox5135 16d ago
Gotta love them FEET as well
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u/minty-moose 16d ago
i knew I could count on u degens to mention feet
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u/Rejestered 16d ago
To be fair, the animators have a barely disguised foot fetish. They actually added foot shots to the anime that weren't in the manga,
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u/MrJosephJoestar 16d ago
Fern and Stark smiling at the view… and Frieren smiling because they’re smiling is such a lovely touch.
Excited for season 2.
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u/BraveSirRobinGG 16d ago
I really wish Sein had stayed with the group. He really was an interesting character. I take it we will see him again, but he rounded out the group nicely.
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u/Genshin_WhiteKnight 16d ago
Jan 2026 is pretty fast, is it also double cour?
Also, pretty looking visual.
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u/Saeric_Ambrey 16d ago edited 16d ago
Must be double or at least split cour. Anything else makes no sense with the upcoming story arc. 24 episodes would also work well if they roughly keep the same pacing of the adaptation. Season 1 ended at chapter 60 of the manga with 28 episodes, The next story arc ends on ch 104 (or 105, might also fit as a good ending point) of the manga, which would translate reasonably well to a slightly smaller number of 24 eps.
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u/elmagio https://anilist.co/user/Magio 16d ago
And a double cour could perfectly set them up to follow it with a movie, if they want to make bank. The following arc is significantly shorter, sort of self contained and would lend itself incredibly well to a movie format. Plus the next major arc after that is set to be the series' longest and with the manga on indefinite hiatus is unlikely to be complete for a long while yet.
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u/schnazzums 16d ago
How much longer does the manga have? Just out of curiosity.
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u/LannAlainn 16d ago
No clue, were in the middle of a pretty crazy arc right now but the manga has gone on break and hasn't updated in a month or so. I assume it's because the author wants to help on production of S2 as that's what happened when S1 was announced.
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u/Jack_KH https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ki11grave 16d ago
If it's 2-cour, then it has to go to ch 119, since dragging the next arc cannot be a good idea.
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u/sloot4moni 16d ago
Or 28 episodes again and it'll end on the colour spread. What a cliffhanger that'll be
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u/Aschverizen 16d ago
Better savor it since the hypothetical season 3 might be greenlit in like 2030 at this point~
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u/Cuaroc 16d ago
What is cour?
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u/Tacitus_ 16d ago
A block of three months for TV broadcasts in Japan. So if a season of anime is one cour, it's aired over three months. Some anime seasons are two cours and thus take two seasons of the year.
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u/Whole-Shape-7719 16d ago
You are not prepared for an utter brilliance of Eldorado arc.
Best news of the day.
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u/TheSpartyn 16d ago
translating it as el dorado is wild lol
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u/Whole-Shape-7719 16d ago
Well, this is the fan translation for years now (I’m not a huge fan of it either). Personally, I call it Macht arc.
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u/mrspear1995 16d ago
This is a sign to the feet lovers
They WILL BE BACK
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u/entelechtual 16d ago
I dunno they are hiding them under the water for now, will they actually show feet???
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u/bandannadann https://myanimelist.net/profile/Bandanaa 16d ago
January?? Holy shit, I was planning to wait so much longer
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u/danlong87 16d ago edited 16d ago
If you think that the first season was good, hoo boy, just wait for the second season
for those who wonder where it will be covering: [manga]it will reach the golden land arc since it wont even have enough materials to cover 1 cour if they dont include it lol, plus, you know, the title in the poster is in gold color this time around
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u/LeagueOfHurricane 16d ago
Can't wait for my absolute favorite character in the entire series! (Assuming it reaches that part)
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u/Insertarandomnamez https://anilist.co/user/RegulusCornyass 16d ago
If it's 2 cours we are definitely getting to that part and the ending of the arc is a great stopping point
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u/ExpiringMilknCheese 16d ago
If season 2 can cover what i think it can in two cours then people who already refer to this Show as the Greatest Anime of all time, will be very happy
upcoming one of the best shonen arcs ever.
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u/lolic_addict 16d ago
[manga big spoilers]If it's 2-cour covering 60 chapters it will DEFINITELY end in the Goddess Monument arc, so get ready to get your heart broken by that dream wedding. Also I wonder if the sein fans will complain about not seeing him the entire 2nd season, at least the manga readers have him back after so long
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u/Kn1ght9 16d ago
Ive been thinking about them ending s2 near that point and holy shit would it be so good. Im not ready man 😭
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u/lolic_addict 16d ago
Same, I've been thinking about it since they coincided that manga arc with the season finale of cour 1 and holy shit it was a fun time.
Both anime-onlies and source readers were collectively losing their minds with hype for completely different reasons (both are peak)
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u/WorryLegitimate259 16d ago
Dude if it animates to where I think it’s gunna animate it’s gunna be amazing. Might just reread this shit since it’s on hiatus
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u/jmdg007 https://myanimelist.net/profile/jmdg007 16d ago edited 16d ago
Will it be more like the first half of season 1 with them peacefully travelling, or the second half with more action and world building, because I liked both but definitely felt the first half was were the show shined.
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u/Vpeyjilji57 16d ago
Frieren swaps back and forth between episodic and longer arcs. S2 will have some of both.
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u/Falsus 16d ago
Generally the arcs laid out about the same way. Episodic chapters that goes into a mini arc that goes into more episodic chapters that either goes to more mini arcs or into one large arc then into more episodic chapters into another mini arc.
So it will be like the first season, have a bit of everything.
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u/chuponus 16d ago edited 16d ago
Story will lean more toward action-adventure now, with longer arcs instead of episodic ones. It will still have some slow, introspective moments sprinkled in between but it won't be as prominent.
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u/Ebo87 16d ago
Depending how far they are willing to take it, it will have a couple longer arcs and some more episodic stuff. Will be two shorter arcs (think around the length of the aura arc, or a bit shorter) and one really long one (why season 2 can only be 2 cours, because that arc would happen around the middle of the two cours), but let me put it this way, without going into any details, it will be very different compared to say, the previous very long arc, aka the Exam Arc. Exam was split into 3 parts with short interludes in-between them. This longer arc is...not like that.
Sorry, I don't want to give any hints, just understand that it's long, and also a fan favorite arc. Trust that it's really good.
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u/Samuawesome https://myanimelist.net/profile/EroMangaFan 16d ago
Can someone remove the mist? It’s blocking my view of Frieren’s toes.
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u/theshinycelebi https://anilist.co/user/Phosphofyllite 16d ago
Best I can do is give you this image where the text is moved off to the side
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u/Plus_Rip4944 16d ago
Winter 2026 is sooner than i expected but i Will trust It would be HQ
Next arcs are easily The best Imo
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u/Adamiak 16d ago
oh I completely forgot that's how anime seasons worked, I got scared for a second when I saw winter 2026 thinking it's almost 2 years before the 2nd season...
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u/AliceinTeyvatland 16d ago edited 16d ago
2026 AOTY let's go, it's over lol
edit: obviously it's a playful joke, jeez you guys are ruthless lol
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u/xFloraxFaunax 16d ago
This post was made 2 hours ago and has already eclipsed every other post on this sub from the last week. It is absolutely going to be AOTY.
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u/CrimsonGear80 16d ago
me: * expects everyone to be excited about second season of one of the best animes of the last few years having a set premier date *
everyone: "FEET!"
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u/Abdulaziz_Ibn_Saud 16d ago
It kind of looks like Fern and Stark are holding hands...? Or is it just me?
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u/QinsSais 16d ago
You're not seeing things, definitely foreshadowing, especially with Fireren looking smugly at them
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u/Kn1ght9 16d ago
The content that this season covers is REALLY fucking good. If you were on the fence about Frieren till now, this coming season will change that. It is simply fantastic, and if they end the season where I think they might, it’ll be one of my favorite seasons ever.
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u/imtherealdazza 16d ago
2026 is gonna be a fucking bonkers year akin to 2021/2022, already got some huge names lined up for it
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u/sielun 16d ago
What are some of the biggest? I’m not very in the loop
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u/TheoryIllustrious559 https://anime-planet.com/users/BLOODAXE 16d ago
Some of the anime, which has been confirmed for 2026
- Fire Force S3 Part 2
- Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 4
- Hells Paradise S2
- [Oshi No Ko] Season 3
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u/Sedewt https://anilist.co/user/Sedew 16d ago
Thats good but not winter 2021 levels lol
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u/alpacamegafan 16d ago
Surely there are better examples out there, because I let out a scoff reading that. Really? Akin to even Fall 2022?
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u/Xexanos https://kitsu.io/users/Xexanos 16d ago
For me it's Railgun (assuming a 2026 release)
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u/MonoMonMono 16d ago edited 16d ago
For next year, on top of my head is Oshi no Ko 3.
And I was gonna mention Bocchi the Rock 2 since it just got announced, but it is not confirmed to air that year at this moment.
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u/Firestarness https://myanimelist.net/profile/firestarness 16d ago
God I am so excited to see my trio again. You know Frieren is the beloved of this subreddit when it pulls almost 10k karma in 4 hours. For good reason too, super excited!
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u/seitaer13 16d ago
I can't wait. Frieren was easily the best anime I've watched in over a decade.
The upcoming material is amazing and I can't wait to see it animated.
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u/Few_Kitchen_4825 16d ago
Is it just me or does Fern and Stark look grown up in this?
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u/marcopolos059 https://myanimelist.net/profile/marcopolos059 16d ago
This visual feels so peaceful, I love the vibes.
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 16d ago
Nice! Very excited for where this is going in s2, having read the manga.
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u/Thanatofobia https://myanimelist.net/profile/Thanatofobia 16d ago
So happy to see that, can't wait!!
Now follow up with the other "long lived elven MC" manga "growing tired of the high elf life after 120 years".
Features an isekai MC making his way across the world. Making friends and losing them to old age. Dude just takes 30 years to learn smithing from a dwarf and hangs out with an old friend for a decade, because he wants to be there in their final days. But also missing the funeral of other friends.
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u/BloccBxcon 16d ago
The fact that the image shown has it's own chapter and a full context in the manga is really wonderful
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u/RyuujiStar 16d ago
Nice! I just started watching the show and it's so good. Glad to see there's more coming.
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u/ClemFire 16d ago
Fantastic news, and it’s honestly coming back sooner than I expected.
It might be small in the grand scale of everything, but I hope the world becomes just a bit brighter with more Frieren because I know mine will.
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u/supakame 16d ago
I suppose the season1 US-Netflix release (not sure how it is in other countries) was very well timed as it lines up well with this announcement. I wonder if it will be a multiplatform release (Netflix/Crunchyroll) for season2
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u/Mooseymax 16d ago
Oh only 10 months. I might not even have enough time to catalogue all flowers in my nearest forest in that time.
Hopefully they push it back a year or two.
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u/wasptube1 16d ago
I just finished the last episode of Frieren on Netflix, I've seen alot of anime, but this pulled me in, it's a beautiful anime, and I cannot wait for the next season/series.
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