When is January 2026? Frieren: Beyond the end of the journey will return with its much-awaited second season. The initial season earned praise from fans and critics, who praised its animation, storytelling and characters. Madhouse did a great job with the adaptation, so the studio deserves a ton of praise for that. with of Freren With a second season on the horizon, promotion is at an all-time high.
Frieren gets a major update ahead of Season 2
Freire has shared another trailer ahead of its second season premiere.
Frieren Season 2 will release a new trailer on January 11
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Freeren Season 2 releases on January 16
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The new season will be shorter than the previous season
A new report confirms it Frieren: Beyond Journey's End will release a new trailer on January 11, 2026.And it will probably be the last as the premiere of the anime is around the corner. The upcoming trailer will give fans some more information on what to expect from the second season.
Anime-only fans may not be able to fully understand what's going on in the new season, but manga readers should be aware of it. Frieren Season 2 is releasing on January 16, 2026, so fans only have a few days left to experience the new content.
Frieren season 2 episode count has been confirmed
Recently, it was confirmed that Frieren season 2 will only have 12 episodes, and it shocked the audience. Frieren's first season had 26 episodes, so only 12 for the second was certainly disappointing. However, this decision may be made after careful deliberation. The main reason behind the low numbers was to make sure the anime didn't get too close to the manga. Not all fans will notice, but the Frieren manga is on indefinite hiatus starting in 2025.
Frieren Manga isn't coming back anytime soon
According to available reports, both Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe are suffering from ill health, due to which they had to take a break from their work. With the manga on break, the anime can cut losses and get dangerously close. If that happens, it will take a long time for the third season of Freire to be released, probably in 2028. So, the studio has decided to reduce the number of episodes to maintain the distance.
When the episode count is reduced, it does not mean that the animation quality will be compromised. after all Madhouse is famous for its high quality work. The studio never wanted to ruin one of its most successful projects by going below par.
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Frieren: Beyond the end of the journey
- Release date
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September 29, 2023
- network
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Nippon TV, YTV, FBS, Chukyo TV, RNB, FCT, STV, KNB, HTV, YBS, RAB, TVI, YBC, UMK TV Miyazaki, TSB, MMT, TeNY, RNC, NIB, KKT, KTK, NKT, ABS, JRT, Daiichi-TV, KBCT, KBC, RBC
- directors
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Kento Matsui, Kota Mori, Takahiro Natori, Morio Asaka, Lim Ka-Hee, Taku Kimura, Ken Endo, Hirotaka Mori, Ayaka Tsuji
- The authors
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Tomohiro Suzuki
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Atsumi Tanezaki
freeren (voice)
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Kana Echinose
fern (voice)
