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Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

TV · Fall 2023 · 28 episodes · MADHOUSE

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Ren's take

A quiet fantasy about time and memory that ends up among the best anime of the decade.

Frieren begins where most fantasy stories end: the hero’s party has already won. Frieren is an elf who will live for centuries, and the show is about her slowly understanding what those short years with her friends meant.

It’s calm and often funny, and it trusts you to notice small things. Then, when it wants to, it delivers some of the most beautifully animated magic battles around.

Don’t rush it. It’s best watched an episode or two at a time, the way it’s paced.

Watch it if you like slow, thoughtful stories with moments of real spectacle.

Watch order

  1. Season 1
  2. Season 2

Story

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her? Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure… (Source: Crunchyroll)

Where to watch

Official links. Availability varies by region.