Popular manga series Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is finally set to make its way to the small screen! The long-anticipated revelation surfaced when retailer Animate unveiled the cover of the manga’s ninth volume, announcing the thrilling news of an upcoming anime adaptation.
Fans of the popular manga, which has garnered a devoted readership, can now look forward to witnessing the captivating story and characters come to life in animated form. The news of the anime adaptation has sparked anticipation and excitement across the anime community, with many eager to see how the beloved series will be interpreted onscreen.
What is Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End All About?
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is a fantasy-adventure manga written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe. The series was first serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 2020.
Viz Media licensed the manga for English release. Its plot is described as follows:
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…
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The manga enjoys popularity among readers since its released, ranking 2nd on the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga for male readers in 2021.
It also won the New Creator Prize for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the 14th Manga Taisho Award in the same year.
In 2021 alone, the manga was said to have over 2 million copies in circulation. The figures increased to 5.6 million copies the next year. As of June 2022, there are more than 6 million copies of the series in circulation.
No further details on the upcoming anime adaptation has been released yet. Stay tuned for more updates!
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