Underplayed Gems

Frieren (2023)

Frieren poster
Original title
葬送のフリーレン
Directed by
Keiichirō Saitō
Genre
fantasy anime and manga, adventure anime and manga, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country
Japan
Length
3 seasons, 38 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
8.8 of 10 from 881 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An immortal elf mage named Frieren outlives her adventuring party and sets out on a new journey with a young apprentice. She retraces the steps of her old friends, coming to understand the fleeting nature of human lives.

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What happens

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (葬送のフリーレン, Sōsō no Furīren) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Madhouse based on the manga series Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe. The first season is directed by Keiichirō Saitō while Tomoya Kitagawa directed the second, with scripts by Tomohiro Suzuki and character designs by Reiko Nagasawa. The music is composed by Evan Call. The series premiered on Nippon TV's Friday Anime Night programming block on September 29, 2023, with a special two-hour cut of the first four episodes, and concluded its first season on March 22, 2024. A second season aired from January 16 to March 27, 2026. A third season is set to premiere in October 2027. Crunchyroll licensed the series for worldwide streaming outside of Asia, while Netflix and Muse Communication handled distribution in various Asian territories. The series has received widespread acclaim, with critics lauding the story, animation, voice acting, action sequences, emotional depth, soundtrack and the title character, and has won several awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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