'Frieren: Beyond Journey's End' Season 2 Release Date Is Announced & Everything Else We Know

The second season of the anime Frieren: Beyond Journey's End will be released in early 2026. This touching adventure story follows the ageless elf Frieren as she suddenly realizes how fleeting the lives of her mortal friends are.

The first season premiered in 2023 and quickly topped the anime charts. Here is the exact release date of the second season and everything else we know about it.

'Frieren: Beyond Journey's End' Season 2 Release Date & Number of Episodes

In September 2024, a year after the first episode of the first season of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End aired, a second season was announced. In March 2025, the creators announced that the second chapter of the title would premiere the following year.

The exact date was recently revealed: the first episode of the second season will air on January 16, 2026.

The first season consisted of 28 episodes, each approximately 25 minutes long. The second season is expected to have the same number of episodes.

What Will 'Frieren: Beyond Journey's End' Season 2 Be About?

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is based on the manga of the same name by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe.

The manga is still being published, with new chapters continually released, and the overall plot has not yet reached its conclusion. As of mid-2025, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End has 137 chapters.

The first season of the anime adaptation followed the events of the first six volumes of the manga. The second season will focus on subsequent manga installments.

In the subsequent volumes, the characters continue their journey to the Demon King's castle. Along the way, they encounter the young mage Methode and battle demons, including the treacherous Macht from the Golden Land.

What Was 'Frieren: Beyond Journey's End' Season 1 About?

The main character is Frieren, an elven mage who possesses the gifts of longevity and eternal youth. After a ten-year quest, she returns home with her friends: the dwarf Eizen, the priest Heiter, and the squad leader Himmel. After defeating the Demon King, the team goes their separate ways.

Frieren embarks on a solo journey around the world, promising her friends that she will meet them again in a few years. However, during the fifty years she ultimately spends wandering, the other members of the squad have aged.

Shortly after their long-awaited reunion, Himmel dies. Only then does Frieren realize how short her friends' lives are and how little she knows about the human world.

To become closer to humans, she sets out on another quest to the north, where the castle of the defeated Demon King is located. This time, her companions are the sorceress Fern and the knight Stark.

The new adventures of Frieren, Fern, and Stark intersect with Frieren's memories of her previous expedition to the Demon King's castle.

At the end of the first season, Fern passes the difficult exam to become a mage. She is offered a position in the Magic Association, but decides to continue her quest to the North with her friends.