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A new episode from the Freeze: beyond journey’s end mini-anime series, titled The Magic That Cuts Just About Anything and focusing on Übel and Land, has been released on the anime’s official YouTube channel. This episode marks the first appearance of Übel and Land in the mini-anime format. Season 2 of the main anime is set to premiere in January 2026.
The mini-anime series traditionally features short, original stories separate from the main series. It uses chibi-style character designs created by illustrator Mebachi, and focuses on the characters experimenting with different types of magic during their journey.
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The first season of the anime was also animated by MADHOUSE and ran for 28 episodes from September 29, 2024. It was directed by Keiichiro Saito, with series composition by Tomohiro Suzuki. Reiko Nagasawa was the character designer, with the chief animation direction led by Yuri Fujinaka, Reiko Nagasawa, and Maru Takase. Evan Call composed the music. The main voice cast for the anime included:
- Atsumi Tanezaki as freeze
- Kana Ichinose as Fern
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Stark
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as sky
- Yoji Ueda AS EISEN
- Atsuko Tanaka as Flamme
- Hiroki Tochi AS is called
- Ayana Taketatsu as Aura
The anime was voted as the Best Anime of Fall 2023, also taking the Best Boy (Stark), Best Girl (Fern), Best Adaptation, Best Drama, and Best Opening (“Yuusha” by YOASOBI) awards. In our 2023 Anime of the Year Awards, Frieren won Best New Anime, Best Adaptation, Best Fantasy, Best Adventure, and it was 2nd in Best Drama and 3rd in Best Animation.
Then in the Winter 2024 anime rankings, the 2nd cour of the anime took 5 awards and was runner-up in many categories behind Gripwhich had swept the weekly rankings that season. In our 2024 Anime of the Year Awards, Frieren was the runner-up Best Anime, while it won Best Adaptation, Best Adventure, Best Fantasy, Best Voice Cast and Best World Building.
Kanehito Yamada writes the Freeze: beyond journey’s end manga, with Tsukasa Abe as the artist. It has been serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday manga magazine since April 2020. The manga is available to read via Sunday Webry, Viz Media, and the Shogakukan Comic website, while Crunchyroll streams the anime.
Source: TOHO Animation Official YouTube
© Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe/Shogakukan/”Frierren” Project
