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Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Anime Casts Mariya Ise
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official website for the television anime of Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe's Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Sōsō no Frieren) manga revealed a new cast member for the show's "First Class Mage Exam" arc on Thursday. Mariya Ise will voice the character of Serie, the great elf mage and founder of the Continental Magic Association. Serie will appear in the anime's 21st episode on Friday.
TOHO animation also started streaming the preview for episode 21 on Thursday.
Previously announced new cast for the "First Class Mage Exam" arc includes:
- Azumi Waki as Kanne
- Sayumi Suzushiro as Lawine
- Kishō Taniyama as Wirbel
- Ikumi Hasegawa as Übel
- Jirō Satō as Denken
- Shōhei Komatsu as Land
- Eiji Hanawa as Richter
- Shizuka Ishigami as Laufen
- Kanae Itō as Ehre
- Haruka Terui as Sense
- Tarusuke Shingaki as Genau
- Yuji Murai as Scharf
- Tomoyo Kurosawa as Edel
The Frieren: Beyond Journey's End anime premiered with a two-hour special on September 29. It is the first ever television anime series to premiere in NTV's "Kinyō Roadshow," a Friday evening programming block usually reserved for feature films. The anime then started airing later episodes on October 6 at 11:00 p.m. JST in NTV's new anime timeslot, "FRIDAY ANIME NIGHT." The anime will run for two consecutive cours until March. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs, and it is also streaming an English dub.
Viz Media has licensed the manga, and it describes the 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…
Keiichirō Saitō (Bocchi the Rock!) is directing the anime at Madhouse. Tomohiro Suzuki (ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., One-Punch Man, Boogiepop and Others) is in charge of series scripts. Reiko Nagasawa (takt op. Destiny) is designing the characters. Evan Call (Violet Evergarden, Josee, The Tiger and the Fish, Muv-Luv Alternative) is composing the music.
yorushika is performing the new opening theme song "Hareru," and milet performs the ending theme song "Anytime Anywhere."
Yamada and Abe launched the ongoing manga in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine in April 2020. The manga has won several awards, including the New Creator Prize for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2021 and the 14th Manga Taisho Award in 2021. In addition, the manga was nominated for Best Shōnen Manga for Kodansha's 45th annual Manga Awards in 2021 and the 46th awards in May 2022. The American Library Association's Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) included the manga in its top 10 list of 2022 Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List.
Sources: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End anime's website, Comic Natalie
