| Frieren: Beyond Journey's End | |
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| 葬送のフリーレン (Sōsō no Furīren) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kanehito Yamada |
| Illustrated by | Tsukasa Abe |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | April 28, 2020 – present |
| Volumes | 13 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Keiichirō Saitō |
| Written by | Tomohiro Suzuki |
| Music by | Evan Call |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | NNS (Nippon TV) |
| Original run | September 29, 2023 – March 22, 2024 |
| Episodes | 28 |
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (Japanese: 葬送のフリーレン, Hepburn: Sōsō no Furīren, lit. 'Frieren at the Funeral' or 'Frieren the Slayer')[a] is a Japanese manga series written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday since April 2020, with its chapters collected in 13 tankōbon volumes as of April 2024. The series is licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media and in Southeast Asia by Shogakukan Asia. An anime television series adaptation produced by Madhouse aired from September 2023 to March 2024.
Taking place in a fantasy world, the story follows Frieren, an elven mage, as she embarks on a journey to reach the resting place of souls in order to reunite with her former comrade Himmel, whose Hero Party once slew the Demon King.
By June 2024, the manga had over 22 million copies in circulation. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End won the 14th Manga Taishō and the 25th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize's New Creator Prize in 2021, and the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award and the 48th Kodansha Manga Award (in the shōnen category) in 2024.
- ^ a b c "The Official Website for Frieren: Beyond Journey's End". Viz Media. Archived from the original on August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ 第17話 葬送のフリーレン. Sunday Webry (in Japanese). Shogakukan. September 16, 2020. Archived from the original on June 7, 2024. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
- ^ Yamada, Kanehito; Abe, Tsukasa (January 11, 2022). "Chapter 17: Frieren the Slayer". Frieren: Beyond's Jouney End. Vol. 2. Viz Media. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-9747-2723-0.
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