It has been announced that the monthly viewership for Season 2 of the anime "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End" on ABEMA in January 2026 has reached the highest record in the series' history.
"Frieren: Beyond Journey's End" is an anime adaptation of the manga of the same name, which is currently serialized in Shogakukan's "Weekly Shonen Sunday" and has surpassed 35 million copies in worldwide circulation. Set in a world "after" the Demon King has been defeated by heroes, the story follows Frieren, a mage who has lived for over a thousand years, as she embarks on a "journey to understand people" triggered by the death of Himmel, the hero with whom she once defeated the Demon King. The broadcast of Season 2, the TV anime sequel, began in January 2026.