01SeriesFrieren: Beyond Journey’s End
2023 · 28 episodes
The story
What's it about?
Elf mage Frieren spent ten years adventuring with the hero Himmel — a blink of an eye in her thousand-year life. When he dies of old age, she realizes she never truly knew him. She sets out on a new journey to understand humans, grief, and the time she let slip away.
Meet the main characters
Protagonist
Frieren
An ancient elf mage learning, far too late, what the people she loved meant to her.
Deuteragonist
Fern
Frieren's human apprentice, a stoic and talented young mage who becomes her family.
Antagonists
The Demon King's remnants
Though the Demon King is dead, his surviving generals — like the emotionless demon Aura — still threaten the world. The true enemy is time itself.
Portrait: a representative member.
Side characters
Companion
Stark
A cowardly-but-mighty young warrior who joins the party.
The Hero
Himmel
The late hero whose kindness echoes through every episode.
Old friend
Eisen
The dwarf warrior of the original party, still going strong.
Old friend
Heiter
The party's priest, who entrusted Fern to Frieren.