Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Season 1
2023 · 38 episodes · ★ 8.2
What Season 1 of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
After ten years of traveling, the Hero's party defeats the Demon King, and its members go their separate ways. Frieren, an elf mage over a thousand years old, realizes that the decade barely makes up a fraction of her life. Fifty years later, she goes looking for Himmel, Eisen, and Heiter and finds them aged, near the end of their days. Frieren feels remorse for never having tried to truly get to know them. Together with her apprentice Fern and the warrior Stark, she travels the northern lands, where she runs into demons, a harsh winter, and a magic exam that pits her against other aspiring mages.
Season 1 Episodes
1x01 The Journey's End
The world celebrates the Demon King's defeat at the hands of the Hero and his companions. Now that their great adventure is over, what will Frieren the mage do next?
Directing: Ayaka Tsuji · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Cast: Kenta Sasa, Masafumi Kobatake, Yoshimi Mitsui, Meiko Kawasaki
1x02 It Didn't Have to Be Magic...
Frieren instructs Fern in the use of magic while deciphering a grimoire for Heiter.
Directing: Tomoya Kitagawa · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Ai Satou, Kamiri Matsuda, Kazuki Kyan
1x03 Killing Magic
While retracing the path she took on her adventure with her former traveling companions, Frieren confronts an old enemy.
Directing: Daiki Harashina · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Hiroki Yasumoto, Keiichi Sonobe, Hana Sato, Kento Shiraishi
1x04 The Land Where Souls Rest
Frieren and Fern pay a visit to Eisen, who requests their help in finding the notes of Flamme the Legendary Mage.
Directing: Kento Matsui · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Tadashi Miyazawa, Marie Oi, Sachiko Okada
1x05 Phantoms of the Dead
Frieren and Fern investigate ghost sightings at a village where people have started going missing.
Directing: Kota Mori, Kento Matsui · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Marie Oi, Mika Doi, Kaori Nakamura
1x06 The Hero of the Village
Frieren and Fern enlist Stark's help to fight the solar dragon - but is he up to the task?
Directing: Toru Iwazawa · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Cast: Arisa Kiyoto, Takuya Nakashima, Kento Shiraishi, Katsunori Okai
1x07 Like a Fairy Tale
After reflecting on the transient nature of the past as it exists in people's collective memories, Frieren unexpectedly runs into a sworn enemy.
Directing: Keisuke Kojima · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Shunsuke Sakuya, Junichi Suwabe, Manaka Iwami, Kouki Osuzu
1x08 Frieren the Slayer
As tensions in Graf Granat's domain reach a breaking point, Fern and Stark find their own resolve - and Frieren resumes an old duty.
Directing: Tomoya Kitagawa, Keisuke Kojima · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Shunsuke Sakuya, Junichi Suwabe, Manaka Iwami
1x09 Aura the Guillotine
While Fern and Stark make a temporary retreat with Graf Granat, Frieren's true foe awaits her outside the city.
Directing: Kouki Fujimoto · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Shunsuke Sakuya, Junichi Suwabe, Manaka Iwami, Ayana Taketatsu
1x10 A Powerful Mage
Frieren's many years of training under her teacher Flamme are tested in her confrontation with Aura the Guillotine. Will Aura's scales find her wanting?
Directing: Kazumasa Isokawa, Nobuhide Kariya · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Junichi Suwabe, Ayana Taketatsu, Rie Kawamura
1x11 Winter in the Northern Lands
Frieren and her companions continue their journey through the northern lands, but obstacles both natural and manmade still stand in their way.
Directing: Kento Matsui, Kunio Fujii · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Cast: Shunsuke Sakuya, Takehito Koyasu, Masafumi Kobatake, Kazuki Kyan
1x12 A Real Hero
Deep in the mountains of the northern lands, Frieren and her party arrive at the Village of the Sword, where they have another job to do.
Directing: Yoshiki Kawasaki · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Arisa Kiyoto, Yasuyuki Kase, Takuya Eguchi, Konomi Kohara
1x13 Aversion to One's Own Kind
While passing by a village in the woods of the northern lands, Frieren and party meet Sein, a gifted priest who is nonetheless corrupt enough to give even Heiter a run for his money. But what happened in his past?
Directing: Takahiro Natori · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Yuichi Nakamura, Daisuke Hirakawa, Hiromichi Tezuka
1x14 Privilege of the Young
The party arrives in a large and lively town with a bustling shopping district that Frieren once visited with Himmel, but something seems to have come up between Fern and Stark.
Directing: Shinya Iino · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Yuichi Nakamura, Kento Shiraishi
1x15 Smells Like Trouble
When the party happens upon a town whose inhabitants are all mysteriously asleep, it's time for their newest traveling companion to prove his mettle.
Directing: Kazumasa Isokawa, Izumi Seguchi · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Cast: Yuichi Nakamura, Yasuyuki Kase, Sara Matsumoto, Yuuya Uchida
1x16 Long-Lived Friends
Frieren pays a visit to Old Man Voll, a long-lived friend of hers, with traveling companions in tow.
Directing: Kota Mori · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Cast: Yuichi Nakamura, Natsumi Kawaida, Satsuki Kokubu, Mitsuaki Hoshino
1x17 Take Care
Now that Sein finally has a lead on the whereabouts of his long-lost friend, is it time for him and Frieren's party to part ways?
Directing: Haruka Yutoku, Taku Kimura · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Cast: Yuichi Nakamura, Satsuki Kokubu, Tamie Kubota, Masafumi Kobatake
1x18 First-Class Mage Exam
Frieren and party finally arrive in Äußerst, ready to undergo the first-class mage exam, and meet a number of colorful characters who are there to do the same.
Directing: Ken Ando · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Takehito Koyasu, Azumi Waki, Sayumi Suzushiro, Ikumi Hasegawa
1x19 Well-Laid Plans
Frieren and her new teammates hatch a plan to capture a Stille - but are the other teams just going to stand by and let it happen?
Directing: Fumie Muroi · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Azumi Waki, Sayumi Suzushiro, Ikumi Hasegawa, Kisho Taniyama
1x20 Necessary Killing
The first-class mage exam intensifies as fighting breaks out between the participants - and what's at stake might even be worth killing for.
Directing: Yoshiki Kawasaki · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Azumi Waki, Sayumi Suzushiro, Ikumi Hasegawa, Haruka Terui
1x21 The World of Magic
Frieren, Kanne, and Lawine struggle with the 13th party over possession of the Stille, but there'll be more surprises in store before their battle, and the first test, reach their conclusion.
Directing: Kota Mori · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Azumi Waki, Sayumi Suzushiro, Ikumi Hasegawa
1x22 Future Enemies
After the conclusion of the first test, the exam participants have some time to kill in town. What do mages get up to on their days off?
Directing: Takahiro Natori · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Azumi Waki, Sayumi Suzushiro, Ikumi Hasegawa, Haruka Terui
1x23 Conquering the Labyrinth
The aspiring first-class mages now face their second test: conquering the Ruins of the King's Tomb. A simple task, or so the proctor claims, but there's a reason this particular dungeon remains unexplored.
Directing: Kazumasa Isokawa · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Sayumi Suzushiro, Haruka Terui, Kisho Taniyama, Jiro Saito
1x24 Perfect Replicas
Due to the Spiegel, a legendary monster that can create perfect replicas of others, the test-takers who would conquer the Ruins of the King's Tomb must first face the ultimate enemy: themselves.
Directing: Hayato Kakita · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Ikumi Hasegawa, Haruka Terui, Tarusuke Shingaki, Kento Shiraishi
1x25 A Fatal Vulnerability
A perfect imitation of Frieren stands between the test-takers and victory, but Fern believes she knows how to win. Is it time for the student to surpass the master?
Directing: Tomoya Kitagawa · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Azumi Waki, Sayumi Suzushiro, Haruka Terui, Jiro Saito
1x26 The Height of Magic
To defeat Spiegel, Frieren and Fern fight against Frieren's replica, but have a tough time. Meanwhile, Denken, Lavine, and the others fight against the replicas, but the magic of Sense, a first-class mage and the exam's proctor, rages.
Directing: Hirotaka Mori · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Sayumi Suzushiro, Ikumi Hasegawa, Haruka Terui, Kisho Taniyama
1x27 An Era of Humans
With the second test behind them, only one remains - but first, Frieren and Fern need to settle an important matter in town. What awaits them in the third test?
Directing: Lim Ka-hee · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Azumi Waki, Sayumi Suzushiro, Haruka Terui, Kento Shiraishi
1x28 It Would Be Embarrassing When We Met Again Season Finale
As the first-class mage exam concludes and the test-takers go their separate ways, farewell leads to departure - but the next stage of Frieren's journey has only just begun.
Directing: Keiichiro Saito · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Cast: Azumi Waki, Sayumi Suzushiro, Ikumi Hasegawa, Atsushi Miyauchi
1x29 Shall We Go, Then?
Frieren, Fern, and Stark leave the magic city of Äußerst behind and travel along a road in the northern lands.
Directing: Tomoya Kitagawa · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Cast: Kisho Taniyama, Yuji Murai, Kanae Ito, Tadashi Miyazawa
1x30 The Hero of the South
In a village in the northern lands, Frieren’s party are hired to polish a statue of a hero.
Directing: Nobuhiro Muto · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Cast: Kazuhiko Inoue, Kosuke Kobayashi, Kento Shiraishi, Kenta Sasa
1x31 Somewhere She'd Like
Frieren’s party dream of hot springs as they reach Etwas, but the village is abandoned.
Directing: Yohei Tsuchiya · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Naoki Bando, Anna Ishikawa, Rika Kinugawa, Momoe Kishimoto
1x32 Other People's Homes
Stark only asked Fern out as a joke, but the two end up going on a date.
Directing: Kentarou Hori · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Arisa Kiyoto, Momoe Kishimoto, Tomomi Tanaka, Emiko Takeuchi
1x33 Logistics in the Northern Plateau
Frieren is reunited with Fass the dwarf, who has been searching for the Boshaft liquor for over 200 years.
Directing: Hiroyuki Kobashi · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Yuji Ueda, Mamiko Noto, Akinori Egoshi, Koji Seki
1x34 A Demon-Slaying Request
A village on the Northern Plateau is wiped out, and the victims' distinctive wounds point to a certain demon.
Directing: Nobuhiro Muto · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Tarusuke Shingaki, Reina Ueda, Kentaro Mashiro, Marie Oi
1x35 The Divine Revolte
Frieren, Fern, and Methode enter the woods to look for the four-armed Divine Revolte.
Directing: Aimi Yamauchi · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Tarusuke Shingaki, Mariya Ise, Reina Ueda, Shin-ichiro Miki
1x36 A Magnificent End
The Divine Revolte appears at the village, while Frieren, Fern, and Methode battle Solide and Hemmung.
Directing: Kouki Fujimoto · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Cast: Tarusuke Shingaki, Mariya Ise, Reina Ueda, Shin-ichiro Miki
1x37 Himmel's Memoirs
When Frieren's party cannot afford the fare to cross Lake Korridor, the captain proposes a trade.
Directing: Yohei Tsuchiya · Starring: Jiro Saito, Masafumi Kobatake, Satoru Ito, Yasuhiro
1x38 A Beautiful Sight Season Finale
Hidden within the massive bridge spanning the Great Canyon Tor is a secret story of Himmel and Gehen.
Directing: Kentarou Hori · Writing: Tomohiro Suzuki · Starring: Atsushi Miyauchi, Jiro Saito, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Toru Okawa
Season 1 Cast
Yoji UedaEisen (voice)38 episodes
Masafumi KobatakeGuard (voice)13 episodes
Jiro SaitoDenken (voice)12 episodes
Kento ShiraishiGuard (voice)11 episodes
Haruka TeruiSense (voice)9 episodes
Eiji HanawaRichter (voice)9 episodes
Ikumi HasegawaÜbel (voice)8 episodes
Tarusuke ShingakiGenau (voice)8 episodes
Shizuka IshigamiLaufen (voice)8 episodes
Shohei KomatsuLand (voice)7 episodes
Yuji MuraiScharf (voice)7 episodes
Kazuki KyanKnight Captain (voice)6 episodes
Mariya IseSerie (voice)6 episodes
Atsuko TanakaFlamme (voice)5 episodesWhere to Watch Season 1 of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Season 1 of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End have?
Season 1 of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End has 38 episodes.
When did season 1 of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End premiere?
Premiered on September 29, 2023.
Where to Watch Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 1?
Available with a subscription on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Crunchyroll, and Crunchyroll Amazon Channel (availability may vary by country).
What is the best episode of Season 1?
According to TMDB user ratings, episode 1x36, "A Magnificent End", scored 9.2.