# List of Frieren episodes
*Frieren: Beyond Journey's End* (葬送のフリーレン, *Sōsō no [Frieren](https://www.edgepedia.org/frieren-tv-series)*) is a Japanese anime television series adapted from the manga by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe, animated by Madhouse. Thirty-eight episodes have aired across two seasons: Season 1 ran for 28 episodes from September 29, 2023 to March 22, 2024, and Season 2 ran for 10 episodes from January 16 to March 27, 2026.[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/69956/frieren-beyond-journeys-end/episodes) There are no films or OVAs, and a third season, covering the Golden Land arc (黄金郷編), is scheduled for October 2027 on the Nippon TV network.[2](https://anicodex.com/watch-guides/frieren-beyond-journey-s-end-watch-order-guide) • [3](https://frieren-anime.jp/news/6080/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Total episodes | 38 across two seasons, with no films or OVAs[2](https://anicodex.com/watch-guides/frieren-beyond-journey-s-end-watch-order-guide) |
| Season 1 | 28 episodes, September 29, 2023 to March 22, 2024[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/69956/frieren-beyond-journeys-end/episodes) |
| Season 2 | 10 episodes, January 16 to March 27, 2026[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/69956/frieren-beyond-journeys-end/episodes) |
| Premiere | The first four episodes aired together as a two-hour special, 「初回2時間スペシャル ～旅立ちの章～", on September 29, 2023[4](https://frieren-anime.jp/?storycat=2nd) |
| Broadcast | Season 2 aired Fridays at 11 p.m. on Nippon TV's 30-station FRIDAY ANIME NIGHT block[5](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/anime-shows/a-year-after-being-crowned-the-highest-rated-anime-of-all-time-we-now-know-when-frieren-beyond-journeys-end-is-returning-to-our-screens/) |
| Home video | Season 1 is bundled into seven Blu-ray&DVD volumes and Season 2 into three[6](https://frieren.fandom.com/wiki/Episodes_and_Volumes) |
| Next season | Season 3, the Golden Land arc, scheduled for October 2027[3](https://frieren-anime.jp/news/6080/) |
## Season 1 (2023–2024)
Season 1 consists of 28 episodes. The series premiered with a two-hour block on September 29, 2023 in which the first four episodes aired back to back, so episodes 1 through 4 all carry that date while the remaining episodes followed weekly.[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/69956/frieren-beyond-journeys-end/episodes) • [4](https://frieren-anime.jp/?storycat=2nd) Rotten Tomatoes lists the season's release date as September 30, 2023, one day after the date given by the official Japanese site and episode guides.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/frieren_beyond_journeys_end/s01)
| # | Title (Japanese) | Title (English) | Air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 冒険の終わり | The Journey's End | September 29, 2023 |
| 2 | 別に魔法じゃなくたって… | It Didn't Have to Be Magic... | September 29, 2023 |
| 3 | 人を殺す魔法 | Killing Magic | September 29, 2023 |
| 4 | 魂の眠る地 | The Land Where Souls Rest | September 29, 2023 |
| 5 | 死者の幻影 | Phantoms of the Dead | October 6, 2023 |
| 6 | 村の英雄 | The Hero of the Village | October 13, 2023 |
| 7 | おとぎ話のようなもの | Like a Fairy Tale | October 20, 2023 |
| 8 | 葬送のフリーレン | Frieren the Slayer | October 27, 2023 |
| 9 | 断頭台のアウラ | Aura the Guillotine | November 3, 2023 |
| 10 | 強い魔法使い | A Powerful Mage | November 10, 2023 |
| 11 | 北側諸国の冬 | Winter in the Northern Lands | November 17, 2023 |
| 12 | 本物の勇者 | A Real Hero | November 24, 2023 |
| 13 | 同族嫌悪 | Aversion to One's Own Kind | December 1, 2023 |
| 14 | 若者の特権 | Privilege of the Young | December 8, 2023 |
| 15 | 厄介事の匂い | Smells Like Trouble | December 15, 2023 |
| 16 | 長寿友達 | Long-Lived Friends | December 22, 2023 |
| 17 | じゃあ元気で | Take Care | January 5, 2024 |
| 18 | 一級魔法使い選抜試験 | First-Class Mage Exam | January 12, 2024 |
| 19 | 入念な計画 | Well-Laid Plans | January 19, 2024 |
| 20 | 必要な殺し | Necessary Killing | January 26, 2024 |
| 21 | 魔法の世界 | The World of Magic | February 2, 2024 |
| 22 | 次からは敵同士 | Future Enemies | February 9, 2024 |
| 23 | 迷宮攻略 | Conquering the Labyrinth | February 16, 2024 |
| 24 | 完璧な複製体 | Perfect Replicas | February 23, 2024 |
| 25 | 致命的な隙 | A Fatal Vulnerability | March 1, 2024 |
| 26 | 魔法の高み | The Height of Magic | March 8, 2024 |
| 27 | 人間の時代 | An Era of Humans | March 15, 2024 |
| 28 | また会ったときに恥ずかしいからね | It Would Be Embarrassing When We Met Again | March 22, 2024 |
Japanese titles are from the anime's official website[8](https://frieren-anime.jp/story/1st/) and English titles and air dates from the TVmaze episode guide.[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/69956/frieren-beyond-journeys-end/episodes)
## Season 2 (2026)
Season 2 was announced on September 28, 2024 in a production announcement trailer from TOHO animation, and premiered on January 16, 2026, after a gap of just under two years from the Season 1 finale in March 2024.[9](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DknvOzqQCTo) • [2](https://anicodex.com/watch-guides/frieren-beyond-journey-s-end-watch-order-guide) It consists of 10 episodes ending on March 27, 2026.[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/69956/frieren-beyond-journeys-end/episodes) Streaming services number the season 1 to 10, so Season 2 episode 1 is episode 29 in the overall count; the running total of 38 appears only in combined episode guides.[2](https://anicodex.com/watch-guides/frieren-beyond-journey-s-end-watch-order-guide)
| Overall # | Season 2 # | Title (Japanese) | Title (English) | Air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 1 | じゃあ行こうか | Shall We Go, Then? | January 16, 2026 |
| 30 | 2 | 南の勇者 | The Hero of the South | January 23, 2026 |
| 31 | 3 | 好きな場所 | Somewhere She'd Like | January 30, 2026 |
| 32 | 4 | 誰かの故郷 | Other People's Homes | February 6, 2026 |
| 33 | 5 | 北部高原の物流 | Logistics in the Northern Plateau | February 13, 2026 |
| 34 | 6 | 討伐要請 | A Demon-Slaying Request | February 27, 2026 |
| 35 | 7 | 神技のレヴォルテ | The Divine Revolte | March 6, 2026 |
| 36 | 8 | 立派な最期 | A Magnificent End | March 13, 2026 |
| 37 | 9 | ヒンメルの自伝 | Himmel's Memoirs | March 20, 2026 |
| 38 | 10 | 美しい光景 | A Beautiful Sight | March 27, 2026 |
Japanese titles are from the official website's story page[10](https://frieren-anime.jp/story/index.html) and English titles and air dates from TVmaze.[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/69956/frieren-beyond-journeys-end/episodes)
## Numbering and the premiere block
The two-hour premiere affects how the episode count is read. The first four episodes went out on September 29, 2023 as a single two-hour block, which is why the episode numbers do not match the broadcast structure of the opening night.[4](https://frieren-anime.jp/?storycat=2nd) • [11](https://sagalist.com/frieren) Because the four premiere episodes share a single broadcast date, the season's weekly schedule runs from late September 2023 to late March 2024, and the official episode list treats the opening broadcast as four separate episodes, giving a first season of 28 rather than 25.[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/69956/frieren-beyond-journeys-end/episodes) • [8](https://frieren-anime.jp/story/1st/)
## Home video and reception
Season 1's 28 episodes are collected in seven Blu-ray&DVD volumes, with Volume 1 released on January 24, 2024; Season 2's 10 episodes are collected in three volumes.[6](https://frieren.fandom.com/wiki/Episodes_and_Volumes) Among Season 1 episodes, [MyAnimeList](https://www.edgepedia.org/myanimelist) user ratings peak at 9.5/10 for episode 26, "The Height of Magic", and all 28 episodes score 8.0 or above, with episode 1, "The Journey's End", the lowest at 8.6/10.[12](https://animegraphs.com/anime/52991/frieren-beyond-journeys-end) Season 2's premiere helped carry the series to the top of MyAnimeList's ranking at a 9.33 score in January 2026, ahead of the first season's 9.28.[13](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/anime-shows/24-minutes-of-peak-has-catapulted-frieren-season-2-to-top-spot-as-the-new-highest-rated-anime-of-all-time/)
## Season 3
A third season adapting the Golden Land arc (黄金郷編) is scheduled to broadcast from October 2027 on the Nippon TV network.[3](https://frieren-anime.jp/news/6080/) Character designer Takasemaru produced new "Golden Land Macht" artwork distributed at the [Anime Expo](https://www.edgepedia.org/anime-expo) 2026 event in Los Angeles, and the official site frames its September 2026 theatrical screening event as a retrospective ahead of the third season.[3](https://frieren-anime.jp/news/6080/)
## References
1. [Frieren: Beyond Journey's End - Episode List, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/69956/frieren-beyond-journeys-end/episodes)
2. [Frieren Watch Order: Seasons 1 and 2 (2026), AniCodex](https://anicodex.com/watch-guides/frieren-beyond-journey-s-end-watch-order-guide)
3. [TVアニメ『葬送のフリーレン』放送3周年記念！〖第2期ピックアップ上映会〗開催決定！, official website](https://frieren-anime.jp/news/6080/)
4. [アニメ『葬送のフリーレン』公式サイト](https://frieren-anime.jp/?storycat=2nd)
5. [A year after being crowned the highest-rated anime of all time, we now know when Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is returning to our screens, GamesRadar+](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/anime-shows/a-year-after-being-crowned-the-highest-rated-anime-of-all-time-we-now-know-when-frieren-beyond-journeys-end-is-returning-to-our-screens/)
6. [Episodes and Volumes, Frieren Wiki (Fandom)](https://frieren.fandom.com/wiki/Episodes_and_Volumes)
7. [Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/frieren_beyond_journeys_end/s01)
8. [STORY｜アニメ『葬送のフリーレン』公式サイト（第1期）](https://frieren-anime.jp/story/1st/)
9. ["Frieren: Beyond Journey's End" TV animation Season 2 production announcement trailer, TOHO animation (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DknvOzqQCTo)
10. [STORY｜アニメ『葬送のフリーレン』公式サイト](https://frieren-anime.jp/story/index.html)
11. [Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, SagaList](https://sagalist.com/frieren)
12. [Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Episode Ratings, AnimeGraphs](https://animegraphs.com/anime/52991/frieren-beyond-journeys-end)
13. [24 minutes of peak has catapulted Frieren season 2 to top spot as the new highest-rated anime of all time, GamesRadar+](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/anime-shows/24-minutes-of-peak-has-catapulted-frieren-season-2-to-top-spot-as-the-new-highest-rated-anime-of-all-time/)
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