Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End announced on Thursday that voice actress Mariya Ise is joining the anime as Serie. The series’ official website describes her as a great mage composed of overwhelming knowledge and strength. Additionally, she covers almost all types of magic and is the founder of the Continental Magic Association. The character will make her debut in episode 21, which is slated to premiere on Friday, February 2.
Studio Madhouse (A Place Further Than The Universe) is animating the series with Keiichiro Saito (Bocchi the Rock!) as director. Tomohiro Suzuki (One Punch Man) is the scriptwriter, Evan Call (Violet Evergarden) is the music composer, and Reiko Nagasawa (takt op. Destiny) is the character designer. The cast includes:
Crunchyroll streams the series and describes the story as follows:
After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity’s mortality. She takes on a new apprentice and promises to fulfill old friends’ dying wishes. Can an elven mind make peace with the nature of life and death? Frieren embarks on her quest to find out.
Source: Official Website
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