The second character ranking poll for the Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End manga received a massive 12,687,733 votes, with Himmel taking the top spot with 1,239,533. In this version, fans were able to submit multiple votes. The full top 10 most popular Frieren characters are below:
While Himmel won out on this edition, Frieren took first place in an extra poll where votes were restricted to one per person. Readers can see that ranking below, which received 1.44 million votes:
Frieren Character Poll Ranking [One Vote per Person]:
The poll’s voting period closed on Sunday, March 24, 2024, and was comprised of 116 characters. Despite their limited roles, characters like Mimic and Aura continued to fare well, with Aura’s voice actress Ayana Taketatsu voicing her surprise at the ranking. A previous character poll from 2023 can also be viewed below:
The popularity of the Frieren manga has skyrocketed since the anime’s debut. Directed by Keiichiro Saito, with screenplay by Tomohiro Saito, music by Evan Call, and animation by Madhouse, its success resulted in the manga’s sales doubling. Fans awaiting an anime return are likely in luck, with the official X account teasing a Frieren continuation, with “The Journey to Ende Continues.”
Crunchyroll streams the anime and they describe 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 X (formerly Twitter), via ABEMA
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