Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Has Reached 35 Million Sales
After nearly 5 years and only 15 volumes, Frieren has reached 35 million, helped by the anime’s success.
On January 31, 2026, it was confirmed that Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End has sold over 35 million copies.
In March 2021, in 11 months since its release, Frieren had reached 2 million copies sold.
By the release of Season 1 of the anime in September 2023, the manga had ten million copies in circulation.
This has doubled to 20 million after the season’s conclusion in March 2024.
By October 2025, with the recent indefinite hiatus and release of its latest volume, Frieren had sold over 32 million copies.
This signifies how crucial the anime was to its reach.
Season 2 is ongoing with only 10 episodes.
About Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is a fantasy adventure manga written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe for Shogakukan’s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday since April 2020, reaching 15 volumes as of October 11, 2025.
The anime adaptation is under Studio Madhouse’s care, with Keiichirō Saitō (also the director of Bocchi the Rock) as director, releasing a total of 28 episodes and debuted with a 2-hour pilot special containing the first four episodes on September 29, 2023.
These 28 episodes adapted the first 60 chapters of the manga.
Evan Call (Violet Evergarden) is the music composer for the series.
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is the story of Frieren, the elf mage from the Hero Party that defeated the Demon King, and her journey after the retirement of her Party. Joined by her apprentice Fern and their vanguard Stark, the group would roam across the world, with Frieren wanting to learn more magic while resting place of souls in order to reunite with Himmel, the Hero of her party.
Source: Twitter
“Frieren – Beyond Journey’s End” has 35 Million Copies in Circulation WORLDWIDE incl. digital!
Anime Season 2 ongoing.
Melancholic Fantasy by Abe Tsukasa & Yamada Kanehito set decades after a hero party defeated the demon king. While one member, a near immortal elf mage has… pic.twitter.com/SKTfrwmjqE
— Manga Mogura RE (Anime & Manga News) (@MangaMoguraRE) January 31, 2026
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