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Crunchyroll gives Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End release date
Crunchyroll announced the ‘Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End’ release date at Japan Expo 2023 in Paris, France. The anime streaming giant also formally announced the acquisitions of ‘The Demon Prince of Momochi House’, ‘Berserk of Gluttony’, and ‘A Girl & Her Guard Dog’ for their fall lineup.
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End will release on September 29, 2023 worldwide (excluding Asia) by animation studio Madhouse.
A Girl & Her Guard Dog and Berserk of Gluttony will both release in October 2023. Although no word on the exact day yet.
Meanwhile, the release date (and animation studio) for The Demon Prince of Momochi House is still to be announced at the moment.
Check out the official trailers, key visual art, and synopsis for each new Crunchyroll anime series below:
Title: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Studio: Madhouse
Release Date: September 29, 2023
Plot Synopsis: “The mage Frieren defeated the Demon King alongside the hero Himmel’s party after a 10-year quest.
Peace was restored to the kingdom. Because she is an elf, she is able to live over a thousand years. She promises Himmel and the others that she will be back to see them and then sets out on a journey by herself.
Fifty years later, Frieren goes to visit Himmel and the others. She remained unchanged, but Himmel and the others have aged and only a little of their lives remain. Later, she witnesses Himmel’s death.
Frieren is pained by her desire to have spent more time getting to know people. With that regret in her heart, she then goes on a journey to do just that. On her journey, she meets many people and many events await her.”
Territories: Worldwide excluding Asia
Title: The Demon Prince of Momochi House
Studio: TBA
Release Date: TBA / Coming soon
Manga Synopsis (via VIZ Media): “On her sixteenth birthday, orphan Himari Momochi inherits her ancestral estate that she’s never seen.
Momochi House exists on the barrier between the human and spiritual realms, and Himari is meant to act as guardian between the two worlds. But on the day she moves in, she finds three handsome squatters already living in the house, and one seems to have already taken over her role!”
Territories: Worldwide excluding Asia
Title: Berserk of Gluttony
Studio: ACGT
Release Date: October 2023
Plot Synopsis: “Fate, a castle guard in a world where one’s skills are everything, has acquired a skill called “Gluttony” that does nothing but make him hungry, leaving him with a miserable life.
But one day, he defeats some who are bandits infiltrating the castle, and his world changes.
Thus begins the story of how a young man once ridiculed as talentless climbed from the lowest stratum of life to the top.”
Territories: Worldwide excluding Asia and India
Title: A Girl & Her Guard Dog
Studio: Project No.9
Release Date: October 2023
Plot Synopsis: “Fifteen-year-old Isaku Senagaki, the granddaughter of the third boss of the Senagaki crime syndicate, just wants to have normal friends and a normal high school romance.
She enrolls in a high school far from her hometown, but the overprotective young leader, twenty-six-year-old Keiya Uto, lies about his age and bribes his way into the same school as Isaku!
Telling Isaku she’s too young to fall in love, Keiya’s ready to scare off all the boys. But actually, Isaku’s had unrequited feelings for Keiya this whole time?!”
Territories: Worldwide excluding Asia
* The Crunchyroll Industry Panel at Japan Expo 2023 was held on Saturday, July 15 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center in Paris, France.
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