Review of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Sousou no Frieren is probably as good as a "basic" fantasy anime can get, from its animation to characters to general pacing I think everything was done really well and created a very immersive watching experience. I liked the way there was a focus on Frieren's past adventures, with flashbacks sprinkled throughout each episode giving us more insight into the world before and also Frieren's thought processes. Everything felt very intentional in this show, the slower parts helped the watch to feel like an adventure itself whilst the more action packed parts were intense yet still with an air of serenity to them which Ithink helps reflect the more intricate magic system in this show compared to other fantasies where environments just get blown up and it's all kinda boring.

I did enjoy the main cast a lot in this show, whilst they definitely don't have the most depth and perhaps cant be quite tropey they're still realistic and the dynamic made for some very entertaining scenes I never really got bored of watching them interact. The art and animation too were both really good especially during the action scenes I had a lot of fun watching those, the world and environments were great too everything was so pretty.

Overall this was a really fun watch, in my opinion definitely a bit overrated but that doesn't mean it wasn't still great. Definitely recommend to any fans of not just fantasy but anime in general!