Frieren Changed Anime Forever and Even Became The Top Anime of All Time
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- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End has changed the landscape for anime forever. It will probably go on to define the 2020s. 15 years from now people will still be dissecting and analyzing this anime. The themes are timeless and so is the story. On top of that the fabled Top Anime on MAL was dethroned by Frieren.
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FMA was about growning up and maturing in a land you never realized was so cruel. Frieren is about getting older and coming to terms with living in your world
Well said.
One of those series you wished you could erase from your memory so you can experience that greatness first hand all over again.
I actually haven't really watched it, so I guess I go check it out
@@bilalmega3349 Its definitely worth it if you don't mind a slower anime
I'd probably never watch this show. A lot of obnoxious people ruined my willingness to give it a try.
@@nadaburnerVery understandable ngl
Which one?
Don't forget that interspecies reviewers took the #1 spot for a short time a while ago, a true Masterpiece of animation
That was only done because nuxtaku told people to upvote
but as I said in this video it fell down from its spot. In the last decade no anime has done what Frieren has done
@@ChibiReviews I agree with you that frieren deserves the #1 spot and is a Masterpiece, it just reminded me of when interspecies reviewers took the #1 spot a while ago it's still really funny to me that it managed to get the top spot for a short time
What I watched that was not impressed at all sao is far better excluding a season or 2
@@ElectroNeko_GoldenGlow kaguya sama season 3 also took number 1 for a while
I don't see much analyses of the most important part of Frieren, for me ofc - the story building. It is like a large puzzle built meticulously over 28 masterfully crafted episodes. Each piece adds something to the magic system, char. build and development, themes, world building etc. It is just masterclass in story telling. Kudos to the director for this.
Also maturity in story telling. No shouting, no screaming, subtle character build and development mostly through action and show don't tell. It is closer to real life show than most of animes. Especially since the world in which takes place is rational, logical and well known. No crazy mambo jambo stuff which mechanics can't be explained.
You know what's better than being a Frieren fan or a FMAB fan? Being a Frieren fan AND a FMAB fan
Both are masterpieces, and either if you're looking forward to write your own stories one day, or just enjoy anime and storytelling; I think is very worth it to learn from both. I could even imagine a fanart of Edward and Frieren eating dinner together, with their respective friends and family members around them
Just like me. Both of them are classics in my eyes that I could watch over and over again ^_^
To have Frieren, The Apothecary Diaries and Shangri-La Frontier in the same season was quite something. All of them were absolutely goated.
Frieren: An Old, Wise, Experienced Elf Mage
Also Frieren: Is scared of Mimic Chests
Correction attracted to mimic chests
Nah she just falls for every Mimic trap. If she was scared she wouldn't dive head first into every mimic. The mimic's know her as the mimic slayer because she kills every mimic she comes across.
she's scared of waking up early
Scared? What are you talking about?
Reported for misinformation
Frieren deserves all its jewels and praises, I don’t ever been obsessed with an anime this much since Naruto and that was years ago.
dont compare it to naruto,naruto is a legendary series that has everything in it ,friern isnt close to naruto or op
Naruto is a mediocre show with a very bad ending though@@samishreif810
@@samishreif810 They weren't comparing it to Naruto, they just pointed out that Naruto was the last anime they have been obsessed with
@@samishreif810 Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit huh, because that is not what they did.
Frieren is such a long-lasting masterpiece. I have watched so many animes for around 20 years, and only a few of them (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Gintama, and maybe Mob Psycho) can be compared to Frieren. It's a great combination of a good plot, good characters, slice of life, action, comedy, good music and animation, and meaningful lessons about life.
I've been watching anime since the 1980s. Frieren is one of the good ones.
Agree with frieren being a cult classic
It will be talked about for generations
It doesn't change anything @@ChibiReviews
@@ChibiReviews they nothing to discuss about her fighting she just op and kind of boring any tension in any fight she in generic demon lord shit
@@glenroyhodge5892Frieren is OP, but she’s not invincible, you know? Plenty of characters are capable of hurting and even killing her if she’s not careful.
@@glenroyhodge5892Did you not watch the show? Literally in episode 3 they showed her getting defeated by Qual then in 17 she talks about losing 11 times and after that almost gets beaten by Lernen. And there are more difficult battles to come from manga. There is plenty of tension and Frieren isn't as invincible as you make her out to be.
This anime really left a impression on me,for the last couple of months every Friday I remember how excited I was to quickly get back from work to watch the newest episode. Haven’t felt like that since I were a kid
Frieren first few episodes feels like a group of friends/guild in a MMORPG beat the game and as time goes on they slowly drift apart, become adults die or whatever they do..
With only 1 player still adventuring, even starting a new adventure
Ngl, I'm kinda glad that season 2 hasn't been announced or officially confirmed yet cause in order to have that amazing quality for an anime adaptation to stay consistent, they need time to cook and to able to bring back the passionate staff that worked on it especially with what's gonna go down in the next arcs. Don't wanna see another One Punch Man situation happen again.
Recently Flamme VA passed away...so if a season 2 will come they need to recast the role... RIP to the mommy
They can’t work unless a season is announced.
How does not confirming it’s in production increase it’s production time?? All people want to know is that it’s being made and still being made by madhouse . That’s a very basic statement for them to make 🤨
Not really true. By not announcing a second season the chance that we get the same people working on season 2 if we even get one gets smaller and smaller. They could have announced a second season and then take however long they take, but right now, they are not working on it
Frieren is #1 on MAL for a lot of the reasons you mention. It is certainly one of my favorites among recent anime. A big part of this is also due to the fact that it has characteristics that people from different groups were looking for in a show. For instance, there are people who mostly care for action, and Frieren has that, but it also has well written characters for those who want to dive deeper into understanding what makes the character the way they are. There are other shows that I think are very good but that other people do not like so much because they may focus more one some of these aspects. Frieren is a very well balanced story, and I think that is one of the biggest reasons for its success.
I agree wholeheartedly. Frieren was what got me hooked on anime. In the past I watched some here and there, but never paid much attention to these "chinese cartoons".
But I loved this feeling of nostalgia (after something I never experienced myself!), slow pace, lack of urgency. Damn, she just wants to speak with her friend one more time.
You might want to consider some older gateway anime such as Vision of Escaflowne. And I recommend the NON-censored version as Fox kind of screwed the pooch on the first half of the series.
Man you are right on spot with Frieren. I am glad de FMA community respect Frieren being No1 in MAL.
As a manga reader, i can’t wait for a season 2
The Golden Land Arc is gonna be so peak.
I think, s2 will be aired around late 2026 or early 2027.
@@Leo005-ll8es prolly I don't mind tho. If they keep season 1 level's of quality, season 2 will become even better than season 1
Frieren is what LOTR Rings of Power should have been. Too bad RoP is a fanfiction made by writers who disrespected Tolkien's legacy. Frieren is just flying kiss from Frien.😊😊😊
Agreed. Frieren is the Girl Boss their Galadriel tried and failed to be. And the reason is because Frieren has what their Mary Sue doesn't: character flaws. And I mean REAL ones, not just being insufferably bossy and condescending. Frieren's personality quirks and character flaws make her dynamic, compelling, and therefore interesting. Most of these Tinseltown writers today refuse to create protagonist characters with any flaws.
@@davidford3115 Frieren cried and deeply regretted: I want to hug her
Frieren uttered "Aura, kill yourself": I'm sppechless.More please.
It just showed that fantasy is not limited to trashsekai
Banished from the Hero's party is another straight Fantasy which incorrectly gets classified as an Isekai. Maybe not as deep as Frieren, but still worth a watch.
I made a frieren playlist on spotify if you're curious. My favorite track is Love On The Sand by Alaessandro Alessandroni, doesnt say anything yet it conveys everything i feel when i watch this series, it could even pass as the OP. Maria version 3 fits well with the playful trekking montages(it sounds like Frieren is singing)
The anime focus slow storytelling that tells you a story.
For me, Frieren changed Anime BACK to what is was during the 90s and early 2000s.
How old are you?
@@blugaledoh2669 Born in 83, I'm 41. I have a long history studying art, design, animation and writing. Its been a long debate (Between people i know or watch) about how Modern fantasy in Anime has become too imbedded in gaming culture. This has caused them to slake off in worldbuilding and immersion. I still enjoy them but i very much missed the pure fantasy worlds like Frieren.
@@IN-tm8mw Indeed. Frieren took the time to world-build much like Vision of Escaflowne did (VoE is ironically also an isekai, but one NOT rooted in gaming being more akin to Wizard of Oz).
And like you, there was a certain charm to the 90s anime and early 2000s. From the latter, I watched Ai Yori Aoushi, Jubei-Chan (Ninja Girl AND Counterattack of Siberia Yagu), and The Slayers.
A last thought I leave with is that Record of Lodos War greatly impacted Fantasy Anime, particularly Deedlit's ears becoming the model on which ALL JRPGs and Fantasy Anime emulated. I wonder what Freiren's legacy will leave.
@@davidford3115‼️Escaflowne Mentioned‼️
I don't hate SAO and even have a few of the games and watched about up to season 3. It is objectively not great or particularly good, but it did popularize a genre more so for newer and existing audiences. SAO, I find more amusing looking back and can understand the love and hate it has gotten. Which goes at times over the extreme in either direction to often in my view...
I pretty much liked the first and second episodes of it that showed some of the characters grown and passed away peacefully after the long adventure
Chibi, all I can say is this: Can’t wait for Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End S2. 🙂👍🏾👌🏾
I’m just gonna be real honest here I’m a fan of yours & just to add context I’m a black guy in Georgia that works in a warehouse. I have no time to play at all and seeing how I have to be picky on what I watch when I do have free time, I prefer it be dope! and with that said, Last time you said something was peak anime Chibi you was talking about Jujutsu Kaisen and just like then I was like okay let’s see if it’s that good, and I was blown the fuck away.
Thank you for doing what you do my man. Bless you.
Can I give a big round of applause for Atsuko Tanaka who voiced Flamme in Frieren and Rose in The wrong way to use healing magic and so many others has passed away 1 week ago and I am still mourning her loss. Her performances were stellar and I just love her fiery portrayal as Rose and The wrong way to use healing magic just wouldn't feel the same without her. I will miss you for all eternity Atsuko Tanaka. Thank you for what you gave us. A lifetime's worth of memories. Sleep well and goodbye. May you rest in peace.
She also voiced HMS Hood and Tirpitz in Azur Lane (the game, not the Anime)
She was the major as well from Ghost in the shell. She will be missed dearly.
Frieren made it into my top 5 easily. There is so much to the series. I knew that Frieren was going to stay at the top of MAL right back when it was still airing. Its story cuts at the core of humanity and many of the issues that we all face. Frieren is an experience where all fans can take something from it.
Frieren is definitely worthy of the praise it's been given. The anime adaptation was one of THOSE adaptations where you assemble the best in the business and give them the proper time to see their vision realized. The series also isn't carried by the visuals or ost. As a manga, Frieren is an amazing read.
Its heavily glazed and positive bombed, if it didn't have the animation/visuals it would have been a forgettable show along with the other 1000 fantasy stories around.
@@JekiterioI agree
@@Jekiterioso you’re saying if an anime (a visual art medium) didn’t have good visuals it wouldn’t be as highly rated?? In other news water is wet…….that’s not a critique you jackass 😂
Frieren is a modern classic for sure but it hasn't really changed anime. Its just a great anime that came out recently
The main reason it hasn't changed anime it that it won't force other studios to pick up their game and produce higher quality products. It will however be considered a classic, if in a different vein from the Shonen series pumped out methodically for hundreds upon hundreds of episodes.
@@zmortis111 it wont be a classic, shows that are classics have a lot of content and very well known personality traits.
@@Jekiterioyou are out of your fucking mind if you don’t think Frieren will be a classic lol
I see Frieren as an anime about remembering the hero and getting inspired by him.
I still dont get why people praise this series so much. It's certainly enjoyable but number 1 anime? Changed anime forever? Absolutely not
manga is peak, its been hyped and get chills
Freirens does more than just be a good anime. It a beautiful, well crafted, meaningful story at a time when almost every media form is devoid of good storytelling
You must not be looking very hard if you needed something this mainstream to have a meaningful story
@@blakedavis2447 that or you are easily swayed by the same BS told over and over
@@AdhalMK1I can name atleast 30 mangas right now that outclass Frieren in every possible way in terms of writing. Or at the very least match it evenly. It wont be that hard for me to find even more. You want lighthearted? Horror? Thriller? Psychological? Existensial? Just give the order chief.
@@antagonisticalex401 Lmfao i can even name Manhwa's and Chinese webnovels (Both which arent even Japanese 😂) a billion or a trillion times better than Frieren ☠️☠️
I can name Manhwas and Chinese webnovels which arent even Japanese which infinitely outclass Frieren maybe u haven't really gone down the rabbit hole of stunning manga,manhwa and Chinese webnovels.
frieren is okay. i can see the new anime audience being impressed and loving it.
personally i still value fmab over frieren, infact i wouldnt place frieren top 20. there is so much artistic soul, world building and details in fmab. the only downside of fmab, is that it never explored the other parts of the world (i dont count the movies).
Yes, Frieren is a gateway anime much like Studio Ghibli productions. Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood is an anime for shonen fans. It's popular, but it's also not everyone's favorite either. Personally speaking I wouldn't put Full Metal Alchemist in my top 20 either. Frieren would make my top 5. I was much more emotionally in tune with the Frieren story than I ever was with Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, which tended to drag in spots for me.
interspecies reviewers is still number one in my book
FMA Is your normal anime experience that you can recomment to anyone you know.
Frieren is a great story with cinema quality imagery that i can recommend to anyone even if they dislike anime.
Full metal alchemist is what everyone recommends because it’s an amazing COMPLETE story that looks incredible let’s not forget brotherhood was made 16 years ago and still holds up to this day. The only thing frieren does better is animation and that’s only because it’s a newer show.
@@blakedavis2447 Sure.
@@blakedavis2447 That's not to say that Frieren will never be completed either. Granted, the current state of the anime industry means Frieren may never be finished in its entirety, but there was also a time when FMAB was not yet complete and now people praise it for how it ended up, not how it started. Frieren currently lacks a complete source material so its still in its infancy as a story.
I don't think it's really fair to say that the only thing Frieren does better is its animation. I think relevance is a significant factor. FMAB resonated with a community from a different time and it's a product of its time, and over the years what people look for in a story has changed. While FMAB still holds up as a good story, it's not as relevant to the current community as Frieren has become. And that's clearly the case otherwise the numbers of people watching FMAB nowadays would still match Frieren's current viewership.
One day Frieren will also become irrelevant compared to modern anime, and people will probably say just like you, that Frieren is amazing because it still holds up after many years, and that the new anime is only doing well because its brand new.
@@TheClosetPanda well when frieren does end of it ever does maybe we can have an earnest discussion about it but I think your argument is a bit contrived, more people are watching frieren now because it’s new and because lots of people have already seen FMAB and let’s not forget that a lot of people own the box sets and are probably watching offline and it’s always on most legal streaming sites because they know people want to watch it. Also how has fmab aged in a way that people wouldn’t want to watch it? Frierens not the first show to be slow and somber which FMAB has moments like that too.
@@blakedavis2447 I think I wasn't clear enough when I referred to the relevancy of Frieren compared to FMAB.
There is of course the fact that fewer people are watching FMAB now because most of the people who would watch it already have. But when I'm referring to relevance, I mean an anime's current ability to draw new viewership to it.
Of course because Frieren is new it will naturally have a significant boost to new viewership, but I still think that counts towards what can be considered relevant.
As to what can be considered culturally relevant, yes you could argue that FMAB is still very culturally relevant because of the amount of influence it's had on changing the anime industry. However, I don't think that makes FMAB mutually exclusive to Frieren, because Frieren *may* go on to do the same.
Anime has become more globalised in the last decade, so I can see Frieren having an easier time spreading through media and reaching non-anime audiences, than FMAB had back when it aired.
And that's not to suggest that FMAB didn't age well or doesn't share similar qualities. It's rather to say that people like picking up what is shiny and new, so all those 'newly converted' are more likely to pick up Frieren while it's fresh, than an anime over a decade old, regardless of its quality.
I’ll always be reminded of it because in my opinion, Frieren came In so clutch after AOT ending. Like it was leading us into a new era of Anime 🥹
It’s good. Yet, it’s not peak mushoku tensei
Agreed
I've read all the Mushoku Tensei light novels, and have been happy to watch the series, but in terms of production quality, Frieren season one edges out Mushoku Tensei I think. Add in the "harem" and "pervy" qualities of Mushoku Tensei, and a lot of people were turned off by it (not me though). That being said, as Mushoku Tensei goes forward, I think a number of people who've only watched the anime, and not read the light novels are going to find that the story bogs down a bit later on. This is often a problem with long series. I also think the animation quality for Mushoku Tensei dropped off from season 1 to season 2 as well. Not a large drop-off, but a noticeable one and not untypical on a series that gets additional seasons. Personally speaking, I hope they take their time with season 2 of Frieren and maintain the quality instead of rushing it out.
I just wanted to note that Fullmetal Alchemist is scored 9.09 based on 2,1151,109 users while Frieren is 9.33 based on 487,296 I’m leaning to your conclusion that FMA fans stoped caring otherwise Frieren wouldn’t last that long as #1
You should also note on MAL for years the FMAB fans have downvoted things that they haven't watched to keep FMAB at the top of the list. This is a very well known issue on MAL that their admins have refused to address because they don't want to tick off the FMAB fans.
Deserved
My number 2 behind Rezero
I GENUINELY do not get the buzz around this anime, the fact that it's in the same sentences as AOT or FMA is insane to me. It's good but imo there's zero chance it's an OBJECTIVE top 10 of all time.
What defines what's objectively worth being in the top 10 for you? Is it quality? or quantity? or something else?
Because everyone is judging what they consider top 10 by different parameters.
Frieren is top 10 in terms of how many people think it should be top 10, regardless of the parameter- and that's just reflected in the average score people are giving it, for whatever quality or qualities they're judging it on. Whether you share that opinion or not, it can only be 'objectively' ranked based on average statistics and what the majority of people think.
Subjective taste is just that, subjective. Objectively speaking, the art direction, animation quality, backgrounds, shot composition, cinematography, story pacing, and character development from Frieren Beyond Journey's End is all top quality for an anime series, and some would say on par with the production quality of a Studio Ghibli movie. Quite a lot of things people call their personal top ten anime series are not at that production level. Yet it also comes down to the kinds of things people enjoy from their entertainment. Something could be rather bog standard in all of those qualities, yet still subjectively be their favorite series because they are more invested in the series characters, or the challenges faced by a particular protagonist they identify with. Some people have been following a series for a 1000+ episodes (One Piece Fans perhaps) and are so emotionally invested in the characters that it doesn't matter to them that the animation quality of the early seasons is just average at best.
One thing I can say having watched non-anime fans on reaction channels watching Frieren as their first Anime, is you could see them being hooked in the first 15 minutes of the first episode. They were able to become invested in the story and main character that quickly. There sure as hell aren't many anime outside of Studio Ghibli's movies with that kind of rapid draw. I saw a number of anime fan reactions as well, and damn if they also didn't become invested in the characters and the story of Frieren in the first episode as well. There are a whole bunch of anime people consider their personal favorites that just don't have that kind of compelling effect on the "normies" watching anime for the first time. They might find it interesting, or funny. Yet that "investment" in the character's story usually takes 3-5 episodes to develop. That is the power of Frieren, and the quality does not drop off once in the 28 episodes of season 1. I can only hope it continues as the story goes on.
When JoJos returns with Steel Ball Run, that’ll be the True definitive #1 anime of all time across-the-board.
Surely will happen by 9788 right?
@@Theunluckiest5437
This year marks the 20th anniversary of SBR where they’ve clearly started it’s anime production, next year is the 21st anniversary of it in this 21st-century where Viz will finally start releasing the official English release of the part 7’s manga and 2026 is the year of the Horse which by the end of it on December 1st is the 40th anniversary of the franchise and would be a full 4 years since StoneOcean ended, so we’ll either be getting the SBR anime debut by the end of 2025 leading up to the end of 2026 for the 40th anniversary or on it by the end of 2026 itself, no later than that.
TL;DR JoJos part 7: SBR ought to debut between December 1, 2025, and/or December 1, 2026.
@@Theunluckiest5437
Nope.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of SBR where they’ve clearly started it’s anime production, next year is the 21st anniversary of it in this 21st-century where Viz will finally start releasing the official English release of the part 7’s manga and 2026 is the year of the Horse which by the end of it on December 1st is the 40th anniversary of the franchise and would be a full 4 years since StoneOcean ended, so we’ll either be getting the SBR anime debut by the end of 2025 leading up to the end of 2026 for the 40th anniversary or on it by the end of 2026 itself, no later than that.
TL;DR JoJos part 7: SBR ought to debut between December 1, 2025, and/or December 1, 2026.
you could say that with like 20 animedia
Honestly, I don't see SBR beating Frieren in the long run
An anime convention had so many Frieren cosplayers.
I appreciate you Chibi. I would have never discovered Frieren if not for your channel. This show made me fall in love with Anime all over again.
Definitely hasn't changed anime forever, it's WAYYY too early to say that. Fantastic show and probably the best or second best of last year (It's between that and Vinland Saga S2 for me) but the show is in its infancy and hasn't even been out for a year...
Exactly lmao. its absolutely crazy people are saying this after just one season? The people calling it a masterpiece after one season have probably not watched more than 4 anime lol
Frieren was literally a breath of fresh air, I’m certain most people can relate with me here, but when you watch so many anime’s, and with so many cliches and tropes you get burned out. Frieren is what got me back into anime after about 3 or 4 years of being burned out on it.
Can someone please explain the rational of the claim that Frieren shouldn't be ranked 1st because it's "too early"? I don't get it at all. Sure, the story can go in many different directions, but as it stands, judging by the 28 episodes we already have, it's practically flawless
I think chili was talking about it’s long term influence on the anime community and not necessarily it’s mal ranking
Its really not THAT amazing. Not to mention the anime still has far more of the story to adapt. Its like if JoJo adapted up until part 2 and people called the whole thing a masterpiece without reading the other 7 parts; how can you call a story a ''masterpiece'' and ''flawless'' if you haven't even seen half of it?
@@aya-lb7ov I'm not talking about the manga. I'm only talking about the anime that I've watched. If you disagree about the quality of the show, that's your opinion and it's fine. All I'm saying is the REASON for the ANIME not deserving of it's praises because it's very recent, is ludicrous to me. If there's some kind of logic behind it, why don't people apply it to other unfinished projects, like hunter x hunter and berserk?
@@aya-lb7ov even then at least the jojo parts are self contained stories that can be viewed as their own thing.
The best thing about freiren for me, was the interaction between the characters and mainly frieren, stark, fern because we are with them most of the time.
Apart from that, i was always excited to see them interact with other examinees like denken, methode, ubel, land etc etc.
The conversations of ubel and land are very fun to watch.
And its happening right now in manga.
I was a great anime. Did it change anime forever? Not even close, unless we get a second season soon I can see it disappearing from people's mouth in a year or so.
@@dohalimilqarasdeldemenanci8483 true let them be😂 people loves yapping and crying
Frieren is the best anime ever for an anime veteran.
Hi there. I'm going to say something very controversial too...the Apothecary Diaries was my number 1 anime for last year. I have just now started watching Frieren and I really enjoy it too. I agree with you on how Frieren is terrific in how it goes back to classic fantasy. I love that. It only took me watching one isekai anime, and I was more than done. I could not get into that. I will always love the first Fullmetal Alchemist series that came out in 2003, because that is what made me fall in love with anime. It will always hold a special place in my heart, but I do have plenty of space for The Apothecary Diaries and for Frieren. I hope there will be more.
The Apothecary Diaries was the best "Historical" fiction anime of last year. I agree. However, I've watched Frieren four times since release. How many times have you watched the Apothecary Diaries? For myself, just the one time.
@@zmortis111Vinland Saga beats out Apothecary Diaries for historical fiction. But it's rare we get two top tier historical fiction anime the same year
@@zmortis111 I've watched the Apothecary Diaries more than 5 times, and I have read while listening to the first 5 volumes of the light novels.
@@Ash_Wen-li I have not seen Vinland Saga yet. I do have the manga on my Kindle fire. I will give that a try really soon. I have not watched the anime because it was only in subtitles, which are harder for me to see because I'm partially blind.
Man...I can't wait till they adapt the content for season 2 and 3, considering how well they did the first season, it's gonna be absolutele PEAK!
S2 sure el dorado + goddess monument but not enough material for s3 since the manga still in the middle of major arc
@@RifukiRyu ofc, but I'm talking about in future
Finally a good Video from you. Frieren is a absolute Fantasy Masterpiece. This and Delicious in Dungeon + Atelier of Witch Hat are the Top 3 purest Fantasy Anime.
Personally, I never thought I would be as big of a fan of Frieren as I am today. Love this show to death, and I'm glad that it's getting the recognition it deserves.
Frieren is still best gilf xD
In every cycle of anime and manga there is always a part on which female creators start to pop cool series after a long period of male dominated mangas and they are usually high quality , FMA, Sailor Moon, CC Sakura and now it is the time of Frieren , Dungeon Meshi and Witch Hat Atelier.
Can't wait for season 2
I'm also really enjoying parry everything. frieren hurt me deeply with it's depiction of time. and appealed to my disconnection with autism, it spoke to me deeply on many levels.
Aura lost her aura
To each their own, but honestly I don't get it.
For me I love the original party flashbacks the most
It's not everyone's taste, but when you look at it from various different production aspects you can see it holds up in art design, background art, animation quality, story pacing, mixing humor with sadness, ennui with grief and joy. The shot composition and camera angle choices are often quite appealing from a cinematographic point of view. The character development is realistic and satisfying. It makes a point of tension being the different perspectives on time between a nearly immortal elf and the humans she becomes friends with through their adventures. One thing that people seem to miss about the story of Frieren is how many of the main characters in the story are orphans (Heiter, Eisen, Fern, Stark, and Frieren herself.) This is mainly due to conflicts with humans or demons.
If someone likes only shonen or horror anime for example, Frieren is not likely to appeal much to them. There is no "fight of the week" or "mass carnage" formula at play here. If someone likes anime with good art, quality storytelling, and satisfying character development, Frieren is very likely to appeal to them. I've watched a number of reaction channels with non-anime fans watching Frieren (sometimes as their first exposure to anime) and watched people who are not anime fans got hooked within the first 15 minutes of episode one. There aren't a lot of series I can name in my 40+ years of watching anime and reading manga that have that kind of appeal to non-anime "normies" out there. It shares that quality with the best of Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli films.
Been watching anime since 97 or so. I’m pretty picky on shows that get included in my top ten. I heard about Frieren about a year before the show released and started the manga about 6 months before it aired . I knew I would like it but NOT nearly as much as I did. After watching the episode 10 (ironically) I instantly had it in my top ten all time. It was an amazing experience getting to watch every Friday with everyone around the community. I couldn’t wait to get off work just to see what everyone at mad house was cooking up for us. It made me feel the same way I did when I first watched cowboy bebop, samurai champloo or FLCL when I was a kid. I just can’t get enough of it. I’m caught up on the manga now but I NEED more on the animation front. It’s legit one of the best adaptions I have ever seen.
Not to knock SAO (even though I know doing so is fun), but the isekai genre would never have become as widespread as we see it starting in the early 21st century if not for the original Digimon.
Yea well Alice in wonderland did isekai first a hundred years before that but what we recognize as Isekai didn’t really exist until sao which paved the way for arguably better shows
Ps also frieren isn’t isekai it’s just fantasy but that’s mostly a nit pick
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Ya, true that. I like how fantasy and isekai are like two different flavors of a similarly structured dessert item. I can enjoy them both.
Btw, idk why, but I like to group Connecticut Yankee along w/ AiW as another old school isekai, even though it came a few decades later and is significantly less fantasy.
Don't you mean the original William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night Dream." Followed by Lewis Carol's "Alice in Wonderland" and Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" All of which predate Digimon by more than a hundred to several hundred years.
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Sry, I don't consider dreams to be isekais, lol. And I don't think ol' Billy did either.
But do we want to attribute the breaking open of the isekai floodgates to these old works, or do we want to pin all the blame on Digimon? I guess that's the main question.
@@emerfirek Yeah, Wizard of Oz was also an Isekai.
MY OG Isekai Anime was Vision of Escaflowne which ran concurrently with Digimon on Fox.
i still think the anime that will have had the most impact when this decade is over is Kaguya-Sama yes season 1 came out in 2019, but we have seen a rise in Romcoms over the last 2 years and it does not seem to slow down, heck this season the biggest new show (ie none sequel) is a romcom.
I read this and thought “2019? It didn’t come out last year” but I guess it’s really been 5 freaking years since it came out and as a fan of rom com anime let me tell you this genre is flourishing. Insightful take my guy I hadn’t really thought about it but you’re right.
I'm really hoping for this series to get a season 2 considering how GENUINELY great the future arcs are
Paired it with the same production quality as season 1 or even better
Although I wouldn't also have any issue if it doesn't receive one rather than having another One Punch Man situation
I cannot put it as a cult classic yet because it is still not finished yet. Once it finished like FMAB and is still consistent until then, will I put it as one of the cult classic.
I just felt burnt out by anime at one point because every anime felt saturated and over done until I watched Frieren and it pulled me back into again. Truly a masterpiece. If it weren't for this anime, then I would've missed on other masterpieces like Vivy and 86
That's a you problem, there are plenty of different anime out there, just broaden your horizons. Mushoku Tensei is different from any other anime, Vinland Saga is different from any other anime, Konosuba is a special comedy gem that makes fun of the repetitive stuff you talk about. Stop watching Demon Slayer and JJK right after you watched Naruto.
@@theflamingeagle572 Bro really decided to pull out the most mid and generic recommendations of all time like it's smth special 💀
I watched all of em at least a year before Frieren
@@theflamingeagle572 @theflamingeagle572 and no they were not even close to being as enjoyable as frieren. Rudeusis insufferable idgaf if he gets development 25 season later. I still caught up tho. Konosuba and Vinand are fine but Konosuba humor isn't for me. And jjk ds are stuff that I alr read and caught up to the manga (in ds' case alr done reading) All this before watching Frieren
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@@Theunluckiest5437Have you seen Ancient Magus' Bride?
To be fair, I think Isekai is on the way out for two reasons - 1. They're running out of things people can be trapped with/reincarnated into/do in another world and 2. They're increasingly becoming pointless to read as the entire plot is summarised in the paragraph long title.
Frieren not a isekai it’s traditional fantasy
Isekai will never die bro. It's ingrained into anime itself, no matter how bad they get.
Also, most Isekai don’t ever seem to actually finish, so you see the same exact plot 100 times because after the initial gimmick is covered, it’s just the standard muck that never goes anywhere interesting.
@@noaharthur9041just like with harem ?
@@blakedavis2447 The plot twist is the Demon Lord Has Been Reincarnated Into Another World As Himmel's Accountant.
As a hardcore FMA fan, Frieren deserves the top spot
Are you really a hardcore fan?
@@blakedavis2447 Yup, I re-watch the series every year and has combed through all of details.
FMA is still the top for me especially since it ended gracefully. But I do understand why Frieren got the spot
I'm a hardcore fan but can still make sane observations
@@aboller319 putting a new uncompleted work over a masterpiece is not sane
@@blakedavis2447 One Piece is uncompleted yet people consider it as one of the hallmarks of anime
Completion is not a hard requirement to appreciate art
@@aboller319 yea well one piece has 25 years worth of story I thinks it’s more than proven it’s worth and I don’t think an uncompleted story should triumph over a finished one, if we were comparing a painting to a sketch maybe you’d have a point but these are stories and stories have endings.
I mean all those series up on like the top 20 on MAL are all godlike series rankings are whatever I just love good anime
I think FMAB > Frieren, but I get the complaints about community and MAL
FMAB has a continuously moving forward pacing that compelled me to watch the whole thing in 4 days. No other series gave me anywhere near as much next ep compulsion
I agree with this. FMAB has stood the test of time as an all time great. Frieren has not had enough time yet
While I disagree with you. I've watched both FMA, and FMAB. I've never gone back to watch them a second time (well quite a bit of FMAB felt like a second time, and a bit of a slog because of it). I've already watched Frieren multiple times. So what we are talking about is subjective taste, and not objective truth here. I've watched reaction channels watching Frieren and you can spot when people who have never watched anime before, and when people who have watched anime become invested in the story and characters within the first 15 minutes of episode one. I would bet you won't get that same 15 minute to investment with episode 1 of FMAB with non-anime viewers, or with anime viewers that aren't shonen fans. You're not getting the slice of life viewers, the romantic show viewers, the high fantasy viewers, or the people who appreciate the technical production values of Frieren. That doesn't mean FMAB isn't a good series, or well liked by its fans. But if I were to give two non-anime fans the first 15 minutes of the first episode of each series. Then ask them which series they find they most want to watch more of. I think more of them would select Frieren. At the end of the day, unless we are talking about a teenaged boy, I think Frieren makes a better gateway anime for most mature people. Feel free to test out my theory, and I'll concede the teen boy audience to FMAB, because that is its actual target audience.
@@zmortis111 Liking a thing is a subjective thing. Different people like different things
It's interesting that the paradigm has finally shifted. Now for the first time since FMAB's 'era', MAL ratings will be compared to something other than FMAB.
Recency bias is always a factor, and Frieren is no exception to the rule. However judging by how slowly its rating has dropped, the gradual decline will only slow and it's quite feasible that Frieren will permanently settle with a score that's higher than FMAB, regardless of its position in the overall table.
Although Frieren has already cemented itself as one of the most well-received anime of modern times, it is inevitable (and good) that another anime will eventually dethrone it too. It is then that Frieren will be fully realised as having existed in its own 'era'.
And I think that's pretty neat.
Ngl, it took me like 6 episodes to really get into it, glad I didn't drop it after 3 episodes like I normally would if I'm not feeling something, but yeah after 6 episodes it just hit like " Wait, this is fucking relaxing... wtf? Like ASMR levels of relaxing and the story started to get sooo good, and all the side stories wtf. " I had no idea wtf Iyashekei was but now I'm craving more shows like that.
Frieren has this slice of life tone to it.. Reminds of how Hai to Gensou no Grimgar or Made in Abyss feels. It has this nonchalant / chill / lo fi tone. Which is a bit underwhelming and saps away any tension / anticipation you feel when watching some of the episodes. And the fights are pretty short. I don't think it's anime of the decade or and definitely not the last 20 years, maybe anime of the year.
I really enjoyed Frieren, especially the first half of the show, but like others said: I don't quite get why people like it to this degree. Heck, it wasn't even my favorite show from the season it was part of (that belongs to apothecary's diary). Regardless, it IS a pretty good show, can't deny that. Worth of top spot? Eeehhhh...
It was different (western influence) and aired when there weren’t any big sequels coming out I remember the time it aired as being especially sparse for good shows I think if frieren had to compete with this season or the next it wouldn’t have blown up nearly as much
i never once thought to myself, oh this is slow, i loved every single scene, they can eat cookies for 15 mins and it would still be one of the best anime episodes out there
Last couple of months were incredible.. With return of Mushoku and Slime and with new bangers like Frieren, Dungeon Meshi and Apothecary Diaries, with the last one, if you take the MAL rating, criminally underrated - (i liked it more than even Frieren, and i love Frieren to death)
You can only say that something changed something FOREVER when its given time to see its influence in the media, what has frieren changed in production/animation wise in the industry? New ways to animate? Ingenious ways of telling the history? A production that makes sakuga more easy to do? If doesn't have any of these you cant say it "changed the industry", its just a really good anime with a great production and animation, nothing innovative enought to change something.
He's just a glazer, like LITERALLY everyone who talks about Frieren. Tbh.....it's not even that great a story. Just read the manga to its most current point. The story and its themes completely fall apart.
Frieren will definitely remain my favorite Anime of 2024. I just think it's too early to call it the best Anime ever, because the story isn't nearly finished yet. Don't get me wrong I love the writing and the characters but what if the story will fall off? I hope that never happens though, that's for sure.
Can't wait for the next chapter tomorrow
I agree. Let's see how it plays out. I was a fan of Attack on Titan for the first three seasons, but then it seemed like the author nuked his own story.
Conversely I REALLY enjoyed Vision of Escaflowne. An Isekai to be sure, but one that was closer to the Wizard of Oz rather than SAO.
Chibi once again thank you for putting me in so many good anime and manga 🧐
No problem 😊
Also it being the No. 1 anime on MAL
Frieren deserves the top spot, unlike fmab
It's still #1 on mal. The brotherhood fandom failed on their agenda
Anime websites are shutting down guys!!!! I don't know where to go
WCOSTREAM
Oh Frieren, where do I start….
I don’t
One of the best anime ever created.
Frieren was the only anime that I actually just watched as soon as the episodes released, hell I even watched the episodes during class and once during a test.💀
Not even JJK S2, Oshi no Ko, or any other anime got me pulling my phone out secretly in class, and I barely use my phone in class.
I know it's a good show, I read it prior, watched it and appreciated it, but let's not forget the time FMAB came out the industry was significantly smaller. Recency vias is a real thing and this is why I disagree with your segment regarding MAL especially when the numbers are that big. This is why in data science the majority of the time is spent whittling down data to it's purest degree.
Correct, FMAB built a fan base when not as many other options were released at the same time. It stood out from the crowd of its day, and drew a very devoted fanbase. That being said, the production quality is not the same level as Frieren. The story is beloved in its niche, but not that many people outside of the niche follow it. That niche has camped on MAL for over a decade, downvoting anything that threatened to topple their king. It's become a meme at this point, and one of the reasons Chibi has mentioned the rankings on MAL can't be trusted in terms of accuracy. A passionate rabid fanbase protecting their crown doesn't mean FMAB is the ultimate in anime. It just means the fans are hardcore, sometimes to the point of driving away other people from the sites they inhabit. I know I don't personally use or visit MAL because the FMAB fans are tedious and unwilling to consider any other anime as worth watching. It's also why it became a meme to upvote Interspecies Reviewers to irritate the FMAB fans several years back. Just to show the #1 spot on MAL is not proof positive of being the top fan favorite show of all time. The heavy hand of the MAL admins "corrected" these Interspecies Reviewers votes so as to not alienate their FMAB devotees.
@@zmortis111 rankings in the first place are stupid in any art since you cant objectively call media superior to all others and a drama being put in the same category as comedy is absurd. This is part of the take i agreed with that Friren opened up the door to more traditional fantasy, and like any trend it will get plenty of copycats and will stagnate over time with few stand outs. I mean shit artists gotta eat too. In the end i have been an og hater of MAL forums since way back, im familiar to how they work.
Best anime experience i had in a while
I love Frieren to death and while I dont think its the best anime ever it defiantly deserves to be number one on MAL(the most well known anime news site) because it is such a perfect show to get people into anime its got good humor, action, story telling, and dialogue is all so good also has a good dub. Wail there are weirdos who think anime should stay as a nich thing but id be great if anime is seen in the west in the same way that any other video medium is and Friren is a great show to be a reprehensive of what anime can be.
The reason some people want anime to stay popular in Japan, but niche in the West is that popularity makes it a target for "tourists" with political agendas to "make it more inclusive" by attacking the elements of Japanese culture in anime. See also Assassin's Creed Shadows, Stellar Blade, Black Myth Wukong and many other attempts to force a Western view into Asian entertainment. I know if Frieren gets noticed by these people, they will complain that not enough "minorities" and "sexual identities" are represented by the show.
i love this anime 🤩
Frieren is a breath of fresh air in a somewhat saturated category. It tells a story of a female character that is a descendant of a long living race. The dynamics and interactions of each character she runs into was always fresh and interesting. The fight choreography was amazingly well done! And the music just sealed the deal I was in! Each episode had me waiting even more excited than the previous episodes…
Ironically, she is the very girl boss the tourists demand, but WITHOUT the obnoxious, scolding personality. And even better, she IS a flawed character with personality quirks which make her dynamic. That is sorely lacking in the "Mary Sue" characters that Tinseltown puts out today.
5:02 Technically, it didn't have an hour long first episode. They actually dropped the first four episodes at once. Small difference, but if it becomes a trend later, I want those in the comments to know where it started.
Oshkosh no ko did this like five months before frieren
Oshi no Ko first episode that adapt an entire volume, Demon Slayer with every first episode and last episode of each season.
The manga is even peaker
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You saying there was no popular classic fantasy show forgetting the masterpiece made in abyss
Made in abyss won AoTY in 2017 , a masterpiece dark fantasy with phenomenal world building
Apparently, he never heard of "The Slayers" from the 2000s. Or Record of Lodos War which set many of the standards for Fantasy Anime (all Japanese elves are modeled after Deedlit).
Is he paid by CrunchyRoll?!? His videos are always like a constant nonstop ad for them.
i miss frieren fridays bros...
Me too
I'll try to watch Frieren without any expectation, let's see if i can pass ep.3 without dropping it again this time.
Waiting for steins gate there to finally overtake FMA
Hey Chibi, have you ever checked Atelier? I'd like to see a video of you talking about the storytelling and world system
I'm confused, when I look at the list of most popular anime on MAL, Frieren doesn't appear until 212th position.
Meanwhile the top 5 are Attack on Titan, Deathnote, FMA, One Punch Man, and SAO.
This is what happens when a good anime adaptation raises a series that was passed over as "not-shonen" brings something to the broader non-shonen fan audience.
@@zmortis111 Yeah, I'm not particularly a fan of Shonen and prefer more of the Shojo.
Vision of Escaflowne TV series was very shojo much like Sailor Moon but had enough action to appeal to the Shonen audience. The Movie basically condensed all of the TV show into a 2 hour shonen romp and ruined it for me.
All of this to say that there must be something wrong with me because I like isekai that overlap with high fantasy but am rather turned off by most of the shonen action shows like One Punch Man, SAO, and My Hero Academia. I enjoyed the first three seasons of AoT, but after the time skip it felts like the author nuked his own story and so I lost interest.