Streaming & Download: https://orcd.co/yuusha_0929 Music: Ayase ( / ayase_0404 ) Vocals: ikura ( / ikutalilas ) Background Chorus English Lyrics: Konnie Aoki Background Chorus: Imani J Dawson / Ebony Bowens / Mimiko Goldstein / Marrista / Sofia Ray / Shore Cienna / Haley Lewis / Jonas Gen Whitaker / Missy Suzuki / Ivy / Velvet / Emily ★Instrumental audio available here: https://piapro.jp/t/WpGM "Yuusha" original novel "Sousou" (author: Kiso Jiro, supervisor: Yamada Kanehito) Simultaneous release on 9/29 (Fri) 23:00 https://frieren-anime.jp/special/novel/ ○Opening theme "Yuusha" for the TV anime "Furieren" "The 2-Hour First Episode Special - Departure Chapter" will air on Friday, September 29th, 2023 at 9pm on Nippon TV's Friday Roadshow *Excluding some regions. From October 6th, the show will air on Nippon TV's Friday Anime Night (Furaani) at 11pm every Friday. http://frieren-anime.jp ©️Yamada Kanehito, Abe Tsukasa/Shogakukan/"Frieren's Funeral" Production Committee -- It's like a fairy tale. Proof that it has come to an end. A passage cut out from a journey that is too long. It is the memory of a short journey with the hero who once defeated the evil that cast a shadow over this land. The story ends, and the hero goes to sleep. Leaving a peaceful everyday life behind on this land, the flow of time mercilessly makes people forget, and the traces of your life there grow rusty. But even now, your words, wishes, and courage certainly live on within me. We chose the same path. That was all it was supposed to be, but before I knew it, why did the tears rolling down my cheeks become more and more mysterious? I want to know, even if it's too late now If I trace the journey we walked together I'm sure I'll find you, even if you're not there The story continues I set off on a journey alone You remain in the memories of the people I meet in the towns we stop at You're still as good-natured and always trying to look cool The symbols I made here and there are proof of the peace I won Even if that's all I have left, so that I won't be alone someday in the future So that I can remember that journey A sign left behind, like a fairy tale Proof that it's over An encounter that changed me, a one in one journey Even if the wind sweeps away your courage someday and it disappears from everyone's memories I'll take you to the future It all began on the day I took your hand Those ordinary times, so trivial that I can't help but smile, are still dazzling I want to know, even if it's too late now When I look back, you're always there, smiling gently at me The beginning of a new journey, together with the life that sprouted in this land you protected -- ○Music Video Staff Original work: Yamada Kanehito and Abe Tsukasa's "Funeral of Frieren" (currently serialized in Shogakukan's "Weekly Shonen Sunday") Director: Saito Keiichiro Series composition: Suzuki Chihiro Character design and chief animation director: Nagasawa Reiko Concept art: Yoshioka Seiko Monster design: Harashina Daiki Action director: Iwasawa Toru Design works: Minoshima Ayaka Yamazaki Emi Todama. Keita Nagasaka, Ran Kamezawa, Yoshiko Matsumura, Takasemaru Art Director: Sawako Takagi Art Setting: Shinji Sugiyama Color Design: Harue Ohno 3DCG Director: Shigenori Hirosumi Director of Photography: Akane Fushihara Editing: Yoshiko Kimura Sound Director: Shoji Hata Music: Evan Call Animation Production: Madhouse Key Drawings Keisuke Hiroe, Masaho Hori, Runa Harano, Mayuko Kamitori, Toshiya Kono, Genki Uchiyama, Kouki Fujimoto, Ayaka Sato, Hayato Kakinida, Mui, Jianxiu Li, Kyoko Yufu, Yuka Hirata, Kazuhiro Miwa, Ran Kamezawa, Yutaka Yaegashi, Kanako Yoshida, Emi Yamazaki, Odashi, Ayaka Tsuji, Hotaru Kawase (Kinema citrus) Yoshiko Matsumura, Hiroyuki Kobashi, Yudai Nagano, Daiki Harashina, Makoto Ogasawara Layout, Seiko Yoshioka Second Key Drawing, Toshiyuki Sato Animation Inspection Akane Oguchi, Ona Kobayashi Akari KosugiVideoMadhouseAyumi Miura, Tomomi Takimoto, Yi Ren Zhang, Ryota YamawakiShotaro Nagayama, Yumi Onishi, Kanako Yamanaka, Ayana TashiroTatsuya HonmaIkuno KoizumiKayo SakazumeToukaseki SendaFan Zhao Yitong SuzukiNagisa KimuraKanouDR MOVIE MAA MOPICS Garden of Light AnimationColor design, color specification, finishing inspectionHarue OhnoFinishingStudio LDR MOVIE MAA MOPICS Garden of Light AnimationArt directorYukiko MaruyamaBackgroundAtelier MusaYukiko Maruyama, Teruko Takekoshi, Shizuko KojimaEri Yamanashi, Eri KumitakeEri TakahashiErika YoshinoShotaro SatoNami SatoMegumi YanaseDirector of photographyAkane FushiharaAssistant director of photographyYuzuki TsuguokaPhotographyMADBOX Raimu Oda, Mika Nakano3DCG MADBOX 3D Director: Shigenori Hirozumi CG Works: Yuuki Nagahama CG Production Manager: Hiroki Morishita Samurai Pictures CG Producer: Kenya Taniguchi 3DCG Production Progress: Ryo Yamaguchi Modeling Di