Frieren Opening Theme Song Is Another Yoasobi Hit

The Yoasobi opening theme song for the anime series Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End ranked number one on the latest Oricon Weekly Digital Singles Ranking. The song is called “Yuusha.” As a reminder, Yoasobi is a duo made up of the Japanese artists Ayase and Ikura. This marks the duo’s 13th single to hit number one in their entire career. [Thanks, Oricon News!]

The song was written under the supervision of Kanehito Yamada, the original writer of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. The anime series premiered with a two hour special on September 29, 2023. The full official music video for the song was uploaded four days ago on the Yoasobi YouTube channel.

You can watch the music video for “Yuusha” below:

In addition to “Yuusha” hitting number one, the song recorded 26,000 downloads in its first week. On top of that, Yoasobi’s other popular single released earlier this year, “Idol,” exceeded 500,000 downloads. It is the opening theme song for the anime series Oshi no Ko. It also recently appeared as a song for a dance troupe performance on America’s Got Talent.

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End will continue airing through the Fall 2023 anime season and is available to stream on Crunchyroll. Viz Media handles the manga outside Japan.