Official Contests

The following lists various official contests related to Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. This includes popularity contests, art contests, etc.

First Character Popularity Contest

The first character popularity contest took place between September 21, 2022 and October 5, 2022. Voting was conducted online using a points based system, where one point was given for voting on the website, 1000 points were given for a retweet vote, and 10,000 points were given for a retweet vote while following the official Twitter. The contest was in commemoration of the serialization of the 100th chapter of Frieren, as well as for the announcement of the Frieren anime. Accordingly, one hundred characters were available for voting. These characters were officially listed on a Web Sunday campaign page. The results were published with Chapter 105 of the manga, released on December 7, 2022.

Ranking

Results of the first character popularity contest.

1. Himmel – 17354803 points
2. Frieren – 11820565 points
3. Mimic – 8701779 points
4. Macht of the Golden Land – 8079639 points
5. Fern – 6446329 points
6. Stark – 3877410 points
7. Denken – 2152167 points
8. Hero of the South – 1685786 points
9. Sein – 1559179 points
10. Aura the Guillotine – 1415105 points
11. Heiter
12. Land
13. Übel
14. Solitär
15. Serie
16. Flamme
17. Eisen
18. Methode
19. Wirbel
20. Sense

21. Village Chief of the Village of the Sword
22. Glück
23. Hamburg steak
24. Lawine
25. Jumbo berry special
26. Edel
27. Qual
28. Lernen
29. Old man that talks to Stark about the art of war
30. Stoltz
31. The three demons Flamme killed
32. Escape golem
33. Voll
34. Linie
35. Genau
36. Lektüre
37. Continental Magic Association Receptionist
38. Brat that flipped Frieren's skirt
39. Rough looking adventurers (in Warm)
40. Laufen
41. Kraft
42. Kanne
43. Milliarde
44. Richter
45. Shadow Dragon's horn
46. Schlacht the Omniscient
47. Gorilla
48. Graf Granat
49. Whirlwind attack demon
50. Lügner
51. Fass
52. Länge
53. Young demon girl serving Revolte
54. Scharf
55. Ehre
56. Sein's Brother
57. Old herbalist that wanted to plant flowers around Himmel's statue
58. First-class mages who set up the barrier of the Golden Land
59. Gehen
60. The King
61. Lecker
62. Divine Revolte
63. Solar dragon
64. Graf Granat's gardener
65. Burg
66. Seed rat
67. Gabel
68. Spiegel
69. Norm Trading Company chairman
70. Grausam the Miraculous
71. Böse the Immortal
72. Früh
73. Orden
74. Dünste
75. Graf Dach
76. Demon with a sword
77. Übel's sister
78. Basalt the Throne
79. Einsam
80. Graf Dach's butler
81. Ton
81. Blei (tied)
83. Falsch
84. Fog control demon
85. Stubborn old lady that met Warrior Gorilla
86. Wirt
87. Lawine's eldest brother
88. Venomous Apex Dragon
89. Servant of the Glück family
90. Captain of the Guard of Waal
91. Mut
92. Draht
93. Stark's father
94. Castellan of Waal
95. Chaos Flower
96. Tau
97. Wahrheit
98. General Schräg the Thunderbolt
99. Stille
100. Geisel

Gallery

Artwork illustrated by Abe Tsukasa to commemorate Himmel being the winner of the first character popularity contest.

First Chapter Popularity Contest

Chapter Popularity Contest results.

The first chapter popularity contest was announced on September 26, 2023 and released alongside an anime celebration campaign where readers could view Volumes 1 through 10 for free online. The chapters eligible included all chapters from Chapter 1 through Chapter 112. The results of the vote were shared in Issue #2 (2024) of Weekly Shonen Sunday, which revealed that 208877 votes were submitted in total.

Ranking

1. Chapter 30 – 55960 votes
2. Chapter 103 – 33422 votes
3. Chapter 45 – 13382 votes
4. Chapter 1
5. Chapter 26
6. Chapter 3
7. Chapter 107
8. Chapter 22
9. Chapter 25
10. Chapter 9
11. Chapter 17
12. Chapter 63
13. Chapter 102
14. Chapter 2
15. Chapter 28
16. Chapter 92
17. Chapter 32
18. Chapter 11
19. Chapter 5
20. Chapter 4

First Fanart Contest

The first fanart contest was announced by the official Twitter account on November 4, 2023, with entries being accepted through December 8, 2023. The contest had two categories: manga and illustrations. Winners were announced on March 1, 2024.

Format

Illustrators could enter the contest by posting their work on Twitter with the tag #フリーレンFA.

• Manga: Any manga entry must have included at least one page. Outside of that, there was no limit on the number of pages. The writer of the series, Kanehito Yamada, judged this category.
• Illustration: The illustration could consist of any characters related to Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. The illustrator of the series, Abe Tsukasa, judged this category.

Prizes

Two winners, one from each category, were grand prize winners and each received a ¥50,000 travel voucher alongside commentary from the judge of their respective category. Additionally, one runner-up from the manga category and two runner-ups from the illustration category each received a ¥10,000 travel voucher.

Winners

Manga Grand Prize: @bycilefighter

Manga Runner-up: @yuri_kyanon (part 1)

Manga Runner-up: @yuri_kyanon (part 2)

Illustration Grand Prize: @gyoukan000

Illustration Runner-up: @hinasumir

Illustration Runner-up: @ve_0ekaki

Second Character Popularity Contest

A second character popularity contest was announced on March 1, 2024, which was also the beginning of the voting period. Audiences were allowed to vote an unlimited number of times. The voting period lasted until March 24, 2024, and the top thirty rankings were published by the official Twitter shortly after. The remaining results will be included in a future issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday. There were a total of 116 characters that could receive votes, which included all introduced characters from Chapter 1 through Chapter 116 of the manga. A total of 12,688,733 votes were cast.

Results of the second character popularity contest.

Ranking

1. Himmel – 1239533 votes
2. Aura – 1045369 votes
3. Fern – 864863 votes
4. Übel – 847205 votes
5. Frieren – 816279 votes
6. Linie – 675744 votes
7. Stark – 587392 votes
8. Macht – 353780 votes
9. Solitär – 352524 votes
10. Mimic – 341347 votes
11. Continental Magic Association receptionist
12. Denken
13. Wirbel
14. Serie
15. Sense
16. Tot
17. 49th chief of the Village of the Sword
18. Hamburg steak
19. Laufen
20. Rough looking adventurers (in Warm)

21. Warrior Gorilla
22. Länge
23. Cat (in Warm)
24. Lawine
25. Sein
26. Land
27. Scharf
28. Bones Frieren purchased
29. Flamme
30. Kanne
31. Eisen
32. Ehre
33. Richter
34. Heiter
35. Stoltz
36. Snake that bites Stark (in Alt Woods)
37. Glück
38. Methode
39. Stille
40. Qual
41. Lügner
42. Hero of the South
43. Whirlwind attack demon
44. Edel
45. Milliarde
46. Blue-moon weed
47. Shadow dragon horn
48. Jumbo berry special
49. Graf Granat
50. Kraft
51. Old man that talks to Stark about the art of war
52. Escape golem
53. Young demon girl that calls "mother"
54. Brat that flipped Frieren's skirt
55. Cooking golem
56. Schlacht the Omniscient
57. Three demons killed by Flamme
58. Venomous Apex Dragon
59. Grausam the Miraculous
60. Lektüre
61. Übel's sister
62. Genau
63. Herbalist
64. Lernen
65. Merkur pudding
66. Burg
67. Voll
68. Sein's Brother
69. Draht
70. Spiegel
71. The King
72. Ton
73. Rivale the Bloody God of War
74. Seed rat
75. Chaos flower
76. Humanoid wolf monsters of the Northern Plateau
77. Graf Granat's gardener
78. Lord Orden
79. Dünste
80. Blei
81. Young demon girl serving Revolte
82. Zart the Remnant
83. Solar dragon
84. Captain of the Guard (in Waal)
85. Lecker
86. Sky-mountain dragon
87. Fern's parents
88. Lawine's eldest brother
89. Geisel
90. Fass
91. Wirt
92. Gabel
93. Mut
94. Stubborn old woman
95. Kiesel
96. Basalt the Throne
97. Falsch
98. Magic tool store owner
99. Gehen
100. First-class mages who set up the barrier of the Golden Land
101. Divine Revolte
102. Norm Trading Company chairman
103. Demon with a sword
104. Stark's father
105. Böse the Immortal
106. Hell Emperor Dragon / Abyssal Dragon
107. Einsam
108. Früh
109. Fog control demon
110. Graf Dach
111. General Schräg the Thunderbolt
112. Wahrheit
113. Castellan of Waal
114. Graf Dach's butler
115. Tau
116. Glück family servant

Ranking (Unique Votes)

Results of the second character popularity contest (one vote per character per person).

A separate ranking was released with placements for characters based on unique votes, without considering the duplicate votes (one vote per character per person). Over 1.44 million unique votes were casted.

1. Frieren
2. Himmel
3. Fern
4. Mimic
5. Stark
6. Übel
7. Aura
8. Denken
9. Flamme
10. Sein
11. Sense
12. Wirbel
13. Laufen
14. Lawine
15. 49th chief of the Village of the Sword
16. Serie
17. Heiter
18. Eisen
19. Linie
20. Methode

21. Cat (in Warm)
22. Stoltz
23. Bones Frieren purchased
24. Macht of the Golden Land
25. Kanne
26. Hamburg steak
27. Land
28. Edel
29. Hero of the South
30. Blue-moon weed
31. Kraft
32. Richter
33. Jumbo berry special
34. Ehre
35. Solitär
36. Escape golem
37. Qual
38. Shadow dragon horn
39. Graf Granat
40. Rough looking adventurers (in Warm)
41. Spiegel
42. Stille
43. Länge
44. Brat that flipped Frieren's skirt
45. Merkur pudding
46. Übel's sister
47. Voll
48. Lektüre
49. Old man that talks to Stark about the art of war
50. Snake that bites Stark (in Alt Woods)
51. Glück
52. Scharf
53. Continental Magic Association receptionist
54. Lügner
55. Young demon girl that calls "mother"
56. Milliarde
57. Genau
58. Three demons killed by Flamme
59. Sein's Brother
60. The King
61. Seed rat
62. Warrior Gorilla
63. Schlacht the Omniscient
64. Tot the Saint of the End
65. Grausam the Miraculous
66. Lernen
67. Graf Granat's gardener
68. Lord Orden
69. Herbalist
70. Rivale the Bloody God of War
71. Solar dragon
72. Lecker
73. Fern's parents
74. Cooking golem
75. Wirt
76. Lawine's eldest brother
77. Gabel
78. Sky-mountain dragon
79. Burg
80. Fass
81. Stubborn old woman
82. Captain of the Guard (in Waal)
83. Dünste
84. Blei
85. Whirlwind attack demon
86. Draht
87. Mut
88. Kiesel
89. Magic tool store owner
90. Young demon girl serving Revolte
91. First-class mages who set up the barrier of the Golden Land
92. Venomous Apex Dragon
93. Gehen
94. Stark's father
95. Ton
96. Zart the Remnant
97. Norm Trading Company chairman
98. Falsch
99. Geisel
100. Einsam
101. Chaos flower
102. Basalt the Throne
103. Hell Emperor Dragon / Abyssal Dragon
104. Divine Revolte
105. Graf Dach
106. Castellan of Waal
107. Böse the Immortal
108. Graf Dach's butler
109. Früh
110. Fog control demon
111. Demon with a sword
112. Wahrheit
113. Tau
114. Humanoid wolf monsters of the Northern Plateau
115. General Schräg the Thunderbolt
116. Glück family servant

First Panel Popularity Contest

Panel Popularity Contest results.

The first panel popularity contest was announced on January 26, 2024, with the voting period lasting through February 16, 2024. The selected panels aligned with what was covered during the first cour of the anime, Chapter 1 through Chapter 36. The panel with the most votes were chosen for sticker and acrylic keychain merchandise. The results of the vote were shared on March 27, 2024 and revealed that 196709 votes were submitted in total.

Ranking

1. Chapter 30, page 18: Himmel putting the ring on Frieren – 40995 votes
2. Chapter 17, page 15: Linie detecting Fern – 30072 votes
3. Chapter 32, page 10: Stark showing Fern his etiquette skills – 15257 votes
4. Chapter 3, page 25: Himmel and Frieren after Himmel placed the flower crown on Frieren
5. Chapter 4, page 15: Fern thanking Frieren for her attempts at getting to know her
6. Chapter 33, page 16: Frieren tells Old Man Voll that she'll carry her memory of him in the future
7. Chapter 9, page 17: The Einsam's illusion of Himmel tells Frieren to attack him
8. Chapter 28, page 9: Frieren blows a kiss towards Sein
9. Chapter 26, page 12: Stoltz helps young Stark with his form
10. Chapter 26, page 17: Stoltz requests Stark not to tell their father about the hamburger steak
11. Chapter 1, page 31: Frieren cries over Himmel's death
12. Chapter 10, page 16: Stark cries about his lack of battle experience