The comic "Funeral Freeren" serialized in Shogakukan's "Weekly Shonen Sunday" (original story: Yamada Kaneto, illustration: Abetsu Kasa). The TV anime version was broadcast from September 2023 to March 2024. The first anime was broadcast as a two-hour special in the "Friday Roadshow" slot of Japan TV. It attracted a lot of attention, such as winning the No. 1 trend on X (formerly Twitter).

The hero Himmel is a party of four, including Freelen, an elf who has lived for more than a thousand years, and after 10 years of adventure, they succeed in defeating the Demon King, and the adventure comes to an end. Promising to reunite with a party of heroes, Freelen sets out on a solo journey, and is reunited with Himmel 50 years later. Regretting that he has not tried to get to know people with shorter lifespans than he does, Freelen embarks on a journey to get to know people again...... The synopsis of "Funeral Freelen".

The original manga (written by Yamada Kanehito, drawn by Abetsu Kasa) began serialization in the 22nd and 23rd combined issues of "Weekly Shonen Sunday" (released on April 28, 2020), and then won the Grand Prize at the "Manga Awards 2021" and the 25th Shinsei Award at the "Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award". In January 2024, it won the 69th Shogakukan Manga Award. The comic has already published 13 volumes, and the cumulative circulation has exceeded 22 million copies as of September 2024.

On September 28, 2024, it was announced that the production decision for the second season of the anime "Funeral Freeren" will be made. At this time, it is not known when the specific broadcast will be broadcast. In the case of general anime works, there are many cases where the production of the sequel is broadcast within 1-2 years of the announcement. Therefore, it is conceivable that the second season of "Funeral Freelen" will also begin airing between October 2025 and October 2026.

After the broadcast of episode 28, the English phrase "The journey to Ende continues" was displayed, suggesting that there was a continuation of the story. The official X (formerly Twitter) of the original manga also posted an illustration of Freelen's back, along with the English characters displayed after the broadcast of episode 28.