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), with its gorgeous backgrounds and articulate character animation, Frieren also shines through Evan Call’s work on the soundtrack, which evokes classic high fantasy with sounds that feel ripped from the past: fitting for a show about a bookworm who is over 1,000 years old. This adaptation of the excellent Ryoko Kai manga from Studio Trigger ( Cyberpunk Edgerunners) and director Yoshihiro Miyajima quite literally makes a meal out of the logistics of tabletop fantasy RPGs, with its main cast learning how to cook monsters in order to survive a trip down to the lowest depths of an incomprehensibly large dungeon. After a disastrous encounter with a dragon that results in his sister being eaten alive, the human Laios, the elven mage Marcille, and the halfling Chilchuck venture back into the dungeon to rescue their comrade with the assistance of the dwarven cook and forager Senshi.
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