The official Twitter account for the Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End anime franchise confirmed on June 4 that the music video for the anime’s first opening theme song “Yusha” (The Brave) performed by two-member Japanese musical unit YOASOBI had finally surpassed a milestone of 100 million views on YouTube. The video posted on their official YouTube channel on September 29, 2023, then reached 10 million views just in 12 days. As of this writing, the video has been viewed a cumulative 103,960,800 times.
“Yusha” released digitally first from Sony Music Entertainment on September 29, 2023. According to Billboard Japan, the song reached 100 million streams in January 2024. The song’s English version, “The Brave” followed on November 22, 2023. As the unit’s fourth single, the CD single of “Yusha” released in Japan on December 23, 2023, ranking #3 in Oricon’s weekly single charts.Along with “Kaibutsu” (BEASTERS opening theme), “Shukufuku” (Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury opening theme), and the most recent “Idol” (Oshi no Ko opening theme), “Yusha” has become one of the most successful anime theme song works in YOASOBI’s career.
“Yusha” music video
“The Brave” music video
Digital single jacket
The TV anime adaptation of Kanehito Yamada’s Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End fantasy manga aired in Japan for 28 episodes from September 29, 2023 to March 22, 2024. Crunchyroll is streaming all the episodes for members in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS and India.
Source: “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End” anime official Twitter©Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
