Right?!
The 2 minutes of googling I did suggest that the anime is the (extremely loyal and) superior version. Tho personally I would probably opt to spend some time with the manga, to absorb/understand the dialect more precisely… which I think is probably not something you’re concerned about
I just watched the first episode of
and really liked the psychology setting and slow-paced feeling. But the end of the episode quite shocked me! 
That was not what I was expecting. Though I still need to figure out, what exactly did happen
Finished this. While the final portion with the repeatedly undying villain felt too dragged out, I otherwise really loved this. The character relations, strategy, mystery solving, etc were all very compelling. I’m definitely interested to read the manga now - both for the dialect and story.
I haven’t done an actual comparison, but sometimes the dialect reminded me of (the little I’ve heard of) 熊本弁 - particularly the intonation, I think. I’m curious if/what they actually have in common. Also I like that 和歌山弁 (as well as 岸和田弁) does feature some use of 〜っちゃ forms, which I think is a contraction of 〜てやる (守っちゃる、守っちゃろ、など) - but I have to double check that with 紀州弁 - Wikipedia
Hanae Natsuki’s intonation got more natural sounding over the course of the show, and basically everybody else was solid too afaict.
Now onto the other 11 shows 
When does Frieren get more exciting / become less episodic? I just finished episode 4 and it’s totally fine so far, but in a “I’ll watch every so often” kind of way. I’m wondering when it’ll become a show that I want to watch several episodes in a row.
No spoilers please.
Right about at the end of ep 5. Like it’s always going to be kinda episodic, but the plot starts moving, around then. I was ready to throw in the towel until I got there
Episode #1-4 were shown as a pre-season teaser movie, the series actually starts with episode #5.
#5-6 belong together, then #7-10, then several singles, but now they have a goal and are on their way. Last not least #18-28 is one big story.
