Shangri-La Frontier returns next month

On the official site for the anime adaptation of the manga "Shangri-La Frontier: Crappy Game Hunter Challenges God-Tier Game", a new promotional video for the second season of the project was revealed. The video confirms that the premiere is still scheduled for October 13 in Japan with a duration of two consecutive cours (six months of continuous broadcast), and shows a fragment of the musical themes, which include:

LiSA will perform the opening theme titled "Queen," while Otoha will perform the closing theme titled "Anya no Dancer: Dancer in the Dark Night."

Meanwhile, Ryousuke Fuji began publishing the manga "Shangri-La Frontier" in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine in July 2020. The manga is based on the novel series of the same name written by Katarina, which has been published through the site Shousetsuka ni Narou since May 2017. Katarina also wrote an additional series of novels that were published in Weekly Shonen Magazine itself.

Voice cast

Yuuma Uchida as Sunraku/Rakurou Hizutome
Azumi Waki as Saiga 0/Rei Saiga
Youko Hikasa as Arthur Pencilgon/Towa Amane
Makoto Koichi as Oicazzo/Kei Uomi
Rina Hidaka as Emul
Akio Ohtsuka as Viceash

Production Equipment

Toshiyuki Kubooka (Harukana Receive, Wandering Witch – The Journey of Elaina) is directing the anime at C2C Studios, with assistance from Hiroki Ikeshita.
Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Black Clover, Dropkick on My Devil!, Hetalia The Beautiful World, In the Land of Leadale, Record of Ragnarok) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
Ayumi Kurashima (DEVILMAN crybaby, Megalobox 2: Nomad) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
MONACA (Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru, Nisekoi, Lucky Star, Summer Time Render) is in charge of the composition of the soundtrack.

Synopsis of Shangri-La Frontier

Rakurou Hizutome, a high school student, has the peculiar hobby of playing poorly made games: games that are unbalanced or full of glitches that make them practically unplayable. The few who share his hobby may recognize him by his in-game name, Sunraku. For his next game, Rakurou recommends Shangri-La Frontier, a popular and well-received VR game as a respite from the terrible games he's been playing lately.

Once the game starts, Rakurou decides to sell most of his starting equipment to earn extra money, keeping only a pair of underpants, a bird mask, and some weapons. He hooks up instantly and meticulously levels up his avatar. However, after facing some intimidating monsters, he realizes that he may have underestimated the challenge that a conventional game can offer. As Rakurou progresses, he must draw on all the skills he has honed in his previous gaming experiences. Before long, Sunraku's eccentric playstyle is taking Shangri-La Frontier by storm.

Source: Comic Natalie