With this promotional image and trailer, the official website of the anime series adaptation of the manga Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su (Shangri-La Frontier: Crappy Game Hunter Challenges God-Tier Game) by Katarina with illustrations by Ryousuke Fuji announced that a second season is in production and will premiere in October 2024 (Autumn Anime season).
It is also revealed that like the first season, Shangri-La Frontier 2 It will be made up of 2 courses (2 parts).
The animation is from the studio C2C (Harukana Receive, Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu), directed by Toshiyuki Kubooka (Harukana Receive, Wandering Witch – The Journey of Elaina) with the assistance of Hiroki Ikeshitathe script is by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Black Clover, Dropkick on My Devil!, Hetalia The Beautiful World, In the Land of Leadale, Record of Ragnarok) and the character design and animation direction is by Ayumi Kurashima (DEVILMAN crybaby, Megalobox 2: Nomad).
As for seiyuu we have:
- Rina Hidaka (Filo in The Rising of the Shield Hero) as Emul
- Akio Ohtsuka (All for One in My Hero Academia) as Vysache
- Yoko Hikasa (Emilia in The Devil is a Part-Timer!) as Arthur Pencilgon / Towa Amane
- Makoto Koichi (Yuka in I’m Standing on a Million Lives) as Oicazzo / Kei Uomi
- Yuma Uchida (Musashi in ORIENT) as Sunraku / Rakuro Hizutome
- Azumi Waki (Rem in How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord) as Psyger-0 / King Saiga
Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to suby Katarina and Ryousuke Fuji, was among the TOP 10 of the most promising manga of 2021.
Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su began to be published in Weekly Shonen Magazine in July 2021, based on the novel written by Katarina with the same name and which began to be published in May 2017.
Synopsis of Shangri-La Frontier
Rakurou Hizutome, a second year high school student, is only interested in one thing: finding “shitty games” and beating them. His playing skills are unparalleled, and no game is too bad for him. So when he’s introduced to the new VR game Shangri-La Frontier, he does what he does best: maximizes and skips the prologue straight into the action. But will even a skilled player like Rakurou be able to discover all the secrets that Shangri-La Frontier hides?
