The fantasy isekai anime Shangri-La Frontier did not finish its first season that long ago, and we now already know when its second season will premiere.
According to the anime’s official X account, Shangri-La Frontier, Season 2 will premiere on October 13th, 2024.
Along with that announcement, the anime also received a new visual and a teaser trailer today.
The latest installment of the anime will run for two continuous cours, meaning it will be releasing new episodes weekly for close to six months.
The new Shangri-La Frontier, Season 2 visual features all of our favorite characters — Sunraku, Arthur Pencilgon, Emul, Psyger-0, Kyoju, and Animalia — as they are heading off to a new area in the game with excitement in mind.
Meanwhile, the just-released Shangri La Frontier, Season 2 teaser trailer also gives us a look at the anime’s main characters fighting various in-game battles. (watch below)
Shangri-La Frontier, Season 2 details
Like the first season, Shangri La Frontier, Season 2 is based on the hit manga by Ryosuke Fuji.
That manga is being published in English by Kodansha USA, with 16 of the 17 available volumes already out as of May, 2024.
Kodansha explains the manga’s plot like this:
Second-year high school student Rakuro Hizutome loves nothing more than finding so-called “trash games” and beating the crap out of them.
When he decides to change things up by playing a new, “god-tier” VR game known as Shangri-La Frontier (a.k.a. SLF), he does what he does best: min-maxes, skips the prologue, and jumps straight into action!
Clad in nothing but shorts and a bird mask, Rakuro (player name: Sunraku) launches into the world of SLF. Things are going well at first as he takes down a goblin, a bunny, and even a python. But then Sunraku comes up against a huge, hard-hitting wolf known as Lycagon the Nightslayer.
Will Sunraku’s years of “trash game” experience be enough, or is he about to suffer a rude awakening just a few hours into his SLF adventure?
The anime is being directed by Toshiyuki Kubooka (Handyman Saitou in Another World), with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu back in charge of series composition and scripts, and Ayumi Kurashima both back creating character designs and as chief animation director.
Studio C2C (Handyman Saitou in Another World) is producing the anime.
Mark your calendars for October 13th for Shangri-La Frontier, Season 2 when Crunchyroll will begin streaming its first episode, and check out the anime’s latest teaser trailer below.
You can also watch all of Season 1 on that streaming platform now.