It has been announced that the third season of the TV anime "Shangri-La Frontier," based on the manga serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha), will begin airing in January 2027. A new visual has also been released, depicting Rakuro Himura and Sanraku, as well as a mysterious, large character with eerily glowing eyes.
Season 3 will temporarily shift the setting to "Galaxia Heroes: Chaos (GGC)" and will depict the continuation of Season 2, which ended just before the battle between the American team "STAR RAIN" and the Japanese team "Nitro Squad" began.
It was also announced that the first game in the series, "Shangri-La Frontier: The Seven Strongest Species," will be released as a smartphone game in 2026.
This work is a manga adaptation of a popular light novel from the novel submission site "Shosetsuka ni Naro." The story follows Rakuro Himura, a gamer who loves bad games, as he takes on "Shangri-La Frontier," a god-tier game boasting 30 million players. The series began serialization in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" in July 2020. The comics have sold over 16 million copies worldwide.
The first season of the TV anime aired from October 2023 to March 2024, and the second season aired from October 2024 to March 2025.
◇Staff (titles omitted)
Chief Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka▽Director: Hiro Oki▽Series Composition/Screenplay: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu ▽Assistant Director: Naoki Kodani▽Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Ayumi Kurashima▽Sub-Character Design: Riku Takizawa▽Monster Design: Yoshikazu Nagamori, Hiroshi Arisawa, Naoya Sonoda▽Prop Design: Yuki Yokoyama▽Action/Effects Director: Satoshi Sakai▽Action Animation Directors: Takeshi Nishino, Kazunori Ozawa, Rino Sagane, Mitsuki Watanabe▽Color Design: Masato Takagi , Mori Sakiko; Art Setting: Shigekawa Yuki; Art Director: Wada Chiho; 3DCG: HEARTBEAT; CG Producer: Nishida Kiyoshi; CG Director: Kimura Hiroyuki; Director of Photography: Yamamoku Hikaru, Otsu Misako; 2D Works: Tamura Azusa; Special Effects: Ishibashi Kei; Editing: Sadamatsu Tsuyoshi; Sound Director: Fujita Akiko; Music: Takada Ryuichi (MONACA), Hirokawa Keiichi (MONACA), Takahashi Kuniyuki (MONACA); Animation Production: C2C
◇Cast (titles omitted)
Sanraku/Himotsu Rakuro: Yuma Uchida ▽ Saiga-0/Saiga Rei: Azumi Waki ▽ Arthur Pencilgon/Amane Towa: Yoko Hikasa▽ Oikazzo/Uoomi Kei: Makoto Koichi▽ Emuru: Rina Hidaka▽ Weiss Ash: Akio Otsuka ▽ Saiga-100/Saiga Momo: Yumiri Hanamori ▽ Animalia: Sayaka Sembongi ▽ Kyoju: Jouji Nakata▽ Birack: Miyu Tomita▽ Piーツ： Satsumi Matsuda ▽Elk： Kiyono Yasuno ▽Aramis：Hiromu Mineta▽Akane Akitsu：Yuka Terasaki▽Seecruu： Natsuki Hanae ▽Rust： Rie Takahashi ▽Mold： Kaito Ishikawa ▽Stude：Aki Kaneda▽Alaba： Yumi Uchiyama ▽Megumi Natsume：Yumi Uchiyama▽Sylvia Goldberg：Minami Takahashi▽Sosei Tsuguri： Ami Koshimizu Nazuka▽Yasaka Bokuto：Kenji Nojima
