Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su

Shangri-La Frontier / シャングリラ・フロンティア～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ / Shangri-La Frontier: Crappy Game Hunter Challenges God-Tier Game / Shanfro

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Shounen, Video Game
Themes: Video Game
Demographics: Shounen
Studios: C2C
Producers: Crunchyroll, Dentsu, flying DOG, Kodansha, Mainichi Broadcasting System, Netmarble, Sammy, Tencent Japan
Rating: 8.1 / 10
Rank: #539
Popularity: #617
Users Listed: 412,014
Users Scored: 211,405
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 10/07/2024
Aired: October 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024 (Fall)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 25
Broadcast: Sunday at 17:00 (JST)

Synopsis:

Rakurou Hizutome, known online as Sunraku, finds solace in intentionally flawed video games, a world of unbalanced mechanics and frustrating bugs. Seeking a change of pace, he explores the popular virtual reality world of Shangri-La Frontier. He enters the game with minimal equipment – an unusual choice that quickly thrusts him into a steep learning curve.

Initially focused on efficient leveling, Sunraku's unconventional approach to combat and resource management soon gains attention within the game’s community. The series follows his adaptation to Shangri-La Frontier’s demanding environment as he utilizes skills honed from prior experiences, navigating challenges with a uniquely unorthodox style. The story explores themes of skill, perseverance, and finding unexpected success in diverse environments, contrasting the comfort of familiar imperfections with the complexities of a polished virtual world.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: What Do You Play Games For? (Aired: 10/01/2023)
Episode 2: A Peculiar One (Aired: 10/08/2023)
Episode 3: Black Wolf Nightslayer (Aired: 10/15/2023)
Episode 4: A Trash Game Realignment of Elevated Tastes (Aired: 10/22/2023)
Episode 5: Lo, Thou Art Assailed on All Sides (Aired: 10/29/2023)
... and 20 more episodes

Characters:

Hizutome, Rakurou (Main) - Voice Actors: Uchida, Yuuma, Vale, Eric, Koukissa-Barney, Simon, Singh, Mosè, Bono, Alejandro, Aldag, Immanuel, Henrique, Celso, Lladó, Carlos
Allinoille (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tazawa, Masumi, Cettier, Marion, Marano, Rebecca, Bac, Juju, Rodas, Lilian
Amachi, Ritsu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nazuka, Kaori, Roach, Sarah, De Cesarei, Jenny, Mesnard, Camille, Moreira, Amanda
Amane, Towa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hikasa, Youko, Roberts, Brianna, Granato, Jolanda, Sourdive, Audrey, Ferreira, Priscila, Wöllner, Christina, Fabrés, Lourdes, Falcón, Luciana
Animalia (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Senbongi, Sayaka, Cruz, Kelsey, Cherubelli, Laura, Mouchel, Julie, Pozatto, Mariana, Alfonso, Nerea
Aramis (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mineta, Hiromu, Sinclair, Ian, Gobbi, Marcello, Aubert-Carlin, Alan, Martins, José Alberto, De Gracia, Ángel
Aritomo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sekine, Akira, Annette, Elisa, Cardani, Emanuela, Goguey-Cailac, Léa, Guedes, Mari
Bibli Chief (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Zylberberg, Jérémy
Bibli Member A (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Le Minoux, Martial
Bibli Member B (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Podesta, Olivier
Bibli Member C (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Méline, Maeva
Bibli Member D (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Youssef-Holland, Fouzia, Lange, Gillian
Bilac (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tomita, Miyu, Seidel, Lindsay, Longo, Annalisa, Franchi, Glaucia, Filiu, Laure
Branch (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kousaka, Atsushi, Walker, Kiba, Baldoin, Diego, Neves, Gabriel, Maligno, Saverio, Busch, Matthias
Dragonfly (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Montana, Léana, Terasaki, Yuka, LaPorte, Krystal, Giorgio, Elisa, Pereira, Evaldo
Elke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yasuno, Kiyono, Tipton, Alexis, Cuscusa, Veronica, Sakji, Iliana, Stefane, Mayara
Emul (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hidaka, Rina, Zhang, Molly, Heller, Karl-Line, Ponzanelli, Valca, Bersani, Giulia, Cinalli, Beta, Gries, Jana Dunja
Faeria (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Han, Megumi, LaPorte, Krystal, Bersani, Giulia, Feldman, Joy, Molina, Daniela, Lua, Bianca, Vidal, Laia
Green Hair Player (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Rausenberger, Emmanuel, Teruya, Guilherme
Hakamori no Wethermon (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hayami, Show, Gareth, Bradley, Failla, Andrea, Herlin, Simon, Spatziani, Mário
Hizutome, Eika (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hollowell, Kasi, Gévart, Sarah, Satou, Satomi, Bertolas, Renata, Barbosa, Luciana
Hizutome, Senji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tone, Kentarou, Bressan, Mattia, Poppi, Washington, Green, Justin, Marais, Stéphane
Hizutome, Rumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yuikawa, Asaki, Pallavicino, Valentina, Mae, Reshel, Guedes, Mari, Cettier, Marion
Iwamaki, Mana (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shouji, Umeka, Young, Stephanie, Magnaghi, Debora, Piau, Anne-Charlotte, Cárdia, Jéssica
Kagh (Supporting) - Voice Actors: McGuire, Kristen, Kuon, Erisa, de Barros, Marcela, Mamèche, Samira
Ketchum (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakashima, Takuya, Hom, Alex, Torrigiani, Samuele, Herlin, Simon, Chueri, Rodrigo, Meyer, Jermain
Lass (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Urushiyama, Yuuki, Atepi, Giuliana, Benoit, Vanessa, Mamèche, Samira, de Barros, Marcela
Leena (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Mazzuca, Rissa, Saeki, Iori, Targin, Suelen, Gévart, Sarah
Mia (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shirasu, Saho, Pallavicino, Valentina, Matthews, Leo, Prado, Lilian, Aranda, Marion
Narrator (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lauda, Brittany, De Domenico, Tania, Cirulnik, Agustina, Ledieu, Virginie, Vechin, Gisele, Waki, Azumi, Blaschke, Helen
Orcelott (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yamashita, Seiichirou, Strait, Sonny, De Mojana, Matteo, Ferraz, Fernando, Rausenberger, Emmanuel
Peatz (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsuda, Satsumi, Atepi, Giuliana, Diniz, Danilo, Garland, Tabitha, Méline, Maeva
Professor (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakata, Jouji, Kunda, Gabe, Zucca, Mario, Desroses, Thierry, Seidl, Carlos, Zavala, Ulises Maynardo, Canals, Ramón
Rage (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nagatsuka, Takuma, Laflin, Tom, Sarpaux, Morgan, Torrigiani, Samuele, Olguín, Javier, Diniz, Danilo
Remy (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shioya, Fumiyoshi, Wilder, Corey, Di Benedetto, Massimo, Rogé, Tom, Pottiez, Sylvain
Saiga, Momo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hanamori, Yumiri, Berry, Morgan, Carnevale, Giorgia, Hellweg, Jasmin, Tavares, Amanda, Reinquin, Ève
Saiga, Rei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Waki, Azumi, Pettit, Corey, Sabellico, Giada, Viguier, Lou, Oddera, Micaela Carla, de Brito, Giulia
Secondale NPC Weapon Shop Owner (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakashima, Takuya, Dias, Sidnei, Mayfield, Daryl, Rizzi, Francesco, Sportis, Franck
Souma (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chapin, Clifford, Inoue, Yuuki, Paranhos, Vitor, Talamo, Alessio, Gazzara, Alessandro
Toukihi no Setsuna (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Seto, Asami, Tretto, Francesca, Shipman, Megan, Mesnard, Camille, Hartmann, Fernanda
Tsukuri, Tsukuyo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koshimizu, Ami, Rojas, Michelle, Riva, Gea, Méline, Maeva, Bilous, Julia, Dentini, Isabela
Tsukuyogi, Sakai (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nojima, Kenji, Thomas, Daniel Van, Magni, Daniel, Le Minoux, Martial, Azevedo, Bruno
Uomi, Kei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koichi, Makoto, Karbowski, Brittney, Suárez, Lucía, Tamburello, Martina, Carmes, Rune, Nogueira, Bruna
Utopia Employee (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hatano, Kakeru, Lucchelli, Stefano, Mai, Alex, Podesta, Olivier
Vysache (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ootsuka, Akio, Guerrero, Chris, Balderas, Rodolfo, Surugue, Gérard, Juarez, Ricardo, Balzarotti, Marco

Staff:

Hayasaka, Kazumasa (Producer)
Shimada, Yousuke (Producer)
Yamada, Ryousuke (Producer)
Kubooka, Toshiyuki (Director)
Fujita, Akiko (Sound Director)
Domon, Kenichi (Episode Director)
Ikeshita, Hiroki (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Assistant Director)
Komai, Katsuyuki (Episode Director)
Nagano, Takaaki (Episode Director)
Nagaoka, Yoshitaka (Episode Director)
Ooki, Hiro (Episode Director)
Oota, Akihiko (Episode Director)
Satou, Mitsutoshi (Episode Director)
Tanaka, Hironori (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Yoda, Nobutaka (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Fudeyasu, Kazuyuki (Script, Series Composition)
Fukuda, Michio (Storyboard)
Hiraike, Yoshimasa (Storyboard)
Inagaki, Takayuki (Storyboard)
Ishihira, Shinji (Storyboard)
Saitou, Noriaki (Storyboard)
CHiCO (Theme Song Performance)
DECO*27 (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition)
FZMZ (Theme Song Performance)
ReoNa (Theme Song Performance)
Reol (Theme Song Performance)
tepe (Theme Song Arrangement)
Aoki, Mariko (Assistant Animation Director, Animation Director, Key Animation)
Aoki, Shunsuke (Assistant Animation Director, Key Animation)
Cinalli, Beta (ADR Director)
EVAKOI (Key Animation)
Fuji, Ryousuke (Original Character Design)
Haga, Ryou (Key Animation)
Higashiyama, Atsushi (Planning)
Hino, Takafumi (Key Animation)
Hirokawa, Keiichi (Music)
Hiura, Rena (Animation Director)
Hoshino, Reika (Animation Director)
Hosokawa, Shuuhei (2nd Key Animation)
Hyoudou, Takashi (Key Animation)
Ikebe, Masaya (Planning)
Katarina (Original Creator)
Kobayashi, Katsutoshi (Key Animation)
Kubo, Natsumi (Animation Director)
Kurashima, Ayumi (Chief Animation Director, Character Design)
Moftah, Mahmoud (Key Animation)
Nagamori, Yoshihiro (Animation Director)
Nakamura, Asaki (Art Director)
Nakashima, Daichi (Animation Director)
Niizuma, Daisuke (Key Animation)
... and 21 more staff

News:

North American Anime & Manga Releases for March (03/09/2025)
'Shangri-La Frontier' Gets Second Season in Fall 2024 (03/31/2024)
'Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su' Reveals Additional Pair of Cast, Fourth Promo (11/26/2023)
Fall 2023 Simulcast List [Update 10/22] (09/29/2023)
Fall 2023 Preview (09/22/2023)
PV Collection for Sep 11 - 17 (09/17/2023)
'Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su' Unveils Additional Cast, Theme Songs (08/22/2023)
'Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su' Reveals Additional Staff, Second Promo (07/07/2023)
Manga 'Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su' Gets TV Anime in 2023 (07/07/2022)

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