Shangri-La Frontier

Shangri-La Frontier[lower-alpha 1] is a Japanese web novel series written by Katarina. Its serialization began on the novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in May 2017. No printed version of the novel series has been published yet. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Ryosuke Fuji, has been serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine since July 2020. An anime television series adaptation by C2C is set to premiere in October 2023.

Shangri-La Frontier
Cover of the first volume of the manga series
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～
(Shangurira Furontia ~ Kusogē hantā, Kamigē ni Idoman to su ~)
Genre
Novel series
Written byKatarina
Published byShōsetsuka ni Narō
Original runMay 2017 – present
Manga
Written byKatarina
Illustrated byRyosuke Fuji
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 15, 2020 – present
Volumes13
Anime television series
Directed byToshiyuki Kubooka
Written byKazuyuki Fudeyasu
Music byMonaca
StudioC2C
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original run October 2023 – scheduled
Game
DeveloperNetmarble Nexus
PublisherNetmarble

It won the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2023.

Plot

The story is set in the near future, where games that use old-fashioned display screens are classified as retro games, while full-dive VR games have become commonplace. As a result of these games becoming mainstream, there exist many so-called "trash games": rushed, full of glitches, faulty games, the systems of which have not kept up with the improved visual technology. Rakuro Hizutome (陽務楽郎, Hizutome Rakurō), is a "trash game hunter", a great admirer of these usually shameful games, which he plays with the nickname Sunraku (サンラク), until he's able to master them regardless of the difficulty due to their glitches. Rakuro has cleared the oversized "Faeria Chronicle Online" trash game, and is suffering a sort of burnout syndrome. At the suggestion of the owner of his favorite game store, "RockRoll", he buys the best-selling and excellent "Shangri-La Frontier", a full-dive VR game with 30 million registered players. He enters the world of Shangri-La Frontier as the player character Sunraku, where all the skills he has attained as an expert trash game hunter will come in handy as he progresses in the game.

Characters
Sunraku (サンラク) / Rakurō Hizutome (陽務 楽郎, Hizutome Rakurō)
Voiced by: Yuma Uchida[2]
Saiga 0 (サイガー0, Saigā Zero) / Rei Saiga (斎賀 玲, Saiga Rei)
Voiced by: Azumi Waki[2]
Arthur Pencilgon (アーサー・ペンシルゴン, Āsā Penshirugon) / Towa Amane (天音 永遠, Amane Towa)
Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa[2]
Oicazzo (オイカッツォ, Oikattso) / Kei Uomi (魚臣 慧, Uomi Kei)
Voiced by: Makoto Koichi[2]
Emul (エムル, Emuru)
Voiced by: Rina Hidaka[2]
Viceash (ヴァイスアッシュ, Vaisuasshu)
Voiced by: Akio Otsuka[2]

Production

The author Katarina read The Irregular at Magic High School on Shōsetsuka ni Narō while living overseas. He found the novel interesting and therefore started to think of writing novels. At that time, reincarnation-type stories were popular in that website and there was a period that he read only fantasy stories. However, he once read a virtual reality-type story and found it very amazing. Inspired by that work, he started writing Shangri-La Frontier.[3]

The anime project was proposed in February 2020, which was before the serialization of the manga series.[4]

Media

Web novel

The series written by Katarina was serialized online from May 2017 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō.[5] No printed version of the novel series has been published yet.

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Ryosuke Fuji has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since July 15, 2020.[6] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on October 16, 2020.[7] A promotional video, narrated by Azumi Waki and featuring Yuma Uchida as Sunraku, was posted on July 7, 2021, for the series' first anniversary.[8] As of May 17, 2023, thirteen volumes have been released.[9]

In North America, Kodansha USA announced the English language digital release of the manga in November 2020.[10] In November 2021, Kodansha USA announced that they would begin releasing the series in print,[11] with the first volume set to be released on September 6, 2022.

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 October 16, 2020[7][12]978-4-06-521529-6
978-4-06-521802-0 (LE)		December 8, 2020 (digital)
September 6, 2022 (print)[13]		978-1-64-651482-3
2 December 17, 2020[14][15]978-4-06-521801-3
978-4-06-521529-6 (LE)		February 23, 2021 (digital)[16]
October 18, 2022 (print)		978-1-64-651483-0
3 March 17, 2021[17][18]978-4-06-522220-1
978-4-06-522219-5 (LE)		August 3, 2021 (digital)[19]
December 27, 2022 (print)		978-1-64-651484-7
4 June 17, 2021[20][21]978-4-06-523584-3
978-4-06-523585-0 (LE)		November 9, 2021 (digital)[22]
February 21, 2023 (print)		978-1-64-651485-4
5 August 17, 2021[23][24]978-4-06-524483-8
978-4-06-524502-6 (LE)		January 11, 2022 (digital)[25]
April 25, 2023 (print)		978-1-64-651486-1
6 November 17, 2021[26][27]978-4-06-526001-2
978-4-06-526002-9 (LE)		May 3, 2022 (digital)[28]
June 27, 2023 (print)[29]		978-1-64-651659-9
7 January 17, 2022[30][31]978-4-06-526603-8
978-4-06-526604-5 (LE)		September 13, 2022 (digital)[32]
August 29, 2023 (print)[33]		978-1-64-651660-5
8 April 15, 2022[34][35]978-4-06-527530-6
978-4-06-527528-3 (LE)		November 1, 2022 (digital)[36]978-1-68-491531-6
9 July 15, 2022[37][38]978-4-06-528432-2
978-4-06-528433-9 (LE)		January 3, 2023 (digital)[39]978-1-68-491632-0
10 September 16, 2022[40][41]978-4-06-529136-8
978-4-06-529137-5 (LE)		March 7, 2023 (digital)[42]978-1-68-491841-6
11 December 16, 2022[43][44]978-4-06-529989-0
978-4-06-529990-6 (LE)		May 2, 2023 (digital)[45]978-1-68-491929-1
12 March 16, 2023[46][47]978-4-06-531037-3
978-4-06-531036-6 (LE)		——
13 May 17, 2023[9][48]978-4-06-531586-6
978-4-06-531585-9 (LE)		——

Anime

On July 7, 2022, an anime television series adaptation produced by C2C was announced.[2] The series will be directed by Toshiyuki Kubooka, with Hiroki Ikeshita serving as assistant director, Kazuyuki Fudeyasu supervising and writing the series' scripts, Ayumi Kurashima designing the characters, and Monaca composing the music.[2] It is set to premiere in October 2023.[49] Crunchyroll has licensed the series.[50]

Video game

On July 7, 2022, a video game developed by Netmarble Nexus and published by Netmarble was announced.[2]

Reception

The manga series ranked 11th on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2021" by the Honya Club website.[51][52] The series placed fifth in the 2021 Next Manga Award in the print category.[53] The manga was nominated for the 46th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2022;[54] it won the 47th edition in the same category in 2023.[55][56]

See also

Notes
  1. Japanese: 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～, Hepburn: Shangurira Furontia ~ Kusogē hantā, Kamigē ni Idoman to su ~, lit. "Shangri-La Frontier: Crappy Game Hunter Challenges God-Tier Game"

References
  1. "Video game Action/Fantasy Shangri-La Frontier Debuts!". Kodansha USA. December 8, 2020. Archived from the original on March 19, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  2. Loo, Egan (July 7, 2022). "Shangri-La Frontier Web Novel Gets TV Anime in 2023, Game". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
  3. 特別対談！ 『シャングリラ・フロンティア』原作、硬梨菜先生特別対談!! WEB小説から広がる世界!! (in Japanese). Kodansha. October 14, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  4. 『シャングリラ・フロンティア シャンフロチャンネル』 ＃49 (2022.7.19配信)／パーソナリティー：和氣あず未. Magazine Channel (YouTube) (in Japanese). July 19, 2022. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  5. Mateo, Alex (July 8, 2020). "Ryōsuke Fuji Launches Shangri-La Frontier Manga on July 15". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  6. 最強クソゲーマーが神ゲームに挑む冒険譚「シャングリラ・フロンティア」週マガで. Natalie (in Japanese). July 15, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  7. シャングリラ・フロンティア（１）エキスパンションパス ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  8. Mateo, Alex (July 7, 2021). "Shangri-La Frontier Manga Streams Anime Promotional Video". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  9. シャングリラ・フロンティア（１３） ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  10. Hazra, Adriana (November 13, 2020). "Kodansha Comics Licenses New Manga by Ema Toyama, Kaori Yuki, More". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  11. Hazra, Adriana (November 21, 2021). "Kodansha Comics Announces 14 Manga Titles for Next Fall". Anime News Network. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  12. シャングリラ・フロンティア（１）エキスパンションパス ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  13. "Shangri-La Frontier, Volume 1". Kodansha USA. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  14. シャングリラ・フロンティア（２） ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  15. シャングリラ・フロンティア（２）エキスパンションパス ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  16. "Shangri-La Frontier, Volume 2". Kodansha USA. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  17. シャングリラ・フロンティア（３） ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  18. シャングリラ・フロンティア（３）エキスパンションパス ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  19. "Shangri-La Frontier, Volume 3". Kodansha USA. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  20. シャングリラ・フロンティア（４） ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  21. シャングリラ・フロンティア（４）エキスパンションパス ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  22. "Shangri-La Frontier, Volume 4". Kodansha USA. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  23. シャングリラ・フロンティア（５） ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  24. シャングリラ・フロンティア（５）エキスパンションパス ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  25. "Shangri-La Frontier, Volume 5". Kodansha USA. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  26. シャングリラ・フロンティア（６） ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  27. シャングリラ・フロンティア（６）エキスパンションパス ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  28. "Shangri-La Frontier, Volume 6". Kodansha USA. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  29. "Shangri-La Frontier 6". Penguin Random House. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  30. シャングリラ・フロンティア（７） ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  31. シャングリラ・フロンティア（７）エキスパンションパス ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  32. "Shangri-La Frontier, Volume 7". Kodansha USA. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  33. "Shangri-La Frontier 5". Penguin Random House. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  34. シャングリラ・フロンティア（８） ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  35. シャングリラ・フロンティア（８）エキスパンションパス ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  36. "Shangri-La Frontier, Volume 8". Kodansha USA. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  37. シャングリラ・フロンティア（９） ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  38. シャングリラ・フロンティア（９）エキスパンションパス ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  39. "Shangri-La Frontier, Volume 9". Kodansha USA. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  40. シャングリラ・フロンティア（１０） ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  41. シャングリラ・フロンティア（１０）エキスパンションパス ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  42. "Shangri-La Frontier, Volume 10". Kodansha USA. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  43. シャングリラ・フロンティア（１１） ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  44. シャングリラ・フロンティア（１１）エキスパンションパス ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  45. "Shangri-La Frontier, Volume 11". Kodansha USA. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  46. シャングリラ・フロンティア（１２） ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  47. シャングリラ・フロンティア（１２）エキスパンションパス ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  48. シャングリラ・フロンティア（１３）エキスパンションパス ～クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす～ (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  49. Mateo, Alex (March 8, 2023). "Shangri-La Frontier Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals October Premiere". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  50. Loo, Egan (July 17, 2022). "Crunchyroll to Stream Shangri-La Frontier, Skip and Loafer Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  51. 全国書店員が選んだおすすめコミック2021. Honya Club com. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  52. 全国書店員が選んだおすすめマンガ、今年の1位は「わたしの幸せな結婚」. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. January 29, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  53. Loveridge, Lynzee (August 24, 2021). "Kaiju No. 8, Oshi no Ko Win Next Manga Awards Web, Print Categories". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  54. 第46回講談社漫画賞の最終候補作14作品が決定. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  55. 第47回講談社漫画賞は「シャンフロ」「あの子の子ども」「スキップとローファー」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  56. Mateo, Alex (May 10, 2023). "47th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Winners Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.