Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 revealed a new key visual for its upcoming GGC arc, along with two cast additions. Studio C2C is animating, with the anime currently running into the second part of its second consecutive cour. Episode 20 released today and ended with a teaser of the US team “StarRain.”
The second season previously introduced new cast and characters through some other big arcs, including the Nephilim Hollow Arc (Rie Takahashi as Rust and Kaito Ishikawa as Mordo) and Abyss City Arc (Aki Kanada as Stude and Toru Sakurai as Araba). The new cast additions for the GGC arc include:
- Yumi Uchiyama as Megumi Natsume
- Minami Takahashi as Silvia Goldberg
Megumi is a pro fighting game player and a member of Kei Uomi’s (OiKatzo) team, “Nitro Squad.” Her player name is “Nu2meg” (Nutmeg). She is a starting member of Japan’s top fighting game team, ranking among the best players in the country.
Silvia, also known as Silvi, is the only female member of “StarRain,” one of the strongest fighting game teams in the US. Five years ago, she participated in an amateur fighting game tournament, where she won every match flawlessly without taking a single hit. Even in the exhibition match against pro gamers, she had a sensational debut after showing overwhelming dominance. Silvi is known as the strongest player in the US.
Both of the characters are also featured alongside the main trio in the new key visual for Shangri-La Frontier Season 2. Silvia can be seen on one of the billboards, while Megumi is in the background. You can check it out below.
The first season of Shangri-La Frontier ran for 2 consecutive cours from October to March 2023, with the sequel going from October to March 2024. Returning to direct the sequel is Toshiyuki Kubooka, along with Kurashima Ayumi as the character designer and chief animation director, Kazuyuki Fudeyasu is charge of the series composition, and the trio of Hirokawa Keiichi, Takada Ryuichi amd Takahashi Kuniyukiis in charge of the music.
The main voice cast for the anime consists of:
- Yuma Uchida as Sunraku/Rakuro Hizutome
- Azumi Waki as Psyger-0/Rei Saiga
- Yoko Hikasa as Arthur Pencilgon/Towa Amane
- Makoto Koichi as Oicazzo/Kei Uomi
- Rina Hidaka as Emul
- Akio Otsuka as Vysache
The original Shangri-La Frontier manga by Ryosuke Fuji (art) and Katarina (story) adapts the web novel by the latter, which has been serialized on the Shosetsuka ni Naro website since May 2017. The manga adaptation is published in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine, and it was also licensed in English by Kodansha USA.
The story follows Rakuro Hizutome, a player going by the name of Sunraku, who loves playing ‘shitty games’ and beating them despite all their bugs and flaws. He then finds a ‘god-tier’ game, Shangri-La Frontier, which he then learns to enjoy, meeting some old gamer friends and looking forward to discovering the most interesting features in the huge world and beating the strongest opponents.
Source: Shangri-La Frontier Official Website
© Katarina, Ryosuke Fuji, Kodansha / “Shangri-La Frontier” Production Committee
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