(CR) Shangri-La Frontier [Fall 2023] Anticipation

[Stark700]

According to Glenat France, an anime adaptation of Shangri-La Frontier is on the way.

Synopsis from Wiki

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.

https://twitter.com/WSM_manga/status...65502829207553

[bastek66]

I expected it but I still can't believe this boring garbage is popular enough to get anime

[Twi]

I didn't know this was getting an anime. Then again, I should have guessed after that PV for the manga. It's an entertaining read.

[Stark700]

Anime PV is out

[Rinvelt]

It's also getting a game.

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

At the very least, the action & animation seems to be well directed. Enough to check this out.

[bastek66]

Can't believe this boring garbage is getting anime.

[Tenzen12]

You mean this pretty entertaining and likeable story? What would you want instead, new season of Smartphone?

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by bastek66

I expected it but I still can't believe this boring garbage is popular enough to get anime

Originally Posted by bastek66

Can't believe this boring garbage is getting anime.

You seem to have a personal grudge against this work considering you're basically repeating your comment from last year .

[bastek66]

Yeah, I wasn't sure where I posted about it before and now I'm extra jaded because my favourite manga adaptation starts tomorrow and judging from PV it will look like shit.

[Tenzen12]

Just out of curiosity what problems Shangri-la Frontier has to be classified as trash? It's one of most inoffensive action flicks I know after all.

[Twi]

It looks like its going up to the current arc in the manga.

[Frontier]

This looks fun enough .

[Twi]

I heard someone refer to it as "Let Me Solo Her" the anime.

And they're not entirely wrong.

[Tenzen12]

I think that's legit description lol.

[Kismet-chan]

I'm fine with a premise not being terribly unique -- everything's more or less been done before, of course. But this looks a bit too much like several series I've either seen or heard of before with not enough for my liking that'd be different enough to set it apart and thus hold my attention. The PV didn't look horrible, but not remarkable, either. For me, this is definitely a pass.

[Twi]

It's apparently getting a video game as well. Unfortunately, it's Gatcha.

[LoweGear]

Originally Posted by Kismet-chan

I'm fine with a premise not being terribly unique -- everything's more or less been done before, of course. But this looks a bit too much like several series I've either seen or heard of before with not enough for my liking that'd be different enough to set it apart and thus hold my attention. The PV didn't look horrible, but not remarkable, either. For me, this is definitely a pass.

For me, the story mainly catches me because 1) it treats video games AS video games and not thinly-veiled life-and death isekai, and 2) the story even sometimes shows the MC playing other unique video games in the same era, so it breaks the usual conceit in premises like this of "there's only one game being obsessively played by everyone".

[Tenzen12]

It helps that game balance of The Shangri-la Frontier isn't complete joke. I don't even remember when that happened last time...

[Twi]

Unfortunately, it looks like Crunchyroll (or the other sources) don't seem to have the manga after Chapter 91.