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Shangri-La Frontier

シャングリラ・フロンティア

TV · Finished · Fall 2023 · 25 episodes · 26 min

"When was the last time I played a game that wasn't crap?" This is a world in the near future where games that use display screens are classified as retro. Anything that can't keep up with state-of-the-art VR technology is called a "crap game," and you see a large number of crap games coming out. Those who devote their lives to clearing these games are called "crap-game hunters," and Rakuro Hizutome is one of them. The game he's chosen to tackle next is Shangri-La Frontier, a "god-tier game" that has a total of thirty million players. Online friends... An expansive world... Encounters with rivals... These are changing Rakuro and all the other players' fates! The best game adventure tale by the strongest "crap game" player begins now!

(Source: Crunchyroll)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Tags: Video Games, Virtual World, Male Protagonist, Anthropomorphism, Swordplay, Shounen, Travel, Slapstick, Unrequited Love, Anachronism, Kemonomimi, Gender Bending

Studio: C2C

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Episodes

  1. Episode 1: What Do You Play Games For?
  2. Episode 2: A Peculiar One
  3. Episode 3: Black Wolf Nightslayer
  4. Episode 4: A Trash Game Realignment of Elevated Tastes
  5. Episode 5: Lo, Thou Art Assailed on All Sides
  6. Episode 6: The Writing Tool Knight Queen
  7. Episode 7: Remnant of the Divinity: The Aberrant Loser
  8. Episode 8: The 300-Limit Pandemonium
  9. Episode 9: A Dazzling Sea of Trees
  10. Episode 10: Let's Go Tomb Raiding!!
  11. Episode 11: The Glimmer of Truth
  12. Episode 12: Regrets Always Lie in the Past
  13. Episode 13: Only Resentments About the End of Life Remain
  14. Episode 14: Smush
  15. Episode 14.5: Get Yourselves Caught up With This Light-Speed Recap!
  16. Episode 15: All Emotions In The Moment (Part 1)
  17. Episode 16: All Emotions In The Moment (Part 2)
  18. Episode 17: All Emotions In The Moment (Part 3)
  19. Episode 18: All Emotions In The Moment (Part 4)
  20. Episode 19: A World Progressed, A Hero Revealed
  21. Episode 20: Current Situations and Next Steps
  22. Episode 21: Fetching, Raising, Conquering
  23. Episode 22: The Walking Air Purifier
  24. Episode 23: Bird with Rabbits vs. Skeletal Choir
  25. Episode 24: Rare Items, Worth More Than Life Itself
  26. Episode 25: Those Who Illuminate The World's Darkness

Reviews

THE JOY OF GAMING, "a feeling in your SOUL, man."

What if SAO didn't have the whole death threat thing, and instead was a carefree MMORPG anime?

a story about video games whose lack of identity and self-awareness make it hard to care about