Two new collaboration illustrations have been unveiled for the ongoing second seasons of Shangri-La Frontier and Solo Leveling, which feature the respective protagonists of both series swapping blade weapons. Both illustrations feature the social media captions “Now, the hunt begins.”
Season two of Shangri-La Frontier first premiered in Japan on October 13, 2024 and will run for two consecutive cours consisting of 25 total episodes. The anime’s first season ran from October 2023 to March 2024 for 25 episodes. Crunchyroll, Muse Asia, and bilibili streamed the first season internationally, outside of Japan.
The anime is based on the adventure fantasy manga series, written by Katarina and illustrated by Ryosuke Fuji. It was first published in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine under the KC Deluxe label on July 15, 2020. Twenty-one tankobon volumes have been released as of February 2025.
The manga originally started as a Shosetsuka ni Naro web novel in May 2017. Kodansha USA releases the series in English for North America.
