Solo Leveling Season 2 and Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 have released new visuals for Sung Jinwoo and Sunraku, teasing them with “Now, the hunt begins.” The anime is set to release Episode 9 on March 1, with Jeju Island as Jinwoo’s next big destination. The next episode, “It was All Worth It,” will premiere on March 1.
Meanwhile, Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 will release Episode 21 on the same day, with the Global Game Competition (GGC) arc starting. A special collaboration between the two anime was announced on February 28, featuring a collaboration visual featuring Sung Jin-Woo and Sunraku, as well as a special promotional video. Both anime share the theme of protagonists constantly taking on new challenges.
Get ready for an exciting deep dive into the epic crossover where Jinwoo and Sunraku swap weapons in the Solo Leveling x Shangri-La Frontier collab!
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Solo Leveling Overview
Solo Leveling is a South Korean portal fantasy web novel written by Chugong and published by D&C Media under their Papyrus label. The novel was first serialized in Kakao’s digital comic and fiction platform KakaoPage in 2016 and has been licensed in English by Yen Press. A webtoon adaptation was first serialized in KakaoPage in 2018 and has been licensed in English by Yen Press. The webtoon has been collected and published in thirteen volumes by D&C Media as of June 2024.
An anime television series adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures aired from January to March 2024, with a second season, Arise from the Shadow, premiering in January 2025. A Korean drama adaptation is in development, and a spin-off webtoon, Solo Leveling: Ragnarok, premiered in August 2024. A role-playing video game, Solo Leveling: Arise, has been released by Netmarble.
The plot revolves around Sung Jin-woo, a weak hunter who is chosen by the mysterious program called the System to level up in strength. Jinwoo fights against various enemies to discover the secrets of the dungeons and the true source of his powers. He is chosen to inherit the position of Shadow Monarch, turning him into an immortal necromancer with absolute rule over the dead. He is the only Monarch fighting to save humanity from the other Monarchs trying to kill him and wipe out the humans.
Shangri-La Frontier Overview
Shangri-La Frontier is a Japanese web novel series by Katarina, published by Shōsetsuka ni Narō in May 2017. The manga adaptation, illustrated by Ryosuke Fuji, has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since July 2020. The series follows Rakuro Hizutome, a teenager who enjoys playing “trash games” – old-fashioned and faulty video games that appeal to a specific audience. After mastering these games, Rakuro decides to play the acclaimed full-dive VR game “Shangri-La Frontier,” a full-dive VR game with 30 million registered players.
An anime television series adaptation produced by C2C aired from October 2023 to March 2024, with a second season premiered in October 2024. By September 2024, the manga had over 10 million copies in circulation and won the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2023.
The story takes place in a near future where full-dive VR games have become mainstream, and “trash games” are rushed, glitchy, and faulty. Rakuro Hizutome, a “trash game hunter,” masters the “Faeria Chronicle Online” trash game and suffers burnout syndrome. At the suggestion of his favorite game store owner, “RockRoll,” Rakuro buys the best-selling and excellent “Shangri-La Frontier,” a full-dive VR game with 30 million registered players.
Jinwoo and Sunraku Swap Weapons in Solo Leveling
Solo Leveling Season 2 and Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 have released new visuals for Sung Jinwoo and Sunraku, teasing them with the caption “Now, the hunt begins.” The anime is set to release Episode 9 (Episode 21 overall) on Saturday, March 1, with Jeju Island as Jinwoo’s next big destination. The series follows the world’s weakest hunter, Sung Jinwoo, as he finds a way to level up in a world where it is otherwise impossible.
Shangri-La Frontier is based on the webtoon by Chugong and DUBU from REDICE Studio, which was adapted by h-goon. The manga adaptation is published in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine and licensed in English by Kodansha USA. Two new collaboration illustrations have been unveiled for the ongoing second seasons of Shangri-La Frontier and Solo Leveling, featuring the respective protagonists swapping blade weapons.
A special collaboration between the currently airing TV anime Solo Leveling and Shangri-La Frontier was announced on February 28, with a collaboration visual featuring both series’ protagonists, Sung Jin-Woo and Sunraku, and a special PV. A series of Monster Commentary videos featuring both protagonists discussing powerful monsters they have fought will be released over four days starting on March 1. These videos will highlight the humorous interactions between the two protagonists.
You can watch the trailor below:
Final Thoughts
Solo Leveling Season 2 and Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 have released new visuals for Sung Jinwoo and Sunraku, teasing them with “Now, the hunt begins.” The anime is set to release Episode 9 on March 1, with Jeju Island as Jinwoo’s next big destination. The next episode, “It was All Worth It,” will premiere on March 1.
Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 will release Episode 21 on the same day, with the Global Game Competition (GGC) arc starting. A special collaboration between the two anime was announced on February 28, featuring a collaboration visual featuring Sung Jin-Woo and Sunraku, as well as a special promotional video. Both anime share the theme of protagonists constantly taking on new challenges.
Solo Leveling is a South Korean portal fantasy web novel written by Chugong and published by D&C Media. The webtoon adaptation was first serialized in KakaoPage in 2018 and has been licensed in English by Yen Press. The anime television series adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures aired from January to March 2024, with a second season premiering in January 2025. A Korean drama adaptation is in development, and a spin-off webtoon, Solo Leveling: Ragnarok, premiered in August 2024.
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