{"rewrite":{"id":"r_31b98910edb1824797fd17d6","clusterId":"c_ed042a58a7fc3b19488d297c","slug":"shangri-la-frontier-season-3-sets-january-10-premiere-with-two-consecutive-cours","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Shangri-La Frontier Season 3 Sets January 10 Premiere with Two Consecutive Cours","summary":"The official website for Shangri-La Frontier Season 3 posted a new key visual and confirmed the season begins January 10, 2027, running two continuous cours on MBS, TBS and 26 affiliated channels at 5:00 p.m. JST. The tagline on the visual reads \"Konton ga Hazeru\" (Chaos erupts), pointing at the Galaxia Heroes: Chaos material teased in an earlier trailer. Studio C2C returns to animate, with Toshiyuki Kubooka as chief director and Hiro Oki as director. Kazuyuki Fudeyasu returns for series composition, Ayumi Kurashima returns as character designer and chief animation director, and MONACA returns for music. The main cast reprises their roles, including Yuma Uchida as Sunraku, Azumi Waki as Psyger-0, Yoko Hikasa as Arthur Pencilgon, Makoto Koichi as Oicazzo, Rina Hidaka as Emul and Akio Otsuka as Vysache. Crunchyroll will stream the season. Both prior seasons also ran two consecutive cours, the first from October 2023 and the second from October 2024.","whyItMatters":"A third two-cour block keeps Shangri-La Frontier on the same October-to-March rhythm the first two seasons used, so the franchise's anime output now depends on C2C holding a half-year production slot for a third straight cycle.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe key visual was posted alongside the premiere date and carries the tagline \u0026#34;Konton ga Hazeru,\u0026#34; which the site renders as \u0026#34;Chaos erupts.\u0026#34; That line points to the Galaxia Heroes: Chaos material shown in the season three trailer.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNaoki Kotani joins as assistant director, working under Kubooka and Oki. Riku Takizawa handles sub-character design. Monster design is split among Yoshihiro Nagamori, Hiroshi Arisawa and Naoya Sonoda, with Yūki Yokoyama on prop design, Satoshi Sakai as action effects director, and Takeshi Nishino, Kazunori Osawa, Rino Isago and Mitsuke Watanabe as action animation directors.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe larger production roster includes Masato Takagi and Sakiko Teguramori on color keys, Chiho Wada as art director over Yuki Shigekawa\u0026#39;s art setting, Heartbeat on 3D CG with Kiyoshi Nishida as CG producer and Hiroyuki Kimura as CG director, Hikaru Yamaoku and Misako Ōtsu as compositing directors of photography, Azusa Tamura on 2D works, Kei Ishibashi on special effects, Gō Sadamatsu as editor, and Akiko Fujita as sound director.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe franchise\u0026#39;s first game, Shangri-La Frontier ~Nanatsu No Saikyō-Shu~ (The Seven Colossi), is in development at Netmarble Nexus and was announced alongside the anime season right after the second season ended.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Shangri-La Frontier Season 3 has a date: January 10, 2027, two consecutive cours. The new key visual carries the tagline \"Konton ga Hazeru\" (Chaos erupts), and C2C is back on animation.","twitterPost":"Shangri-La Frontier Season 3 runs two straight cours from January 10, 2027. Both previous seasons also aired two consecutive cours, so the anime's October-to-March rhythm holds for a third cycle.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"Shangri-La Frontier Season 3 has a key visual and a date. The season starts January 10, 2027 and runs two consecutive cours on MBS and TBS, with C2C returning on animation and Crunchyroll streaming. The tagline on the visual points at the Galaxia Heroes: Chaos material teased earlier.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-16/shangri-la-frontier-season-3-announces-january-10-debut-half-year-run/.241849\",\"title\":\"News Shangri-La Frontier Season 3 Announces January 10 Debut, Half-Year Run\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Corner\",\"url\":\"https://animecorner.me/shangri-la-frontier-season-3-key-visual-revealed-two-consecutive-cours-starting-on-january-10-2027/\",\"title\":\"Shangri-La Frontier Season 3 Key Visual Revealed, Two Consecutive Cours Starting on January 10, 2027\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":10712,"outputTokens":1475,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789560870,"createdAt":"2026-09-16T12:08:51.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-16T12:13:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T12:13:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ed042a58a7fc3b19488d297c","canonicalTitle":"Shangri-La Frontier Season 3 Key Visual Revealed, Two Consecutive Cours Starting on January 10, 2027","representativeArticleId":"a_214edd5f90149897fab3ad0b","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Shangri-La Frontier\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Katarina\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-16T09:03:56.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-16T10:10:12.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T12:13:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-16/shangri-la-frontier-season-3-announces-january-10-debut-half-year-run/.241849","title":"News\nShangri-La Frontier Season 3 Announces January 10 Debut, Half-Year Run"},{"source":"Anime Corner","url":"https://animecorner.me/shangri-la-frontier-season-3-key-visual-revealed-two-consecutive-cours-starting-on-january-10-2027/","title":"Shangri-La Frontier Season 3 Key Visual Revealed, Two Consecutive Cours Starting on January 10, 2027"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Shangri-La Frontier"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Katarina"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Shangri-La Frontier Season 3 premieres on January 10, 2027 at 5:00 p.m. JST on MBS, TBS and 26 affiliated channels.","Shangri-La Frontier Season 3 will run for two consecutive cours and will be streamed by Crunchyroll.","Studio C2C returns for Shangri-La Frontier Season 3, with Toshiyuki Kubooka as chief director and Hiro Oki as director.","Kazuyuki Fudeyasu returns for series composition and Ayumi Kurashima returns as character designer and chief animation director on Shangri-La Frontier Season 3.","Netmarble Nexus is developing Shangri-La Frontier ~The Seven Colossi~, the franchise's first game, scheduled to launch this year."]}