Shangri-La is a 2009 anime series based on the light novel series with the same name written by Eiichi Ikegami and illustrated by Kenichi Yoshida. It was published by Kadokawa Shoten and was serialized in the Newtype monthly magazine from April of 2004 to May of 2005. The manga adaptation of the light novel series was written by Eiichi Ikegami and illustrated by Tasuku Karasuma. It was published by Kadokawa Shoten and was formerly serialized in the Ace Assault to which it shifted over to the Monthly Shonen Ace magazine and ran from March of 2008 to February of 2010 with a total of 4 volumes.
The anime series was animated by Gonzo, directed by Makoto Bessho, and aired originally in Japan from April 6, 2009 to September 14, 2009, consisting of 24 episodes. Funimation licensed the anime series and produced an English Dub of the series, which was released on August 21, 2012. It also made premiered on the Funimation Channel on April 1, 2013.
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Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Main Characters | |||
| Kuniko Hōjō | Mikako Takahashi | Lindsay Seidel | |
| Mikuni | Yui Ariga | Apphia Yu | |
| Kunihito Kusanagi | Makoto Ishii | Austin Tindle | |
| Duomo | |||
| Tomoka Yamazaki | Yurie Yamashita | Tia Ballard | |
| Momoko | Jōji Nakata | Kent Williams | |
| Nagiko Hōjō | Hisako Kyōda | Linda Leonard | |
| Takehiko | Kenyū Horiuchi | Bryan Massey | |
| Yuka Nishigaki (young) |
Colleen Clinkenbeard (young) | ||
| Yuri Gamagori | Sachika Misawa | Megan Emerick | |
| Atlas | |||
| Ryōko Naruse | Rei Igarashi | Jennifer Seman | |
| Reon Imaki | Yūichi Nakamura | Jason Douglas | |
| Shōgo Kudo | Takahiro Sakurai | J. Michael Tatum | |
| Sōichirō Hata | Daisuke Hirakawa | Todd Haberkorn | |
| Shion Imaki | Jun Fukuyama | Micah Solusod | |
| Moon Palace | |||
| Sayoko | Rie Ishizuka | Anastasia Muñoz | |
| Miiko | Hōchū Ōtsuka | Randy Pearlman | |
| Ishida Finance | |||
| Karin Ishida | Yuka Iguchi | Jad Saxton | |
| Klaris Lutz | Kumiko Watanabe | Trina Nishimura | |
| MEDUSA | Tetsuya Kakihara | Joel McDonald | |
| Sergei Talsian | Hidetoshi Nakamura | Bill Jenkins | |
| Zhang | Hiroyuki Yoshino | Anthony Bowling | |
| Akihabara | |||
| Old Man Army | Fumihiko Tachiki | R. Bruce Elliott | |
| Old Man Camera | Mitsuo Iwata | Jerry Russell | |
| Old Man Loli | Chafurin | Charles Campbell | |
| Others | |||
| Hiruko | Tomoko Kaneda | Heather Walker | |
| Rena | Akeno Watanabe | Jamie Marchi | |
| Furukawa | Tetsuya Kakihara | Tyler Walker | |
| Canary | Miyu Irino | Justin Pate | |
| Magical Gina | Tamaki Matsumoto | Alexis Tipton | |
| Nao | Naoko Sakakibara | ||
| Haruko Kusanagi | Tamie Kubota | Melanie Mason | |
| Nemoto | ¿? | Phil Parsons | |
| Mr. Take | ¿? | Brian Mathis | |
Episodic Characters[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Ep(s.) |
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| Abidin | Kanji Suzumori | Michael Serrecchia | 1 | |
| Warden | Daisuke Endō | Mike McFarland | ||
| Yūsuke | Yōhei Nishina | Justin Cook | 1, 12-14 | |
| Yoshihiro | Haruhi Terada | Alese Johnson | 2, 7, 14 | |
| Ayako | Sachiko Okada | Clarine Harp | 3, 7, 14 | |
| Karin's Father | Kenji Hamada | Chuck Huber | 11 | |
| KD | Hiroshi Naka | Bruce Carey | 13 | |
| Atlas Employee | Jin Domon | Robert McCollum | ||
| Yasuko | Hisayo Mochizuki | Majken Bullard | 15 |
Additional Voices[]
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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| FUNimation Entertainment | 2012 | 
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Part 1 | 1 NTSC |
United States | 
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| Part 2 | ||||||
| 2014 | The Complete Series | |||||
External Links[]
- Shangri-La at the Internet Movie Database
- Shangri-La (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Shangri-La on Behind The Voice Actors