Naofumi, Raphtalia, and co. will return to screens this July, reveals a new The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 update.
There’s also a new visual, which features Naofumi on a throne and the tagline “Revered yet w(e)ary,” and a couple of new cast announcements. The latter are Takeo Otsuka as the Shusaku representative Werner and Jiro Saito as the Lio representative Jaralis; both of their characters can be seen flanking Naofumi in the visual.
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 was announced in January 2024, after the third season aired during the Fall 2023 anime season. Season 1 and 2 aired in 2019 and 2022, respectively. The anime is based on the MF Books light novel series written by Yusagi Aneko and illustrated by Seira Minami, which One Peace Books describes as:
Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world!
The Rising of the Shield Hero started as a web novel on Shousetsuka ni Narou in 2012. The light novel series debuted in August 2013 and has 22 volumes as of June 2019. The light novels have inspired a manga adaptation and spin-offs.
Staff (Season 3)
• Director: Hitoshi Haga (Made in Abyss assistant director)
• Character designer: Franziska van Wulfen (Bocchi the Rock! Episode 8 co-animation director)
• Character designer: Sana Komatsu (co–animation director for The Rising of the Shield Hero Episode 15, 20, et al.)
• Character designer: Masahiro Suwa (returning credit)
• Series composer: Keigo Koyanagi (returning credit)
• Series composer: Kinema Citrus
• Music composer: Kevin Penkin (returning credit)
• Animation production: Kinema Citrus (previously shared credit with DR MOVIE for Season 2)
Cast
• Kaito Ishikawa as Naofumi Iwatani
• Asami Seto as Raphtalia
• Rina Hidaka as Filo
• Ami Koshimizu as Sadeena
• Kouhei Amasaki as Fohl
• Konomi Kohara as Atla
Source: @shieldheroanime
