The first trailer for The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 has been released, with the video previewing a mixture of footage and production material.
The trailer’s release was accompanied by theme song and staff announcements. The opening song, which can be heard in the trailer, is MADKID‘s “Resolution.” The ending song is Chiai Fujikawa‘s “Eien ni Ikkai no.”
Meanwhile, the production credits include:
• Director: Hitoshi Haga (since Season 3)
• Series composer: Keigo Koyanagi (since Season 1, co-credited with Kinema Citrus in Season 3)
• Character designer: Franziska van Wulfen (since Season 3)
• Character designer: Sana Komatsu (since Season 3)
• Character designer: Masahiro Suwa (since Season 1)
• Assistant director: Takanori Yamamoto (previously involved as episode director and animation director on Season 1 and 3)
• Music composer: Kevin Penkin (since Season 1)
• Music composer: Alfredo Sirica (Season 3 sub-composer)
• Music composer: Natalie Jeffreys (Season 3 sub-composer)
• Animation production: Kinema Citrus (since Season 1, shared credit with DR MOVIE for Season 2)
The Rising of the Shield Hero 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!
Season 4 of the anime was announced in January 2024, after the third season aired during the Fall 2023 anime season, and is set to premiere this July. Season 1 and 2 aired in 2019 and 2022, respectively.
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.
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
• Takeo Otsuka as Werner
• Jiro Saito as Jaralis
