The official website for the stage play adaptation of Aneko Yusagi's The Rising of the Shield Hero light novel series has released the play's opening act, which introduces the play's main characters and cast.
Yuuya Uno (Naofumi Iwatani), Karin Isobe (Raphtalia), Yuuna Sekine (Filo), Yuuya Asato (Motoyasu Kitamura), Riki Tanimizu (Ren Amaki), and Taiga Fukazawa (Itsuki Kawasumi).
The play was originally schedule to be showing in the Spring of 2020 at Cool Japan Park Osaka TT Hall on March 27-29, then at Theater Sun Mall in Tokyo on April 2-12.
The DVD/Blu-ray for the no-audience performance shipped in September 2020.
“Naofumi Iwatani, an easygoing Japanese youth, was summoned into a parallel world along with three other people from parallel universes to become the world’s Heroes. Each of the heroes was respectively equipped with their own legendary equipment when summoned. Naofumi happened to receive the Legendary Shield, the sole defensive equipment, while the other heroes received a sword, a spear, and a bow, weapons meant for the attack. Unlike the other heroes who are fully supported by the kingdom and gain several strong allies each, Naofumi’s luck turns to the worse after his single companion, later revealed to be none other than Princess Myne, betrays him, steals all his belongings and leaves him devoid of all assistance and supplies after she falsely accuses him of raping her.
The play has received a new performance run at Theater Sun Mall in Tokyo from July 15 to 25, 2021.
All of the performances for the stage play had been postponed until a later date due to COVID-19.
The play was originally schedule to be showing in the Spring of 2020 at Cool Japan Park Osaka TT Hall on March 27-29, then at Theater Sun Mall in Tokyo on April 2-12.
The DVD/Blu-ray for the no-audience performance shipped in September 2020.
FULL CAST:
Naofumi Iwatani: Yuuya Uno
Raphtalia: Carin Isobe
Motoyasu Kitamura: Yuya Asato
Ren Amaki: Riki Tanimizu
Itsuki Kawasumi: Taiga Fukazawa
Slave Trader: Kotori Kojima
Young Raphtalia: Erena Kamata
Myne: Sarah Emi Bridcutt
Elhart: Atsushi Maruyama
Aultcray: Isamu Ishizaka
Filo: Yuuna Sekine
Knight Commander Nopus: Kenta Nishi
Deputy Commander Sabre: Kiyoshi Ohno
Eyck: Ryuya Ishigami
Yuuho Matsui and Ikkei Yamamoto were originally cast as Ren and Motoyasu.
STAFF:
Original Story: Aneko Usagi
Original illustration: Seina Yanan
Screenplay: Kaori Moriyama (Bobjack Theater)
Production: Ken Ogita (Bobjack Theater)
Producer: Iwaki Unevasami (GK Scissor Blitz)
Planning / Production: GK Scissor Blitz
Shunned by everyone from the King to peasants, Naofumi is forced to train as a hero alone while working to make ends meet, until he buys from a slave trader a young tanuki demi-human girl named Raphtalia and an egg that hatches into a bird creature whom he names “Filo”, both quickly growing into adulthood and becoming powerful warriors under his care. As they little by little gain the trust and gratitude of the people with their heroic actions, Naofumi, and his companions work hard to fulfill their mission as saviors of the world while unraveling its deepest secrets.“