The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Aneko Yusagi's The Rising of the Shield Hero light novel series has released a new key visual and promotional video.
MADKID will be performing the opening theme song titled, "Bring Back."
Chiai Fujikawa will be performing the ending theme song titled, "Yuzurenai."
Kana Hanazawa has been cast as the new character of Ost Horai.
Season 2 of the anime was postponed from its original October 2021 premiere to April 2022. They'd stated the postponement is due to "various reason."
Crunchyroll will also stream the new season as it airs in Japan. The Rising of the Shield Hero II will be available to Crunchyroll members in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2 is set to premiere April 6 on AT-X and will also run on Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, TV Aichi, and BS11.
NEW KEY VISUAL:
3RD PV:
Masato Jinbo is directing the second season at Kinema Citrus and DR MOVIE, replacing Takao Abo. Keigo Koyanagi is again in charge of series composition. Masahiro Suwa is again adapting Seira Minami's original character designs for animation. Kevin Penkin is returning to compose the music.
KEY VISUAL:
Crunchyroll streams the anime and describes the story as:
Iwatani Naofumi, a run-of-the-mill otaku, finds a book in the library that summons him to another world. He is tasked with joining the sword, spear, and bow as one of the Four Cardinal Heroes and fighting the Waves of Catastrophe as the Shield Hero. Excited by the prospect of a grand adventure, Naofumi sets off with his party. However, merely a few days later, he is betrayed and loses all his money, dignity, and respect. Unable to trust anyone anymore, he employs a slave named Raphtalia and takes on the Waves and the world. But will he really find a way to overturn this desperate situation?
Iwatani Naofumi, a run-of-the-mill otaku, finds a book in the library that summons him to another world. He is tasked with joining the sword, spear, and bow as one of the Four Cardinal Heroes and fighting the Waves of Catastrophe as the Shield Hero. Excited by the prospect of a grand adventure, Naofumi sets off with his party. However, merely a few days later, he is betrayed and loses all his money, dignity, and respect. Unable to trust anyone anymore, he employs a slave named Raphtalia and takes on the Waves and the world. But will he really find a way to overturn this desperate situation?