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, new cast and theme song artists for Season 3.
The opening theme song titled, "SIN" will be performed by MADKID.
The ending theme song titled, "Suki ni Natte wa Ikenai Riyū" will by performed by Chiai Fujikawa.
Season 3 is set to premiere in October 2023. Crunchyroll will stream the series.
NEW KEY VISUAL:
NEW CAST ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Ami Koshimizu as Nadia / Kōhei Amasaki as Fohl
Konomi Kohara as Atla / Maria Naganawa as S'yne
THEME SONG ARTISTS:
OPENING - MADKID
ENDING - CHIAI FUJIKAWA
TEASER PV:
Hitoshi Haga is directing the anime's third season. Keigo Koyanagi will continue to write and supervise the series' scripts. Kevin Penkin also returns for the music, and Kinema Citrus returns for animation production.
Franziska van Wulfen and Sana Komatsu join Masahiro Suwa on designing the characters, and the previous seasons' chief animation director Kōta Sera is now credited for collaborating on the designs.
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?