The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Aneko Yusagi's The Rising of the Shield Hero light novel series has announced that the anime will be getting a 4th season.
TEASER VISUAL:
Season 3 premiered on October 6, 2023. Crunchyroll streams the series. The English dub premiered on Crunchyroll on October 20, 2023.
The opening theme song titled, "SIN" is performed by MADKID.
The ending theme song titled, "Suki ni Natte wa Ikenai Riyū" is performed by Chiai Fujikawa.
2ND PV:
NEW SEASON 3 CAST:
Ami Koshimizu as Nadia / Kōhei Amasaki as Fohl
Konomi Kohara as Atla / Maria Naganawa as S'yne
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?