The Rising Of The Shield Hero Announces 4th Season

The official website of The Rising Of The Shield Hero has announced the production of the 4th season of the anime on Jan 22, 2024.

To commemorate the announcement a visual and comments from the staff and cast have been revealed.

Writer Aneko Yusagi also expressed enthusiasm on the announcement of the 4th season, stating, “Congratulations! It’s been decided that Shield Hero will have a fourth season! I never thought it would continue this far. This is thanks to everyone who supports us and all those involved. The Rising Of The Shield Hero is not only Naofumi’s, but also Raphtalia’s. Of course, Naofumi will continue to rise even more. Please look forward to it!“.

Moreover, Crunchyroll will stream The Rising of the Shield Hero season 4 in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and CIS.

The Rising Of The Shield Hero season 3 aired in Japan from Oct 6, 2023, to Dec 22, 2023.

Season 3 had a change in the director, just like the other seasons of the anime. Hitoshi Haga served as the director for season 3, with the rest of the staff from the previous season returning.

MADKID performed the opening for season 3, while Chiai Fujikawa performed the ending theme “Suki ni Natte wa Ikenai Riyu”.

Season 1 of the anime, produced by Kinema Citrus, aired from January to June 2019. A second season, co-produced by DR Movie, aired from April to June 2022.

The Rising of the Shield Hero is a Japanese dark fantasy isekai light novel series written by Aneko Yusagi and illustrated by Seira Minami. Originally published as a web novel in the user-generated novel site Shōsetsuka ni Narō, the series has since been published by Media Factory with an expanded story-line featuring illustrations by Seira Minami.

As of June 25, 2019, twenty-two volumes have been published.

The novel series was adapted into a manga series by Aiya Kyū and published by Media Factory, with twenty volumes released as of February 22, 2022. Both the novel and manga series were licensed by One Peace Books and were published in North America starting in September 2015.

Source: Official Website