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The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 Anime Reveals July 9 Debut in New Trailer, Key Visual
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Kadokawa revealed on Sunday in a new trailer for The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 anime the July 9 debut date, along with a new key visual.
The trailer previews Chiai Fujikawa's ending theme song "Eien ni Ikkai no" (One Time for Eternity).
Kadokawa also revealed the show's home video release schedule on Sunday, which reveals the show will have 12 episodes. Kadokawa will release the series on three DVD and Blu-ray Disc volumes, each containing four episodes.
The staff held a commemorative event in Shibuya on Sunday celebrating the fourth season, where all the theme songs were performed.
Hitoshi Haga is returning from the third season to direct the fourth season at Kinema Citrus. Keigo Koyanagi is returning to oversee the series scripts, and character designers include Franziska van Wulfen, Sana Komatsu, and Masahiro Suwa (all returning from the third season). Takanori Yamamoto, who was an episode director for previous seasons, is now the assistant director. Kevin Penkin is returning to compose the music, alongside previous sub-composers Alfredo Sirica and Natalie Jeffreys.
The anime's new cast will include Takeo Ōtsuka as Werner and Jirō Saitō as Jaralis.
The Rising of The Shield Hero anime series premiered with a two-hour special in January 2019 and ran for 25 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan. The Rising of the Shield Hero 2 premiered in April 2022. Crunchyroll again streamed the anime as it aired. The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 followed in October 2023 and had 12 episodes.
One Peace Books is releasing Yusagi Aneko's original novel series and Aiya Kyu's manga adaptation in English. The publisher describes the novels' first volume:
Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world!
Source: Press release
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