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The Rising of the Shield Hero TV Anime Gets 5th Season, New Global Game Project
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Kadokawa revealed on Thursday that the The Rising of The Shield Hero anime will get a fifth season, and revealed an "ultra teaser visual" and video.
Additionally, Kadokawa announced its first global game project for PC and smartphones based on The Rising of The Shield Hero anime, and revealed a teaser visual:
Hitoshi Haga returned from the third season to direct the fourth season at Kinema Citrus. Keigo Koyanagi returned 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 returned to compose the music, alongside previous sub-composers Alfredo Sirica and Natalie Jeffreys.
The anime's new cast 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!
Kadokawa launched the RPG Maker MV game The Rising of The Shield Hero: Relive The Animation, based on The Rising of The Shield Hero franchise, for PC via Steam in 2019.
Jupiter launched the PICROSS Records of The Shield Hero picture crossword puzzle game for Nintendo Switch in October 2024.
Source: Press release
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