Check out the latest trailer for The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3, scheduled to premiere on October 6. This exciting preview includes a glimpse of the ending song “Suki ni Natte wa Ikenai Riyuu” by Chiai Fujikawa and showcases plenty of thrilling action scenes.
The highly anticipated Season 3 of The Rising of the Shield Hero will be available for streaming on Crunchyroll outside of Japan. This season features a new director, Hitoshi Haga, known for his role as the assistant director of “Made in Abyss,” taking the helm instead of Season 1’s Takao Abo or Season 2’s Masato Jinbou. The creative team also welcomes new staff members, including Franziska van Wulfen, the animation director for “Bocchi the Rock!,” and Sana Komatsu, the animation director for previous seasons of The Rising of the Shield Hero. They are credited for character designs alongside Masahiro Suwa from the previous seasons.
The anime series, based on the light novel series published by KADOKAWA, is written by Aneko Yusagi and illustrated by Seira Minami. The light novel series, which began in 2013, has reached 22 volumes as of 2019 and is published under the MF Books label.
The story of The Rising of the Shield Hero follows Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic otaku, who is summoned to a parallel universe and becomes one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons. Their task is to save the world from prophesied destruction. However, as the Shield Hero, Naofumi faces betrayal and finds himself alone and penniless, with no one to trust but his shield. Now, he must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world.
Returning staff for Season 3 includes Keigo Koyanagi as the series composer and Kevin Penkin as the music composer. Animation production company Kinema Citrus shares series composition and scriptwriting credits with Koyanagi. Notably, Season 2’s co-production company, DR MOVIE, is no longer listed in the main animation production credits.
The cast for Season 3 introduces new characters, with Ami Koshimizu as Nadia, Kouhei Amasaki as Fohl, Konomi Kohara as Atla, and Maria Naganawa as S’yne.
The Rising of the Shield Hero originally began as a web novel in 2012 on Shousetsuka ni Narou. It was later adapted into a manga series by A. Kyu in 2014. The series has also spawned spin-offs, a stage play, video games, and more.
Stay tuned for the exciting premiere of The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 and join Naofumi on his epic journey in this captivating fantasy world.
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