New details about the fifth season were announced today on the official X account of the anime adaptation of “The Rising of the Shield Hero” (Japanese: “Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari”). You can find a new teaser below.
Starting in 2027
The fifth season of “The Rising of the Shield Hero” is expected to start next year on Japanese television and on Crunchyroll in the original language with German subtitles. A specific date is still pending.
The studio Kinema Citrus is once again responsible for the production, with Hitoshi Haga (“Made in Abyss”) taking over the position of director. Keigo Koyanagi (“Sirius the Jaeger”) is writing the script, while Masahiro Suwa (“Undead Murder Farce”) is contributing the character design.
All episodes of the previous four seasons are already available on demand in German and Japanese on Crunchyroll. The first three seasons are also already available on DVD and Blu-ray.
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While browsing in a library, nerd Naofumi Iwatani is summoned to a medieval world. As the hero of the shield, he and three other heroes are supposed to stop waves of monsters from other dimensions.
But his weapon is considered worthless and after betrayal and exclusion, Naofumi has to prove to everyone that the shield can also save the world.
© Aneko Yusagi, Seira Minami, KADOKAWA / The Rising of the Shield Hero Production Committee