The anime began airing on 9 July, 2025.
The Rising of the Shield Hero is one of the highly-anticipated titles of the Summer 2025 season. The anime aired in both the original Japanese and English dub on 9 July. Ahead of the premiere, Crunchyroll revealed a stacked English dub cast for episode 1.
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 English dub cast, staff, and other details
The English dub cast of the anime consists of:
- Naofumi voiced by Stephen Fu
- Raphtalia voiced by Erica Mendez
- Filo voiced by Brianna Knickerbocker
- Atla/S'yne voiced by Lisa Reimold
- Werner voiced by Brian Timothy Anderson
- Sadeena/Wyndia/Gaelion voiced by Alice Himora
- Ren voiced by Alan Lee
- Itsuki voiced by Erik Scott Kimerer
- Motoyasu/Solea voiced by Xander Mobus
- Fohl voiced by Kieran Regan
- Rishia voiced by Kira Buckland
- Melty voiced by Jackie Lastra
- Jaralis/Tsualon voiced by Evan Michael Lee
- Fitoria voiced by Cristina Vee
- Mirellia voiced by Katelyn Gault
The staff working behind the dub includes:
- Voice Director: Courtney Sanford
- Producer: Eric P. Sherman
- Writer/Adaptation: Henry Mason
- Sound Mixer: Kenneth Thompson
- Sound Engineer: Krystal Holmes
This season of the anime is being directed by Hitoshi Haga under Kinema Citrus. Keigo Koyanagi handles series composition while Franziska van Wulfen, Sana Komatsu and Masahiro Suwa are in charge of character designs. Kevin Penkin is the music composer. The series is based on Aneko Yusagi’s light novel series of the same name. It also has a manga adaptation by Aiya Kyū. Crunchyroll streams the whole anime on their platform and describes the story as:
Iwatani Naofumi, a run-of-the-mill otaku, finds a book in the library that summons him to another world. He is tasked with joining the sword, spear, and bow as one of the Four Cardinal Heroes and fighting the Waves of Catastrophe as the Shield Hero.
Excited by the prospect of a grand adventure, Naofumi sets off with his party. However, merely a few days later, he is betrayed and loses all his money, dignity, and respect. Unable to trust anyone anymore, he employs a slave named Raphtalia and takes on the Waves and the world.
But will he really find a way to overturn this desperate situation?
