Naofumi’s otherworldly adventures continue!
The popular Isekai anime series The Rising of the Shield Hero is coming back next month with a brand new season. The official website and X (formerly Twitter) account of the series both confirmed that The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 will premiere on 9 July, 2025. A new trailer for the same has also been released.
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 cast and staff details
The new trailer of the series features the ending theme song ‘Eien ni Ikkai no’ performed by Chiaki Fujikawa. The opening theme song is ‘Resolution’ by MADKID.
The main cast of the anime is:
- Naofumi Iwatani voiced by Kaito Ishikawa
- Filo voiced by Rina Hidaka
- Raphtalia voiced by Asami Seto
- Ren Amaki voiced by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
- Atla voiced by Konomi Kohara
- Fohl voiced by Kouhei Amasaki
- Rishia Ivyred voiced by Natsu
- Itsuki Kawasumi voiced by Yoshitaka Yamaya
- Motoyasu Kitamura voiced by Makoto Takahashi
- S’yne Lokk voiced by Maria Naganawa
New voice actors who have joined the cast are:
- Werner voiced by Takeo Otsuka
- Jaralis voiced by Jiro Saito
The anime’s 4th season is being directed by Hitoshi Haga under Kinema Citrus. Takanori Yamamoto is the assistant director while Keigo Koyanagi is overseeing series composition. Franziska van Wulfen, Sana Komatsu, and Masahiro Suwa are designing the characters.
The Rising of the Shield Hero is a novel series written by Aneko Yusagi and illustrated by Seira Minami. Aiya Kyu has illustrated the manga adaptation of the popular light novels. Crunchyroll streams the first three seasons of the series 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?
