Revered yet w(e)ary, Naofumi's story is far from over!
The previously-announced Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 has revealed the full list of production staff, first promotional video, and theme songs in its official website. The new season previously revealed a July 2025 debut, although an exact date is yet to be known.
Rising of the Shield Hero staff and cast, theme songs
Hitoshi Haga is helming Season 4 as director at Kinema Citrus, with Takanori Yamamoto serving as assistant director. Keigo Koyanagai is in charge of series composition, while the character designs are done by Franziska van Wulfen, Sana Komatsu, and Masahiro Suwa. The rest of the staff are:
- Color Design: Azusa Sasaki
- Art Director: Junichi Higashi
- 3DCG Director: Yuuji Koshida (Studio Pomelo)
- Screen Design: Shinichirou Miyazaki
- 2D Artist: hydekick
- Director of Photography: Miho Ikeda
- Director of Photography Supervision: Tsunetaka Ema (T2 Studio)
- Editing: Hitomi Sudou, Honami Yamagishi
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Gou
- Sound Effects: Shouta Yaso
- Sound Production: Glovision
- Music Composer: Kevin Penkin, Alfredo Sirica, Natalie Jeffreys
- Music Production: Nippon Columbia
The voice cast from the previous seasons are returning to reprise their roles, namely:
- Naofumi Iwatani: Kaito Ishikawa
- Filo: Rina Hidaka
- Raphtalia: Asami Seto
- Ren Amaki Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
- Atla: Konomi Kohara
- Fohl: Kouhei Amasaki
- Rishia Ivyred: Natsu
- Itsuki Kawasumi: Yoshitaka Yamaya
- Motoyasu Kitamura: Makoto Takahashi
- S’yne Lokk: Maria Naganawa
While new characters are:
- Werner: Takeo Otsuka
- Jaralis: Jiro Saito
MADKID is returning to perform the opening theme song for the anime, which was previewed in the promotional video. The song is titled “Resolution”.
Chiaki Fujikawa, who featured in the previous seasons for Rising of the Shield Hero, is returning to perform the ending theme song titled “Eien ni Ikkai no”.
Rising of the Shield Hero plot and other details
The anime is based on a series of light novels of the same title by Aneko Yusagi, which was originally published as a web novel through the Shosetsuka ni Naro website. Media Factory now publishes the novels with an expanded storyline and illustrations by Seira Minami. The series has 22 volumes.
A manga adaptation illustrated by Aiya Kyu was also published by Media Factory, with a total of 27 tankobon volumes released as of February 2025. One Peace Books has licensed the light novel series and manga for English release since 2015.
The upcoming season will adapt the Siltvelt Succession Arc of the series. The official website for the anime teases viewers with what to expect for Season 4, as such:
As the Shield Hero prepares for a battle with the soon-to-be-revived Phoenix Spirit,
he confronts the Three Heroes in order to combine their powers, and eventually comes to a settlement.However, due to a misunderstanding, Raphtalia is perceived as planning to inherit the throne, and an assassin from a country called Qutenrou attempts to kill her.
In order to settle things with Qutenrou, Naofumi visits Siltvelt, the only country with a ferry service to the Demi-humans.
They are enthusiastically welcomed by the Demi-humans who worship the Shield Hero,
but Siltvelt is not a monolithic place, and there are those who do not welcome Naofumi and his party.Qutenrou is also experiencing political instability, and Raphtalia is elevated to the banner of revolution.
In the midst of this extremely chaotic situation,
will Naofumi be the guiding light for his companions?
