The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 5 Unveils Trailer, 2027 Debut
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 5 revealed a teaser trailer, staff details, and a visual during the Crunchyroll Industry Panel at Anime Expo '26. The fifth season of the popular anime series is slated to air in 2027.
Kinema Citrus will be animating The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 5 with Hitoshi Haga as the director. Takanori Yamamoto will be serving as an assistant director. The staff also includes:
- Series Composition: Keigo Koyanagi
- Character Design: Franziska van Wulfen, Sana Komatsu, Masahiro Suwa
- Color Design: Azusa Sasaki
- Art Director: Airi Hayashi
- Art Supervisor: Masaru Satou
- 3DCG Director: Yuuji Koshida (Studio Pomelo)
- Screen Design: Shinichirou Miyazaki
- 2D Artist: hydekick
- Motion Graphics: Hidekatsu Kamimura (Sublimation)
- Photography Supervisor: Tsunetaka Ema (T2studio)
- Editor: Hitomi Sudou (REAL-T)
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Goh, Tetsuya Gunji
- Sound Effects: Shota Yaso
- Sound Production: Glovision
- Music: Kevin Penkin, Alfredo Sirica, Natalie Jeffreys
- Music Production: NIPPON COLUMBIA
Kaito Ishikawa is leading the returning main cast as Naofumi Iwatani. Asami Seto voices Raphtalia, Rina Hidaka is Filo, and Maaya Uchida is Melty. Also voicing characters are:
- Kohei Amasaki as Fohl
- Konomi Kohara as Atla
- Ami Koshimizu as Sadeena
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Ren Amaki
- Yoshitaka Yamaya as Itsuki Kawasumi
- Makoto Takahashi as Motoyasu Kitamura
- Natsuko Hara as Rishia
- Ruriko Aoki as Eclair
- Maria Naganawa as S'yne
- Hana Hishikawa as Wyndia
- Haruka Shiraishi as Shildina
- Kikuko Inoue as Mirellia
- Yutaka Nakano as Aultcray
The anime is based on a light novel series written by Aneko Yusagi and illustrated by Minami Seira. The light novel has been serialized under Media Factory’s MF Book imprint since 2012. It was originally published as a web novel. A manga adaptation by Kyu Aiya is currently ongoing in the Comic Flapper magazine.
Crunchyroll is currently streaming the anime (in both sub and dub versions) and describes the plot 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?
Source: Official Twitter/X, Press Release
© Aneko Yusagi, Seira Minami / KADOKAWA / Shield Hero S4 Project
