Following the final episode of The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4, Kadokawa announced The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 5 is in the works. Alongside the Season 5 announced, Kadokawa confirmed that a new The Rising of the Shield Hero game is now in development for a global release on PC and mobile.
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 premiered on July 9, and Crunchyroll is streaming the series with same-day English dubs and subs. MADKID performs the opening theme song “Resolution,” and Chiai Fujikawa performs the ending theme song “Eien ni Ikkai no (One Time for Eternity).”
Hitoshi Haga directs The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 at Kinema Citrus alongside assistant director Takanori Yamamoto. Keigo Koyanagi oversees the series scripts, and Franziska van Wulfen, Sana Komatsu, and Masahiro Suwa are the character designers. Kevin Penkin is the composer alongside sub-composers Alfredo Sirica and Natalie Jeffreys.
Other staff members include:
- Color Design: Azusa Sasaki
- Art Director: Junichi Higashi
- 3DCG Director: Yuushi Koshida
- Screen Design: Shinichirō Miyazaki
- 2D Artist: Hydekick
- Director of Photography: Miho Ikeda (T2 Studio)
- Photography Supervisor: Tsunetaka Ema (T2 Studio)
- Editing: Hitomi Suudo, Honami Yamagishi (REAL-T)
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
- Sound Effects: Shota Yaso
- Sound Production: Glovision
- Music Production: Nippon Columbia
The new cast members are Takeo Ōtsuka, who stars as Werner, and Jirō Saitō as Jaralis. Kaito Ishikawa, Asami Seto, and Rina Hidaka reprise their roles as Naofumi, Raphtalia, and Filo, respectively.
