Kadokawa has announced that The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 5 will premiere in 2027. A new trailer and key visual for The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 5 were also revealed alongside the staff.
The staff of the fifth season includes:
- Director: Hitoshi Haga
- Assistant Director: Takanori Yamamoto
- Studio: Kinema Citrus
- Series Composition: Keigo Koyanagi
- Character Design: Franziska van Wulfen, Masahiro Suwa, Sana Komatsu
- Color Design: Azusa Sasaki
- Art Director: Airi Hayashi
- Art Supervision: Masaru Satō
- 3D Director: Yūji Koshida
- Screen Design: Shinichirō Miyazaki
- 2D Artist: Hydekick
- Motion Graphics: Hidekatsu Uemura
- Director of Photography: Tsunetaka Ema
- Editing: Hitomi Sudō
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go, Tetsuya Gunji
- Sound Effects: Shōta Yaso
- Sound Production: Glovision
- Music: Kevin Penkin, Alfredo Sirica, Natalie Jeffreys
- Music Production: Nippon Columbia
The cast of the fourth season will all return. Kaito Ishikawa, Asami Seto, and Rina Hidaka reprise their roles as Naofumi, Raphtalia, and Filo, respectively.
Kadokawa previously 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, 2025, 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).”
