The producer Kadokawa announced that the “Q'ten Lo Arc” of The Rising of the Shield Hero It will officially begin in episode 7 of the fourth season. Along with the news, a new promotional video that previews the next events of the story.
Issue details
The fourth season premiered on July 9 on Japanese channels such as AT-X, TOKYO MX, Sun Television, KBS and TV Aichi, as well as platforms such as Lemino and d Anime Store. In Spain, the series can be seen in Crunchyrollwhich also offers English dubbing.
Production and cast team
Hitoshi Haga returns from the third season as director, working again with the studio Kinema Citrus. Keigo Koyanagi is once again in charge of the scripts, while the character design is carried out by Franziska van Wulfen, Sana Komatsu and Masahiro Suwa.
For its part, Kevin Penkin resumes musical composition with Alfredo Sirica and Natalie Jeffreys. In this delivery, Takanori Yamamoto assumes the role of assistant director. As for the cast, they add Takeo Ōtsuka as Werner and Jirō Saitō as Jaralis.
A review of the franchise
the anime The Rising of the Shield Hero debuted in January 2019 with a two-hour special and a total of 25 episodes. Subsequently, the second season arrived in April 2022while the third was broadcast in October 2023 with 12 episodes. All of them were available in Crunchyroll simultaneously with its broadcast in Japan.
About the original work
The story comes from the light novels of Aneko Yusagialso adapted to manga by Aiya Kyu. In Spain and Latin America, the work is distributed by One Peace Books in English. The plot follows Naofumi Iwatania charisma-less otaku who is transported to a parallel world to become one of the four heroes destined to save it. However, as Shield Heroconsidered the weakest, is soon betrayed and abandoned, being forced to fight with wit and determination to fulfill his destiny.
