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A teaser trailer and teaser visual for The Rising of the Shield Hero<\/em> Season 5 have been revealed along with the show\u2019s 2027 broadcast start window.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Additionally, Crunchyroll confirmed that it will stream the anime.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a9AnekoYusagi_Seira Minami\/KADOKAWA\/Shield Hero S5 Project<\/p>\n The Rising of the Shield Hero<\/em> is based on the light novel series written by\u00a0Yusagi\u00a0Aneko\u00a0and illustrated by\u00a0Seira Minami. One Peace Books describes the books\u2019 synopsis as such:<\/span><\/p>\n Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world!<\/span><\/p>\n The production credits for the new season includes:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Director:\u00a0Hitoshi Haga\u00a0<\/strong>(since Season 3)<\/span> Kaito Ishikawa<\/strong> stars as protagonist Naofumi Iwatani, with other main cast members including\u00a0Asami Seto<\/strong> as Raphtalia and\u00a0Rina Hidaka<\/strong> as Filo.<\/span><\/p>\n The Rising of the Shield Hero <\/em>light novel series began in August 2013 and has 22 volumes as of June 2019. There is a manga adaptation and spin-offs as well. The story started as a web novel on Shosetsuka ni Naro in 2012.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The previous seasons of the anime had their premieres in 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2025. Season 5 was announced the same date as a The Rising of the Shield Hero <\/em> game for PC and mobile.<\/span><\/p>\n Cast<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0Kaito Ishikawa\u00a0as Naofumi Iwatani<\/span> Sources:<\/strong> KADOKAWAanime YouTube channel, press release<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A teaser trailer and teaser visual for The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 5 have been revealed along with the show\u2019s 2027 broadcast start window.\u00a0 Additionally, Crunchyroll confirmed that it will stream the anime. \u00a9AnekoYusagi_Seira Minami\/KADOKAWA\/Shield Hero S5 Project The Rising of the Shield Hero is based on the light novel series written by\u00a0Yusagi\u00a0Aneko\u00a0and 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\u2022 Series composer:\u00a0Keigo Koyanagi<\/strong>\u00a0(since Season 1, co-credited with\u00a0Kinema Citrus<\/strong>\u00a0in Season 3)<\/span>
\u2022 Character designer:\u00a0Franziska van Wulfen<\/strong>\u00a0(since Season 3)\u00a0<\/span>
\u2022 Character designer:\u00a0Sana Komatsu<\/strong>\u00a0(since Season 3)<\/span>
\u2022 Character designer:\u00a0Masahiro Suwa\u00a0<\/strong>(since Season 1)<\/span>
\u2022 Assistant director:\u00a0Takanori Yamamoto<\/strong>\u00a0(previously involved as episode director and animation director on Season 1 and 3)<\/span>
\u2022 Music composer:\u00a0Kevin Penkin<\/strong> (since Season 1)<\/span>
\u2022 Music composer:\u00a0Alfredo Sirica<\/strong> (since Season 4, sub-composer on Season 3)<\/span>
\u2022 Music composer:\u00a0Natalie Jeffreys<\/strong> (since Season 4, sub-composer on Season 3)<\/span>
\u2022 Animation production: Kinema Citrus (since Season 1, shared credit with\u00a0DR MOVIE\u00a0<\/strong>for Season 2)<\/span><\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Asami Seto\u00a0as Raphtalia<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0Rina Hidaka as Filo<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0Kouhei Amasaki<\/strong>\u00a0as Fohl<\/span>
\u2022\u00a0Konomi Kohara<\/strong>\u00a0as Atla
\u2022\u00a0Ami Koshimizu<\/strong> as Sadeen<\/span><\/p>\n