The Rising of the Shield Hero

2019 5 Seasons 62 Episodes ★ 8.5 Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

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?

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Cast

Kaito Ishikawa

Naofumi Iwatani (voice)

Asami Seto

Raphtalia (voice)

Rina Hidaka

Filo (voice)

Seasons

1 eps

Specials

2019

25 eps

Season 1

2019

13 eps

Season 2

2022

12 eps

Season 3

2023

12 eps

Season 4

2025

Details

Status

Returning Series

Original Language

JA

Network

AT-X

Tagline

"Our regrets make us stronger."

Production

Kinema Citrus, Good Smile Company, Nippon Columbia, Glovision, NTT Plala, Frontier Works, Sammy, DR Movie, KADOKAWA Media House, Crunchyroll, NTT Docomo, AT-X

Reviews

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DallasBob

April 30, 2022

★ 9/10

This animation **_The Rising of the Shield Hero_** (_Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari_) is in the isekai genre; meaning modern day person transported (usually by magic) to another plain of reality or another world; typically fantasy based. This series is exceptionally good. While there is some liberal based ideas in the series, there isn't a saturation to point of poisoning the audience or putting ...

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Kitty 🇱🇦 / 🇺🇸 / International Race

February 18, 2024

★ 10/10

I would say this anime show is great, but the most cringe part is that daughter of " Melromarc Malty S" let Iwatani Naofumi's friends blaming on him that he r**pe Malty aka "Bitch" but, it was a lied Naofumi never do that he wanted a team mate to partnership able like but, Naofumi have to buy a salve's that he meet up with Raphtalia.