One of the most hotly anticipated titles of the Crunchyroll Spring 2022 Lineup is none other than the continuation of The Rising of the Shield Hero! Naofumi Iwatani’s grand adventure continues when The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2 goes live today, and you can prepare yourself for the journey in our full spotlight on the series below.
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Launch Time: April 6
Territories: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS
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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?
Naofumi Iwatani
VA: Kaito Ishikawa (Tobio Kageyama in Haikyu!!)
Raphtalia
VA: Asami Seto (Chihaya Ayase in Chihayafuru)
Filo
VA: Rina Hidaka (Milim in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)
Rishia Ivyred
VA: Natsuko Hara (Kotonoha Kanade in Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It)
Ost Horai
VA: Kana Hanazawa (Red Blood Cell in Cells at Work!)
Additional cast members include:
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Ren Amaki
Makoto Takahashi as Motoyasu Kitamura
Yoshitaka Yamaya as Itsuki Kawasumi
Maaya Uchida as Melty
Kikuko Inoue as Mirelia
Staff
Original Creator
Aneko Yusagi
Original Illustrator
Minami Seira
Director
Masato Jinbo (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, CHAOS;CHILD)
Series Composition
Keigo Koyanagi (Sirius the Jaeger)
Character Design
Masahiro Suwa
Chief Animation Director
Masahiro Suwa
Kota Sera
Design Leader
Takeshi Takakura
Costume Design
Kahoru Fujiki
Motion Graphics
Hidekatsu Uemura
Color Setting
Aiko Matsuyama
Director of Photography
Yukiyo Kajiwara
Editing
Hitomi Sudo
Sound Production
Glovision
Sound Director
Fumiyuki Go
Music
Kevin Penkin
Music Producers
Shunichi Uemura (Nippon Columbia)
Hiromitsu Iijima (IRMA LA DOUCE)
Animation Production
Kinema Citrus
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On the long road to season two, we got our share of trailers for specific characters. Check out a closer look at Naofumi, Filo and Raphtalia below!
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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.
