The followup to The Rising of the Shield Hero anime is finally almost upon us, and the latest update is here with broadcast timing for Japan. The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2 is officially set to kick off on AT-X, TOKYO MX, KBS Kyoto and other stations in Japan on April 6, with Crunchyroll to simulcast the episodes shortly after they debut.
✨????放送・先行配信情報公開????✨
『#盾の勇者の成り上がり Season 2』の
放送＆先行配信情報を公開しました????4月6日(水)より
AT-X、TOKYO MXほかにて放送開始！
NTTぷらら、dアニメストアでは23：30から
地上波先行・最速先行配信しますよ‼ぜひチェックを????✨✨#shieldhero pic.twitter.com/xWZEx31Wku
— TVアニメ『盾の勇者の成り上がり』Season2 2022年4月6日より放送開始 (@shieldheroanime) March 10, 2022
As previously reported, MADKID will perform the opening theme, “Bring Back,” and Chiai Fujikawa will perform the ending theme, “Yuzurenai.”
The previously announced cast and staff follows:
CAST
Kaito Ishikawa as Naofumi
Asami Seto as Raphtalia
Rina Hidaka as Filo
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
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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Crunchyroll announced in March 2021 that the second season of The Rising of the Shield Hero will be available to users in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS. The series was originally scheduled to premiere in October 2021, but was rescheduled to April 2022. The series is described as such:
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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