#The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 Releases 2nd Trailer Several Days Before Premiere

There’s a new trailer for The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3, which is set to premiere on October 6. This preview comes with a sampling of the ending song “Suki ni Natte wa Ikenai Riyuu” by Chiai Fujikawa and has plenty of fresh action footage.

The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 will be streamed by Crunchyroll outside of Japan. The new season is directed by Hitoshi Haga (Made in Abyss assistant director) instead of Season 1’s Takao Abo or Season 2’s Masato Jinbou. Other new staff additions include Franziska van Wulfen (Bocchi the Rock! animation director) and Sana Komatsu (The Rising of the Shield Hero animation director), who are credited for character designs with the previous seasons’ Masahiro Suwa. 

The first two seasons of the anime premiered in 2019 and 2022. The anime is based on the KADOKAWA-published light novel series written by Aneko Yusagi and illustrated by Seira Minami, which began began in 2013 and has 22 volumes as of 2019. The books are published under the MF Books label.

One Peace Books describes the light novel series as:

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!

The returning staff for Season 3 include Keigo Koyanagi as series composer and Kevin Penkin as music composer. Animation production company Kinema Citrus is sharing series composition and scriptwriting credits with Koyanagi. Season 2’s co-production company DR MOVIE is no longer listed in the main animation production credits.

On the cast side, there will be new inclusions like Ami Koshimizu as Nadia, Kouhei Amasaki as Fohl, Konomi Kohara as Atla, and Maria Naganawa as S’yne. 

The Rising of the Shield Hero was originally a web novel that debuted on Shousetsuka ni Narou in 2012. A manga adaptation of the light novels by A. Kyu began in 2014. The series has also inspired spin-offs, a stage play, video games, and more.