The Rising of the Shield Hero

The Rising of the Shield Hero
Original Title	盾の勇者の成り上がり (Tate no Yūsha no Nariagari)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Voice Director 1	Julie Maddalena (Season One)
Voice Director 2	Steve Staley (Season Two)
Voice Director 3	Lucien Dodge (Season Three)
Translation & Adaptation	Kyle McCarley Sriram Gurunathan Henry Mason
Recorded	2019-present
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	39
Year	2019-present

The Rising of the Shield Hero (盾の勇者の成り上がり Tate no Yūsha no Nariagari) is a 2019 anime series based on the light novel series by Akeno Yusagi. It premiered in Japan on January 9, 2019, as well as an English dub produced by Crunchyroll on both Crunchyroll and FunimationNow.

Synopsis 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.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Season(s).
Main Characters
	Naofumi Iwatani	Kaito Ishikawa	Billy Kametz	1
			Stephen Fu	2-
	Raphtalia	Asami Seto	Erica Mendez	1-
Secondary Characters
	Ren Amaki	Yoshitsugu Matsuoka	Alan Lee	1-
	Filo	Rina Hidaka	Brianna Knickerbocker	1-
	Itsuki Kawasumi	Yoshitaka Yamaya	Erik Kimerer	1-
	Myne	Sarah Emi Bridcutt	Faye Mata	1-
	Glass	Megumi Han	Morgan Berry	1-
	Motoyasu Kitamura	Makoto Takahashi	Xander Mobus	1-
Minor Characters
	L'arc Berg	Jun Fukuyama	Alejandro Saab	1-
	Ake	Gakuto Kajiwara	Aleks Le	1-
	Accessories Dealer	Shunichi Maki	Bill Rogers	1-
	Fitoria	Sakura Tange	Cristina Vee	1-
	Biscas T. Balmus	Takayuki Sugō	Christopher Corey Smith	1
	Mald	Taiten Kusunoki	D.C. Douglas	1-
	Therese Alexanderite	Saori Hayami	Erika Harlacher	1-
	Beloukas	Kenichi Ogata	Frank Todaro	1-
	Erhard	Hiroki Yasumoto	Imari Williams	1-
	Princess Melty Melromarc	Maaya Uchida	Jackie Lastra	1-
	Aultcray Melromarc XXXII	Yutaka Nakano	Jamieson Price	1-
	Queen Mirellia Q. Melromarc	Kikuko Inoue	Katelyn Gault	1-
	Keel	Natsumi Fujiwara	Kimlinh Tran	1-
	Rishia Ivyred	Natsuko Hara	Kira Buckland	1-
	Van Reichnott	Taku Yashiro	Mark Whitten	1-
	Idol Rabier	Taisuke Nishimura	Tom Fahn	1
	Rifana	Miho Okasaki	Xanthe Huynh	1-

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
	Earl of Habenburg	Hitoshi Bifu	Matthew David Rudd	23
	Haikazuya Commander	Takaki Ōtomari	Luis Bermudez	27-28

Additional Voices

• Damon Alums
• Brian Anderson
• Ben Balmaceda
• Tommy Arciniega
• Reba Buhr
• Ray Carsillo
• D.C. Douglas
• Marisa Duran
• Robbie Friedman (Season 1)
• Matthew Greenbaum
• Danny Kramer
• Stuart Krug
• Ben Lepley
• Emma Martello
• Deneen Melody
• Jay Preston
• Belsheber Rusape
• Andrew Russell
• Frank Todaro

Multimedia

Cast Reveal

Notes

• Stephen Fu replaces Billy Kametz as Naofumi Iwatami in season 2 due to Kametz's colon cancer diagnosis and later passing on June 9th, 2022.
• Marisa Duran and Belsheber Rusape's first role at Bang Zoom! Entertainment.

Transmission via Streaming

Company	Date	Category	Format	Content	Country
	2019	Anime	Digital	39 Episodes	United States

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Content	Region	Country
FUNimation Entertainment	2019		-	1 NTSC	United States
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External Links

• The Rising of The Shield Hero at the Internet Movie Database.
• The Rising of The Shield Hero (anime) on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
• The Rising of The Shield Hero on Behind The Voice Actors.