The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 5 Trailer Reveals 2027 Debut
The two-year gap between Season 4 and Season 5 marks the longest production interval in the series' history, suggesting either a larger-scale production or scheduling challenges at Kinema Citrus.
Key Facts
- The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 5 is scheduled for a 2027 debut.
- The teaser trailer and visual were revealed during Crunchyroll's panel at Anime Expo 2026 on July 3, 2026.
- Kinema Citrus returns as the animation studio for Season 5.
- Crunchyroll will stream the season and also streamed the fourth season, which premiered in July 2025.
Reporting from 2 sources: Anime News Network, Anime Corner.
Kadokawa unveiled the first teaser trailer and visual for The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 5 on Saturday, confirming a 2027 debut. The announcement came during Crunchyroll's panel at Anime Expo 2026 on Friday, where the streaming service also confirmed it will stream the season. The returning staff includes director Hitoshi Haga, assistant director Takanori Yamamoto, series composition writer Keigo Koyanagi, and character designers Franziska van Wulfen, Masahiro Suwa, and Sana Komatsu. The animation studio remains Kinema Citrus. The music team of Kevin Penkin, Alfredo Sirica, and Natalie Jeffreys also returns. The cast from the fourth season is set to reprise their roles. The fourth season of the anime premiered in July 2025 and was streamed by Crunchyroll with an English dub. The series began with a two-hour special in January 2019, followed by a second season in April 2022 and a third season in October 2023. The fifth season's production appears to be on a longer cycle than previous seasons, which aired roughly a year apart.
The staff list includes several returning and new credits the summary did not name. Azusa Sasaki returns as color designer. Airi Hayashi, who worked on background art in season 2 and was assistant art director in season 3, replaces Junichi Higashi as art director. Masaru Satō, the art director for season 2, returns as art supervision. Yūji Koshida returns as 3D director. Shinichirō Miyazaki returns as screen designer. Hydekick returns as 2D artist. Hidekatsu Uemura returns as motion graphics. Tsunetaka Ema, the director of photography for season 3 and photography supervision for season 4, is now director of photography. Hitomi Sudō returns as editing. Fumiyuki Go returns as sound director, joined by Tetsuya Gunji, who was sound production manager in season 3. Shōta Yaso returns as sound effects. Glovision returns for sound production. Nippon Columbia handles music production.
Season 2, which aired in 2022, had Kinema Citrus team up with DR Movie. Season 3, which aired from October to December 2023 and had 12 episodes, returned Kinema Citrus as the sole animation studio. Season 4 picked up where season 3 ended, with Naofumi and his party preparing for the fight against Q'ten Lo. Raphtalia was revealed to be of royal blood, and her homeland sent assassins to eliminate her, forcing Naofumi into action.
Kadokawa launched the RPG Maker MV game "The Rising of the Shield Hero: Relive The Animation" for PC via Steam in 2019. Jupiter launched the PICROSS Records of The Shield Hero picture crossword puzzle game for Nintendo Switch in October 2024. One Peace Books publishes Yusagi Aneko's original novel series and Aiya Kyu's manga adaptation in English.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.