The second season for the anime series The Rising of the Shield Hero will premiere in October as part of the Fall 2021 anime season.
The premiere date for the upcoming season was announced on the official Twitter page for the anime series. The upcoming season will take place directly after where the 2019 anime series left off.
✨ TVアニメ放送時期解禁 ✨
TVアニメ『盾の勇者の成り上がり』Season2
2021年10月放送開始‼‼‼
尚文たちの新たな物語が
再び動き出します──どうぞお楽しみに❕https://t.co/ZEcNaHyUsG#shieldhero#盾の勇者の成り上がり pic.twitter.com/OHKTPSuWlp
— TVアニメ『盾の勇者の成り上がり』Season2 2021年10月放送開始！ (@shieldheroanime) March 6, 2021
The Rising of the Shield Hero began as a novel series by Aneko Yusagi in 2012. Since then the series has given rise to multiple light-novel series, manga series, and spin-offs.
The series tells the story of Naofumi Iwatani who’s dragged into a different world along with 3 other young men; each of the three is given a legendary weapon. Naofumi is given the legendary shield but is subsequently marginalized by the kingdom for allegedly assaulting the first princess Malty.
Chased out of town and distrusted by his fellow heroes due to the false accusations, Naofumi is forced to rely on a slave lest he be betrayed once again by the kingdom. With his new companion the raccoon girl Raphtalia, Naofumi is able to become strong enough to fight against waves of monsters despite the lack of support from the kingdom which the other heroes receive.
The Rising of the Shield Hero is licensed in North America by One Peace Books for the light novel and manga, and Crunchyroll for the anime.
