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The Rising of The Shield Hero Anime's 2nd Promo Unveils More Cast, January 9 Debut, Half-Year Length
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The newly announced cast are:
Yutaka Nakano as Aultcray Melromarc XXXII, the king of the alternate world kingdom Melromarc which summoned Naofumi
Hiroki Yasumoto as Elhart, the well-built man who runs Melromarc's weapons shop
The series will premiere with a two-hour special on Hikari TV and other services on January 9 at 11:30 p.m.
Before the formal launch, the first episode will get special preview screenings on Hikari TV on December 27 at 11:30 p.m. followed by the Rina Hidaka.
releasing the novel series and Aiya Kyū's manga adaptation in English. The publisher describes the novels' first compiled book volume:
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 main voice cast includes:
Asami Seto as Raphtalia, a demi-human
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Ren Amaki, the Sword Hero
Makoto Takahashi as Motoyasu Kitamura, the Spear Hero
Yoshitaka Yamaya as Itsuki Kawasumi, the Bow Hero
Rina Hidaka as Filo, a Filolial Queen and a member of the avian species known as Filolial
Maaya Uchida as Melty, a girl Naofumi Iwatani met among the Filolials
Chaika the Coffin Princess animation director) is adapting Minami Seira's original character designs for animation.
The main staff also includes:
- Design Leader: Takeshi Takakura
- Design Assistant: Shinpei Wada
- Monster Design: Satoshi Mori (Gift Animation)
- Action Setting: Yuka Kuroda
- Prop Design: Ayako Sugimura
- Color Design: Anna Okamatsu (Kinema Citrus)
- Visual Advisor: Osamu Masuyama (Inspired)
- Art: Studio Uni)
- 3D CG Director: Yuushi Koshida (Orange)
- 2D Artist: hydekick
- Motion Graphics: Hidekatsu Uemura (Sublimation)
- Director of Photography: Yukiyo Kajiwara
- Editing: Hitomi Sudō
- Sound Production: Glovision
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
- Composer: Kevin Penkin
- Music Production: Nippon Columbia)
Chiai Fujikawa will perform the ending theme song "Kimi no Namae" (Your Name).
premiered the first dubbed episode at Crunchyroll Expo on September 3 with guests from the anime.
MF Books published the novel series' 19th compiled volume in January, and the 20th volume will ship on December 25. One Peace Books released the 12th volume in August.
Kyū launched the manga adaptation in Monthly Comic Flapper magazine in 2014, and Media Factory released the 11th volume on July 23. The 12th volume will ship on December 21. One Peace Books released the ninth volume in August.
Sources: The Rising of The Shield Hero anime's official website, Comic Natalie
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