As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. The anime series is currently licensed in North America by Crunchyroll.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. A third season premiered in October 2023. A second season, co-produced by DR Movie, aired from April to June 2022. The 25-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Kinema Citrus aired from January to June 2019.
Both the novel and manga series were licensed by One Peace Books and were published in North America starting in September 2015. The novel series was adapted into a manga series by Aiya Kyū and published by Media Factory, with twenty-four volumes released as of November 22, 2023. As of June 25, 2019, twenty-two volumes have been published.
Originally published as a web novel in the user-generated novel site Shōsetsuka ni Narō, the series has since been published by Media Factory with an expanded story-line featuring illustrations by Seira Minami.
The Rising of the Shield Hero (Japanese: 盾の勇者の成り上がり, Hepburn: Tate no Yūsha no Nariagari) is a Japanese light novel series written by Aneko Yusagi.
