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Time of India
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4: Release Date, Trailer, and New Characters Revelations
Good news for anime fans! The Rising of the Shield Hero is coming back with its fourth season in July 2025. The anime's official team has released the first trailer, and it gives fans a short but exciting look at what's coming next. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The trailer also confirms the return of the animation studio Kinema Citrus , and two new theme songs have been revealed—an opening by MADKID and an ending by Chiai Fujikawa . Season 4 is expected to continue the journey of Naofumi and his party , who are preparing for new battles and deeper adventures. After the strong response to Season 3, fans around the world—including in India—are looking forward to this new chapter. The story will also bring back familiar characters and introduce a few new ones, along with fresh twists in the plot. New Songs, Cast Members, and Returning Staff The opening theme song for Season 4 is called 'Resolution' by MADKID, a group that has previously worked on the anime's earlier theme songs. The ending theme is titled 'Once in Eternity', sung by Chiai Fujikawa, who is also returning from past seasons. The new season is being directed by Hitoshi Haga, who also worked on Season 3. He is supported by assistant director Takanori Yamamoto. The writing and series structure will be handled by Keigo Koyanagi once again. The character designers include Franziska van Wulfen, Sana Komatsu, and Masahiro Suwa. The music team features Kevin Penkin, Alfredo Sirica, and Natalie Jeffreys. Fans can also look forward to high-quality visuals and sound, with Miho Ikeda as the director of photography and Fumiyuki Go as the sound director. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The cast will also introduce Takeo Ōtsuka as Werner and Jirō Saitō as Jaralis, two new characters in the upcoming story. TVアニメ『盾の勇者の成り上がり Season4』PV第1弾｜2025年7月放送開始 What Will Happen in The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 Season 4 is expected to pick up right after Season 3's ending. Naofumi and his team are preparing to face the strong nation of Q'ten Lo, which sent assassins after Raphtalia because of her royal bloodline. The teaser uses the line 'The return of the exiled', hinting that Raphtalia may return to her homeland and her past. A special event called The LIVE of the Shield Hero is set for June 15, where more details and visuals will be revealed. Read More | Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord gets anime adaptation
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Star Wars Celebration: ‘Star Wars: Visions' Reveals Season 3 Release Date, ‘The Ninth Jedi' Standalone Series
He was just supposed to be passing by, but Ronin, the former Sith Lord character who appeared in the first season of the animated anthology Star Wars: Visions, will be returning in the third season of the Lucasfilm series which debuts on Disney+ on Oct. 29 this year. The big reveal came at the Star Wars Celebration event in Tokyo, in a panel dedicated to the hit show, where Visions executive producer James Waugh confirmed that three of the most popular storylines from the first season of the show — 'The Duel,' 'The Village Bride' and 'The Ninth Jedi' — will be continuing in the upcoming third volume of episodes. More from The Hollywood Reporter Star Wars Celebration: Hayden Christensen Returning as Anakin Skywalker for 'Ahsoka' Season Two Beijing Film Festival Turns to the Classics in Celebration of 120 Years of Chinese Cinema Star Wars Celebration: Diego Luna, Tony Gilroy and Adria Arjona Premiere 'Andor' Season Two for Fans Waugh also revealed a 'bold new direction' for Visions with the introduction of the Star Wars: Visions Presents banner, which he said would be giving filmmakers a chance to tell deeper and more longform stories without the constraints of the shorter runtime of the typical Visions episodes. First up will be a spinoff standalone series of 'The Ninth Jedi' which will come out sometime in 2026. 'The Duel: Payback' will be directed by Takanobu Mizuno from anime studio Kamikaze Douga. 'The Lost Ones,' a followup to the 'The Village Bride,' will be helmed by Hitoshi Haga of Kinema Citrus. And Naoyoshi Shiotani of Production IG will direct 'The Ninth Jedi' followup 'Child of Hope.' The trio of filmmakers talked about their episodes and showed designs for new characters, much to the delight of the crowd (a four-legged AT-AT, with a Japanese building on top, elicited oohs and aahs). The Ronin character from 'The Duel' has proven to be quite popular with Star Wars fans around the world, inspiring statues, and even a Hasbro Black Series figure. Also at the panel, Masaki Tachibana of anime studio Kinema Citrus previewed an especially kawaii addition to the Star Wars universe for his installment, 'Yuko's Treasure.' The episode's young female protagonist will be accompanied by a large, bear-like droid with a microwave built into his belly. The reveal of the character in a short clip played in the convention hall drew delighted applause. Hiroyasu Kobayashi of Project Studio Q discussed the darker and more mechanical world of his installment 'The Song of Four Wings,' which took the four blades of an X-Wing as its central motif.'We're a studio that specializes in the creation of mechanisms, so we really focussed on the essence of the old Joe Johnston designs and featured a lot of droids and mechs,' he explained while showing a still that featured an anime riff on an AT-AT walker. 'In general, Visions is a concept that really came from a passion for the animated medium,' said Waugh about the original inspirations behind the anthology and its focus on Japanese anime for its first and third volumes. 'I think we've always deeply admired the craftsmen that bring such great storytelling through animation. And so, as we were talking about how we could celebrate that, we ended up coming up with a concept really focused on anime and really focused on celebrating Star Wars through the anime perspective through the idea of really giving Japanese culture a spotlight within Star Wars and its influence on Star Wars in general.' When it debuted in 2021, Visions was a bold creative choice by Lucasfilm as it was a collection of non-canon animated shorts created by different Japanese animation studios and featuring different animation styles. The lack of restrictions led to wildly imaginative interpretations of the Star Wars mythos that proved incredibly popular with fans and critics alike. The first volume of Visions debuted on Disney+ in September 2021. The season included 9 episodes with work from Japanese animation studios Kamikaze Douga, Studio Colorido, Geno Studio, Trigger, Kinema Citrus, Production I.G. and Science Saru. Volume one was met with near universal acclaim from critics, and it enjoys a 98 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes and 81 percent on Metacritic. Volume two of Visions was released on Disney+ in May 2023, with episodes featuring work from a more international group of international studios, including Aardman (U.K.), El Guiri (Spain), Cartoon Saloon (Ireland), Punkrobot (Chile), Studio Mir (South Korea), Studio La Cachette (France), 88 Pictures (India), D'art Shtajio (Japan) along with Lucasfilm (U.S.), and Triggerfish (South Africa/Ireland). Volume two was likewise a huge hit with critics, with it scoring a perfect 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and 88 percent on Metacritic. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'Yellowstone' and the Sprawling Dutton Family Tree, Explained The Cast of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' Then and Now A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise
