Kadokawa revealed that the "Q'ten Lo arc" of The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 anime will start in its seventh episode, and started streaming the new arc's promotional video on Wednesday. Hitoshi Haga returns from the third season to direct the fourth season at Kinema Citrus. Keigo Koyanagi is returning to oversee the series scripts, and character designers include Franziska van Wulfen, Sana Komatsu, and Masahiro Suwa (all returning from the third season). Takanori Yamamoto, who was an episode director for previous seasons, is now the assistant director. Kevin Penkin is returning to compose the music, alongside previous sub-composers Alfredo Sirica and Natalie Jeffreys.The anime's new cast include Takeo Ōtsuka as Werner and Jirō Saitō as Jaralis.The Rising of The Shield Hero anime series premiered with a two-hour special in January 2019 and ran for 25 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan. The Rising of the Shield Hero 2 premiered in April 2022. Crunchyroll again streamed the anime as it aired. The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 followed in October 2023 and had 12 episodes.One Peace Books is releasing Yusagi Aneko's original novel series and Aiya Kyu's manga adaptation in English. The publisher describes the novels' first volume: Source: Press release