The official website for the television anime of Aneko Yusagi 's The Rising of The Shield Hero ( Tate no Yūsha no Nariagari ) fantasy light novel series revealed on Thursday that the anime will have four Blu-ray Disc and DVD home video releases in Japan, with a total of 25 episodes. The volumes are slated to ship on April 24, May 24, June 26, and July 24.

The series premiered with a two-hour special on January 9 and will run for two consecutive cours (for a total of half a year). Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs in Japan, and will also offer an English dub . Funimation will also offer an English dub .

Crunchyroll premiered the first dubbed episode at Crunchyroll Expo on September 3 with guests from the anime.

Takao Abo ( Norn9 ) is directing the anime at Kinema Citrus . Keigo Koyanagi ( Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars ) is in charge of series composition. Masahiro Suwa ( Chaika the Coffin Princess animation director) is adapting Seira Minami 's original character designs for animation. Crunchyroll is co-producing the show with Kadokawa .

Dance vocal group MADKID performs the opening theme song "RISE." Chiai Fujikawa performs the ending theme song "Kimi no Namae" (Your Name).