The Rising of the Shield Hero is an anime television series produced by Kinema Citrus and directed by Takao Abo,[1] with Keigo Koyanagi handling series composition, Masahiro Suwa designing the characters, and Kevin Penkin composing the music.

[2] The first season adapts the first five volumes of the light novel series of the same title written by Aneko Yusagi.

The first season ran from January 9 to June 26, 2019, on AT-X and other networks.

[5] The second opening theme is "Faith", also performed by Madkid, while the second ending theme is "While I'm Next to You" (あたしが隣にいるうちに, Atashi ga Tonari ni Iru Uchi ni), performed by Fujikawa.

[6] For episode 4, Asami Seto sang an insert song titled "Falling Through Starlight" as her portrayed character Raphtalia.