The Rising of the Shield Hero is a new anime based off the light novel of the same name by Aneko Yusagi. It follows a 20 year old college student named Naofumi Iwatani as he is swept away from Japan into a world of magic and monsters. Upon arrival he is greeted by his summoners as they explain why they have summoned him. It turns out he is one of the Four Cardinal Heroes of prophesy who are summoned to defeat the ‘waves’ of enemies.
With the release of the anime’s opening episode (which is around 45 minutes long) everyone is anticipating when the next episode will come out. As is stands it looks as though episodes will be released Wednesday morning each week in Japan and subsequently it will probably be late afternoon before an English dub is released. If you haven’t had time to check out the anime’s opening episode it is definitely a quality anime that I would recommend to anyone into fantasy or action/adventure anime.