It has been decided that the phantom stage performance of “The Rising of the Shield Hero”, scheduled in spring 2020, will be availabled in Blu-ray and DVD . Along with this announcement, the PV was released.
The original of “The Rising of the Shield Hero” is a popular novel that has exceeded 300,000,000 PV on the novel posting website “Shousetsuka ni Narou (Let's become a novelist)”.
The university student, Iwatani Naofumi, was summoned to another world as the “Shield Hero”, one of the four sacred heroes (sword, spear, bow, shield). However, after being tricked and betrayed, Naofumi has lost everything. Despite that, he borrowed the strength of “Raphtalia”, who he trusted, and faces the world with her.
The first season of the TV Anime of this work was broadcasted from Jan. 2019 until Jun. 2019 and it was revealed that the second and third season of this series are in production.
The stage performance, which was scheduled to be performed in spring 2020, was postponed due to the spread of the novel coronavirus. This phantom performance will be available in Blu-ray and DVD. It is a recording of the costume rehearsal/no-audience performance on Mar. 27 at TT Hall, COOL JAPAN PARK OSAKA. The pamphlet will also be on sale as well.
“Stage Performance 'The Rising of the Shield Hero' Performance Blu-ray/DVD” is priced at 7,500 JPY (tax included) for Blu-ray version and 7,000 JPY (tax included) for DVD version. Pre-orders are available at Scissors Blitz shop and release is scheduled on Sep. 2020.
（C）2019 Aneko Yusagi／KADOKAWA／Production Committee of the Shield Hero
