‘The Rising of the Shield Hero’ Season 3 Episode 9 Release Date & Time

‘The Rising of the Shield Hero’ is an anime series adapted from Aneko Yusagi’s light novels. It was announced at the 2019 Crunchyroll Expo that the series would receive a second and third season. Directed by Hitoshi Haga, the third season features the return of the previous staff and introduces music composers Alfredo Sirica and Natalie Jeffrey. 

The story follows Naofumi Iwatani, a laid-back Japanese youth summoned to a parallel world as one of the Cardinal Heroes tasked with battling inter-dimensional monster hordes. Naofumi, equipped with the Legendary Shield, faces adversity when his single companion, revealed to be the kingdom’s princess, betrays him, falsely accuses him of assault, steals his belongings, and leaves him without support or supplies. The anime’s third season is just a few days away, so it’s due time to see what the release schedule is. 

‘The Rising of the Shield Hero’ Season 3 Episode 9 release rate

‘The Rising of the Shield Hero’ Episode 9 of Season 3 will be released on Friday, December 1, 2023. The title of the 9th episode is ‘Emperor Dragon,’ and we can expect the series to regularly air weekly. The following is air time for different time zones.

• Pacific Time (PT) – 5:30 am
• Central Time (CT) – 8:30 am
• Eastern Time (ET) – 7:30 am
• United Kingdom (GMT) – 1:30 pm
• Central Europe (CET) – 2:30 pm

How many episodes will Season 3 of ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’ have? 

Season 3 of ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’ is set to have 12 episodes in total. The release schedule so far looks like this: 

1. ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’ Season 3 Episode 1 – ‘The Dark Coliseum,’ October 6, 2023
2. ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’ Season 3 Episode 2 – ‘Nadia,’ October 13, 2023
3. ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’ Season 3 Episode 3 – ‘The White Tiger Siblings,’ October 20, 2023
4. ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’ Season 3 Episode 4 – ‘The Operation to Capture the Spear Hero,’ October 27, 2023
5. ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’ Season 3 Episode 5 – ‘Each of Their Paths,’ November 3, 2023
6. ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’ Season 3 Episode 6 – ‘Where You Point Your Strength,’ November 10, 2023
7. ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’ Season 3 Episode 7 – ‘The Girl and the Dragon,’ November 17, 2023
8. ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’ Season 3 Episode 8 – ‘Dragon’s Den,’ November 24, 2023
9. ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’ Season 3 Episode 9 – ‘Emperor Dragon,’ December 1, 2023
10. ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’ Season 3 Episode 10 – ‘TBA,’ TBA
11. ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’ Season 3 Episode 11 – ‘TBA,’ TBA
12. ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’ Season 3 Episode 12 – ‘TBA,’ TBA

Where to watch Season 3 of ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’?

The only place where you can watch ‘The Rising of Shield Hero’ anime regularly is Crunchyroll. Crunchyroll offers the series regularly through simulcast, but you’ll have to watch it in Japanese, with English subtitles; the dub will be released at a later date, as usual.