Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world! 
 
Note: 
- The first episode was pre-aired on December 27th, 2018. Regular broadcast began on January 9th, 2019. 
- The first episode aired with a runtime of ~47 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world! 

(Source: One Peace Books)

The second season of Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari. 
 
With another Wave happening in a week, Naofumi Iwatani and his party have no time to waste. However, when bat familiars raid Lurolona Village and the Wave countdown comes to a halt, the Four Cardinal Heroes reconvene with the queen, Mirelia Q Melromarc, for a quick briefing. The queen presumes that the odd occurrences are linked to the Spirit Tortoise—a threatening creature that has awakened from its slumber, back to cause havoc once again. A plan to put the Spirit Tortoise to rest is devised—but out of the four men, only the cursed Shield Hero agrees to help. 
 
(Source: MAL Rewrite)

The second season of Isekai Quartet.
 
Your favorite isekai characters return for more exciting crossovers in our everyday world! This time the Shield Hero joins in, and he’s brought Raphtalia and Filo along with him. What kind of shenanigans will the crews of Re:Zero, Overlord, KonoSuba, Saga of Tanya the Evil, and now, The Rising of the Shield Hero get into together? 
(Source: Funimation)

The homeroom class gets sucked through a wormhole into - you guessed it! - another world where they encounter a desolate environment dominated by a rampaging magical automaton. There they meet a girl-type golem with mannerisms similar to Megumin, a woman dressed in the same military uniform as Tanya, and a man with a cane who seems to know Subaru, and hijinks ensue. 
 
(Source: Crunchyroll)

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