No premiere date announced yet. The new PV is here. Check out the ANN article for additional information. Synopsis for the first season from AniList:
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!
HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
I stopped watching after season 1, are the other seasons any good? I mean, they have to be, right, they got 5 seasons?
w_tree@ani.social 4 weeks ago
The latter seasons are nowhere as enjoyable as season one. After season one revenge arc the story becomes uninteresting. The second season start is famous for its bad CGI tortoise and I can’t even remember what happened in that arc. Season 3 and 4 introduce new characters, places and power systems and have potential to be good and interesting but plagued with boring character dialogues, unexplained power systems and new places don’t get explored. The worst of all, Naofumi getting a big Harem and that gets in the story.
That said Season 3 is better than Season 4 and way better than 2 but not as interesting and good as Season 1.
HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
Thank you for the detailed response :3
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
It has consistently gotten worse with each season. I could barely pay attention to season 3, and I dropped it after that, which I’ll explain below:
::: spoiler At the end of season 3, with effectively no buildup, they announce that Raphtalia is actually a princess in exile, which she was completely unaware of. And because Naofumi gave her a specific kind of clothing to wear, that had mistakenly announced her intent to compete for the throne. :::
I personally find this to be extremely poor and lazy writing for what I hope is obvious reasons. Combining this with the increasingly boring seasons makes me think this series is irredeemable at this point.
nyan@lemmy.cafe 4 weeks ago
Yeah, it’s kind of like someone (presumably the light novel author) said, “Hmm, should I just put a timeskip here until the next big bad comes along? But then the series will be shorter and I’ll lose money . . . oh, wait, orphans in these stories always turn out to have some kind of important background, right?”
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Holy shit that is awful writing
ramble81@ani.social 4 weeks ago
I’m still enjoying it. One of the better isekais out there right now. It’s not perfect and a bit formulaic at times but the art, setting and character designs are quite good.
If you’re looking for an amazing story that would win a Pulitzer, keep looking, but if you want an entertaining weekly show to dive in to, it’s been good.