Review of The Rising of the Shield Hero

Solid 4/10 - as an anime 2/10 - as an isekai Story: Plot is generic hero save use from the monsters. With a twist that becomes meaningless after the first supporting character appears. It also comes with all the generic scenes(hot spring beaches etc.) Art: Generic 2010's artstyle and poorly used CGI Sound: Basic special effects sounds the voice acting is decent if a little soulless from some characters. The First ED and the 2nd OP are decent but nothing very greatCharacter:
Outside of the Main protagonist and one other The cast is full of generic role fillers. love interest who acts as emotional compass, rivals who dont want to work together. People who think they are strong but they're not, get beaten and say its a fluke.
Main Character is interesting(for a little while) and not annoying
Outside of two characters there's practically zero character development

Enjoyment:
Ill admit i did enjoy watching this anime for the first 5-8 episodes but the moment the protagonist woke up and became lighter the interest began to fade quickly and it turn into watching any other isekai but with different character names.

Overall:
While this is a bit better then most iseki trash released nowadays its still the same theme but with a different twist that enhances the overall anime in the beginning but is tossed aside the moment raccoon girl becomes the MC's generic emotional compass. (instead of trash like Cheat Magician and The Hero's Grandson) The real problem with isekai as a whole is that unlike what the name suggests they are away set in a swords and bows styled fantasy world when it should take place with anyone from any time period sent to another. A WWII squad of British commandos presumed dead are transported to a galaxy spanning war of extinction. How about a Rally driver is suddenly transported into a racer like no other far into the future. These are isekai as well but completely different from what people presume as an isekai.

The only thing that saves this isekai from being a 1 is how they used the Main protagonist. If you want to see a good Iseki watch GATE/Log Horizon

As an anime it's passable but nothing your missing out on if you dont watch it. If you want a good anime watch something like Psycho Pass.