New Anime Premiere: My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

Anime premieres on April 7

The eagerly anticipated anime based on the manga My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, created by Hideyuki Furuhashi and Betten Court, will debut on April 7. The official website kicked off the excitement by streaming character promotional videos for three main characters this past Wednesday.

Character Introductions

Here’s a closer look at the main characters:

Vigilantes

Premiere Details

The anime will air on multiple channels:

Tokyo MX and BS NTV at 11:00 p.m. JST (10:00 a.m. EDT)
Yomiuri TV at 25:59 JST (around 1:59 a.m. JST on April 8)

Voice Cast

The series features a talented cast:

Kōichi Haimawari/The Crawler - Shūichirō Umeda
Kazuho Haneyama/Pop Step - Ikumi Hasegawa
Iwao Oguro/Knuckleduster - Yasuhiro Mamiya

Returning Characters from My Hero Academia

Fans will also recognize familiar voices from the original series:

All Might / Toshinori Yagi - Kenta Miyake
Eraser Head / Shota Aizawa - Junichi Suwabe
Present Mic / Hizashi Yamada - Hiroyuki Yoshino
Midnight / Nemuri Kayama - Akeno Watanabe
Ingenium / Tensei Iida - Masamichi Kitada

Production Team

The anime is under the direction of Kenichi Suzuki, noted for his work in Cells at Work! and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Animation is provided by BONES FILM, a new branch of BONES studio. Yōsuke Kuroda, returning from the original series, will oversee and write the scripts, while Takahiko Yoshida is in charge of character design.

Music and Other Roles

Music Composition: Yuki Hayashi, alongside Shōgo Yamashiro and Yūki Furuhashi
Art Director: Yukihiro Watanabe
Color Designer: Haruko Nobori
Editor: Kiyoshi Hirose
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima

Storyline Overview

The My Hero Academia: Vigilantes manga is a spinoff set before the events of the main series. According to Viz Media, the story follows:

Koichi Haimawari couldn't make the cut to become an official hero, so he uses his modest Quirk to do good deeds in his spare time. Then one day a fateful encounter with some local thugs leads him to team up with two other unlikely heroes. None of them really know what they're doing, but they've got the courage—or foolishness—to try. But they soon discover fighting evil takes more than just being brave…

Manga Background

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes was launched in Shueisha's Shonen Jump GIGA magazine in August 2016 and later relaunched on Shonen Jump+ in December 2016. The digital English release by Viz Media began in August 2017. The manga concluded in May 2022 with a total of 15 volumes.

Sources

For more information, check out the anime's official website and coverage by Comic Natalie.

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes – Exclusive Character Videos You Can’t Miss