Toshiyuki Morikawa Joins My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Anime Cast
Discover how Morikawa brings the top hero Captain Celebrity to life in episode 8, airing on May 26—don't miss this exciting performance!
Toshiyuki Morikawa Joins 'My Hero Academia: Vigilantes' Anime as Captain Celebrity
Morikawa to voice top hero Captain Celebrity in Episode 8, airing May 26
The official website for the television anime adaptation ofHideyuki Furuhashi** and Betten Court's manga My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals) announced on Tuesday that renowned voice actor Toshiyuki Morikawa will appear as Captain Celebrity. This top-ranking American hero will debut in the show’s eighth episode, "Major," set to air on May 26.
<center>**Toshiyuki Morikawa as Captain Celebrity**</center>
Anime Premiere & Streaming Details
- Premiere Date: April 7
- Broadcast Channels: Tokyo MX, BS NTV
- Streaming: Crunchyroll (worldwide, excluding Asia)
- English Dub: Also available on Crunchyroll
Main Voice Cast
- Shūichirō Umeda as Kōichi Haimawari/The Crawler
- Ikumi Hasegawa as Kazuho Haneyama/Pop Step
- Yasuhiro Mamiya as Iwao Oguro/Knuckleduster
- Asami Seto as Makoto Tsukauchi
Returning Cast from 'My Hero Academia'
- Kenta Miyake as Toshinori Yagi/All Might
- Junichi Suwabe as Shota Aizawa/Eraser Head
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Hizashi Yamada/Present Mic
- Akeno Watanabe as Nemuri Kayama/Midnight
- Masamichi Kitada as Tensei Iida/Ingenium
Staff Highlights
- Director: Kenichi Suzuki (Cells at Work!, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
- Animation Studio: BONES FILM (newly established by BONES)
- Script Supervisor: Yōsuke Kuroda (returning from main MHA anime)
- Character Designer: Takahiko Yoshida (Yowamushi Pedal, Cells at Work!)
- Music: Yuki Hayashi (returning), Shōgo Yamashiro, Yūki Furuhashi
- Art Director: Yukihiro Watanabe
- Color Designer: Haruko Nobori
- Director of Photography: Yingying Zhang
- 3DCG Director: Mizuki Sasaki
- Editor: Kiyoshi Hirose
- Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Theme Songs
- Opening Theme: "Kekka Orai" (All's Well in the End) by Kocchi no Kento
- Ending Theme: "Speed" by four-member rock band yutori
About the Manga
The Vigilantes manga is a spinoff of Kōhei Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia, set before the events of the main series. The story follows Kōichi Haimawari, who can't become an official hero but uses his modest Quirk to help others. After a fateful confrontation with local thugs, he teams up with two unconventional heroes, discovering that fighting evil takes more than just bravery.
“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…”
Publication History
- Original Serialization: Shueisha's Shonen Jump GIGA (August 2016)
- Relaunched: Shonen Jump+ (December 2016)
- English Digital Release: Viz Media (August 2017)
- Print Edition: Viz Media
- Ended: May 2022, with 15 compiled volumes
- Also Available On: Shueisha's MANGA Plus (English digital)
Sources
Stay tuned for more updates as the anime introduces new heroes and stories from the Vigilantes universe!