The
official website of the My Hero Academia: Vigilantes anime, based
on the manga by Hideyuki Furuhashi and Betten Court,
announced on Monday that actor Taku Yashiro is joining the
cast as the Scarred Man, a key character who will appear in episode
12 of the series.
In
addition, the site shared a new music video titled "Marukane
Department Store Song Remix," performed by Pop Step and
the Naru Fes Featherhats, also corresponding to the same episode.
A
spin-off that expands the My Hero Academia universe
The anime
premiered on April 7 through the Tokyo MX and BS
NTV channels, and is available globally (except in Asia) through Crunchyroll,
both in its original version and with English dubbing.
The main
cast is composed of:
- 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
In
addition, several voices from the main My Hero Academia anime
return, including:
- 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
A
first-class technical team
The series
is directed by Kenichi Suzuki (Cells at Work!, JoJo's
Bizarre Adventure) and the animation is by BONES FILM, a
new division of the BONES studio. Yōsuke Kuroda, a veteran of the
franchise, oversees the scripts, while Takahiko Yoshida designs
the characters.
In the
musical section, Yuki Hayashi returns accompanied by Shōgo
Yamashiro and Yūki Furuhashi. The art direction is in
charge of Yukihiro Watanabe, and the color design is done by Haruko
Nobori. The photography is directed by Yingying Zhang, while
the 3D animation is by Mizuki Sasaki. The editing is the work
of Kiyoshi Hirose and the sound is supervised by Masafumi
Mima.
The opening
theme, titled "Kekka Orai" ("Everything Goes
Well in the End"), is performed by Kocchi no Kento. The
closing track, "Speed," is performed by the
four-member rock band yutori.
A story
of unlicensed heroes
My Hero
Academia: Vigilantes is
an official spin-off that is set chronologically before the
start of the main series. The manga was released in August 2016 in Shonen
Jump GIGA magazine, and then continued on Shonen Jump+ since
December of the same year. It ended in May 2022 with a total
of 15 compilation volumes.
The story
follows Koichi Haimawari, a young man who failed to become a
professional hero. However, he decides to use his quirk to do good on his own.
After a chance encounter with criminals, he teams up with two unconventional
heroes and, together, they face a reality where justice is not always governed
by official rules.
The manga
is published in English by Viz Media in both digital and print
formats, and it is also available through Shueisha's MANGA Plus platform.
