'My Hero Academia: Vigilantes' - Premiere Date, Trailer, Opening Song & Character Visuals Revealed!

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is coming soon!

Crunchyroll announced on Monday (March 10) that My Hero Academia: Vigilantes will be available on the streamer on April 7.

Toho Co., Ltd. unveiled a new trailer, key art, and opening theme artist for My Hero Academia: Vigilantes as well.

Keep reading to find out more…

The brand new animated spinoff series takes place before the events of the main My Hero Academia anime, based on the original manga created by Kohei Horikoshi.

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes will stream exclusively on Crunchyroll worldwide excluding Asia, with new episodes premiering weekly, same-day as Japan.

The new trailer reveals the opening theme song is “Kekka Orai,” performed by Kocchi no Kento, best known for his viral song ”Hai Yorokonde.”

Based on the manga of the same name created by Hideyuki Furuhashi, Betten Court, and Kohei Horikoshi, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is directed by Kenichi Suzuki (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders; Cells at Work!). The series composition and script were written by Yosuke Kuroda (My Hero Academia; Trigun). The animation is being produced by bones film (Gachiakuta).

Here’s the official synopsis: “Koichi Haimawari is a dull college student who aspires to be a hero but has given up on his dream. Although 80% of the world’s population has superhuman powers called Quirks, few are chosen to become heroes and protect people. Everything changes for Koichi when he and Pop☆Step are saved by the vigilante Knuckleduster and get recruited to become vigilantes themselves!”

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