A new era of My Hero Academia is upon us! The spin-off series, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, is dropping on Crunchyroll on April 7! Based on the manga of the same name created by Hideyuki Furuhashi, Betten Court, and Kohei Horikosh, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes follows a group of unlicensed heroes saving the day. The series mostly takes place before the main story in My Hero Academia.
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!
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Official Synopsis
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is directed by Kenichi Suzuki (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). The series will air weekly on Crunchyroll, releasing the same day as Japan.
This series is purportedly darker and more mature than My Hero Academia, so I’m excited to see this other side of the My Hero universe. (Although it’s funny saying that, considering the last two seasons of My Hero Academia have been dark and an emotional whirlwind.) The world is so expansive, and while the main story focuses on Deku, there are a lot of questions that can be answered through a different perspective. I’m anime-only for My Hero, and I haven’t read Vigilantes either, but I’ve heard nothing but good things about the series.
Source: Crunchyroll/Toho Press Release
