After the final, smashing episode of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes premiered today, Toho Co., Ltd. has officially announced Season 2 is underway for the hit prequel to the beloved anime series My Hero Academia, based on the original manga created by Kohei Horikoshi. A teaser trailer and teaser visual have been revealed, hinting at the events to come in the upcoming sequel season.
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 2 will arrive in 2026 and will stream exclusively on Crunchyroll worldwide excluding Asia.
Based on the manga of the same name created by Hideyuki Furuhashi, Betten Court, and Kohei Horikoshi, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 1 was 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 produced by Bones Film (Gachiakuta).
Additional staff credits include character design by Takahiko Yoshida (Cells at Work!); art director Yukihiro Watanabe (SSSS.Gridman); color design by Haruko Nobori (The Faraway Paladin); director of photography Eiei Cho (The Case Study of Vanitas); 3DCG director Mizuki Sasaki (My Hero Academia); editing by Kiyoshi Hirose (Fire Force); music composed by Yuki Hayashi (My Hero Academia; Haikyu!!); Shogo Yamashiro, and Yuki Furuhashi; and sound director Masafumi Mima (My Hero Academia; Attack on Titan).
The My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 1 main characters and cast (Japanese and English) include the following:
- Koichi Haimawari aka The Crawler voiced by Shuichiro Umeda / Jack Broadbent
- Kazuho Haneyama aka Pop☆Step voiced by Ikumi Hasegawa / Macy Anne Johnson
- Knuckleduster voiced by Yasuhiro Mamiya / Jason Marnocha
- Kuin Hachisuka voiced by Sayaka Senbongi / Morgan Lauré Garrett
- Makoto Tsukauchi voiced by Asami Seto / Molly Searcy
- Christopher Skyline aka Captain Celebrity voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa / Sean Schemmel
For additional information on My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, please visit http://vigilante-anime.com.
My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON will be available to stream on Crunchyroll, worldwide excluding Asia, this October. Learn more about My Hero Academia at https://heroaca.com/.
Source: Press Release
