Though the principle My Hero Academia anime collection is about to finish later this yr, its gritty prequel is about to make its streaming debut on Crunchyroll.
Today, Crunchyroll introduced that it has secured the unique, international (outdoors of Asia) rights to stream studio Toho’s My Hero Academia: Vigilantes from director Kenichi Suzuki (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders). Beginning April seventh, new episodes of Vigilantes will hit the streamer weekly on the similar time they first air on Japanese tv. In an announcement concerning the collection making its Western premiere, Crunchyroll chief content material officer Asa Suehira stated Vigilantes will give My Hero Academia followers “an thrilling new perspective on the world this franchise loves.”
“We’re thrilled to proceed our partnership with Toho and produce this extremely anticipated spinoff to audiences across the globe,” Suehira stated.
Set 5 years earlier than the principle collection, Vigilantes tells the story of Koichi Haimawari (Shuichiro Umeda), a school scholar who has given up on his dream of turning into knowledgeable superhero. Though Koichi can’t get his professional hero license, he is aware of that his quirk — which permits him to glide frictionlessly throughout surfaces — can be utilized to assist defend folks.
Koichi does have a knack for serving to people take care of comparatively easy duties. But when he and Kazuho Haneyama (Ikumi Hasegawa), a woman with the ability to leap nice distances, are attacked by folks with extra formidable quirks, it’s solely due to the quirkless vigilante Knuckleduster’s (Yasuhiro Mamiya) intervention that they’re in a position to stroll away with their lives.
Along with teasing a few of how the trio develop into an unlikely group of (unlawful) heroes working outdoors of the legislation, Vigilantes’ new trailer showcases how studio Bones has introduced the unique manga’s kinetic motion to life. The present appears nice, and like a extra severe return to this world — one that can play on to My Hero Academia’s followers when it drops subsequent month.
