My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is an anime series produced by Toho and Bones Film, based on the manga of the same name by Hideyuki Furuhashi and Betten Court. It was announced on December 22, 2024 during the My Hero Academia series panel at Jump Festa 2025.
The first season premiered on April 7, 2025. A second season started airing on January 5, 2026.
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!
Production#
Cast (Japanese)#
Vigilantes#
- Shūichirō Umeda as Koichi Haimawari
- Ikumi Hasegawa as Kazuho Haneyama
- Yasuhiro Mamiya as Iwao Oguro
- Kohsuke Toriumi as Soga Kugisaki
- Yuuki Hosh as Rapt Tokage
- Keiji Hirai as Moyuru Tochi
- Gō Inoue as Stendhal
Heroes#
- Kenta Miyake as All Might
- Junichi Suwabe as Eraser Head
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Present Mic
- Akeno Watanabe as Midnight
- Masamichi Kitada as Ingenium
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Captain Celebrity
- Azusa Aoi as Enigma
- Hinako Takahashi as Watchbird
- Kengo Tsujii as Tough Grab
- Kensho Ono as Loud Cloud
- Chado Horii as Mister Blaster
- Rikiya Koyama as His Purple Highness
Villains#
- Taku Yashiro as Number 6
- Sayaka Senbongi as Kuin Hachisuka
- Takayuki Kondo as Mario Kugutsu
- Hiromichi Kogami as Akira Iwako
- Jun Miyamoto as Batto Yobayakawa
- Kengo Tsujii as Chuma Yakumaru
- Satoru Ito, Yoshimasa Kawata, and Mitsuaki Kanuka as Three Sturm und Drang Brothers
- Takeaki Masuyama as Rojiya Yonenaga
- Tōru Sakurai as Tetsu
- Volcano Ōta as Haruhisa
- Hiroya Egashira as Soji
- Fumitake Ishiguro as Emperor Yotsuura
- Ryōhei Kitsunai as Dolphin Villain
- Akio Ōtsuka as Villain Factory Boss
- Seirou Ogino as Giran
- Megumi Toda as Hina
- Kazuhiro Fusegawa as Willy Wanda
- Kensuke Satō as Wolf Villain
- Masatoshi Fujita as Rhino Man
- Yuki Onodera as Horse Man
Others#
- Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Naomasa Tsukauchi
- Yuri Sakamoto as Naomasa Tsukauchi (Youth)
- Kiyotaka Furushima as Sansa Tamagawa
- Asami Seto as Makoto Tsukauchi
- Hisao Egawa as Eizo Tanuma
- Hiroaki Okuda as Ichimoku Samazu
- Anri Katsu as Jube Namimaru
- Kōichi Kamiki as Teruo Unagisawa
- Miki Natsutani as Monster Cat
- Megumi Okada as Shoko Haimawari
- Ayana Taketatsu as Miu
- Sayumi Suzushiro as Yu
- Masumi Tazawa as East Naruhata High Dance Squad Captain
- Yūki Shin as Leader of the Mad Hatters
- Masato Sugiyama as Mad Hatter Hiroto
- Katsunori Okai as Mad Hatter Akira
- Nobuyuki Kobushi as Mad Hatter Daiki
- Sayaka Senbongi as Tamao Oguro
- Hina Natsume, Maria Naganawa, and Rina Hidaka as Sisters of Saint Lila's Academy
- Kazuho Nagasaki as Kirihito Kamachi
- Kana Ueda as Monika Kaniyashiki
- Kenjo Tsujii as Ikajiro Takobe
- Eri Akiyama as Rin Yaritezawa
- Yū Serizawa as Pamela
Cast (English)#
Vigilantes#
- Jack Broadbent as Koichi Haimawari
- Macy Anne Johnson as Kazuho Haneyama
- Jason Marnocha as Iwao Oguro
- Joshua Waters as Soga Kugisaki
- Kamen Casey as Rapt Tokage
- Mike Smith as Moyuru Tochi
- Robert McCollum as Stendhal
Heroes#
- Christopher Sabat as All Might
- Christopher Wehkamp as Eraser Head
- David Trosko as Present Mic
- Elizabeth Maxwell as Midnight
- Phil Parsons as Ingenium
- Sean Schemmel as Captain Celebrity
- Brianna Roberts as Watchbird
- Stephen Sanders as Loud Cloud
- Trey Upton as Mister Blaster
- Keith Silverstein as His Purple Highness
Villains#
- Aaron Campbell as Number 6
- Morgan Garrett as Kuin Hachisuka
- Dakota Farnsworth as Mario Kugutsu
- Conner Allison as Batto Yobayakawa
- Tom Laflin as Chuma Yakumaru
- Jordan Dash Cruz as Emperor Yotsuura
- John Swasey as Villain Factory Boss
- Ben Phillips as Giran
- Katie Wetch as Hina
- Daniel Van Thomas as Smoke Villain
- Christian Thorsen as Garvey
- Daryl Mayfield as Rhino Man
Others#
- Alejandro Saab as Naomasa Tsukauchi
- Dakota Farnsworth as Naomasa Tsukauchi (Youth)
- Zach Bolton as Sansa Tamagawa
- Molly Searcy as Makoto Tsukauchi
- Jason Douglas as Eizo Tanuma
- Tom Aglio as Ichimoku Samazu
- Bryson Baugus as Jube Namimaru
- Kyle Igneczi as Teruo Unagisawa
- Amanda Gael as Monster Cat
- Linda Leonard as Shoko Haimawari
- Hayden Daviau as Miu
- Juliet Simmons as Yu
- Rebecca Danae as East Naruhata High Dance Squad Captain
- Kieran Flitton as Leader of the Mad Hatters
- Nasim Benelkour as Mad Hatter Daiki
- Hunter Reynolds as Mad Hatter Hiroto
- Katelyn Barr as Iwao Oguro’s Wife
- Morgan Garrett as Tamao Oguro
- Kristin Sutton, Sara Ragsdale, and Jessica Peterson as Sisters of Saint Lila's Academy
- Alex Hom as Kirihito Kamachi
- Kayla Temshiv as Monika Kaniyashiki
- Marianne Bray as Rin Yaritezawa
- Danielle Yoshiko Phillips as Pamela
Crew#
- Director - Kenichi Suzuki
- Script Writer - Yōsuke Kuroda
- Composer - Yuki Hayashi, Shōgo Yamashiro, and Yūki Furuhashi
- Character Designer - Takahiko Yoshida
- Opening/Ending Directors:
- Kenichi Suzuki - (OP)
- Yuki Sato - (ED)
- Hironori Tanaka (OP 2)
- Masaho Hori (ED 2)
- Episode Directors:
- Kenichi Suzuki - (Episodes 1, 20, 21, 26)
- Sayaka Morikawa - (Episodes 2, 8, 14, 20, and 25)
- Hitomi Ezoe - (Episode 3)
- Tsuki Wada - (Episode 4)
- Shinnosuke Ito - (Episode 5)
- Satoshi Takadō - (Episode 6)
- Kohei Hirota - (Episode 7)
- Satoshi Takafuji - (Episode 9)
- Michiru Itabisashi - (Episode 10)
- Kentarō Kawajiri (Episode 11)
- Montonobu Hori (Episode 12)
- Tsuyoshi Tobita (Episode 13)
- Daisuke Inoue (Episode 15)
- Satoru Takafuji (Episode 16)
- Ryou Tagawa (Episode 17)
- Makiko Hayase (Episodes 18 and 23)
- Yuka Shibata (Episode 19)
- Kanchi Miyata (Episode 19)
- Yuki Sato (Episode 21)
- Tomoki Nakagami (Episode 22)
- Kanchi Miyata (Episode 23)
- Shōji Ikeno (Episode 24)
- Michio Fukuda (Episode 25)
- Storyboard Artists:
- Kenichi Suzuki - (OP, Episodes 1 - 3, 10, 13, 19, 20, 21)
- Yuki Sato (ED, Episode 21)
- Naoto Uchida - (Episodes 2, 7, 10)
- Hitomi Ezoe - (Episode 3)
- Tsumuki Wada - (Episode 4)
- Shinnosuke Ito - (Episode 5)
- Michio Fukuda - (Episodes 6, 14, 17, 22, 25, 26)
- Taizo Yoshida (Episode 8)
- Satoshi Takafuji - (Episode 9)
- Kentarō Kawajiri (Episodes 11 and 20)
- Montonobu Hori (Episode 12, 15)
- Hironori Tanaka (OP 2)
- Masaho Hori (ED 2)
- Satoru Takafuji (Episode 16)
- Makiko Hayase (Episode 18)
- Yuka Shibata (Episode 19)
- Itsuki Tsuchigami (Episode 21)
- Jong Heo (Episode 23)
- Shōji Ikeno (Episode 24)
Seasons and Episodes#
Main article: Episodes/Vigilantes
1
13
1 (Vigilantes)1
30 (Vigilantes)30
April 7, 2025 - June 30, 2025[1]
2
13
31 (Vigilantes)31
66 (Vigilantes)66
Japanese: January 5, 2026 - March 30, 2026
English: January 5, 2026 - April 13, 2026
Season 1#
Season 2#
Key Visuals#
Season 1#
Season 2#
BD/DVD Covers#
Others#
Promotional Videos#
Trivia#
- Zach Bolton directs the English dub for Season 1, while Manuel Aragon takes over directing for Season 2.[2]