My Hero Academia Vigilantes Locks in January 5th Premiere With New Trailer

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, the hit prequel to the beloved anime series My Hero Academia, is leaping back into action with an all-new key art, featuring new characters from the upcoming season, and a trailer announcing that Season 2 will premiere on January 5, 2026. As new episodes broadcast from Japan each week, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 2 will stream exclusively on Crunchyroll worldwide, excluding Asia, except the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

 

Additionally, the artists of the opening and closing theme songs have been revealed. THREEE will perform “CATCH!!!” for the opening theme song, while shytaupe will be performing the ending theme song, “Miss you.”

 

Based on the manga of the same name created by Hideyuki Furuhashi, Betten Court, and Kohei Horikoshi, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 2 is directed by Kenichi Suzuki (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders; Cells at Work!). The series composition and script are written by Yosuke Kuroda (My Hero Academia; Trigun). The animation is produced by Bones Film (My Hero Academia; 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 2 main characters and cast (Japanese and English) include the following:

• Koichi Haimawari a.k.a. The Crawler, voiced by Shuichiro Umeda / Jack Broadbent
• Kazuho Haneyama a.k.a. Pop☆Step voiced by Ikumi Hasegawa / Macy Anne Johnson
• Knuckleduster voiced by Yasuhiro Mamiya / Jason Marnocha
• Christopher Skyline a.k.a. Captain Celebrity, voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa / Sean Schemmel
• Makoto Tsukauchi voiced by Asami Seto / Molly Searcy
• Naomasa Tsukauchi voiced by Tokuyoshi Kawashima / Alejandro Saab
• Monika Kaniyashiki a.k.a. Kaniko, voiced by Kana Ueda
• Taishiro Toyomitsu, a.k.a. Fatgum, voiced by Kazuyuki Okitsu
• Tsunagu Hakamada a.k.a. Best Jeanist, voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa
• Shinya Kamihara a.k.a. Edgeshot, voiced by Kenta Kamakari
• Toshinori Yagi a.k.a. All Might voiced by Kenta Miyake
• Scarred Man voiced by Taku Yashiro / Aaron Campbell
• Shota Aizawa, aka Eraserhead, is voiced by Junichi Suwabe / Christopher Wehkamp
• Oboro Shirakumo a.k.a. Loud Cloud voiced by Kensho Ono
• Hizashi Yamada, voiced by Hiroyuki Yoshino

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes 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!

Stream all episodes of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 1 on Crunchyroll. For additional information on My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, please visit vigilante-anime.com.

My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON is currently streaming on Crunchyroll worldwide, excluding Asia, except the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Learn more about My Hero Academia at heroaca.com.