Summary
- My Hero Academia: Vigilantes premiered with a simultaneous English dub, available in multiple languages.
- The anime features voice actors reprising roles, including the original series cast, along with a new group.
- The English ADR production staff for My Hero Academia: Vigilantes was revealed, with the series available on Crunchyroll.
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Hideyuki Furuhashi and Betten Court’s My Hero Academia’s spin-off manga, Illegals (also known as My Hero Academia: Vigilantes) premiered on Monday, April 7. Great news for fans in English-speaking countries as it was announced that the series would be enjoying a simultaneous English dub. The series will also be available in Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, and Italian.
The cast of the My Hero Academia: Vigilantes English dub was also revealed, and the original series author, Kohei Horikoshi, posted a special illustration in celebration of the spin-off’s anime adaptation, which featured Vigilantes protagonist Koichi Haimawari in a pose that references the Marvel Comics Superhero, Spider-Man.
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My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Staff and Cast Information
Voice Actors From the Original Series Reprise Their Roles For Episode 1
The My Hero Academia: Vigilantes anime adaptation comes courtesy of Studio Bones’ subsidiary, Bones Film, with Kenichi Suzuki serving as director; Yōsuke Kuroda on scripts; Takahiko Yoshida on character designs; art direction by Yukihiro Watanabe; photography direction by Yingying Zhang; color design by Haruko Nobori and music by Shōgo Yamashiro, Yūki Furuhashi and Yuki Hayashi.
The Japanese cast includes Shūichirō Umeda as Koichi Haimawari (Alias: The Crawler | Quirk: Slide ‘n’ Glide), Ikumi Hasegawa as Kazuho Haneyama (Alias: Pop☆Step| Quirk: Leap) and Yasuhiro Mamiya as Iwao Oguro (Alias: Knuckleduster | Quirk: these hands). The English dub of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes includes:
- Jack Broadbent as Koichi Haimawari
- Jason Marnocha (Cavaliere, Devil May Cry [2025]) as Knuckleduster
- Macy Anne Johnson (Shikimori, Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie) as Pop☆Step
- Joshua Waters (Yoshikazu Miyano, Sasaki and Miyano) as Souga Kugizaki
- Justin Briner returns to voice Izuku Midoriya
- Vegeta voice actor Christopher R. Sabat as Toshinori Yagi (Hero Name: All Might | Quirk: One For All)
- Dave Trosko as Hizashi Yamada (Hero Name: Present Mic | Quirk: Voice)
- Christopher Wehkamp as Shota Aizawa (Hero Name: Eraser Head | Quirk: Erasure)
- Aaron Campbell (Hajime Umemiya, WIND BREAKER) as No. 6
- Kamen Casey (Reo Mikage, BLUE LOCK) as Tokage
- Mike Smith (Sarius Zenelli, Mobile Suite Gundam: The Witch from Mercury) as Tochi
- Dakota Farnsworth (Lowe Losblender, I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time) as Kugutsu
- Additional Voices voiced by Davon Oliver and Adam Rowe
The My Hero Academia: Vigilantes English ADR Production Staff includes:
- ADR Director: Zach Bolton (PSYCHO-PASS; Soul Eater)
- ADR Producer: Zach Bolton
- Script Adaptation: Matthew Greenbaum
- ADR Mixer: Nathanael Harrison
- ADR Engineer: Tina Son
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is available on Crunchyroll. The first episode aired on April 7 at 8:15 AM PT. Dub languages will roll out in the 15 minutes after new subtitled episodes launch.
The original series, My Hero Academia, is now available to watch for free with ads on Crunchyroll in celebration of Season 7 being nominated for Best Continuing Series at the Anime Awards.
Source: Press release
- Release Date
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April 7, 2025
- Network
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Tokyo MX, BS Nippon TV
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Shuichiro Umeda
Koichi Haimawari / The Crawler (voice)
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Ikumi Hasegawa
Kazuho Haneyama / Pop☆Step (voice)
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Yasuhiro Mamiya
Knuckleduster (voice)
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Kenta Miyake
All Might (voice)
