My Hero Academia Vigilantes reveals new trailer

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Produced by Bones Films, the My Hero Academia Vigilantes anime premieres on April 7, 2025.
The 90-second trailer highlights the protagonist's appreciation of All Might and introduces the main characters.
Set as a prequel and spin-off, the My Hero Academia Vigilantes manga has sold over 100,000 copies.

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My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Release Date
- My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Is A Prequel & Spin-off

My Hero Academia: Vigilance is one of the most anticipated anime releases of 2025. It is based on the spin-off of the same name. An anime adaptation of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes was announced at Jump Festa 2025. The spin-off is extremely popular, so fans were thrilled at the prospect of their favorite series being turned into an anime.

Ahead of its April premiere, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes decided to hype it up by releasing a trailer. The 90-second trailer focuses on the lead character and highlights his admiration for All Might, a symbol of peace. The trailer also introduces various characters that will feature heavily in the anime. The anime also released teaser visuals focusing on Koichi, Pop Step, and Knucklester.

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My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Release Date

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes will be released on April 7, 2025. The anime is being produced by Bones' subsidiary Bones Films, the same studio that has produced every season of My Hero Academia. The staff for My Hero Academia: Vigilantes has also been confirmed. It will be directed by Kenichi Suzuki and written by Yosuke Kuroda. Takahiko Yoshida is designing the characters, while Yuki Hayashi, Shogo Yamashiro and Yuki Furuhashi are composing the music.

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes has also confirmed the voice cast for the anime, and it can be found below:

Shuichiro Umeda as Koichi Haimawairi/The Crawler
Ikumi Hasegawa as Kazuho Haneyama/Pop Step
Yasuhiro Mamiya as Oguro Iwao/Knucklemaster

Any additional cast members will be revealed before the premiere or when the anime airs.

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Is A Prequel & Spin-off

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is generally regarded as a spin-off to the more popular My Hero Academia, but in fact, it is also a prequel. It is set five years before the events of the main series. The manga is written by Hideyuki Furuyashi and illustrated by Batten Court. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes began serialization in Shueisha's Jump Giga magazine in August 2016. It continued for almost six years, ending in May 2022.

The manga has released 15 volumes so far. In terms of sales, it is safe to assume that My Hero Academia: Vigilantes has sold over 100,000 copies. With the anime's release on the horizon, sales numbers are bound to increase, and who knows, it might even get a reprint.

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