Fans eager to dive into the second season of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes can now officially look forward to a premiere date that’s just under a month away — January 5, 2026! The news was revealed alongside a new trailer.
Based on the manga series by Hideyuki Furuhashi, Betten Court, and Kohei Horikoshi, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is a prequel to My Hero Academia, which is currently at the tail end of its final season. The series is produced by Bones Film with its series composition and script written by Yosuke Kuroda.
“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!”
The opening and closing artists for season 2 have also been revealed, featuring “CATCH!!!” by THREEE for the opening theme song and “Miss you” by shytaupe for the ending theme song.
The confirmed main characters and cast (Japanese and English) for season 2 include:
- 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 voiced by Junichi Suwabe / Christopher Wehkamp
- Oboro Shirakumo a.k.a. Loud Cloud voiced by Kensho Ono
- Hizashi Yamada voiced by Hiroyuki Yoshino
Season 2 of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes will stream exclusively on Crunchyroll worldwide, excluding Asia except the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Get caught up on season 1 on Crunchyroll now!
