It was confirmed earlier this evening that the second season premiere of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is scheduled for 10:00 pm JST on Monday, January 5th, 2026, according to the official Twitter/X account for the anime, which also included a new trailer.
Revealed in the video is the opening theme “CATCH” performed by singer-songwriter THREEE; the song “Miss You” by three-piece rock band shytaupe will play over the closing credits.
New episodes will stream online following the televised broadcast in Japan.
The Japanese voice cast features:
- Shuichiro Umeda as the voice of Koichi Haimawari (The Crawler)
- Ikumi Hasegawa as the voice of Kazuho Haneyama (Pop☆Step)
- Yasuhiro Mamiya as the voice of Knuckleduster
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as the voice of Christopher Skyline (Captain Celebrity)
- Asami Seto as the voice of Makoto Tsukauchi
- Tokuyoshi Kawashima as the voice of Naomasa Tsukauchi
- Kana Ueda as the voice of Monika Kaniyashiki (Kaniko)
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as the voice of Taishiro Toyomitsu (Fatgum)
- Hikaru Midorikawa as the voice of Tsunagu Hakamada (Best Jeanist)
- Kenta Kamakari as the voice of Shinya Kamihara (Edgeshot)
- Kenta Miyake as the voice of Toshinori Yagi (All Might)
- Taku Yashiro as the voice of Scarred Man
- Junichi Suwabe as the voice of Shota Aizawa (Eraserhead)
- Kensho Ono as the voice of Oboro Shirakumo (Loud Cloud)
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as the voice Hizashi Yamada
Appearing in the English dub are:
- Jack Broadbent as the voice of Koichi Haimawari (The Crawler)
- Macy Anne Johnson as the voice of Kazuho Haneyama (Pop☆Step)
- Jason Marnocha as the voice of Knuckleduster
- Sean Schemmel as the voice of Christopher Skyline (Captain Celebrity)
- Molly Searcy as the voice of Makoto Tsukauchi
- Alejandro Saab as the voice of Naomasa Tsukauchi
- Christopher Wehkamp as the voice of Shota Aizawa (Eraserhead)
Crunchyroll, which is licensed to stream the series outside of Asia, describes the first season of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes as:
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!
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is a prequel manga to Kohei Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia, written by Hideyuki Furuhashi and illustrated by Betten Court. It was originally serialized in Jump Giga before moving to Shonen Jump+, running from August 20th, 2016, to May 28th, 2022. In North America, VIZ Media publishes the English translation in both print and digital formats. An anime adaptation was produced by Bones Films; the first season debut on April 7th, 2025, and was streamed outside of Asia on Crunchyroll.
Sources: @vigilante_mha, Crunchyroll press release
© H. Furuhashi, BETTEN. C, K. Horikoshi/SHUEISHA, Vigilante Project
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