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My Hero Academia Gets New PV, Visual, & Character Designs


Never fear. another hero’s here, fresh from the academy, to save the day!

Earlier today, the official My Hero Academia anime website updated with a new promotional video. The 40-second promo introduces the cast in series of comic book covered-inspired vignettes. The video also confirms that the series will kick off on April 3.

A character design sheet for Shōto Todoroki and a key visual were also added, which you can check out below:

My Hero Academia Character Visual - Shouto Todoroki 001 - 20160214

My Hero Academia Character Visual 003 - 20160214

My Hero Academia adapts Kōhei Horikoshi’s manga of the same name. Kenji Nagasaki is helming the project at Bones, with Yousuke Kuroda (Gundam Build Fighters, Trigun) providing the show’s scripts. Yoshihiko Umakoshi (Berserk) is in charge of character designs.

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Izuku Midoriya: Daiki Yamashita
  • All Might: Kenta Miyake
  • Katsuki Bakugō: Nobuhiko Okamoto
  • Ochako Uraraka: Ayane Sakura
  • Tenya Iida: Kaito Ishikawa
  • Tsuyu Asui: Aoi Yūki
  • Minoru Mineta: Ryou Hirohashi
  • Momo Yaoyorozu: Marina Inoue
  • Fumikage Tokoyami: Yoshimasa Hosoya
  • Denki Kaminari: Tasuku Hatanaka
  • Eijiro Kirishima: Toshiki Masuda
  • Shouto Todoroki: Yuuki Kaji

Character designs for several of the cast members, including Izuki and All Might, as well as a short promotional video are currently available. You can check these out below.

Promotional Video

Character Visuals

Key Visuals

My Hero Academia Visual 001 - 20151101

Source: Comic Natalie

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