'Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals' Spin-off Manga Gets TV Anime in Spring 2025

The Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) Super Red Stage announced a television anime adaptation of Hideyuki Furuhashi and Court Betten's Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals (My Hero Academia: Vigilantes) manga on Sunday. The anime series will air in April 2025.

Staff
Director: Kenichi Suzuki (JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (TV))
Series Composition, Script: Yousuke Kuroda (Boku no Hero Academia)
Character Design: Takahiko Yoshida (Hataraku Saibou)
Art Director: Yukihiro Watanabe (SSSS.Gridman)
Color Design: Haruko Nobori (Saihate no Paladin)
Director of Photography: Eiei Cho (Vanitas no Karte)
3DCG Director: Mizuki Sasaki (Boku no Hero Academia 5th Season)
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose (Dandadan)
Music: Yuuki Hayashi (Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria), Shougo Yamashiro (Kono Machi to Watashi live-action movie), Yuuki Furuhashi (Haikyuu!! Movie: Gomisuteba no Kessen background music assistance)
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima (MF Ghost)
Studio: Bones Film

Furuhashi and Betten serialized the spin-off manga on the Shounen Jump+ web magazine from September 2016 to May 2022. Shueisha published the 15th and final volume in July 2022. VIZ Media licensed the manga in English in 2018 and released the 15th and final volume on October 10.

Synopsis
Living in a superhuman society, it's hard to feel special. Even more so when the spotlight only shines on professional heroes, those legally authorized to use their special powers known as "Quirks" in public for the greater good.

Kouichi Haimawari grew up aspiring to be a hero, but with a mediocre Quirk like "sliding" that ties him to the ground, he soon came to the conclusion that he could only ever admire them from below. Despite this, Kouichi finds contentment in using his Quirk to carry out day-to-day good deeds, such as returning lost items and helping the elderly cross the street.

However, Kouichi's tame life takes a swing into turbulent when he is rescued from a back alley brawl by "Vigilante," or illegal hero, Knuckleduster. Seeing hero potential in Kouichi, Knuckleduster enlists his help in tracking down the source of a dangerous drug known as "Trigger" that boosts the user's Quirk at the expense of their rationality.

Set in a time before the events of the original story, Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals follows Kouichi as he chooses to don the reputation of a villain and become a Vigilante, operating in the shadow of the law to prevent crimes from taking to the surface. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Teaser PV


Official site: https://vigilante-anime.com/
Official X: @vigilante_mha

Source: Comic Natalie

Vigilante: Boku no Hero Academia Illegals on MAL