HEROES UNITE: ‘My Hero Academia: Vigilantes’ Episode 1 Review

We know that My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is a brand-new animated spinoff series that takes place before the events of the main My Hero Academia anime, based on the original manga created by Kohei Horikoshi. Debuting Monday, April 7, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes will stream exclusively on Crunchyroll worldwide excluding Asia, with new episodes premiering weekly, same-day as Japan. I remember reading most of the manga and thinking that this series carries a lot of heart and understanding of the original world that we came to love from the original series. In my trailer reaction, I wrote that that fans of MHA would also fall into step with this series as well once it aired. I mentioned that this series coming to us this Spring feels right. Especially knowing the ending of another Shonen Big Three: the animated adaptation of My Hero Academia has an end in sight. It just feels right knowing that the next chapter of the franchise finally makes it to the animated screen, and this first episode is such fun to watch!

My Hero Academia, back: Vigilante, style! My Hero Academia Vigilantes opens to the kind-hearted and good natured Koichi Haimawari (stop me if you’ve heard this opener before) who is a college student who works part time. In a world of quirk, villains, and heroes that save the people, he’s always wanted to join those in the light. (Again, stop me if you heard this line before). YET, he’s a quiet guy who is of average build and doesn’t stand out too much–he is someone w…