My Hero Academia: Vigilantes slides onto Crunchyroll in April

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Though the main My Hero Academia anime series is set to end later this year, its gritty prequel is about to make its streaming debut on Crunchyroll. Today, Crunchyroll announced that it has secured the exclusive, global (outside of Asia) rights to stream studio Toho’s My Hero Academia: Vigilantes from director Kenichi Suzuki (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders). Beginning April 7th, new episodes of Vigilantes will hit the streamer weekly at the same time they first air on Japanese television. In a statement about the series making its Western premiere, Crunchyroll chief content officer Asa Suehira said Vigilantes will give My Hero Academia fans “an exciting new perspective on the world this franchise loves.” “We’re thrilled to continue our partnership with Toho and bring this highly anticipated spinoff to audienc ... Read full article.