My Hero Academia’s Watchers will finally have their own anime

Deku and his friends’ story may be over, but Bones isn’t over yet my hero academia still. During this weekend’s Jump Festa, the animation studio revealed a little surprise for superhero manga fans: its spin-off series, watchmen, will have its own anime in April.

If you haven’t read it, Watchers comes from Hideyuki Furuhashi and Betten Court, and also does double duty as a prequel set five years before Deku’s story. His hero is Koichi Haimawari, a university student with the power to travel on any flat surface. He doesn’t have a hero’s license, but that hasn’t stopped him from saving people. Koichi finds his life changing when he and high school student Kazuho Haneyema are saved by Knuckleduster, a vigilante who decides to take them under his protection. The manga concluded in 2022, but it has created its own fanbase who enjoys it as much as the mothership series and hoped Watchers to get your own adaptation for a while.

With my hero anime ending, it makes sense for Bones to continue Watchers so close to the chest so far. Its brief trailer shows that the spirit of the original series is practically intact and with a unique energy of its own as we see the three not-quite-heroes show off their powers. the world of my hero It’s always been one of its biggest draws, and this show offers a different point of view that its parent series didn’t really provide. How do “unchosen heroes” like Koichi, Kazuho, ​​and Knuckleduster function in a society full of beloved protectors across the country? we will see when My Hero Academia: Vigilantes premieres in April 2025, while the final season of the main anime does not yet have a release window.

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