The official website for the My Hero Academia anime announced on Friday that two new cast members will be joining the show’s sixth season. These characters are set to appear in the 20th episode of the season, which will air on Saturday.
Daisuke Ono as second generation One For All
Ryōta Suzuki as third generation One For All
Earlier this month, the website for the My Hero Academia anime had revealed two new cast members for the sixth season: Toshiyuki Morikawa as Hikage Shinomori (fourth generation) and Tetsuya Kakihara as En (sixth generation).
The sixth season of the anime premiered on October 1 and will run for two continuous cours, totaling 25 episodes. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime with English subtitles, and an English dub is also available. Toonami is airing the anime.
The new season has adapted the Paranormal Liberation War arc of Kōhei Horikoshi’s original manga, which features an all-out war between heroes and villains. As of February 11, the anime has entered the Black Hero Arc.
The new opening theme song, “Bokura no” (Our), is performed by Eve, while the new ending theme song, “Kita Kaze” (North Wind), is performed by the three-member rock band Six Lounge.
Previous Seasons
My Hero Academia’s first season premiered in April 2016 and consisted of 13 episodes. The second season, which ran for 25 episodes, premiered in April 2017, and the third season, also with 25 episodes, premiered in April 2018. The fourth season, which premiered in Japan in October 2019, had 25 episodes. In August 2020, a two-episode original video anime for the franchise was released and streamed on Funimation and Crunchyroll. The show’s fifth season premiered in Japan in March 2021, and had 25 episodes. In June 2021, a new two-episode original video anime screened in Japan. Both episodes are available for streaming on Crunchyroll.
The Manga
Kōhei Horikoshi’s manga series, which the anime is based on, debuted in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in July 2014. Viz Media publishes the manga in English both digitally and in print in North America, and Shueisha’s MANGA Plus service also publishes the manga in English digitally.
Source: My Hero Academia anime’s website
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