My Hero Academia Guardians will finally be getting their own animations

The story of Deku and his friends may have ended, but Bones isn’t done yet My hero academy yet. During Jump Festa this weekend, the anime studio revealed a nice little surprise for fans of the superhero manga: its own spin-off series, The guards, It will get its own anime in April.

If you haven’t read it, The guards It comes from Hideyuki Furuhashi and Betten Court, and also does double duty as a prequel set five years before the Deku story. Its hero is Koichi Haimawari, a university student who has the ability to travel on any flat surface. He doesn’t have a hero’s license, but that doesn’t stop him from saving people. Koichi finds his life changed when he and high school student Kazuho Haneyema are rescued by Knuckleduster, a guard who decides to take the pair under his wing. The manga ended in 2022, but it has built its own fanbase that enjoys it as much as the Mothership series, and hoped it would. The guards To get her own adjustment for a while.

with My hero At the end of the anime, it makes sense for Bones to keep her The guards So close to the chest so far. The short teaser shows that the spirit of the original series is largely intact, and with some unique energy of its own as we see the three not-quite-heroes show off their powers. the world My hero It’s always been one of the biggest draws, and this show offers a different perspective that its main series didn’t really provide. How do “unchosen heroes” like Koichi, Kazuho, ​​and Nickelduster fare in a society full of beloved protectors across the country? We’ll see when My Hero Academia: Guardians It will premiere in April 2025, while the final season of the main anime does not have a release window yet.

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