There’s a lot of attention on the upcoming anime adaptation of My Hero Academia and every little taste of it is exciting for fans wanting to see it make the leap to the small screen. Next week’s installment of Weekly Shonen Jump has some early scans out with some revelations about what’s going on with the series in the form of casting. The scans indicate that Daiki Yamashita is taking on the role of Izuku while Kenta Miyake is taking on the role of All Might.
The first promotional video is scheduled to arrive early next week in Japan as well, if not over the weekend.
The series is set to be directed by Kenji Nagasaki, who handled the recent Classroom Crisis series. Yousuke Kuroda is working on the scripts while Yoshihiko Umakoshi is in charge the character designs.
Originally starting back in the summer of 2014, after creator Kouhei Horikoshi Barrage series ended, My Hero Academia is one of the more well-received books in the English edition of Weekly Shonen Jump.
Horikoshi received a Tezuka Award Honorable Mention in 2006 after publishing several short stories in Akamaru Jump. His first serialized work was Oumagadoki Doubutsuen back in 2010.
Plot concept: What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called “Quirks”? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless? Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn’t got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change his destiny…
[Source: ANN]
