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My Hero Academia Anime Reveals New Character Design For Class 1-C Member

The official website of the My Hero Academia anime revealed the character design on Monday for Hitoshi Shinsō, who joins the cast in the second season. Wataru Hatano voices the character.

Hitoshi Shinsō, a student of class 1-C at U.A. who has a Quirk of Brainwashing and strives to be admitted into the academy's Hero Department.

Other new cast members include Azu Sakura as Mei Hatsume, Saki Ogasawara as Itsuka Kendō, Kōji Okino as Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu, Miho Masaka as Ibara Shiozaki, and Kōhei Amasaki as Neito Monoma.

Kenji Nagasaki is returning to direct the series at BONES, with Yousuke Kuroda returning to write and oversee the scripts. Yoshihiko Umakoshi is again serving as the character designer and chief animation director, and Yuuki Hayashi is also returning to compose the music. The main cast from the first season is also returning.

The anime will air on Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. on the NTV (Nippon TV) and YTV (Yomiuri TV) channels beginning on March 25 with an episode recapping the first season. The new season will cover the U.A. Sports Festival arc of Kōhei Horikoshi's original manga.

Source: Comic Natalie