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My Hero Academia Anime Reveals 2 New Cast Members
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
This year's 25th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed two more characters and cast members on Monday for the third season of the My Hero Academia anime.
Shuhei Matsuda as Gang Orca, the #10 pro hero, whose Quirk is Orcinus
Kenta Kamakari as Edgeshot, the #5 pro hero, whose Quirk is Foldabody
Matsuda also plays the Villain Moonfish in the series.
The new season premiered on April 7. Funimation is streaming the English dub of the third season, and Crunchyroll and Hulu are streaming the series with English subtitles. The season will have 25 episodes.
The third season features the same staff, including director Kenji Nagasaki at BONES, scriptwriter Yousuke Kuroda, character designer Yoshihiko Umakoshi (with assistance by Hitomi Odashima), and composer Yuki Hayashi. UVERworld is performing the show's opening theme song "Odd Future," and miwa is performing the ending theme song "Update."
The new season has so far covered the forest school trip arc from Kōhei Horikoshi's original manga.
An upcoming anime film, titled My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: Futari no Hero (My Hero Academia the Movie: The Two Heroes), will premiere in Japan on August 3.
Sources: Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #25, Animate Times
