A new character concept video has been unveiled for the upcoming To Be Hero X donghua animated series, spotlighting the seventh ranked hero Lucky Cyan. The series is scheduled to premiere in 2025.
The 38-second concept video features the episode’s main theme song “Take Off” by music producer DAIKI (AWSM.).
Li Haolin is credited with the original work and is the director for the donghua series, in collaboration with bilibili and Aniplex. Hiroyuki Sawano is composing the show’s main theme song “Jeopardy.” Sawano, Kohta Yamamoto, Kenmochi Hidefumi, DAIKI (AWSM.), Shuhei Mutsuki, Hideyuki Fukasawa, Misaki Umase, and Ryūichi Takada (monaca) are all serving as music composers. BeDream is in charge of the animation production for the series.
Meanwhile, the Japanese dub cast of To Be Hero X stars:
- • Mamoru Miyano as X
- • Natsuki Hanae as Nice
- • Nobunaga Shimazaki as E-Soul
- • Koichi Yamadera as Ahu
- • Inori Minase as Lucky Cyan
- • Ayane Sakura as Loli
- • Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Little Johnny
- • Yuichi Nakamura as Ghostblade
- • Koki Uchiyama as Dragon Boy
- • Kana Hanazawa as Queen
The series is scheduled to broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV. Crunchyroll will stream the anime worldwide excluding Asia.
The first To Be Hero donghua series aired in Japan for 12 episodes from October to December 2016, with Studio LAN handing the animation production. Crunchyroll also streamed the series as it aired in Japan and each episode ran for 11 minutes.
The sequel series, To Be Heroine, aired in May 2018, with Studio LAN and Haoliners Animation League in charge of the animation production. Haolin previously directed both of these series.
Bilibili (translation via MyAnimeList) describes the main synopsis of To Be Hero X as:
This is a world where heroes are created by people’s trust, and the hero who has received the most trust is known as – X. In this world, people’s trust can be calculated by data, and these values will be reflected on everyone’s wrist. As long as enough trust points are obtained, ordinary people can also have superpowers and become superheroes that save the world. However, the ever-changing trust value makes the hero’s path full of unknowns…
Source: To Be Hero X Official Twitter
