A new key visual and second main PV trailer have been revealed for the upcoming To Be Hero X Chinese animated series. The donghua series will premiere in Japan in April 2025.
Li Haolin (LINK CLICK; To Be Hero; To Be Heroine) is credited with the original work and is directing the donghua series, in collaboration with bilibili and Aniplex. Hiroyuki Sawano is composing the series’ main theme song “Jeopardy.” Sawano, Kohta Yamamoto, Kenmochi Hidefumi, DAIKI (AWSM.), Shuhei Mutsuki, Hideyuki Fukasawa, Misaki Umase, and Ryuichi Takada (MONACA) are all credited as music composers in the series. BeDream is handling the animation production.
Meanwhile, the Japanese voice cast for To Be Hero X stars:
- • Mamoru Miyano as X
- • Kana Hanazawa as Queen
- • 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
To Be Hero X is the follow-up to To Be Hero and To Be Heroine. The first To Be Hero series aired in Japan for 12 episodes from October to December 2016, with Studio LAN handling the animation production. Crunchyroll also streamed the series as it aired in Japan, with each episode running for 11 minutes.
The sequel series, To Be Heroine, aired in May 2018, with Studio LAN and Haoliners Animation League handling the animation production. Haolin previously directed both of these series. Crunchyroll also simulcast both series on its platform.
Crunchyroll will stream the To Be Hero X donghua series and describes the main synopsis as:
A world where outstanding heroes are applauded. Here, “trust” creates superheroes.
If people believe “he can fly,” he will gain the ability to fly. Conversely, even if a hero has special powers, if he loses trust, he will also lose his powers. Trust is collected as data, and the ranking of heroes changes depending on the value. Once every two years, the top heroes gather to compete in a hero tournament. Their performance there updates their “trust value,” and the ranking is reconstructed. The absolute hero who stands at the top of the rankings, people call him “X”…
