To Be Hero X, the latest superpowered anime collaboration between bilibili and Aniplex, debuted a brand-new trailer during Aniplex Online Fest 2024 today that announced a 2025 release date and previewed the main cast to the tune of “JEOPARDY” by Hiroyuki Sawano.Crunchyroll previously confirmed at Anime Expo 2023 that it will stream the upcoming series.
In a world where how well-trusted a hero is determines their powers, the following cast members will rise to the occasion:
Nice voiced by Natsuki Hanae
E-Soul voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki
Ahu voiced by Koichi Yamadera
Lucky Cyan voiced by Inori MInase
Loli voiced by Ayane Sakura
Little Johnny voiced by Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Ghostblade voiced by Yuichi Nakamura
Dragon Boy voiced by Koki Uchiyama
Queen voiced by Kana Hanazawa
X voiced by Mamoru Miyano
To Be Hero X features animation produced by BeDream and direction by Li Haolin (Link Click), with music by Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan), KOHTA YAMAMOTO, Hidefumi Kenmochi, DAIKI (AWSM.), Shuhei Mutsuki, Hideyuki Fukasawa, Misaki Umase and Ryuichi Takada (MONACA).Crunchyroll currently streams the previous two series in the franchise, TO BE HERO and To Be Heroine, and describes the latter like so:
Everyone around Futaba expects her to grow up and become an adult, and she’s lost the ability to keep herself mentally balanced. At the bottom of her heart, her childish self is still there, and still strong.One day she wanders into another dimension, a world where the light has been lost, and darkness rules. The people there exist as babies wearing only their underpants. The clothes they wear can be summoned as powerful fighters called SpiCloths. In this world, a battle was being fought between light and darkness…
Source: Comic Natalie, Aniplex Online Fest 2024 stream