CATDOLL: My Hero Academia announces Bakugo Katsuki character, Nobuhiko Okamoto to star

The animation adapted from the popular manga "My Hero Academia" will be produced by Bones, which has produced works such as "Blood Blockade Battlefront". Recently, according to the information leaked by the magazine, the self-proclaimed genius who looks down on Izuku and has a strong self-esteem and a promising bad boy "Bakugo Katsuki" will be played by Nobuhiko Okamoto, who has played roles such as Accelerator in "A Certain Magical Index", Eiji Niizuma in "Dream Eaters", Takumi Usui in "The President is a Maid" and Mikoshiba Mikoto in "Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun".

"My Hero Academia" is the third serialized work by Japanese manga artist Horikoshi Kohei in "Weekly Shonen Jump". The decision to make it into a TV animation was announced in the 49th issue of the manga magazine in 2015.

"My Hero Academia" story summary: Most humans in this era have the power called "personality", but those with power are not necessarily on the side of justice. Wherever evil appears, there will be heroes who stand up to save everyone. A boy who was born without power, Izuku Midoriya, has longed for a top hero since he was a child, and his dream is to become a great hero, but can he realize his dream without power? Despite the difficulties, the boy still does not give up and moves forward towards his goal!

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【STAFF】

Original work: Horikoshi Kohei

Director: Kenji Nagasaki

Screenplay: Kuroda Yosuke

Character design: Yoshihiko Umakoshi

Animation production: BONES

【CAST】

Izuku Midoriya: Daiki Yamashita

All Might: Kenta Miyake

Bakugo Knocks Himself: Nobuhiko Okamoto