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My Hero Academia Anime Reveals 2 New Character Designs For Class 1-B Members

The official website of the My Hero Academia anime revealed the designs on Monday for two characters joining the cast in the second season. The new cast members include:

Miho Masaka as Ibara Shiozaki, a cool beauty from U.A.'s class 1-B whose "Vines" Quirk allows her to grow and use vines.

Kōhei Amasaki as Neito Monoma, a student from U.A.'s class 1-B whose "Copy" Quirk allows him to use another's Quirk for five minutes after coming in contact with the original user.

Other new cast members include Azu Sakura as Mei Hatsume, Saki Ogasawara as Itsuka Kendō, and Kōji Okino as Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu.

Kenji Nagasaki is returning to direct the series at BONES, with Yousuke Kuroda returning to write and oversee the scripts. Yoshihiko Umakoshi is again serving as the character designer and chief animation director, and Yuuki Hayashi is also returning to compose the music. The main cast from the first season is also returning.

The anime will air on Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. on the NTV (Nippon TV) and YTV (Yomiuri TV) channels beginning in April. The new season will cover the U.A. Sports Festival arc of Kōhei Horikoshi's original manga.

Source: Comic Natalie