4 new hero visuals also revealed

The official website for the My Hero Academia television anime series revealed a new poster visual and the new character visuals on Monday for the second season's four newly announced characters.

The poster visual shows the new villain Stain.

The new cast members and characters include:

Hikaru Midorikawa as Best Jeanist, the No.4 Pro Hero



Kōji Okino as Gunhead, a hero who specializes in armed combat



Takahiro Fujiwara as Fourth Kind, a chivalrous and intelligent hero



Mai Yamane as Uwabami, a beautiful and intelligent hero





All the new characters are pro heroes.

The second season premiered in Japanese with English subtitles on Crunchyroll and Hulu on April 1, and FunimationNow is streaming the English dub . The anime is listed with 25 episodes. The new season has so far covered the U.A. Sports Festival arc of Kōhei Horikoshi 's original manga.

The second cour of the anime will premiere on July 8, and will cover the "Hero Killer Stain" arc. The second cour will feature a new opening and ending theme song. amazarashi is performing the new opening theme song "Sora ni Utaeba" (If I Sing in the Sky), and LiSA is performing the ending theme song "Datte Atashi no Hero" (Still My Hero).

Source: Comic Natalie