Episode 8 of the TV anime "Vigilante: My Hero Academia My Hero Academia Academia ILLEGALS", an official spin-off of the popular manga "My Hero Academia" by Kohei Horikoshi , titled "MAJOR", will be broadcast on TOKYO MX, Yomiuri TV and other stations on May 26th. In episode 8, a new character, a professional hero named Captain Celebrity, will appear. Voice actor Toshiyuki Morikawa will play Captain Celebrity.
Captain Celebrity, a top-ranking professional hero from the United States, also known as "Captain 'Troublesome' Celebrity," comes to Japan. Koichi is saved by Celebrity at the last minute, but Koichi is not fond of his unheroic attitude, such as his fighting style that prioritizes his own success and his scandalous relationships with women. Furthermore, Celebrity has been treating Makoto with a friendly attitude.
"Vigilante -My My Hero Academia ILLEGALS-" is a manga written by Hideyuki Furuhashi and illustrated by Arata Betsuki, which was serialized on Shueisha's manga app "Shonen Jump+" from 2017 to 2022. Set in Japan several years before the main story of "My Hero Academia", the drama depicts the drama of illegal heroes, the Vigilantes, who cannot help but save those in front of them, even if they are not "chosen" to do so, behind the "chosen" heroes who protect people from enemies (villains) who abuse their "quirks".