Yutori's "Speed" is the first theme song for an anime by the band.
At AnimeJapan 2025 on Saturday, it was announced by the team behind the TV anime adaptation of : Vigilantes manga that yutori, a four-member rock band, will sing the ending theme song "Speed" for the series.
On April 30th, Yutori will release their first theme song for an anime.
In the upcoming performance of the anime, Kocchi no Kento will sing the opening theme song titled "Kekka Orai" (All's Well in the End).
The anime series will be released first on Tokyo MX and BS NTV at 11:00 p.m. JST (10:00 a.m. EDT) on April 7th. Following that, it will air on Yomiuri TV at 11:59 p.m. JST (12:59 a.m. EDT) on April 8th. Crunchyroll will make it available worldwide, except for Asia, starting from April 7th.
The anime stars:
- Shūichirō Umeda as Kōichi Haimawari/The Crawler
- Ikumi Hasegawa as Kazuho Haneyama/Pop Step
As Knuckleduster, Yasuhiro Mamiya portrays Iwao Oguro.
In the revival of the My Hero Academia anime, the familiar characters make their comeback.
- Kenta Miyake as Toshinori Yagi/All Might
As Eraser Head, Junichi Suwabe portrays the character of Shota Aizawa.
Hello! I am Hizashi Yamada using Present Mic.
- Akeno Watanabe as Nemuri Kayama/Midnight
- Masamichi Kitada as Tensei Iida/Ingenium
Kenichi Suzuki is directing the anime, which is being animated by BONES FILM, a newly established company. Yōsuke Kuroda is returning from My Hero Academia to write and oversee the scripts for this series. Takahiko Yoshida is designing the characters for this anime, while Yuki Hayashi is returning from the main anime to compose the music alongside Shōgo Yamashiro and Yūki Furuhashi.
Furthermore, the individuals responsible for various aspects of production include Yukihiro Watanabe as the art director, Haruko Nobori as the color designer, Yingning Zhang as the director of photography, Mizuki Sasaki as the 3DCG director, Kiyoshi Hirose as the editor, and Masafumi Mima as the sound director.
: Vigilantes is a prequel to My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi. It follows events that occur before the main series begins. According to Viz Media, the first volume of this spin-off focuses on a group of vigilantes who operate in Uruwashi City before the emergence of heroes with extraordinary abilities.
Koichi Haimawari couldn't make the cut to become an official hero, so he uses his modest Quirk to do good deeds in his spare time. Then one day a fateful encounter with some local thugs leads him to team up with two other unlikely heroes. None of them really know what they're doing, but they've got the courage—or foolishness—to try. But they soon discover fighting evil takes more than just being brave…