My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 2 — Will It Happen? Release Status, Renewal Odds, and Plot Details

If 2025 felt busy for My Hero Academia fans — mainline Season 8 plus a whole new offshoot — buckle up. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes just wrapped its first season, and yes, Season 2 is officially happening with a date on the horizon.

Release window and where to watch

Right after the Season 1 finale, the team confirmed that My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 2 is slated for a January 2026 premiere window. Crunchyroll will stream the new season internationally again, same as last time. There is no exact day on the calendar yet, but with January creeping up, expect the usual drip of promos and date reveals soon.

Season 1 in a nutshell

Season 1 rolled out in the spring with a 13-episode run and a different flavor than the main series. Instead of pro heroes and school rankings, we follow Koichi Haimawari, a college kid who uses his Quirk to help people without a license. He falls in with Pop Step, a charismatic performer with guts, and Knuckleduster, a very punch-first, questions-later type who operates well outside the system. The trio takes on low-level threats at first, but the season quietly seeds something bigger: Trigger, a performance-boosting drug fueling nastier crimes and nastier villains. By the finale, it’s clear the street-level vibe is a setup for a much larger fight.

What Season 2 is likely tackling

Season 2 should push that Trigger storyline to the front. Expect arcs from the manga that build directly off where Season 1 left things, with players like Kuin Hachisuka and the Villain Factory getting more spotlight. The episode count is still under wraps; if it mirrors Season 1’s 13, that’s enough runway to cover a significant chunk of the next phase without rushing it — and honestly, Vigilantes works best when it stays grounded and lets the messiness of operating outside the hero machine do the talking.

• Premiere window: January 2026 (exact date TBA)
• Where to watch: Crunchyroll (international streaming, same as Season 1)
• Season 1: 13 episodes, spring rollout; focuses on Koichi, Pop Step, and Knuckleduster
• Season 2 focus: The Trigger conflict escalates; look for Kuin Hachisuka and the Villain Factory
• Episode count: Not announced; 13 is a safe bet based on Season 1
• Current scores: IMDb 7.2, MyAnimeList 7.60
• Availability right now: My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Season 1 is streaming on Crunchyroll

Short version: if you liked the scrappier, street-level angle and the idea of heroes who never got the official stamp, Season 2 is lining up to be more of the good stuff — just with higher stakes and fewer safe choices.