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'My Hero Academia' Anime Updates: Roles of Izuku Midoriya and All-Might Filled; Daiki Yamashita & Kenta Miyake Cast for the Lead Characters

"My Hero Academia" anime series has recent update of its main voice actors. Names of Daiki Yamashita & Kenta Miyake have come out to play Izuku Midoriya and All Might, respectively.

Anime News Network reports that the news of the lead characters has been filled already. This important info has been announced in the Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump 51st issue. Report says that famous voice actors Daiki Yamashita and Kenta Miyake have signed up to lend their voices for the main characters of "My Hero Academia."

Voice actor Daiki Yamashita is known for his roles as Sakamichi Onoda and Tōya in Yowamushi Pedal and Log Horizon respectively. Kenta Miyake, as a voice actor, has been recognized in his craft as voice actor in "Assassination Classroom's Akira Takaoka, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders' Mohammed Abdul."

ANN also states that the 51st issue of the Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump revealed that "My Hero Academia's" will also release its 1st promo video clip "on the show's official website by the time the issue goes on sale on Monday."

It has also noted by Crunchyroll that Japanese voice actor Tesshō Genda was first chosen as All Might, however sudden changes has been made, and contracted Kenta Miyake to fill the role of Izuku Midoriya's mentor in "My Hero Academia."

Fandom Post on the other hand noted the "My Hero Academia" anime gets so much attention from avid fans of Kohei Horikoshi's manga. There's no doubt that this popular work of Kohei Horikoshi gets so an anime adaptation, because fans want to see their favorite characters Izuku Midoriya and All Might in the small screen.

According to Fandom Post, "My Hero Academia" has been well-received in the Weekly Shonen Jump's English Edition. There's not doubt that Kohei Horikoshi is so good in his craft as a mangaka. In fact, report says that that he got a "Tezuka Award Honorable Mention in 2006 after publishing several short stories in Akamaru Jump. His first serialized work was Oumagadoki Doubutsuen back in 2010."

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