To Be Hero (2016)

Original title

凸变英雄

Genre

comedy

Country

Japan

Length

2 seasons, 24 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An ordinary guy gets caught up in a bizarre situation involving aliens and superpowers. He becomes a reluctant anti-hero while trying to balance his family life and his day job.

sillyfast-pacedabsurdlightheartedplayfulover-the-topwhimsicalenergetic

What happens

To Be Hero (Japanese: トゥー・ビー・ヒーロー; Chinese: 凸变英雄) is a Japanese-Chinese superhero comedy animated television series and media franchise created by Li Haoling. The first season of the show was co-produced and animated by Studio LAN and Haoliners Animation League's Japanese branch Emon under the supervision of Shinichi Watanabe. It premiered in October 2016, on Tokyo MX in Japan, and on video sharing website bilibili in China. A second series named To Be Heroine premiered in 2018. The series was directed by Li Haoling and animated by Studio LAN and Haoliners Animation League. A third series titled To Be Hero X, primarily animated by three studios (Studio LAN, Pb Animation Co., Ltd., and Paper Plane Animation Studio) under BeDream, premiered in April 2025. The series was co-produced by BeDream, Bilibili, and Aniplex. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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