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TO BE HERO X (2025)

TO BE HERO X poster
Original title
凸变英雄X
Genre
anime/manga style
Country
People's Republic of China, Japan
Length
2 seasons, 24 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
8.7 of 10 from 122 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An anthology series set in a superhero-infused urban world. It follows multiple characters whose paths intersect in unexpected ways across different timelines.

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What happens

To Be Hero X (Chinese: 凸变英雄X; pinyin: Tū Biàn Yīngxióng X) is a Chinese donghua television series co-produced with Aniplex, and the third installment in the To Be Hero anthology franchise. It premiered on Fuji Television and other channels on April 6, 2025. A co-production between BeDream, Bilibili, and Aniplex, the series was made at production company and studio BeDream in collaboration with three animation studios: PB Animation Company, Studio LAN, and Paper Plane Animation Studio. It is directed by Li Haoling, with music by Hiroyuki Sawano, Kohta Yamamoto, Hidefumi Kenmochi, Daiki, Shuhei Mutsuki, Hideyuki Fukasawa, Misaki Umase, and Ryuichi Takada. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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