My Hero Academia Season 6 released a special character visual for Katsuki Bakugo along with the voice actor Nobuhiko Okamoto’s comment. The anime unveiled a special character visual for Shoto Todoroki and Tomura Shigaraki, and two characters, Izuku Midoriya also known as Deku, and Dabi, will also get new visuals in the future. The anime is airing every Saturday in Japan and the next, 9th episode titled “Katsuki Bakugo: Rising” was broadcast on November 26. 6k1c13
Nobuhiko Okamoto, who voiced roles as Accelerator in the Toaru series and Yu Nishinoya in Haikyu!!, is voicing Katsuki Bakugo in the My Hero Academia anime. He describes the visual as:
The expression on his face and what’s in his line of sight can lead to ideas of both his growth from a child to an adult and his change of mentality… Such a delicate expression lets me have a lot of stories behind him, which is why I think he is a profound character. His aggressive words and behavior make him look like a cliched character, but he actually isn’t at all, this is what the visual shows. The visual is thought-provoking even to me, his voice actor, so I believe it will cause every one of the fans to give it a lot of thought.
The voice actor also made a comment about the episode:
Finally, “Katsuki Bakugo: Rising” will be broadcast. For me, this was the most difficult episode ever to play as Katsuki Bakugo. I had to show a new aspect of Bakugo, which means I had to make viewers think “It’s not like Bakugo” but at the same time, I had to make them think “This is the Bakugo”. It was difficult to make the contradiction work. I’m glad those who watch and those who listen to the anime feel “weird”, and I hope everyone enjoys the “weirdness”.
The newly-released visual shows fully-armed Katuki Bakugo with an unusual expression on his face:
You can check new character visuals for other characters from the links below:
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