To Be Hero

To Be Hero (凸变英雄) is a Chinese-Japanese animated comedy television series produced by Emon and animated by Studio LAN and supervised by Shinichi Watanabe. The show premiered in October 2016, on Tokyo MX in Japan, and on video sharing website bilibili in China.

A second season named To Be Heroine premiered in 2018. The series was directed by Li Haoling and animated by Studio.LAN! and Haoliners Animation League.

Chinese cast

 * Tute Hameng (Chinese) as Ossan/Yashu
 * Shan Xin (Chinese) as Min-chan/Chenmin Jiang (姜 辰敏, Jiāng Chénmǐn)
 * Mie Mie (Chinese) as Futaba Hanaya/Yuye Hua (花 语叶, Huā Yǔyè)
 * Ding Dang (Chinese) as Hikaru Isago/Xiaoguang Sha (沙 小光, Shā Xiǎoguāng)
 * Liu Mingyue (Chinese) as Tōru Utsubari/Chao Liang (梁 超, Liáng Chāo)

Japanese cast

 * Kenjiro Tsuda (Japanese) as Ossan/Yashu
 * Moa Tsukino (Japanese) as Futaba Hanaya/Yuye Hua (花屋 二葉, Hanaya Futaba)
 * Yutaka Aoyama/Li Lu as Yamada
 * Tomokazu Sugita
 * Takeshi Maeda
 * Motoko Kumai (Japanese) as Hikaru Isago/Xiaoguang Sha (沙 光, Isago Hikaru)
 * Omi Minami (Japanese) as Tōru Utsubari/Chao Liang (梁 超, Utsubari Tōru)
 * Junko Minagawa (Japanese) as Min-chan/Chenmin Jiang (ミンちゃん, Min-chan)

Media
The production took place in China, with modifications to the show for the Japanese broadcast. The first season started on October 5, 2016, and ended on December 21, 2016. The anime has been licensed by Crunchyroll for its online release. In China, the opening song is "Insistence" (执念), performed by Loki (刘畅). Meanwhile, in Japan, the opening song is "Come to See You" (オープニングテーマ「アイニコイヨ」), performed by BRATS. The ending song in both Japan and China is "My Dad Protects the Earth" (エンディングテーマ「私のパパが地球を守る 〜我爹守护地球〜」) by Lin Heye (林和夜).

A second season of the show entitled To Be Heroine was released on May 19, 2018.

An animation project titled To Be Hero X has been announced by bilibili and Aniplex. The studio BeDream produces the animation, which is again directed by Li Haoling. At Anime Expo 2023, Crunchyroll announced that they licensed the series outside of Asia.