To Be Hero X

To Be Hero X (凸变英雄X, Tū Biàn Yīngxióng) is a 2025 Chinese-Japanese animated drama series that's based on the To Be Hero series. It serves as the third season of the series overall.

The anime series was announced on March 25, 2023.^[1] It was animated by BeDream, directed by Li Haoling(known for his work on Link Click and Heaven Official’s Blessing), music composed by Hiroyuki Sawano & Kohta Yamamoto, and it premiered in China on bilibili and in Japan on April 6, 2025.

Crunchyroll licensed the series and produced an English Dub, which premiered on their streaming service on as a SimulDub on April 5, 2025.^[2]

Synopsis

A world where outstanding heroes are applauded. Here, "trust" creates superheroes. If people believe "he can fly," he will gain the ability to fly. Conversely, even if a hero has special powers, if he loses trust, he will also lose his powers. Trust is collected as data, and the ranking of heroes changes depending on the value. Once every two years, the top heroes gather to compete in a hero tournament. Their performance there updates their "trust value," and the ranking is reconstructed. The absolute hero who stands at the top of the rankings, people call him "X"...

Cast[]

Image	Character	Original Actor	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	X	Chao Wei	TBA
	Queen	Liu Xiaoyu	TBA
	Dragon Boy	Chenzhang Taikang	TBA
	Ghostblade	Chang Wentao	TBA
	Little Johnny	Chen Jinwen	TBA
	Big Johnny	Chen Jinwen	TBA
	Loli	Qian Chen	TBA
	Lucky Cyan	Zhao Shuang	Jill Harris
	Ahu	Zhang Fuzheng	TBA
	Yang Cheng / E-Soul	Yang Kaiqi	Stephen Fu
	Yang Cheng / E-Soul	Qian Chen (young; eps. 5-6)	Paige Guillory (young; eps. 5-6)
	Lin Ling / Nice	Gu Jiangshan	Mauricio Ortiz-Segura
Secondary Characters
	Enlighter	Guo Haoran	Landon McDonald
	Moon (Xiao Yueqing)	Chang Rongshan	Bryn Apprill
	Xia Qing	Nianru Shen	Marisa Duran
Treeman
	Shang	Zhang Jie (credited as A-Jie)	John Burgmeier
	Miss J	Qiao Shiyu	Stephanie Young
Mighty Glory
	Yen / Uncle Rock	Liu Beichen	Mike Smith
	E-Soul (original)	Guan Shuai	Jason Douglas
Recurring Characters
	Jam		Alex Hom
	Er Hu	TBA	Nick Huber
	David	TBA	David Wilson-Brown
	KOL-A	TBA	Davon Oliver
	Leo	TBA	Phil Parsons
	Cheesey	TBA	TBA

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Original Actor	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Nice (Original)	Gu Jiangshan	Branden Loera	1
Cheng Yaojin	Tang Shui Yu	Larry Brantley	1
Zhang	Zhang Jie	TBA	1, 3
Alexander	TBA	Jim Foronda	1, 4
Oliver		Daniel Van Thomas	1, 4
Wreck / King of Destruction	Sun Lulu	Alejandro Saab	2
Wolf Girl	Cai Hai Ting	Sarah Roach	3
Firm Man	Miao Zhuang	Markus Lloyd	3-4
Blankster	TBA	William Ofoegbu	4
Meeezy	TBA	TBA
Aja	TBA	TBA
Yang Cheng's Mother	TBA	TBA	5
Shang Chao	Lu Siheng	Aaron Dismuke	5-6
Pomelo	Nie Xiying	Madeleine Morris
Da Hu	TBA	Nazeeh Tarsha
Ahhh	TBA	TBA
Soulden	TBA	TBA
E-Soul Fan		TBA	6
Reporters		TBA
Reporters		TBA
Children		TBA
Children		TBA
Mothers		TBA
Mothers		TBA
Father		TBA
Son		TBA
Couple		TBA
Couple		TBA
Client		TBA
Researchers		TBA
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Promoter		TBA
Representative		TBA	6-7
Influencers		TBA	7
Influencers		TBA
Announcers		TBA
Announcers		TBA
Reporter		TBA
Luo		TBA	8
Luo		Reshel Mae (young)
Liu Zheng		TBA
Director		Christopher Wehkamp
Zhao		TBA
Orphan		TBA
Orphanage Staff		TBA
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Man		TBA
Old Woman		TBA
Believer		TBA
Editor		TBA
Guards		TBA
Guards		TBA
Rescuer		TBA