Hero Bank

• Name — Hero Bank • Ja Kanji — ヒーローバンク • Ja Romaji — Hīrō Banku

• Developer — Sega • Publisher — Sega • Genre — RPG • Platforms — Nintendo 3DS • Released — March 20, 2014

• Type — tv series • Director — Yasutaka Yamamoto • Writer — Atsuhiro Tomioka • Studio — TMS Entertainment 8PAN • Network — TXN (TV Tokyo) • First — April 7, 2014 • Last — March 30, 2015 • Episodes — 51 • Episode List — List of Hero Bank episodes

• Title — Hero Bank 2 • Developer — Sega • Publisher — Sega • Genre — RPG • Platforms — Nintendo 3DS • Released — November 27, 2014 Hero Bank is a role-playing video game developed and published by Sega for the Nintendo 3DS. It was released in Japan on March 20, 2014. A sequel, Hero Bank 2, was released in Japan on November 27, 2014. An anime television series adaptation by TMS Entertainment began airing from April 7, 2014, and ended on March 30, 2015.

In this world, players participate in a futuristic cyber sport called "Hero Battle" using Bankfon Gs or "Hero Gi", which allows them to rent powerful hero suits and fight battles against other players, receiving power boosts from the public. Kaito Gōshō, a young elementary school student who is always eager to help others, ends up hastily signing a contract to rent the powerful hero suit, Enter the Gold, from a mysterious priest named Sennen. However, he soon learns that this suit comes with a debt with 10 billion yen, which Kaito must now pay back by winning Hero Battles.

• Kaito Gōshō • Yūko Sanpei (1-26;32-51) Marie Mizuno (27-31) • The main protagonist, a hot-headed elementary school student who sports a regent hairdo and is known for making all sorts of crude jokes. He is the company president of the Gappori Company, which helps out others with various tasks. He obtains the powerful hero suit Enter the Gold from Sennen, but winds up with a 10 billion yen debt as a result. • Nagare Amano • Hiroshi Kamiya • Gappori Company's 'head of whatever' (or "Jack of all trades" to be more accurate) who often feels inferior to Kaito. Wanting to surpass him, he forms a contract with the Money Ghost, erasing his previous identity and granting him the power hero suit, The Dominion Dollar. • Sekito Sakurada • Kaito Ishikawa: • Kurejito ron Urufu. • Mitsuo Zaizen • Miyuki Sawashiro • Gappori Company's managing director who is short and wears swirly glasses. His main hero suit is Game Console Beep Boop. • Fukuta Kanemaru • Kazuya Nakai • Gappori Company's prophecy chief, who has a Frankenstein-esque appearance and often ends his sentences with "though". He has a pet mouse named Purachina who can predict the future, with Fukuta being the only one who can translate his readings. His main hero suit is Tea Picking Cat. • Boochokin • Mayumi Tanaka: • A Pig. • Sennen • Banjō Ginga • A mysterious priest who gave Kaito his Enter the Gold suit, along with his massive debt. • Money Ghost Sumimori Adachi • Kenyu Horiuchi • A mysterious being who gave Nagare his The Dominion Dollar suit. He is soon revealed be Sumimori Adachi, the creator of Hero Battles, who vows revenge against money for the evils it has done. • Ai Gōshō • Houko Kuwashima • Kaito's elder sister. • Zōan Gōshō • Bin Shimada • Kaito's grandfather. • Isshin Uminari • Yū Kobayashi • A passionate boy who works in Big Money Bay's fishing district. His hero suit is Piscesamurai. • Tetsunosuke "Kintetsu" Kanagata • Tetsu Inada • The son of a factory owner in Iron Town. As a result of protecting his father from an explosion, most of his body has been replaced with robotic parts. His hero suit is Karate Deiku. • Shishio Torai • Hisao Egawa • A bulky bully type who has a crush on Ai. • Deborah Kizaki • Ryōtarō Okiayu • The head of the Cyber Emperor company, which seeks to pave over the industrial parts of town. He uses the hero suit Baron the Euro. He is defeated by Kaito and his company ends up bankrupt. • Rohan Yuri • Ryōta Takeuchi • Li-Chi Long • Ayumi Fujimura • Hikari Takarano • Yuka Komatsu • A Hero Bank researcher who works alongside Sennen in fighting against Money Ghost. • Maki Kashii • Shiori Izawa • A TV reporter, whose name Kaito often mispronounces. • Announcer • Shintarō Ōta

The video game, developed and published by Sega, was released in Japan on March 20, 2014. An arcade game has also been produced. A sequel, Hero Bank 2, was released on November 27, 2014.

An anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment began airing in Japan from April 7, 2014, and is being simulcast by Crunchyroll. The opening theme is "Kasege! Jarinko Hero!" by Nobuaki Kakuda, whilst the ending theme is "Sayonara Mata Itsuka" by Meg for the first 26 episodes. From episodes 27 to 51, The opening theme is "Kasege! Jarinko Hero!" by Kakuda featuring Kamen Joshi, whilst the ending theme is "SARB" by High speed boyz.