My Hero Academia is an anime series produced by Toho and Bones based on the manga by Kohei Horikoshi. It was announced in Issue 49, 2015 of Weekly Shonen Jump. On March 8, 2016, Funimation announced it had acquired exclusive international rights to the series. MBS co-produced the first season.
Synopsis#
Izuku Midoriya is a boy who wishes to become a hero just like his idol, All Might, however lacking a Quirk makes the dream feel impossible, and makes him an easy target for bullying, like from his childhood friend, Katsuki Bakugo. However, after an incident where Izuku meets All Might, he proves himself worthy of becoming a hero, and is chosen as All Might's successor to inherit his Quirk, One For All, which allows him to get accepted to U.A. High School, and learn how to become a true hero.
Cast#
Main Characters#
<tabber> Japanese Voice Cast=
- Daiki Yamashita as Izuku Midoriya
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Katsuki Bakugo
- Kenta Miyake as All Might
- Ayane Sakura as Ochaco Uraraka
- Kaito Ishikawa as Tenya Ida
- Aoi Yuki as Tsuyu Asui
- Ryo Hirohashi as Minoru Mineta
- Marina Inoue as Momo Yaoyorozu
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Fumikage Tokoyami
- Tatsuku Hatanaka as Denki Kaminari
- Toshiki Masuda as Eijiro Kirishima
- Yuki Kaji as Shoto Todoroki
- Eri Kitamura as Mina Ashido
- Kosuke Kuwano as Yuga Aoyama
- Kei Shindō as Kyoka Jiro
- Masakazu Nishida as Mezo Shoji
- Kosuke Miyoshi as Mashirao Ojiro
- Kiyotaka Furushima as Hanta Sero
- Kaori Nazuka as Toru Hagakure
- Takuma Nagatsuka as Koji Koda
- Tooru Nara as Rikido Sato
- Junichi Suwabe as Shota Aizawa
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Present Mic
- Etsuko Kozakura as Chiyo Shuzenji
- Azu Sakura as Mei Hatsume
- Tarusuke Shingaki as Mirio Togata
- Kiyono Yasuno as Nejire Hado
- Yūto Uemura as Tamaki Amajiki
- Wataru Hatano as Hitoshi Shinso
- Akio Ōtsuka as All For One
- Kōki Uchiyama as Tomura Shigaraki
- Takahiro Fujiwara as Kurogiri
- Go Inoue as Chizome Akaguro
- Misato Fukuen as Himiko Toga
- Hiro Shimono as Dabi
- Daichi Endou as Jin Bubaigawara
- Tsuguo Mogami as Atsuhiro Sako
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Kai Chisaki
- Michiru Yamazaki as Kota Izumi
- Seiran Kobayashi as Eri
English Voice Cast=
- Justin Briner as Izuku Midoriya
- Clifford Chapin as Katsuki Bakugo
- Christopher R. Sabat as All Might
- Luci Christian as Ochaco Uraraka
- J. Michael Tatum as Tenya Ida
- Monica Rial as Tsuyu Asui
- Brina Palencia as Minoru Mineta
- Colleen Clinkenbeard as Momo Yaoyorozu
- Jessie James Grelle as Fumikage Tokoyami
- Kyle Phillips as Denki Kaminari
- Justin Cook as Eijiro Kirishima
- David Matranga as Shoto Todoroki
- Caitlin Glass as Mina Ashido
- Joel McDonald as Yuga Aoyama
- Trina Nishimura as Kyoka Jiro
- Ian Sinclair as Mezo Shoji
- Mike McFarlan as Mashirao Ojiro
- Christopher Bevins as Hanta Sero
- Felecia Angelle as Toru Hagakure
- Greg Ayres as Koji Koda
- Cris George as Rikido Sato
- Alex Organ as Shota Aizawa (Season 1)
- Christopher Wehkamp as Shota Aizawa (Season 2+)
- Sonny Strait as Present Mic (Eps. 1-16)
- David Trosko as Present Mic (Eps. 17+)
- Juli Erickson as Chiyo Shuzenji (Season 1)
- Luci Christian as Chiyo Shuzenji (Season 2+)
- Alexis Tipton as Mei Hatsume
- Ricco Fajardo as Mirio Togata
- Lindsay Seidel as Nejire Hado
- Aaron Dismuke as Tamaki Amajiki
- Jarrod Greene as Hitoshi Shinso
- John Swasey as All For One
- Eric Vale as Tomura Shigaraki
- Chuck Huber as Kurogiri
- Robert McCollum as Chizome Akaguro
- Leah Clark as Himiko Toga
- Jason Liebrecht as Dabi
- Newton Pittman as Jin Bubaigawara
- Kent Williams as Atsuhiro Sako
- Kellen Goff as Kai Chisaki
- Cassandra Lee Morris as Kota Izumi
- Emily Neves as Eri
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Seasons and Episodes#
Main article: Episodes
1
13
1
21
Japanese: April 3, 2016 - June 26, 2016[1]
English: May 5, 2018 - August 4, 2018[2]
2
25 + 1 Recap
21
70
Japanese: April 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017
English: August 11, 2018 - February 24, 2019
3
25[3]
70
124
Japanese: April 7, 2018[4] - September 29, 2018
English: March 3, 2019 - August 18, 2019
4
25[5]
125
193
Japanese: October 12, 2019 - April 4, 2020
English: November 9, 2019[6] - June 28, 2020
5
25[7]
190
258
Japanese: March 27, 2021 - September 25, 2021
English: May 9, 2021 - November 7,2021
6
25
258
328
Japanese: October 1, 2022 - March 25, 2023
English: December 4, 2022 - April 23, 2023
7
21 + 4 Recaps
329
Japanese: May 4, 2024 - October 12, 2024
English: May 18, 2024 - October 26, 2024
398
8
12
399
431
Japanese: October 4, 2025 - December 13th, 2025; May 2, 2026
English: October 18, 2025 - December 27th, 2025; May 2, 2026
Movies#
There have been four movies so far in the series:
- My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018)
- My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising (2019)
- My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021)
- My Hero Academia: You're Next (2024)
OVAs#
There have been seven OVAs so far in the series:
- Save! Rescue Training (2016)
- Training of the Dead (2017)
- Make It! Do-or-Die Survival Training (2020)
- Hero League Baseball (2022)
- Laugh! As If You Are in Hell (2022)
- U.A. Heroes Battle (2023)
- I am a hero too (2026)
Movie OVAs#
There has been three OVAs made as movie tie-ins:
- All Might Rising (2019)
- Departure (2022)
- A Piece of Cake (2025)
Magazine Scans#
Key Visuals#
Promotional Videos#
Reception#
The series has received predominantly positive reviews.
Main article: Awards and Nominations
Due to the popularity of the series, characters of My Hero Academia were used to promote the Marvel Studios film Avengers: Infinity War.[8]