My Hero Academia (2016)

Original title

僕のヒーローアカデミア

Directed by

Masahiro Mukai, Kenji Nagasaki

Genre

action & adventure, animation, sci-fi & fantasy

Country

Japan

Length

8 seasons, 170 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

8.6 of 10 from 5,326 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy born without superpowers in a world full of them trains to become a superhero. He attends a high school where students learn to master their abilities and face off against villains.

action-packedinspiringemotionalintensehopefuldramaticenthusiasticunderdog-driven

What happens

My Hero Academia (Japanese: 僕のヒーローアカデミア, Hepburn: Boku no Hīrō Akademia) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Bones, based on the manga series My Hero Academia by Kōhei Horikoshi. The series follows Izuku Midoriya, a boy who dreams of becoming a superhero while training at a high school specializing in it. The anime series aired a total of eight seasons from April 3, 2016, to December 13, 2025. The first season of the series premiered on Mainichi Broadcasting System, TBS Television and their Japan News Network affiliates, while from the second season onwards it aired on Yomiuri TV, Nippon TV and their Nippon Television Network System affiliates until its eighth and final season. In North America, the series is licensed by Crunchyroll, LLC. The series also aired an English dub in the United States on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block up until its sixth season. The anime has also received four animated films, subtitled Two Heroes, Heroes Rising, World Heroes' Mission, and You're Next, along with ten original video animations (OVAs) and a television special that adapts a bonus chapter from the final volume of the manga, which premiered on May 2, 2026. The series received praise for its animation, music, pacing, action sequences, and voice acting in both Japanese and English versions, as well as numerous awards. It is considered by many to be one of the most notable anime titles from the 2010s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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