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My Hero Academia
Cover of the first volume of My Hero Academia, featuring Izuku Midoriya and All Might
僕のヒーローアカデミア
(Boku no Hīrō Akademia)
GenreAdventure, comedy
Manga
Written byKōhei Horikoshi
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 7, 2014 – present
Volumes16 (List of volumes)
Manga
My Hero Academia Smash!!
Written byKohei Horikoshi
Illustrated byHirofumi Neda
Published byShueisha
English publisher
MagazineShōnen Jump +
English magazine
  • NA: Weekly Shonen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 9, 2015 – November 2017
Volumes5
Anime television series
Directed byKenji Nagasaki
Written byYōsuke Kuroda
Music byYuki Hayashi
StudioBones
Licensed by
Original networkJNN (MBS) (Season 1)
NNS (ytv) (Season 2)
English network
Original run April 3, 2016 – present
Episodes38 (List of episodes)
Video game
My Hero Academia: Battle for All
DeveloperDimps
PublisherBandai Namco Entertainment
PlatformNintendo 3DS
Released
  • JP: May 19, 2016
Manga
Vigilante: My Hero Academia Illegals
Written byHiyuki Furuhashi
Illustrated byBetten Court
Published byShueisha
English publisher
MagazineShōnen Jump GIGA
Shōnen Jump +
DemographicShōnen
Original runSeptember 2016 – present
Volumes3

My Hero Academia (Japanese: 僕のヒーローアカデミア, Hepburn: Boku no Hīrō Akademia) is a comedy adventure manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 2014, and 15 volumes have been collected in tankōbon format. The series has been licensed for English-language release by Viz Media, and began serialization in their weekly digital manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump on February 9, 2015.

The story follows Izuku Midoriya, a boy born without superpowers in a world where they are the norm, but who still dreams of becoming a superhero himself, and is scouted by the world's greatest hero who shares his powers with Izuku after recognizing his value and enrolls him in a high school for heroes in training. The manga was adapted into an anime television series; the first season aired from April 3 to June 26, 2016. The second season aired from April 1 to September 30, 2017. A third season has been announced.

Plot

Main article: List of My Hero Academia characters

On an Earth-like world where people with superpowers known as "Quirks" (個性, Kosei) are the norm, Izuku Midoriya is a regular middle school student who has dreams of one day becoming a Hero despite being bullied by his classmates for not having a Quirk. After being the only one to try and save his childhood bully Katsuki from a Villain, the world's greatest Hero All Might bestows upon him his own quirk "One For All". The story follows Izuku's entrance into U.A. High School (雄英高校, Yūei Kōkō), a school that cultivates the next generation of Super Heroes.

Media

Manga

Main article: List of My Hero Academia chapters

My Hero Academia is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It began its serialization in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump in July 2014. As of September 4, 2017 the series been collected into fifteen tankōbon volumes. The series is licensed for English language release in North America by Viz Media, who published the first volume on August 4, 2015. As the series is published in Japan, it is also released simultaneously in English digitally by Viz Media's Weekly Shounen Jump. As of February 7, 2017, 8 volumes have been released.

Anime

Main article: List of My Hero Academia episodes

On October 29, 2015, the series' official Twitter announced that My Hero Academia would receive an anime adaptation produced by Studio Bones.

With the anime announced, TOHOSHI Group registered the domain name "heroaca.com" as the anime's website. The anime is directed by Kenji Nagasaki, written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and feature character designs by Yoshikiko Umakoshi and music composed by Yuki Hayashi. The anime premiered on MBS and other Japan News Network stations in the Nichigo time slot at 5 P.M. on Sundays in Japan. The opening theme is "The Day", performed by Porno Graffitti and the ending theme is "Heroes", performed by Brian the Sun. In March 2016, Funimation Entertainment announced they had licensed the series for streaming services, home and broadcast release as well as obtaining the merchandise rights. It has also been licensed in the United Kingdom by Universal Pictures UK.

A second season was announced in the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine's 30th issue of 2016. It premiered on April 1, 2017 on NTV and YTV, and ended on September 30, 2017, with the staff and cast from the first season returning to reprise their roles.

A third season was announced in the 44th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine of 2017.

Video games

A video game based on the anime was announced in November 2015. The game was developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console, and released in Japan on May 19, 2016.

A second video game for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch was announced in November 2017, titled My Hero Academia: One's Justice.

Reception

The manga was nominated for the 8th Manga Taishō in 2015. Before the anime adaptation's premiere, manga author Masashi Kishimoto praised Kōhei Horikoshi's work, believing it would be a success overseas; Horikoshi, meanwhile, has cited Kishimoto's Naruto series as a primary source of inspiration.

Volume 1 reached the 7th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart with 71,575 copies sold. It sold out almost immediately on its first printing. Volume 2 reached the 6th place, with 167,531 copies and, by January 18, 2015, had sold 205,179 copies. As of March 2017, there were over 10 million copies of My Hero Academia in circulation.

The story has been noted to take inspiration from elements in superhero comics, such as the aesthetics of its characters.

Alex Osborn of IGN gave the anime series positive marks, saying "The first season of My Hero Academia delivers thirteen episodes of fantastic action, elevated by a heartfelt story that's wrapped around a core cast of memorable and relatable characters." Osborn went on to state that the villains were underdeveloped.

The manga won the Sugoi Japan Award in 2017. It also won the "Japan Expo Awards" in the same year.

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