The end of the road for My Hero Academia is nigh. After eight years of Quirk action, battle thrills, story twists, and character development (and deaths), the popular anime will wrap up with its eighth and final season in 2025.
Announced in a colour-page promotional Weekly Shonen Jump pull-out, the news comes after creator Kohei Horikoshi concluded the manga in August. A specific date for the finale wasn’t shared, but it was expected sooner rather than later, with the newly-released My Hero Academia: You’re Next film serving to tide over the wait.
The anime is currently in its seventh season, which began airing this May. Unlike previous outings, it will conclude with 21 episodes on 12 October, ending right in the middle of the penultimate Final War arc. It has come a long way since its small-screen debut in 2016, telling the story of a class of superheroes training prestigious U.A. High.
Izuku Midoriya leads My Hero Academia as a boy born without a superpower (called a “Quirk”), but still dreams of becoming a superhero himself. He gets scouted by the world’s greatest hero All Might, who bestows his Quirk to Midoriya after recognising his potential, and helps to enrol him in U.A. High.
The series has spawned various media over the years, including spin-off manga like My Hero Academia: Smash!!, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, and My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions, four feature films, and a host of video games. A live-action adaptation is also “actively” underway at Netflix, though there have been few updates on this front.
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