My Hero Academia facts for kids
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Volume 1 tankōbon cover, featuring Izuku Midoriya (center) and All Might (right)
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Quick facts for kids 僕のヒーローアカデミア(Boku no Hīrō Akademia) |
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| Genre | Adventure, fantasy, superhero |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Kōhei Horikoshi |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Imprint | Jump Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Jump |
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| Original run | July 7, 2014 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 29 |
| Manga | |
| My Hero Academia Smash!! | |
| Written by | Kōhei Horikoshi |
| Illustrated by | Hirofumi Neda |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Shōnen Jump+ |
| English magazine | |
| Original run | November 9, 2015 – November 6, 2017 |
| Volumes | 5 |
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| Written by | Yōsuke Kuroda |
| Music by | Yuki Hayashi |
| Studio | Bones |
| Licensed by | Funimation |
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| English network | |
| Original run | April 3, 2016 – ongoing |
| Episodes | 88 |
| Light novel | |
| My Hero Academia: School Briefs | |
| Written by | Anri Yoshi |
| Illustrated by | Kōhei Horikoshi |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | JUMP j-BOOKS |
| Original run | April 4, 2016 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 5 |
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| My Hero Academia: Battle for All | |
| Developer | Dimps |
| Publisher | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| Platform | Nintendo 3DS |
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| Manga | |
| My Hero Academia: Vigilantes | |
| Written by | Hideyuki Furuhashi |
| Illustrated by | Betten Court |
| Published by | Shueisha |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
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| Original run | August 20, 2016 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Kenji Nagasaki |
| Written by | Yōsuke Kuroda |
| Music by | Yuki Hayashi |
| Studio | Bones |
| Released | April 4, 2017 – June 2, 2017 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes each |
| Episodes | 2 |
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| My Hero One's Justice | |
| Developer | Byking |
| Publisher | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| Genre | Fighting |
| Platform | PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows |
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| Original video animation | |
| All Might: Rising | |
| Studio | Bones |
| Released | February 13, 2019 |
| Runtime | 2 minutes |
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| My Hero Academia: Two Heroes | |
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| Published by | Homesha |
| Imprint | Shueisha Home Comics |
| Published | May 2, 2019 |
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| My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions | |
| Written by | Yōkō Akiyama |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
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| Original run | July 25, 2019 – ongoing |
| Volumes | 1 |
| Game | |
| My Hero One's Justice 2 | |
| Developer | Byking |
| Publisher | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| Genre | Fighting |
| Platform | PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows |
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| Original net animation | |
| Make It! Do-or-Die Survival Training | |
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| Written by | Yōsuke Kuroda |
| Music by | Yuki Hayashi |
| Studio | Bones |
| Licensed by | Funimation |
| Released | August 16, 2020 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes each |
| Episodes | 2 |
My Hero Academia is a Japanese superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected into 29 tankōbon volumes as of January 2021. The story follows Izuku Midoriya, a boy born without superpowers (called Quirks) in a world where they have become commonplace, but who still dreams of becoming a superhero himself. He is scouted by All Might, Japan's greatest hero, who shares his Quirk with Midoriya after recognizing his potential, and later helps to enroll him in a prestigious high school for heroes in training.
The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Bones. Its first season aired in Japan from April to June 2016, followed by a second season from April to September 2017, then a third season from April to September 2018, a fourth season from October 2019 to April 2020, and a fifth season is scheduled to premiere in March 2021. An animated film titled My Hero Academia: Two Heroes was released in August 2018. A second animated film titled My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising was released in December 2019. A third animated film is set to be released in summer 2021. There are plans for a live-action film by Legendary Entertainment.
The series has been licensed for an English-language release by Viz Media and began serialization in their weekly digital manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump in February 2015. Shueisha began to simulpublish the series in English on the website and app Manga Plus in January 2019.
The manga won the 2019 Harvey Award for Best Manga. As of January 2021, the manga had over 30 million copies in circulation. Both the manga and anime adaptation have received an overwhelming positive response from both critics and audiences, and are considered one of the best of the 2010s.
