The story of My Hero Academia is set in a world where currently most of the human population has gained the ability to develop superpowers called 'Quirks' ( 個性, Kosei), which occur in children within the age of four: it is estimated that around 80% of the world population has a Quirk. See also: List of My Hero Academia characters Setting As of April 2021, the manga had over 50 million copies in circulation worldwide.

There are plans for a live-action film by Legendary Entertainment.īoth 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, with winning several awards including the 2019 Harvey Award for Best Manga. It has also received three animated films, titled My Hero Academia: Two Heroes, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, and My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission respectively. 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, a fifth season from March to September 2021, and an upcoming sixth season. The series has also inspired numerous spin-off manga, such as My Hero Academia: Smash!!, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes and My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions, as well as an anime television series by Bones. The series has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected into 31 tankōbon volumes as of August 2021. He is scouted by All Might, Japan's greatest hero, who chooses Midoriya as his successor and shares his Quirk with him after recognizing his potential, and later helps to enroll him in a prestigious high school for heroes in training. 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. My Hero Academia ( Japanese: 僕のヒーローアカデミア, Hepburn: Boku no Hīrō Akademia) is a Japanese superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021).

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