The anime series has garnered numerous accolades, including two nominations for Anime of the Year at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards. The manga won several awards, including the Sugoi Japan Award and Harvey Award for Best Manga. The English language dub was premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on May 5, 2018.īoth the manga and its anime adaptation have received an overwhelming positive response from both critics and audiences, and are considered one of the best of the 2010s. The anime series has been licensed for streaming services, the home and broadcast release, and the merchandise rights by Funimation. In North America, the manga series has been licensed by Viz Media, who published the first volume on August 4, 2015. There are plans for a live-action film by Legendary Entertainment. 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 which is set to premiere in October 2022. 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 Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected into 35 tankōbon volumes as of July 2022. He is scouted by All Might, Japan's greatest hero, who bestows his Quirk to Midoriya after recognizing his potential, and helps to enroll him in a prestigious high school for superheroes in training. Set in a world where superpowers (called "Quirks") have become commonplace, the story follows Izuku Midoriya, a boy who was born without a Quirk but 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.