My Hero Academia - wikipedia My Hero Academia This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 December 2017. 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 ) Genre Adventure, comedy Manga Written by Kōhei Horikoshi Published by Shueisha English publisher Madman Entertainment Viz Media Demographic Shōnen Imprint Jump Comics Magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump English magazine Weekly Shonen Jump Original run July 7, 2014 -- present Volumes 16 ( List of volumes ) Manga My Hero Academia Smash ! ! Written by Kohei Horikoshi Illustrated by Hirofumi Neda Published by Shueisha English publisher Viz Media Demographic Shōnen Magazine Shōnen Jump + English magazine Weekly Shonen Jump Original run November 9, 2015 -- November 2017 Volumes 5 Anime television series Directed by Kenji Nagasaki Written by Yōsuke Kuroda Music by Yuki Hayashi Studio Bones Licensed by Madman Entertainment ( former ) Universal / Sony Funimation Universal Pictures UK Original network JNN ( MBS ) ( Season 1 ) NNS ( ytv ) ( Season 2 onwards ) English network Animax Asia Original run April 3, 2016 -- present Episodes 38 ( List of episodes ) Game My Hero Academia : Battle for All Developer Dimps Publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment Platform Nintendo 3DS Released JP : May 19, 2016 Manga Vigilante : My Hero Academia Illegals Written by Hiyuki Furuhashi Illustrated by Betten Court Published by Shueisha English publisher Viz Media Demographic Shōnen Magazine Shōnen Jump GIGA Shōnen Jump + Original run September 2016 -- present Volumes Anime film My Hero Academia the Movie Directed by Kenji Nagasaki Written by Yōsuke Kuroda Music by Yuki Hayashi Studio Bones Released Q3 2018 Anime and Manga portal 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 16 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, to start airing in April 2018, as well as an animated film for 2018. Contents 1 Plot 2 Media 2.1 Manga 2.2 Anime 2.3 Video games 2.4 Film 3 Reception 4 References 5 External links 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 December 17th 2017, 10 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, My Hero Academia : Battle for All, was announced in November 2015. The game was developed by Dimps and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for the Nintendo 3DS handheld game console, where it released in Japan on May 19, 2016. A second video game for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows will be released in 2018, titled My Hero Academia : One 's Justice. Film An anime film was announced in December 2017, and will feature an original story. 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. References Jump up ^ `` Official Website for My Hero Academia ''. Viz Media. Retrieved October 26, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Official Shonen Jump website ''. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014. Jump up ^ `` My Hero Academia Anime to Air in MBS / TBS ' ' Nichigo ' Timeslot ''. Anime News Network. January 10, 2016. Archived from the original on January 11, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016. 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Anime News Network. March 8, 2016. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016. Jump up ^ `` BBFC Lists My Hero Academia From Universal ''. Anime News Network. March 24, 2017. Archived from the original on March 25, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017. Jump up ^ Green, Scott ( February 2, 2017 ). `` Latest `` My Hero Academia '' Anime Cast Addition And Plans Spotted ``. Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017. Jump up ^ `` '' My Hero Academia Season 3 Planned `` ''. Crunchyroll. September 29, 2017. Archived from the original on September 30, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2017. Jump up ^ Sato ( November 18, 2015 ). `` My Hero Academia Game Announced For Nintendo 3DS ''. Siliconera. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015. Jump up ^ `` My Hero Academia : Battle for All 3DS Game 's Play Videos Preview Characters ''. Anime News Network. April 4, 2016. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016. Jump up ^ Dayus, Oscar. `` PS4 And Nintendo Switch My Hero Academia Game Revealed ''. GameSpot. Retrieved 30 November 2017. Jump up ^ Gematsu ( December 18, 2017 ). `` My Hero Academia : One 's Justice coming west for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC in 2018 ''. Retrieved December 18, 2017. Jump up ^ `` 8th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 14 Titles ''. Anime News Network. January 18, 2015. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Naruto Cheers on My Hero Academia 's Deku ''. Anime News Network. April 2, 2016. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Japanese Comic Ranking, November 3 -- 9 ''. Anime News Network. November 12, 2014. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Up and Coming Manga Sold Out Immediately ''. December 1, 2014. Archived from the original on December 3, 2014. 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Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Japan Expo Awards の Daruma 賞 受賞 作品 ''. Japan Expo. March 6, 2017. Archived from the original on September 20, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017. External links Official anime website ( in Japanese ) Official page at Weekly Shōnen Jump ( in Japanese ) My Hero Academia ( manga ) at Anime News Network 's encyclopedia Series currently running in Weekly Shōnen Jump Black Clover Boruto : Naruto Next Generations Food Wars ! : Shokugeki no Soma Gin Tama Haikyu ! ! Hinomaru Zumō Hunter × Hunter My Hero Academia One Piece Robot x LaserBeam The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. The Promised Neverland World Trigger Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Weekly Shōnen Jump : 2010 -- 2019 Oumagadoki Zoo Enigma 2011 Magico Stars Nisekoi 2012 Haikyu ! ! The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 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