My Hero Academia

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My Hero Academia (Japanese: 僕のヒーローアカデミア, Hepburn: Boku no Hīrō Akademia) is a Superhero Comedy anime series by Bones. It is based on Kōhei Horikoshi's manga of the same name. Its first season aired in Japan from April 3 to June 26, 2016, followed by a second season from April 1 to September 30, 2017, followed by a third season from April 7, 2018 - September 29, 2018, followed by a fourth season from October 12, 2019 - April 4, 2020, followed by a fifth season from March 27, 2021 - September 25, 2021, followed by a sixth season from March 27, 2021 - September 25, 2021, three animated feature films, My Hero Academia: The Two Heroes released on August 3, 2018, My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising released on December 20, 2019 and My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission released on August 6th, 2021 and a seventh season on the works.

Plot

On an Earth-like world where people with superpowers known as "Quirks" (個性, Kosei) are the norm, Izuku "Deku" 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 Bakugō 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 superheroes.

Why It Rocks

1. Beautiful art and animation. Every character looks like they originated from different works of visual media. The action scenes are a visual treat, with battles taking place in air and on ground.
2. Top-notch sound design. The music by Yuki Hayashi (Blood Lad, Death Parade, Haikyu!!) is delightful and the voice acting is a pleasure in all languages: Japanese, English, French, and German. Choices of voice actors are excellent, including, but not limited to, Daiki Yamashita as Izuku Midoriya (Gurio Umino from Sailor Moon Crystal), Nobuhiko Okamoto as Katsuki Bakugo (Rin Okumura from Blue Exorcist), Kaito Ishikawa as Tenya Iida (Genos from One-Punch Man), Yuki Kaji as Shoto Todoroki (Eren Jaeger from Attack on Titan), and Toshiki Masuda as Eijiro Kirishima (Shark from Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL). Kenta Miyake (Zodd Nosferatu from Berserk) sounds absolutely righteous as All Might, and Koki Uchiyama (Meruem from Hunter X Hunter) sounds downright frightening as Tomura Shigaraki. The intro and outro songs are masterpieces to listen to.
3. Amazing storytelling, pathos, and an interesting premise mixed very well to create a captivating story.
4. Great, lovable characters (for the most part. Look at the first bad quality).
5. All the superpowers- sorry, Quirks, are very fun. From explosions to super speed, from gravikinesis to both pyrokinesis AND cryokinesis in one, the list goes on.
6. Given its superhero genre, it should appeal to non-Japanese audiences who are not overly familiar with anime and manga, just like One-Punch Man does. Horikoshi has even stated that MHA was inspired by Marvel and DC heroes.
7. English-dubbed episodes premiere almost immediately after original Japanese episodes. In fact, Season 3 episodes air in both Japanese AND English on the exact same day at the exact same time.
8. Speaking of the English dub, it garnered universal praise, with the director of the show calling it "perfect." Especially Justin Briner (Midoriya), Christopher R. Sabat (All Might), Clifford Chapin (Bakugo), Colleen Clinkenbeard (Momo), Monica Rial (Tsuyu), and Luci Christian (Uraraka), among others, all the voice actors match the characters just as much as the Japanese, French, German, Italian, Filipino, and Tagalog voice actors do.
9. Unusual for an action series, it's short, meaning people will watch the complete series without stopping midway. Season 1 only has 13 episodes, and Season 2 has only 25, totaling 38. Include the Season 1 recap and both specials and you get 41 episodes. Like Season 2, Season 3 is confirmed to have 25 episodes, increasing the episode count to 66 (67 if the movie is counted as one long episode). Whether this is good or bad is up to you to decide.
10. The Soundtrack You Say Run, is awesome, catchy, good to listening, and has even become an internet meme.
11. It has many awesome villains, like Tomura Shigaraki, All for One, Dabi and Stain.
12. The movies were well received.
13. It aired alongside many other awesome Japanese Superhero shows including adaptations in its years of running such as:
    • Season 1 (2016): It aired alongside Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger, Ultraman Orb, Witchy Pretty Cure!, season 3 of Sailor Moon Crystal and Garo: Makai Retsuden.
    • Season 2 (2017): It aired alongside Uchu Sentai Kyuranger, Kamen Rider Ex-Aid, Ultraman Geed, KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode and Idol × Warrior Miracle Tunes!.
    • Season 3 (2018): It aired alongside Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger vs Keisatsu Sentai Patranger, Kamen Rider Build, Ultraman R/B, HUGtto! Pretty Cure and Magical × Heroine MagimajoPures!.
    • Season 4 (2019 - 2020): It aired alongside Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger, Mashin Sentai Kiramager, Kamen Rider Zero-One, Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure, Healin' Good♥Pretty Cure, Secret × Heroine Phantomirage!, and both seasons 1 and 2 of Power Rangers Beast Morphers.
    • Season 5 (2021): It aired alongside Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger, Kamen Rider Saber, Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga, Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure and Bittomo × Heroine Kirameki Powers!.
    • Season 6 (2022 - 2023): It aired alongside Avataro Sentai Donbrothers, Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger, Kamen Rider Geats, Ultraman Decker, Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure and Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure.

Bad Qualities

1. Despite having many likeable characters, a lot of the characters can be quite unlikable.
2. Tsuyu's English dub voice could be off putting for some.
3. Some of the story arcs depending on your view could range from meh to bad.
4. The Latin Spanish dub was poorly received
5. Some of the interesting characters were underutilized like Sir Nighteye, Nejire Hado, the Wild Wild Pussycats and some of the Class 1A Students instead focusing more on the main characters.
6. Izuku could be quite a huge crybaby mainly Season 1 though he since then grew out of this. Izuku could also be considered a Gary Stu due to his overpoweredness and lack of limits.
7. The show's animation quality started going downhill in season 4 and season 5 though it has since regained its charm in season 6.
8. The Fan Base Is Probably the most Toxic Anime Fanbase so stay away from them.
9. It aired alongside many terrible Japanese Superhero shows with most of them being adaptations such in its years of running such as:
   • Season 1 (2016): It aired alongside the terrible Kamen Rider Ghost and Power Rangers Dino Super Charge.
   • Season 2 (2017): It aired alongside the terrible Power Rangers Ninja Steel.
   • Season 3 (2018): It aired alongside the terrible Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel.
   • Season 5 (2021): It aired alongside the terrible season 1 of Power Rangers Dino Fury.
   • Season 6 (2022 - 2023): It aired alongside the terrible season 2 of Power Rangers Dino Fury.