Staff for the Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) anime have confirmed that the anime will end with its eighth season, which is set to debut in 2025. Nakayama Naomi will return as director for the eighth season at BONES studio, and Nagasaki Kenji will return as chief director.
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The anime’s seventh season premiered in April 2024 and ended with its 21st episode on October 12th, 2024. All seven seasons can be streamed on Crunchyroll.
The anime is an adaptation of Horikoshi Kouhei’s Boku no Hero Academia manga. Horikoshi (Oumagadoki Zoo and Sensei no Baruji) started the manga in Weekly Shounen Jump in July 2014 and ended it in August 2024. Shueisha published the manga’s first tankoubon volume in November 2014 and the 41st volume in August 2024. Shueisha’s website states that volume 42 will be released on December 4th, 2024.
The story follows middle school student Izuku Midoriya, who wants to be a hero more than anything, but he doesn’t have an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then, an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change his destiny…
