How many episodes are in My Hero Academia?

My Hero Academia has 11 episodes in this listed season.

When does My Hero Academia premiere?

My Hero Academia premieres on 2025-10-04.

Is My Hero Academia a new series?

My Hero Academia is a returning series (Season 8).

My Hero Academia(2016)

Also known as Boku No Hero Academia • Minha Academia de Heróis • 我的英雄學院

Archived · TBS

8.2

MA15+11 eps

S08

Sci-Fi & FantasyActionAdventureComedy

A superhero-admiring boy enrolls in a prestigious hero academy and learns what it really means to be a hero, after the strongest superhero grants him his own powers.

Feels like

tournament arcsearned growth battlesmentor training beatslight character comedy

ON AIR: OCT 4Season 8Archived listing

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