The announcementMy Hero Academiafans have been anxiously awaiting is finally here. The series needs no introduction as a titan among today’s battle shōnen, and its community has been divided aboutwhat will come next forMy Hero Academiafollowing the manga’s conclusion. It turns out thatthe anime adaptation will end with one final season, rather than a movie, set to air in 2025.

My Hero Academiais currently airing its seventh season, which will end on Saturday, October 12. Aspecial event for the season’s final episodewill be hosted on YouTube, with a good chance of bringing a broader announcement regarding the anime’s future. In the meantime, a much subtler announcement has given an indication of the release timeframe for the final season.

Poster for the movie depicting Deku in front of a shadowy Dark Might.

My Hero Academia’s Final Season Will Air in 2025

Anime Fans Will Get To See How The Colossal Battle Shōnen Ends

My Hero Academia’s exciting news comes by way of a promotionalJumppull-out called “My Hero Mass Media”, used in the past to promote media and merchandise related toMy Hero Academia. The color page includes a simple announcement that the final season ofMy Hero Academiawill be coming in 2025. Many fans have posted the page or the news online already.

The announcement has also been shared by other well-regarded channels on the X platform, such as @DiscussingFilm and @WSJ_manga. The latter said that more details about the season are forthcoming. While information about the final season is presently sparse, whatisknown can be considered reliable.

My Hero Academia’s Class 1-A all look aggressive and ready to attack in poster for You’re Next movie.

My Hero Academia’s big announcement comes at the end of a year which has seensome ofShōnen Jump’s biggest franchises come to an end. To callMy Hero Academia’s finale controversial would be an understatement. Nonetheless, fans will be happy to find a sense of closure about the anime’s fate, and countless will be eager to see the conclusion of Deku’s saga in motion come 2025.

My Hero Academia Won’t End With a Movie

The Blockbuster Superhero Battle Franchise Will End With A Televised Season

The announcement is also positioned right beforethe premiere ofMy Hero Academia:You’re Nexton October 11th.My Hero Academia: You’re Nextwill hopefully see similar success to other recent battle shōnen movies, likeJujutsu Kaisen 0,Demon Slayer: Mugen Train, andBlack Clover: Sword of the Wizard King.The proliferation of battle shōnen movies demonstrates clear audience demand.

My Hero Academia Creator Releases His First Expansion Of The Series After Its End

Ahead of the premiere of My Hero Academia: You’re Next, Viz’s Shonen Jump has released a special one-shot leading up to the events of the movie.

The seventh season will end right in the middle ofMy Hero Academia’s penultimate Final War arc. Envisioning the home stretch of the Final War arc and the Epilogue arc as a film triumphantly capping off the series comes naturally. However, although the remaining chapters after season 7’s end are relatively few, they still cover a lot of ground.My Hero Academia’s adaptation has a lot of loose ends left, so the greater detail and time that a season will provide, in comparison to a movie, is a welcome treat.

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My Hero Academia

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Anime series My Hero Academia follows Izuku Midoriya, a boy born without superpowers in a world where most have them. Despite his lack of abilities, he enrolls in a prestigious hero academy, striving to learn the true essence of heroism and fulfill his dream of becoming a hero.