Almost 10 years after it first aired, My Hero Academia will be getting its final season in 2025

It’s almost time to say goodbye, again.

Image credit:Bones/ Kohei Horikoshi

Sorry to say it, My Hero Academia fans, but your favourite anime is soon coming to an end, as the final season has been announced.

It was only just in August that the My Hero Academia manga ended its 10 year run, but just yesterday it was confirmed that the anime will be coming to an end too. Season seven has been airing over the past few months, with the 21st and final episode of the season airing yesterday, and with that came the announcement that the anime’s final season will be broadcast in 2025. That announcement was paired with a very short teaser trailer, which really didn’t show anything at all, just with a voiceover of Deku saying “This is the story of how we became the greatest heroes.”

At the very least the staff were confirmed for the final season, which includes a number of returning staff members like chief director Kenji Nagasaki, director Naomi Nakayama, script supervisor Yōsuke Kuroda, character designers Yoshihiko Umakoshi and Hitomi Odashima, and composer Yuki Hayashi. And yes, in case you were wondering, studio Bones will be handling production of the anime once again - he’s hoping they bring back some old favourite animators to make the final season a bit extra special.

It’s a big weekend overall for US-based My Hero Academia fans, as alongside the season seven finale and the eighth season announcement, the series’ latest film My Hero Academia: You’re Next was released in cinemas . This non-canon film introduces a mysterious, evil version of All Might, but you’ll have to go watch the film to find out what’s going on there.

My Hero Academia first started airing way back in 2016, and so far has tallied up 159 episodes - there’s not much of the story left from the manga to adapt, though, so don’t necessarily expect as lengthy a season as previous years.

As the manga approaches its end, My Hero Academia: You’re Next finally locks in a US release date

No word on a release date for Europe though.

Image credit:Bones/ Kohei Horikoshi

My Hero Academia : You’re Next is out next month in Japan, and those of you in the US will only have to wait a couple of months to check it out.

It’s a bit of a big year for My Hero Academia. Season 7 continues to bring the series towards its dramatic end, though it’s still got a little while left to go, and creator Kohei Horikoshi even confirmed that the manga will finally be coming to an end this coming August . It’s quite good timing too, as there’s also a new film on the way, My Hero Academia: You’re Next, which is set to arrive in Japanese theatres August 2. News of a US release has been a bit quiet though, as is typical of most anime movies, but over the weekend during its panel at Anime Expo, Toho Animation confirmed that the upcoming film will be coming to the US just a couple of months after its Japanese release on October 11, later this year.

Traditionally a lot of film adaptations of popular manga aren’t canon to the main story, and while there’s been a growing trend to release films as stop gaps between seasons like with Demon Slayer: Mugen Train and the upcoming Chainsaw Man movie, You’re Next won’t be required viewing for whenever season 8 eventually rolls around. It is set roughly around where the anime is currently, at a time where villains are running wild, where a giant fortress turns up that starts kidnapping people. Things are complicated further by the presence of an evil All Might imitator, but what his whole deal is is yet to be revealed.

My Hero Academia isn’t the only manga set to end this year, as Jujutsu Kaisen is (probably) going to wrap things up too - though, its creator Gege Akutami did recently have to take some time off due to illness, so maybe Shonen Jump will be hanging on to one of its biggest titles a bit longer.