{"id":368985,"date":"2025-12-25T07:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T07:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/368985\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T07:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T07:45:07","slug":"my-hero-academia-returns-with-a-special-look-before-animes-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/368985\/","title":{"rendered":"My Hero Academia Returns With a Special Look Before Anime’s Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than nine years since the anime debut, My Hero Academia<\/a> concluded its story in December this year, bringing an end to one of the best eras of Shonen series. Based on Kohei Horikoshi\u2019s hit Weekly Shonen Jump manga, the anime debuted in April 2016, receiving global popularity for its unique power system, captivating story, and lovable characters. The story ends as the heroes win the long and brutal Final War against All For One and Tomura Shigaraki, as Hero Society rebuilds the country once again while carrying the tragedy and scars of the war with them.<\/p>\n

Since it\u2019s Christmas Eve, the series joins in on the festivities with an adorable visual of Izuku, Katsuki, and All Might. The young Izuku and Katsuki are looking excitedly at Santa Might while wearing the same costume as him. All Might, in his prime form, is carrying a giant bag of gifts for kids, and it\u2019s currently Izuku and Katsuki\u2019s turn. The visual was shared by the official X handle of the anime<\/a> as it sends holiday greetings to fans. The post immediately went viral, gaining tens of thousands of likes in just hours. As fans enjoy the holidays after the story\u2019s bittersweet ending, My Hero Academia\u2018s anime is about to return next year with a special surprise.<\/p>\n

My Hero Academia Anime\u2019s Return Will Adapt a Special Chapter For Fans<\/p>\n

\"MyImage Courtesy of Studio Bones<\/p>\n

The anime will be celebrating its 10th anniversary next year, and Jump Festa 2026<\/a> has already confirmed that fans will have several exciting new projects and announcements to look forward to.\u00a0The series has launched a new website<\/a>\u00a0specifically for sharing all kinds of updates on the 10th anniversary celebration and upcoming projects. The most highly anticipated project is the anime\u2019s continuation in a special episode, which is scheduled to premiere worldwide on May 2nd, 2026. <\/p>\n

Titled \u201cMore,\u201d the special episode<\/a> will adapt Chapter 431, an extra chapter, released exclusively in the final Volume 42 of the manga, which was released in December last year, but only in Japan. The English version of the volume was finally released in October this year, wrapping up the incredible story with a special chapter following Class 1-A students, U.A.\u2019s Big Three, and the pro heroes after the timeskip. It chapter features their get-together while revealing their hero rankings,\u00a0centering primarily on Ochako Uraraka<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The story is set shortly after the main story\u2019s ending, after the time skip, when the students at U.A. have all grown to become incredible pro heroes. The upcoming episode will premiere worldwide on Crunchyroll, where you can also catch up with all eight seasons of the anime. A teaser or visual of the special episode hasn\u2019t been shared yet. Additionally, the website is also teasing at least two more announcements in the future, and there might be more in the future. There are still a few months left before the anniversary, so the series might share the update in the first quarter of next year.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Leave a comment below\u00a0and join the conversation now in the\u00a0ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than nine years since the anime debut, My Hero Academia concluded its story in December this year,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,181060,21999,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-368985","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-my-hero-academia","10":"tag-regular-news","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}