After a nearly 10-year run, the My Hero Academia anime series is winding down, with its final season slated for release in October 2025. Across seven series, the superhero anime has garnered a devoted fanbase with its endearing protagonists, eccentric characters, and dazzling fight scenes.
Now is one of the best times to delve into the franchise, especially with the latest movie and box office hit, My Hero Academia: You're Next, now streaming. Viewers can use our guide to find out where and how to watch My Hero Academia and its spinoff series, as well as its movies and OVAs, in chronological order on platforms like Crunchyroll, Netflix, and more.
‘My Hero Academia’ Season 1
Naturally, newcomers to the franchise will begin with Season 1 of My Hero Academia. Season 1 introduces viewers to its protagonist, Izuku Midoriya, a young boy who lacks superhuman powers in a world where 80% of the population has them. Despite his lack of powers, Izuku still dreams of becoming a superhero one day, and his dreams begin to come true when he catches the attention of the hero All Might. Season 1 adapts the first two volumes and part of volume 3 of Kōhei Horikoshi's manga series of the same name.
My Hero Academia: Save! Rescue Training!
My Hero Academia: Save! Rescue Training! is the first OVA in the My Hero Academia franchise. The OVA takes place just days after the end of My Hero Academia’s first season and sees Class 1-A resume rescue training after the incident at the Unforeseen Simulation Joint (USJ). However, the training quickly comes to a halt when the students realize a mysterious villain is hiding out in the USJ complex. While it’s not crucial to understanding the show and movies, the OVA is high in action and comedy, giving viewers an inside look at USJ training.
‘My Hero Academia’ Season 2 Episodes 1-20
My Hero Academia Season 2 follows Izuku and his classmates as they progress in their training. First, the students are invited to participate in the U.A. Sports Festival to showcase their skills and talents. The festival also opens the way for them to receive internship offers from superheroes. My Hero Academia Season 2 maintains the frequent action sequences of the first series while expanding on its character development and themes. However, viewers will pause before getting to the “Final Exams” arc in the season to watch the next chronological OVA.
‘My Hero Academia: Training of the Dead’ & Season 2 Episodes 21 - 25
My Hero Academia: Training of the Dead offers an additional story before the series delves into the Final Exam Arc. In the OVA, the students of Class 1-A are given a unique training exercise devised by homeroom teacher Aizawa, in which they must be the last team standing while competing against heroes-in-training from Isamu High School. My Hero Academia: Training of the Dead provides the perfect lead-up to the intense final exams on the horizon. Hence, after watching the OVA, viewers can continue with the remaining episodes of My Hero Academia Season 2.
My Hero Academia: All Might Rising
My Hero Academia: All Might Rising is the third OVA in the franchise, which tells the origin story of All Might. Since it’s a prequel/spinoff, its viewing order is flexible, though it functions best as a lead-in to My Hero Academia: Two Heroes. My Hero Academia: All Might Rising follows All Might back when he was a student known as Toshinori Yagi under the mentorship of Nana Shimura. When a battle breaks out between his mentor and All For One, it has a profound impact on Toshinori’s future, giving viewers an intimate look into All Might’s past.
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes is the first feature film in the My Hero Academia franchise. In the movie, All Might goes to I-Island to visit his childhood friend, scientist David Shields, and brings Izuku along with him. However, the trip brings back some demons from All Might’s past and reveals a startling truth about his powers. Like the show, My Hero Academia: Two Heroes maintains a comedic, heroic, and wholesome atmosphere. It further rounds out the iconic All Might, while adding a new sense of urgency to the training of the next generation of heroes.
‘My Hero Academia’ Season 3 Episodes 1 - 14
The first half of My Hero Academia Season 3 follows Izuku and his classmates as they continue their training to become superheroes. With internships and final exams behind them, the students enter even more rigorous training at a forest camp where they struggle for survival and stage daring rescues of their classmates. My Hero Academia’s third season gets off to a slightly slow start, with the forest training arc dragging out at times, but once the action starts, it doesn’t let up.
‘My Hero Academia: Make It! Do-or-Die Survival Training’ and Season 3 Episodes 15 - 25
In the middle of season 3, viewers will watch the two-part OVA, My Hero Academia: Make It! Do-or-Die Survival Training. The two-part OVA sees the students undertake one more grueling training exercise before their Provisional Hero License Exam. In this exercise, they're tasked with responding to a disaster rescue, which becomes even more challenging when complications arise during the exercise. The OVA serves as a lead-in to the final episodes of My Hero Academia Season 3, where the students take their provisional hero license exam, which will determine if they can begin fieldwork as part of U.A.’s Hero Work-Studies.
‘My Hero Academia’ Season 4
Viewers can watch My Hero Academia Season 4 in full, with no OVAs interspersed throughout. During this season, students who have passed the Provisional Hero License Exam begin gaining real-world experience through Hero Work-Studies and take on the Yakuza group Shie Hassaikai as one of their first missions. Meanwhile, the students who failed the exam prepare for another round of examinations to get their licenses. My Hero Academia Season 4 picks up the pace substantially, offering an exhilarating and adrenaline-pumping look into the students’ first taste of heroism.
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising marks the second feature film in the franchise. The film tells an original story in which the Class 1-A students get to put their training into action. My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising follows the students on Nabu Island as they complete a safety exercise. When the Island is attacked by a villain with an inexplicably familiar power, the students jump into action to protect Nabu’s residents. The film offers dazzling visuals and exhilarating fight scenes, while also putting the students' heroism to the ultimate test as they realize that protecting is just as important as fighting.
‘My Hero Academia’ Season 5 Episodes 1 - 13
The first half of My Hero Academia Season 5 focuses on the Joint Training Arc, in which Class 1-A and Class 1-B are pitted against each other in a training exercise. During the joint training, Izuku has a vision that reveals a startling secret about the power of One For All. Viewers will watch through the student’s winter vacation before pausing for two OVAs and the third My Hero Academia movie.
‘My Hero Academia: UA Heroes Battles’ & ‘Departure’
My Hero Academia: UA Heroes Battles takes place at the tail-end of winter break, when the Class 1-A students learn that end-of-year celebrations are canceled due to frequent villain attacks. However, their break takes an interesting turn when they become engrossed in a card game pitting heroes against each other. The next OVA, My Hero Academia: Departure, serves as a direct lead-in to the third movie in the franchise. It’s a largely inconsequential but funny OVA that follows Izuku and his fellow students' antics at the airport as they prepare for the World Heroes’ Mission.
‘My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission’ & Season 5 Episodes 14 - 25
My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission is the third film in the franchise and kicks off the Endeavor Agency Arc. In the movie, the World Heroes Association calls on Izuku and his classmates to assist the Pro Heroes in disarming numerous bombs placed around the globe by a terrorist organization intent on killing superheroes. Not only is My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission as entertaining and action-packed as ever, but it also boasts depth and probes intriguing ideas about the reality of being a hero. The film leads into the final episodes of season 5, which wrap up the Endeavor Agency Arc and see the heroes prepare to take on the Paranormal Liberation Front.
‘My Hero Academia: HLB’ & ‘Laugh! As If You Are in Hell’
After the intensity of My Hero Academia Season 5 and the franchise’s third movie, the OVAs My Hero Academia: HLB and My Hero Academia: Laugh! As If You Are in Hell offer a light reprieve. My Hero Academia: HLB sees the Pro Heroes organize a baseball league. It’s a common anime trope made better and more brutal as the heroes use their powers in an attempt to win. Meanwhile, My Hero Academia: Laugh! As If You Are in Hell sees Izuku fight a unique villain whose power causes people to laugh uncontrollably. These OVAs are two of the funniest in the franchise and acknowledge how fun the superhero genre can be.
‘My Hero Academia’ Season 6 & ‘A Piece of Cake’
My Hero Academia Season 6 follows Class 1-A and the Pro Heroes as they face their biggest challenge yet: defeating the Paranormal Liberation Front. The confrontation between the heroes and the front sparks an all-out war. Meanwhile, the students are left to navigate the devastating aftermath, striving to continue their heroic duties while coping with the war's fallout. It effectively explores the darker side of being a hero, giving way to high emotions and drama. Following season 6, My Hero Academia: Piece of Cake serves as a lead-in to the franchise’s fourth movie. It’s a light-hearted story about the Class 1-A students discovering Izuku’s diary before they’re interrupted by the arrival of several mysterious villains.
My Hero Academia: You’re Next
My Hero Academia: You’re Next is the fourth feature film in the franchise. It follows Izuku as he faces a new villain, Dark Might, who startlingly resembles his idol All Might. His fight with Dark Might is further complicated by the arrival of a girl, Anna, with powers that Izuku and his classmates don’t understand. My Hero Academia: You’re Next essentially functions as a standalone movie, making it appealing to both fans and newcomers of the franchise. With its fast-paced, action-packed premise and stunning animation, it’s one of My Hero Academia’s most memorable films.
‘My Hero Academia’ Season 7
My Hero Academia Season 7 raises the stakes of the franchise higher than ever before as it tackles the Star and Stripe Arc. The season sees All Might seek the help of foreign heroes, including Star and Stripe, as he prepares to fight the powerful Tomura Shigaraki. Meanwhile, the students continue fighting lingering Paranormal Liberation Front members, but are rattled to discover one of their own is a mole. With the debut of epic new characters and an emotional exploration of the nature of heroism and villainy, My Hero Academia Season 7 is one of the most intriguing and emotionally charged seasons yet.
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is a spinoff of My Hero Academia. Although it takes place chronologically before My Hero Academia, it’s best enjoyed once viewers are familiar with the original series and universe. The series follows Koichi Haimawari, a college student with a unique “Slide and Glide” power, who has given up on his dream of being a hero. However, his childhood dream resurfaces when a vigilante recruits him to his team. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes is an intriguing and visually dazzling series that maintains the action and comedy of the franchise, but differentiates itself with its focus on vigilantes rather than heroes.
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