My Hero Academia (2016)

Action · Adventure · Animation

Izuku has dreamt of being a hero all his life—a lofty goal for anyone, but especially challenging for a kid with no superpowers. That’s right, in a world where eighty percent of the population has some kind of super-powered "quirk," Izuku was unlucky enough to be born completely normal. But that’s not enough to stop him from enrolling in one of the world’s most prestigious hero academies.

IMDb rating: 8.2 (127,792 votes)
Episode average: 8.2 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 8
Status: Still airing
Streaming (US): Hulu · Netflix · Crunchyroll
Language: JA
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Daiki Yamashita Izuku Midoriya (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 (2016)

8.08 avg 13 episodes 7.6 → 8.5 24 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Izuku Midoriya: Origin	7.6	5,152
2	What It Takes to Be a Hero	8.2	4,915
3	Roaring Muscles	7.7	4,070
4	Start Line	8.3	4,427
5	What I Can Do for Now	7.8	3,824
6	Rage, You Damn Nerd	7.7	3,684
7	Deku vs. Kacchan	8.6	4,412
8	Bakugo's Start Line	7.5	3,601
9	Yeah, Just Do Your Best, Iida!	7.2	3,504
10	Encounter with the Unknown	8.0	3,612
11	Game Over	8.6	3,966
12	All Might	9.3	5,715
13	Upon Each of Their Hearts	8.5	3,966

Season 2 (2017)

7.93 avg 26 episodes 6.0 → 8.1 23 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Hero Notebook	6.0	2,024
1	That's the Idea, Ochaco	7.1	3,208
2	Roaring Sports Festival	7.5	3,103
3	In Their Own Quirky Ways	8.2	3,465
4	Strategy, Strategy, Strategy	8.0	3,180
5	Cavalry Battle Finale	8.5	3,652
6	The Boy Born with Everything	7.6	3,095
7	Victory or Defeat	8.0	3,172
8	Battle On, Challengers!	7.6	3,009
9	Bakugo vs. Uraraka	8.6	3,786
10	Shoto Todoroki: Origin	9.6	8,073
11	Fight On, Iida	8.0	3,067
12	Todoroki vs. Bakugo	8.6	3,639
13	Time to Pick Some Names	7.4	2,965
14	Bizarre! Gran Torino Appears	7.6	2,980
15	Midoriya and Shigaraki	7.9	3,010
16	Hero Killer: Stain vs U.A. Students	9.1	4,326
17	Climax	9.2	4,523
18	The Aftermath of Hero Killer: Stain	7.5	2,912
19	Everyone's Internships	6.6	2,935
20	Listen Up!! A Tale from the Past	7.9	2,964
21	Gear Up for Final Exams	7.3	2,826
22	Yaoyorozu: Rising	8.0	2,989
23	Stripping the Varnish	7.4	2,832
24	Katsuki Bakugo: Origin	8.9	3,987
25	Encounter	8.1	3,109

Season 3 (2018)

8.00 avg 25 episodes 6.4 → 8.0 23 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Game Start	6.4	2,949
2	Wild, Wild Pussycats	7.2	2,903
3	Kota	7.5	2,938
4	My Hero	9.5	7,203
5	Drive It Home, Iron Fist!!!	8.6	3,365
6	Roaring Upheaval	8.5	3,315
7	What a Twist!	8.1	3,086
8	From Iida to Midoriya	7.8	2,905
9	All For One	9.0	4,237
10	Symbol of Peace	9.5	5,601
11	One For All	9.8	16,515
12	End of the Beginning, Beginning of the End	8.2	3,270
13	Moving Into Dorms	7.2	2,803
14	Create Those Ultimate Moves	7.5	2,720
15	The Test	7.5	2,680
16	Shiketsu High Lurking	7.6	2,688
17	Class 1-A	7.7	2,687
18	RUSH!	8.0	2,760
19	Rescue Exercises	7.3	2,621
20	Special Episode - Save the World with Love!	6.3	2,418
21	What's the Big Idea?	8.1	2,938
22	A Talk About Your Quirk	8.0	2,802
23	Deku vs. Kacchan, Part 2	9.4	5,306
24	A Season for Encounters	7.4	2,630
25	Unrivaled	8.0	2,895

Season 4 (2019)

7.96 avg 25 episodes 7.0 → 9.7 24 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Scoop on U.A. Class 1-A	7.0	2,767
2	Overhaul	7.8	2,827
3	Boy Meets...	7.6	2,702
4	Fighting Fate	8.3	3,119
5	Let's Go, Gutsy Red Riot	8.5	3,257
6	An Unpleasant Talk	7.5	2,692
7	Go!!	7.7	2,656
8	Suneater of the Big Three	8.3	3,190
9	Red Riot	9.0	4,300
10	Temp Squad	7.9	2,745
11	Lemillion	9.6	6,865
12	Unforeseen Hope	9.3	4,517
13	Infinite 100%	9.7	9,512
14	Bright Future	9.1	4,028
15	Smoldering Flames	7.3	2,535
16	Win Those Kids' Hearts	6.5	2,615
17	Relief for License Trainees	7.0	2,566
18	School Festival	6.7	2,532
19	Prepping for the School Festival Is the Funnest Part	6.8	2,509
20	Golden Tips Imperial	6.4	2,505
21	Deku vs. Gentle Criminal	7.3	2,611
22	School Festival Start!	8.2	3,183
23	Let It Flow! School Festival!	8.4	3,542
24	Japanese Hero Billboard Chart	7.5	2,621
25	His Start	9.7	10,514

Season 5 (2021)

7.72 avg 25 episodes 6.5 → 7.5 24 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	All Hands on Deck! Class 1-A	6.5	2,990
2	Vestiges	8.0	2,955
3	Clash! Class A vs. Class B!	7.1	2,568
4	Make It Happen, Shinso!	7.6	2,598
5	Operation New Improv Moves	7.3	2,525
6	Foresight	6.9	2,517
7	Match 3	7.1	2,459
8	Match 3 Conclusion	8.2	3,012
9	Early Bird!	8.5	3,240
10	That Which Is Inherited	8.8	3,497
11	Our Brawl	7.9	2,607
12	The New Power and All For One	7.4	2,478
13	Have a Merry Christmas!	6.8	2,485
14	Off to Endeavor's Agency!	7.5	2,411
15	One Thing at a Time	7.5	2,389
16	Long Time No See, Selkie	5.5	2,534
17	The Hellish Todoroki Family	7.4	2,488
18	The Unforgiven	8.3	2,847
19	More of a Hero Than Anyone	8.6	3,063
20	My Villain Academia	7.7	2,476
21	Revival Party	7.9	2,663
22	Sad Man's Parade	8.4	3,013
23	Tenko Shimura: Origin	9.5	5,623
24	Tomura Shigaraki: Origin	9.1	3,842
25	The High, Deep Blue Sky	7.5	2,396

Season 6 (2022)

8.73 avg 25 episodes 8.1 → 8.0 24 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Quiet Beginning	8.1	3,348
2	Mirko, the No. 5 Hero	8.6	3,550
3	One's Justice	9.3	4,317
4	Inheritance	8.8	3,401
5	The Thrill of Destruction	9.3	3,983
6	Encounter, Part 2	9.1	3,643
7	Disaster Walker	8.8	3,253
8	League of Villains vs. U.A. Students	9.3	3,787
9	Katsuki Bakugo: Rising	9.6	5,051
10	The Ones Within Us	8.4	3,182
11	Dabi's Dance	9.5	4,978
12	Threads of Hope	8.9	3,251
13	Final Performance	8.4	2,954
14	Hellish Hell	7.0	2,969
15	Tartarus	8.2	2,873
16	The Hellish Todoroki Family, Part 2	8.1	2,852
17	The Wrong Way to Put Out a Fire	9.0	3,578
18	Izuku Midoriya and Tomura Shigaraki	8.7	3,022
19	Full Power!!	8.7	3,203
20	Hired Gun	8.2	2,892
21	The Lovely Lady Nagant	9.2	3,948
22	Friend	8.7	3,168
23	Deku vs. Class A	9.5	5,059
24	A Young Woman's Declaration	8.8	3,510
25	No Man Is an Island	8.0	2,772

Season 7 (2024)

8.71 avg 21 episodes 8.5 → 9.4 24 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	In the Nick of Time! A Big-Time Maverick from the West!	8.5	3,666
2	Specter	9.1	4,229
3	Villain	8.0	3,260
4	The Story of How We All Became Heroes	7.2	2,990
5	Let You Down	7.9	3,018
6	Division	8.8	3,397
7	Inflation	7.8	3,024
8	Two Flashfires	9.2	4,474
9	Extras	8.5	3,143
10	Wounded Hero, Burning Bright and True!!	9.3	4,199
11	Light Fades to Rain	9.7	7,211
12	Those Who Defend, Those Who Violate	9.0	3,815
13	A Chain of Events, Across the Ages	9.5	5,073
14	Together with Shoji	8.1	3,183
15	Butterfly Effect	8.1	2,920
16	The Chain Thus Far	9.0	3,903
17	Hopes	8.7	3,143
18	It's a Small World	8.8	3,263
19	I Am Here	9.7	7,646
20	A Girl's Ego	8.7	4,508
21	Battle Without a Quirk	9.4	4,785

Season 8 (2025)

9.40 avg 12 episodes Still airing 9.1 → 9.2 24 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Toshinori Yagi: Rising/Origin	9.1	14,145
2	The End of an Era, and the Beginning	9.6	16,069
3	The Final Boss!!	9.8	22,311
4	Quirk: Explosion!!	9.7	17,442
5	History's Greatest Villain	9.1	13,705
6	Wrench It Open, Izuku Midoriya!!	9.3	13,459
7	From Aizawa	9.6	14,506
8	Izuku Midoriya: Rising	9.8	31,370
9	Epilogue, The Hellish Todoroki Family: Final	9.2	13,105
10	The Girl Who Loves Smiles	9.0	9,855
11	My Hero Academia	9.4	10,312
12	More	9.2	3,580

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