The first season of the My Hero Academia anime television series was produced by Bones and directed by Kenji Nagasaki, with Yà Âsuke Kuroda handling series composition, Yoshihiko Umakoshi providing character designs and Yuki Hayashi composed the music. The season adapts Kà Âhei Horikoshi's original My Hero Academia manga series from the 1st volume through the beginning of the 3rd volume. It covers the first story arcs (chapters 1âÂÂ21) of the series and aired from April 3 to June 26, 2016, on MBS in Japan.
My Hero Academia is set in a world where about 80% of the human population has gained the ability to develop superpowers called , after a mysterious glowing child appeared in Japan. The story follows the adventures of Izuku Midoriya, a boy who dreams of becoming a superhero himself despite being Quirkless. He is scouted by the world's greatest hero, All Might, who bestows his Quirk to Midoriya after recognizing his potential, and helps to enroll him in a prestigious high school for superheroes in training.
The season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in five compilations, each containing two to three episodes, by Toho between June 29 and October 12, 2016. Funimation licensed the series for an English dubbed release in North America and released the episodes in a single DVD and Blu-Ray compilation on April 18, 2017. FunimationNow, Crunchyroll and Hulu are streaming the series outside of Asia. Animax Asia is simulcasting the series in the same day it airs. Eventually, their adaptation ran from May 5 to August 4, 2018, on Adult Swim as part of its Toonami programming block.
Two pieces of theme music are used for this season: an opening theme and an ending theme. The opening theme is "The Day", performed by Porno Graffitti and the ending theme is "Heroes", performed by Brian the Sun.
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Toho released the series on DVD and Blu-ray in five volumes in Japan, with the first volume released on June 29, 2016, and the final volume released on October 12, 2016.
The series was released in North America by Funimation, who released a limited edition combo set, a standard combo set, and a DVD set on April 18, 2017. The Blu-ray/DVD set was also released as a complete set in the same day. Funimation also released the series in Australia and New Zealand through Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, where it received a limited edition combo release. Universal Sony later released standard editions of the DVD and Blu-ray in Australia and New Zealand on August 15, 2018. Funimation later released the series in Australia and New Zealand via Madman Entertainment, with the combo edition released on December 4, 2019. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Funimation distributed the limited edition combo release through Universal Pictures UK on May 15, 2017, and the standard edition DVD and Blu-ray through Manga Entertainment on June 10, 2019.
The U.S. ratings for the first season of My Hero Academia during its Toonami broadcast run.