The eighth and final season of the My Hero Academia anime television series, also known as My Hero Academia: Final Season, was produced by Bones Film and directed by Kenji Nagasaki (chief director) and Naomi Nakayama, following the story of Kà Âhei Horikoshi's original My Hero Academia manga series from the beginning of the 40th volume through the end of the 42nd and final volume (chapters 399âÂÂ430). In July 2025, Horikoshi was confirmed to being heavily involved in the production, and would provide the new original scenes that were not included in the manga. The eighth and final season aired from October 4 to December 13, 2025, concluding the season with a total of 11 episodes. A bonus television special that adapts chapter 431, which was bundled with the final volume of the manga, is set to premiere on May 2, 2026.
The season begins from where the previous seventh season left off and follows the remaining final battles between the Heroes and Villains including Izuku Midoriya and Tomura Shigaraki, and All Might and All For One as the fate of the world hanging in the balance. With both sides pushing themselves to the limits, Izuku is determined to save the world and become the greatest hero while depicting the future of hero society and characters' lives.
A special theatrical event titled My Hero Academia Final Season: Ultra Screening, was held in 12 Japanese theaters on December 13, 2025, and featuring all episodes of the final season including the final episode that coincides with the television airing. Crunchyroll licensed the season outside of Asia and streamed it along with an English dub two weeks after the original airing on its streaming service of the same name. Medialink licensed the season in Asia-Pacific.
For the eighth and final season: the opening theme song is "The Revo", performed by Porno Graffitti, who previously provided the opening theme song "The Day" from the first season, while the ending theme song is "I", performed by Bump of Chicken.
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Toho Animation is scheduled to release the eighth season on Blu-ray and DVD in two volumes in Japan, with the first volume released on February 18, 2026, and the second volume releasing on May 20, 2026.