The popular anime series returns in May, 2024.
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Feb 4, 2024 1:02 am
My Hero Academia Season 7 is coming around the corner, and with fans yearning for more of the popular anime based on the manga by Kohei Horikoshi, the series is set to go all out… Plus Ultra! Deku and the rest of Class 1-A at U.A. High School are set to return to the battlefield with the Pro Heroes to face off against the evil forces of All For One in a fight to determine the fate of Japan and the rest of the Quirk-filled world. Plus, a new Pro Hero will be joining the fray.
If you’re wondering when you can expect new episodes to drop and what to expect, we’ve gathered everything you need to know about My Hero Academia Season 7.
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- Release Date
- Characters and Cast
- Story Details
Season 7 Release Date
My Hero Academia Season 7 is set to air on May 4, 2024. The Season 6 finale, which aired March 23, 2023, teased the events of the seventh season, with Toho Animation saying it had already entered production and gave it a Spring 2024 release window. The anime company later announced the May 2024 release date at Jump Festa 2024 in December.
It was also confirmed that the fourth My Hero Academia movie will be arriving sometime in summer 2024.
Returning Characters and Voice Cast
Though not everyone is confirmed to reprise their roles in My Hero Academia Season 7, the latest trailer Toho Animation shared on YouTube during Jump Festa 24 gave us an idea of which characters are coming back and who’s voicing them. With that in mind, below is the list of MHA characters that are confirmed to appear in the upcoming season and the English and Japanese voice actors assigned to them.
- Izuku Midoriya (a.k.a. Deku) – Justin Briner (EN) / Daiki Yamashita (JP)
- Katsuki Bakugo – Clifford Chapin (EN) / Nobuhiko Okamoto (JP)
- Ochaco Uraraka – Luci Christian (EN) / Ayane Sakura (JP)
- Tenya Iida – J. Michael Tatum (EN) / Kaito Ishikawa (JP)
- Shoto Todoroki – David Matranga (EN) / Yuki Kaji (JP)
- Star and Stripe – Natalie Van Sistine (EN) / Romi Paku (JP)
- All Might – Christopher Sabat (EN) / Kenta Miyake (JP)
- Tomura Shigaraki – Eric Vale (EN) / Koki Uchiyama (JP)
- Dabi – Jason Liebrecht (EN) / Hiro Shimono (JP)
- Himiko Toga – Leah Clark (EN) / Misato Fukuen (JP)
- All For One – John Swasey (EN) / Akio Otsuka (JP)
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Season 7 Story Details
The plot for My Hero Academia Season 7 (trailer) will pick up exactly where Season 6 left off, with America’s No. 1 Hero Star and Stripe arriving in Japan to help Deku and his friends fight All For One per All Might’s request for foreign aid. Afterwards, the season will have an arc involving a member of Class 1-A betraying the heroes, and Deku dealing with information leaking out that will put everyone at risk.
Where Season 6 Left Off
In Season 6, which IGN deemed in our review as “the best it’s been since Season 3” Deku and the rest of his class team up with the Pro Heroes to fight against the Paranormal Liberation Front and the League of Villains. Despite stopping the group’s advance, the city still suffered mass casualties on both the hero and civilian side, and the villains succeeded in breaking All For One out of prison.
Deku, believing that the mass destruction caused by the Paranormal Liberation is his fault because they along with All For One are after his Quirk, leaves U.A. High to protect his classmates and go on solo missions as a vigilante a la Batman. Eventually, his friends and teachers, even Bakugo, manage to get him out of his depressive funk and back to school, where he returns to his normal optimistic self.
Meanwhile, All Might, still a retired hero, attempts to join in the battle against All For One more than once. Realizing that he can’t fight alone, he calls on the United Nations for help, leading to the arrival of Star and Stripe, a hero from America with the same color palette as All Might’s glorious costume.
Cristina Alexander is a freelance writer for IGN. She has contributed her work to various publications, including Digital Trends, TheGamer, Twinfinite, Mega Visions, and The Escapist. To paraphrase Calvin Harris, she wears her love for Sonic the Hedgehog on her sleeve like a big deal. Follow her on Twitter @SonicPrincess15.