The thrilling season finale of My Hero Academia Season 7 is going live this Saturday, but fans don’t have to worry about the potential lack of episodes, because Bones and Shueisha already confirmed that Season 8 is coming very soon.
This announcement was made in this week’s issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump (and was later reported by Shōnen Jump News on Twitter/X). But the most noteworthy part is that Season 8 will be the final season of the My Hero Academia anime, which shouldn’t be a surprise considering that the original manga by Kohei Horikoshi recently reached its conclusion as well.
This week’s episode of the anime is seemingly going to adapt content from chapter 395 up to chapter 398, meaning that Season 8 will have to cover around 31 chapters from the original manga, including the climactic final battle and the controversial finale of the entire series. This is far less than what other seasons previously adapted, which ultimately means that the final one will most likely be around 10 or 12 episodes in total, instead of the usual 25 (Although season 1 was the only exception to this rule).
At the end of the day, it’s quite mind-blowing to think that My Hero Academia, a huge and influential action shōnen anime that has consistently been on air since 2016 is finally going to end in 2025. It will certainly leave an empty space in the anime industry, similarly to how the conclusion of the original manga was a huge occasion for its respective industry.
Why are My Hero Academia fans so happy with this decision?
Fans reacted to the announcement of My Hero Academia‘s final season with a lot of excitement and celebration, and it’s not only because of the idea that they will get to see the finale of their beloved series in animated form. In reality, most fans feel relieved by the confirmation that Bones is going to adapt the ending of the series into a full anime season, instead of relegating it to a canonical movie.
In recent years, the anime industry has been going through a peculiar trend of adapting important canonical story arcs into feature films. While these types of adaptations can certainly see a rise in budget and in animation quality, they also take a lot of time to produce, not to mention that it forces the studio to adapt an extensive arc into a few hours of content, which sometimes isn’t enough to properly convey a story.
Because of this, movie adaptations of canonical arcs have been a divisive endeavor among fans, as this has recently happened with the final arc of Demon Slayer and the Bomb Girl arc of Chainsaw Man. Fortunately for My Hero Academia fans, they won’t fall victim to the glaring issues of this trend, and they will be able to witness the finale of their favorite series next year.
