A new key visual for the ongoing seventh season of My Hero Academia has been released, featuring a final confrontation between Ochaco Uraraka and Himiko Toga. Season seven of the anime first aired in Japan on May 4, 2024 and will run for 21 total episodes. 

The new visual was released in promotion of the show’s 20th episode that will air next week on October 5, 2024. 

Kenji Nagasaki (returning, director of the first three seasons) is the chief director for the seventh season, with Naomi Nakayama (Koikimo; Orange chief director; My Hero Academia Episode 78, 83, and 87 storyboard artist, My Hero Academia Episode 64 director) as director, Yoshihiko Umakoshi (returning) and Hitomi Odashima (returning) as character designers, Yuki Hayashi (returning) as music composer. Bones is in charge of the animation production for the anime. 

Crunchyroll, Ani-One Asia, bilibili, and iQIYI are some of the streaming platforms releasing the anime series worldwide, outside of Japan. The long-running TV anime adaptation first aired in 2016, with the most recent season six airing from October 2022 to March 2023. 

Kohei Horikoshi’s original superhero action manga series was serialized from Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on July 7, 2014 to August 5, 2024. Forty-one tankobon volumes have been released as of August 2024, with a 42nd and final volume due out later this December. VIZ Media releases the manga in English for North America. 

The series has also inspired several manga spinoffs, video games, and four anime films, with the most recent My Hero Academia The Movie: You’re Next debuting in Japan on August 2, 2024. 

Crunchyroll describes the main synopsis of the anime’s seventh season as:

Society has crumbled, along with its faith in heroes, with the all-out battle causing great damage. With the heroes defeated, Shigaraki, All For One, and others plot their takeover. As the final battle draws near, Deku, along with his U.A. classmates and other heroes, including one from America, come together to face this onslaught. Will it be enough to restore peace? 

Source: My Hero Academia Official Japanese Twitter, Official Anime Website 

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