My Hero Academia

2016 | 8 seasons | 24 min | Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Saturday Special

Why it’s a Saturday Special

Critics loved it (100%), audiences adore it (8.6/10) and it ran for 8 seasons. A strong pick for the weekend.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Have you seen it?

Izuku has dreamt of being a hero all his life—a lofty goal for anyone, but especially challenging for a kid with no superpowers. That’s right, in a world where eighty percent of the population has some kind of super-powered "quirk," Izuku was unlucky enough to be born completely normal. But that’s not enough to stop him from enrolling in one of the world’s most prestigious hero academies.

How it earned its rating

CriticsVery strong
100% on Rotten Tomatoes
AudiencesVery strong
8.6/10 from 5K viewers
AwardsSolid
9 wins, 4 other nominations — won Funimation; won Japan Gold Disc Award
Box office & staying powerVery strong
8 seasons
Buzz & cultural impactSolid
275K Wikipedia readers in the past year