My Hero Academia Final Season, the eighth and last season of the anime, ended on December 13, 2025 after 11 episodes. Bones followed it with a bonus episode, "More", on May 2, 2026, and in May 2026 the season was named Anime of the Year at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards in Tokyo.
Image: Anime Corner
What happened since the finale
The final season ran from October 4 to December 13, 2025, and the last episode was episode 170 of the whole anime, which began in April 2016. Anime Corner reported that a new PLUS ULTRA visual was revealed after the finale, centred on Deku and Class 1-A.
In December 2025 Toho announced the special episode "More" as part of the tenth anniversary of the anime. It adapts chapter 431, the epilogue that came with the final manga volume, and follows Deku and his classmates eight years after graduating from U.A. High School. It premiered on May 2, 2026 and streamed on Crunchyroll worldwide outside Asia. Anitrendz listed Naomi Nakayama as director under chief director Kenji Nagasaki, with production by Bones Film.
On May 23, 2026 the series was named Anime of the Year at the tenth Crunchyroll Anime Awards, held at the Grand Prince Hotel Shin Takanawa in Tokyo and decided by a record 73 million fan votes, according to Interaksyon. Time Out Asia confirmed the result and noted that The Weeknd presented the prize.
Background
Kohei Horikoshi drew the manga for Weekly Shonen Jump from 2014 to 2024. The final season covers the closing battles between the heroes and villains, with Izuku Midoriya facing Tomura Shigaraki and All Might facing All For One. Anime Corner described the anime as running from April 2016 to December 2025.
What it means
The original review angle was whether the conclusion would satisfy fans. A year on, the answer from voters is clearly yes, at least for the Crunchyroll audience. Winning the top award for a series that had already run for a decade shows how much goodwill the show built up. Our view is that the timeskip special was the smart way to close: it gave the finale room to be about the fight, and left the quieter epilogue for its own episode.
As of November 2026, we found no announcement of a new main My Hero Academia anime season. The tenth anniversary project continues with events, not a new series.
Sources
- Anime Corner, "My Hero Academia Anime Ends With Final Season Episode 11 (Episode 170 Overall), Gets Plus Ultra Visual", December 13, 2025: link
- Anime Corner, "My Hero Academia Anime Gets Sequel Timeskip Special Episode in May 2026, Adapting Chapter 431", December 20, 2025: link
- Anitrendz, "Trailer for My Hero Academia's More Special Episode Provides More My Hero Academia Moments", April 25, 2026: link
- Interaksyon, "My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON wins Anime of the Year at 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards", May 28, 2026: link
- Time Out Asia, "My Hero Academia wins Anime of the Year at the 2026 Crunchyroll Anime Awards", June 1, 2026: link
