My Hero Academia Season 8
Series, 2025, The Final War, Set in The final battle
My Hero Academia Season 8 is #13 of 13 in release order and #13 of 13 in chronological order in the My Hero Academia.
The story
Deku and the heroes are plunged into a final battle against villains across Japan. Deku, by fully unleashing One For All Quirks, faces off against Shigaraki. A young and refreshed All For One faces Armored All Might, Quirkless in his powered armor suit. Will Deku be able to bring the story of how they all became the greatest heroes to its finale? Or will everything be destroyed?!
My Hero Academia Season 8 recap
My Hero Academia season 8 (2025) is the final season, finishing the war with All For One and Tomura Shigaraki and ending the series. The 11 episodes aired from October 4 to December 13, 2025, on ytv and NTV, and cover the last three volumes of the manga, with new scenes from Kohei Horikoshi. Izuku Midoriya fights Shigaraki above the city while the battle is broadcast across Japan, passing the Quirks inside One For All into him to reach Tenko Shimura, the boy beneath the villain. All Might and Katsuki Bakugo face All For One, and the other fights across the battlefield end. The last three episodes are an epilogue about rebuilding, the families and what each character does next. It follows season 7 directly.
My Hero Academia Season 8 ending explained
My Hero Academia ends with the episode "My Hero Academia". Izuku reaches Tenko, but All For One takes over again; with every hero and Class 1-A backing him, Izuku smashes him apart, and Tenko dies. Eight years later, Izuku is 24 and a Quirkless teacher at U.A., until All Might gives him a suit built by Mei Hatsume and Melissa Shield so he can be a hero again. A television special adapting the manga's bonus final chapter premiered on May 2, 2026.
Where to watch My Hero Academia Season 8
My Hero Academia Season 8 is streaming on Netflix, Hulu, Crunchyroll, and Rakuten Viki in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 8.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, MyAnimeList 8.70
Where it fits
- Release order: after My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, the latest.
- Chronological order: after My Hero Academia: You're Next, the last.
What to watch before My Hero Academia Season 8
In release order, 7 My Hero Academia essentials come before My Hero Academia Season 8 (2025), from My Hero Academia Season 1 (2016) to My Hero Academia Season 7 (2024).
Cast
- Daiki Yamashita as Izuku Midoriya (voice)
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Katsuki Bakugo (voice)
- Yuki Kaji as Shoto Todoroki (voice)
- Kenta Miyake as All Might (voice)
- Ayane Sakura as Ochako Uraraka (voice)
- Kaito Ishikawa as Tenya Iida (voice)
- Aoi Yuuki as Setsuna Tokage (voice)
- Junichi Suwabe as Shota Aizawa (voice)
- Koki Uchiyama as Tomura Shigaraki (voice)
- Tarusuke Shingaki as Mirio Togata (voice)
- Seiran Kobayashi as Eri (voice)
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Overhaul (voice)