The latest hit manga to receive an anime adaptation is My Hero Academia, currently in it’s eighty-seventh volume, My hero Academia is about a young boy dreaming of being a superhero like his favorite hero All Might. However, main character Izuku Midoriya is quirkless, and quirks are how heroes receive and use their powers, that is until he meets his favorite hero the aforementioned All Might, who offers to inherit his quirk to Izuku.

My Hero Academia is an 2016 shounen anime series, it is produced by Studio Bones, and licensed by Funimation. It is currently being simulcasted with English subtitles.

Izuku with All Might and the other heroes.

I’m not watching as much “in season” anime as I should admittedly, in fact one of the few I am currently watching are Dragon Ball Super, One Punch Man, Naruto Shippuden, and a few here and there choices. When One Punch Man took it’s break, with the mangaka trying it’s damnedest to get season two off the ground, my schedule become fairly light, having never really heard of My Hero Academia, I became interested when it got compare to the former. The comparisons are very well deserved, not only for their similar plots, but also because of their shared quality, which is absolutely stunning.

My Hero Academia is the first great anime of Spring 2016.

THE GOOD: First Bones is behind My Hero Academia’s anime adaptation, and those familiar with the studio already know that they’re in for some great quality. Second, My Hero Academia comes off as a proper coming-of-age version of One-Punch Man which is absolutely fantastic in and of itself. The art and OST are well done, the action scenes are really good, the comedy is good, and everything really comes together. It’s a shame that season one(?) is only going to be thirteen episodes in total, but hopefully the series will be able to become a full fledged ongoing adaptation, citing the budget not being too insane of course. The opening and ending themes were also great choices, which is rare to have the combo being great together, it’s usually either one or the other.

Unique and fun characters in My Hero Academia.

You can clearly see some Marvel and DC inspirations in My Hero Academia, and that’s great if you can actually catch/understand said references. The series is fast paced, but for the time being it only has thirteen episodes to work with so, unless a second season gets announced Bones has to do what they can with what they can work with.

Izuku seeing a hero battle.

THE BAD: Nothing.

One of the top anime for Spring.

OVERALL THOUGHTS: My Hero Academia is a great new anime series , and a wonderful adaptation. Everything about it screams quality per usual with the works of Studio Bones, and fans of the manga will be absolutely thrilled watching it. Otaku Dome gives My Hero Academia episodes 1-3 an combined score of 96 out of 100.