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My Hero Academia Final Season Premieres Oct. 4 With Global Crunchyroll Simulcast

The concluding run adapts the manga’s closing arcs in a concise wrap-up from Studio Bones.

Overview

  • Episode 1, titled “Toshinori Yagi: Rising Origin,” debuts on October 4, followed by episodes on October 11 and October 18, with the fourth episode’s date still to be announced.
  • Crunchyroll will stream new episodes weekly worldwide, with the U.S. premiere set for 5:30 a.m. ET/2:30 a.m. PT and comparable morning times across Latin America and Europe.
  • Season 8 covers the remaining War Final chapters (398–424) and the Epilogue (425–430), centering on the climactic confrontations without revealing story outcomes.
  • Key staff return under Studio Bones and Bones Film, including chief director Kenji Nagasaki, director Naomi Nakayama, writer Yōsuke Kuroda, character designers Yoshihiko Umakoshi and Hitomi Odashima, and composer Yuki Hayashi.
  • The total episode count has not been confirmed, though multiple reports indicate a likely 11-episode run, and new characters such as Dai are set to appear.