My Hero Academia is Finally on Netflix, Here's Why it's a Must Watch For Every Anime Fan

Summary My Hero Academia is now available on Netflix in many regions, starting with the first four seasons.

The series is heading into its seventh season, marking the beginning of the final saga.

My Hero Academia stands out for its complex plot, dark themes, and jaw-dropping fight scenes.

Netflix has just made the first four seasons of My Hero Academia available in many regions, as part of an ongoing initiative to bring in many exciting anime to the platform. However, this superhero tale is the one to watch out for as one of the best, and will hopefully come back with the other seasons on the streaming service.

Alongside big hits such as Black Clover, Haikyuu!! and Spy X Family, My Hero Academia was announced to come to the platform on March 22, and three days later, on March 25, the episodes landed, making it the first series of the batch to be released.

There is no better time than now to binge-watch the anime, as the series is heading into its anticipated seventh season, which will mark the beginning of the end for the series, entering the final saga. It is not a reach to say that this anime was the biggest in recent years, and has taken the world by storm and contributed to the recent surge in popularity of the medium.

My Hero Academia Is The Pinnacle Of Superhero Anime

Created by Kohei Horikoshi, Produced by Studio Bones

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The superhero genre is filled with great anime, such as the ultra-popular One-Punch Man, and they are all great and offer something unique and interesting. However, My Hero Academia blows them out of the water for many reasons and is currently the biggest superhero series. It was so big, in fact, that Avengers: Infinity War did a cross-promotion with the anime. It was also one of the most popular anime in North America during the pandemic, and it is clear that the series' reputation is excellent.

However, popularity is not always a good judge of quality. It is what My Hero Academia is about and how well it does it that justifies its incredible success. In a world where 80 percent of the population have powers called Quirks, Izuku Midoriya is one of the unfortunate ones to be born without one, and his situation is further complicated by his aspirations of becoming a pro hero.

A fateful encounter with Japan's number one hero, All Might, displays Midoriya's selflessness and his determination to help others despite being weak, and this inspired and touched All Might's heart. With his time as a hero running out for All Might, he chose Midoriya to be his successor for his bravery and gave him his quirk, One For All, and thus begins Midoriya's path to succeeding his idol, as he enrolls in the prestigious U. A High School to train to become a hero.

The Series Embraces Its Dark Aspects

My Hero Academia Displays Very Grim Content

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The plot is already good, but the way that Horikoshi executes it shows his prowess as a writer. Throughout, the series stays true to its superhero premise. Heroes repelling villains who want to destroy everything is as simple as it gets, but My Hero Academia is much more complex than that. It displays the intricacies of the hero profession and its dark sides and gives context to why the villains are who they are, leaving it up to fans to decide who is truly darker.

From child abuse, depression, bullying, suicide, mental disorders, murder, and more, the series deals with truly heavy content that sometimes feels overwhelming. There is a notion that My Hero Academia is a childish series, but that couldn't be further from the truth, as it shows very hard-to-stomach scenes.

The Battles Are The Cornerstone Of My Hero Academia

MHA Has Some Of The Best Fights In Anime

Of course, a superhero series would be an action spectacle, but My Hero Academia kicks it up a notch with some of the most jaw-dropping fight scenes ever. Every new season has a few fights that take the internet by storm. Besides the incredible animation that every fight has, the context behind them makes them much more exciting and emotional, such as Endeavor's beginning his path to redemption with his fight against Nomu, or Todoroki accepting his other half in his match with Midoriya.

One of the biggest reasons the fights in My Hero Academia are so incredible is because of the talented voice actors who went "plus ultra" when it mattered. From All Might's majestic United States Of Smash, Endeavor's roaring Prominence Burn to Shigaraki's unnerving laugh, the series outdoes itself in this department. This isn't to say that the voice acting declines when they're not fighting, it is consistently good.

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With a studio as successful with action series as Studio Bones leading the helm, My Hero Academia was bound to have beautifully animated sequences, and it is still going strong seven seasons later. In fact, the makers of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Mob Psycho 100 created a separate division dedicated just to making My Hero Academia, which explains why the production is always timely and a new season airs every year.

All The Opening Songs Are Bangers

Although the quality of an opening song doesn't decrease the overall value of an anime, it can definitely enhance it. It is still absurd that My Hero Academia's 11 opening songs have always been amazing to watch and listen to, and many of them have amassed millions of views on YouTube, with season 3's ODD FUTURE having 96 million and season 2's Peace Sign garnering 87 million. It is a great feeling knowing that you don't have to skip through the first minute and a half of an episode, and instead just enjoy the melodic song, and that is what My Hero Academia offers.

Season 7's opening song will be performed by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure, the artist behind Tokyo Ghoul's Unravel.

There are so many reasons that My Hero Academia is one of the best series produced, but the best way to understand it is to check it out, and it is easier than ever to do so now that it is available in many more regions around the world. Netflix already offered incredible anime such as Hunter X Hunter and Neon Genesis Evangelion, but My Hero Academia is already up there with the best of them. With only a few more seasons coming, there's no better time than now to join the ride as a generational anime comes to a close.

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