What's Next For My Hero Academia After The Manga's End?

Summary The My Hero Academia anime is still ongoing, with a seventh season underway, and an eighth season likely coming in 2025.

The fourth My Hero Academia movie, "You're Next," has been released in Japan and will premiere internationally, starting with the US on October 11, 2024.

My Hero Academia spinoffs like Team-Up Missions and School Briefs will continue to produce new chapters, providing fans with more content beyond the manga's conclusion.

The My Hero Academia manga officially ended with chapter #430 on August 4, 2024, bringing the series' ten-year run to a dramatic end. It's a time for celebration of the series' conclusion, to be sure, but for many it's also a bit of a time for mourning, as the series that they've followed closely for so long has finally ended. What's there for a My Hero Academia fan to do now? Well, as it turns out, there are still plenty of My Hero Academia projects for fans to check up on if they're still craving more.

My Hero Academia is far more than just the manga, after all; the series has become a juggernaut franchise, one of the most successful to come out of Shonen Jump in years. With spinoffs, movies, and the anime series still going on, there's a lot of material out there for fans who have yet to dive in to all that My Hero Academia has to offer. Here's a comprehensive guide to upcoming My Hero Academia content after the manga's ending, as well as some older material that fans may not be familiar with.

My Hero Academia Has Its First International Popularity Poll

Fans Can Vote For Their Favorite Heroes

To celebrate the ending of the series, publisher Shueisha is hosting a popularity poll for My Hero Academia, which will for the first time be available to fans outside of Japan. Announced on August 5, 2024, the poll, known as "WORLD BEST HERO," will allow fans to vote each day for one of 278 different characters from My Hero Academia. Voting will occur in two stages: The "Main Stage," whose winner will be crowned "World Best Hero," and the "Plus Ultra Stage," which will consist of voting between the top three winners of the Main Stage to determine the overall winner, dubbed "The MHA."

Voting for the Main Stage runs from August 5, 2024 to September 30, 2024. Results for the Main Stage will be revealed on December 2, 2024, which will then be followed by another 24-hour voting period for the Plus Ultra Stage. The winner of the Plus Ultra Stage will be revealed on December 3, 2024. Fans can vote once per day during the Main Stage, while they'll be able to vote once per hour (up to 12 times) during the Plus Ultra Stage. Results will be revealed on Weekly Shonen Jump's Youtube channel, @Jumpchannel. The first place winner of the Main Stage will be the subject of a special video, while the winner of the Plus Ultra stage will receive special artwork done by Kohei Horikoshi.

The My Hero Academia Anime Is Still Ongoing

My Hero Academia's Anime Has One More Season to Go

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While the manga may have concluded, the anime adaptation of My Hero Academia is still going strong, now half-way through its seventh season. The seventh season of My Hero Academia is currently adapting the Final War arc, but the amount of content left to adapt is far in excess of what will be possible this season. Therefore, it's fairly safe to assume that there will be a My Hero Academia season eight, probably some time in 2025. This eighth season will adapt the second half of the final war arc, as well as the epilogue arc which just concluded in the manga.

The anime is generally quite accurate as an adaptation of the manga, but it has been known to make small changes from time to time, such as Best Jeanist's role in helping Bakugo after his life-threatening injury in episode 12 of season 7. These changes are usually for the best, and the story is often enhanced by the animation, music, and voice acting performances of the cast, so the anime version of My Hero Academia's final chapters will still be its own exciting experience, even for those who've already experienced the manga's ending.

My Hero Academia: You're Next Is Still Coming for Fans Abroad

My Hero Academia's Fourth Movie Has Yet to Premiere Internationally

The fourth My Hero Academia movie, My Hero Academia: You're Next, was released in Japan on August 2, 2024, just two days before the final chapter dropped. The film deals with an evil counterpart of All Might, known as Dark Might, who begins causing trouble in the period of devastation between the Paranormal Liberation War and the beginning of the Final War. The movie has been announced for an international release, with the US release date set for October 11, 2024. Other international premiere dates have not been revealed at this time. Early reactions from Japan have been positive, and the film easily took first place at the Japanese box office on its opening weekend.

My Hero Academia's Spinoffs Will Continue

The My Hero Academia Spinoffs Will Continue to Produce New Chapters

Fans may not be aware of the spinoff series My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions by Yoco Akiyama, a former assistant of series creator Kohei Horikoshi, which focuses on unusual pairings of characters being sent off on missions. While Team-Up Missions is generally considered non-canonical due to the difficulty of fitting it into the main series' timeline, it still offers fans a chance to spend more time with these characters and in the world of My Hero Academia. Team-Up Missions is more light-hearted than the main series, often presented with a comedic tone while still telling hero stories. For those after a slice of life in My Hero Academia's world, there's nothing better.

Additionally, there is the light novel series known as My Hero Academia: School Briefs, written by Anri Yoshi and featuring illustrations from Kohei Horikoshi. These are side stories set in between the major events of the series, and like Team-Up Missions, are often lighter and more comedic in tone. There are currently 6 volumes of School Briefs released in Japanese and English, with the last released in 2023. It's possible that more of these novels will continue to be released now that Horikoshi is no longer busy writing the manga's conclusion, although at this time no new volume has been announced.

Will My Hero Academia Vigilantes Get an Anime Adaptation?

My Hero Academia's Prequel Series is Ripe for Adaptation

Team-Up Missions isn't the only My Hero Academia spinoff manga out there, however. My Hero Academia Vigilantes is a canonical prequel series starring a cast of mostly original characters, with some fan favorites like Aizawa mixed in. Written by Hideyuki Furuhashi and illustrated by Betten Court, Vigilantes ran for 15 volumes, and finished its run in May 2022. It follows the story of another All Might fanboy, Koichi Haimawari, who didn't make it into UA and decided to take up the life of a vigilante hero instead. It's much closer to the main series in tone, and expands greatly on the lore surrounding certain characters.

Many fans have expected an anime adaptation of Vigilantes to be announced, as the series was extremely well-received and could easily serve as a way to continue the franchise in anime form. To date, there has never been an official confirmation that a Vigilantes anime is in the works, however staff at Bones working on the My Hero Academia anime have been particularly tight-lipped on the issue of it receiving an adaptation. It's possible such an announcement could be saved for after My Hero Academia season 8 premieres, but one shouldn't hold their breath at this stage.

Will My Hero Academia Get A Sequel Series Like Naruto Did?

My Hero Academia's Ending Leaves Fertile Ground for a Continuation

There has also been massive speculation concerning the possibility of a Boruto-like sequel series being produced for My Hero Academia. While certain parties who've profited majorly off of My Hero Academia's success might have an interest in creating such a series at some point, there is at present no reason to believe that such a sequel series is in the works. Kohei Horikoshi has made it pretty clear that he'd like to move on to new projects, and there's no heir-apparent to take control of the franchise in his absence.

Still, the series' ending in the manga leaves the door open for such a continuation if so desired, so it's impossible to rule out entirely at this stage. Such a sequel series might be able to clean up some of the loose ends still left hanging after the My Hero Academia manga finale, so it has some appeal to fans. For now, though, there's plenty of other material for My Hero Academia fans to enjoy, so the manga's ending doesn't mean the end of the franchise.