The Fall Anime 2025 Preview Guide - My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON

Deku is in the middle of holding back Shigaraki from destroying everything, but bigger issues are on their way! With a younger body, All For One is on his way to connect with his number one student to take over his body and become invincible. With all the other heroes either taken out or occupied, it's up to All Might himself to be the one to defeat his nemesis once and for all!

My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON is based on the My Hero Academia manga series by Kōhei Horikoshi. The anime series is streaming on Crunchyroll on Saturdays.

Here it is, the beginning of the end for the My Hero Academia animated series. What better way to start off that final series than with a premiere that spends half of its runtime just showing animation pulled right from the final episode of the last season? I went back to check, and while it is not one-to-one, the only thing different is that scenes or cuts to other events happening during the fight were removed. The first half of this episode is essentially the beginning of that fight, which is where last season ended. Perhaps the animation team felt that this was appropriate, considering that last season ended quite a while ago; however, it does feel distracting when only half of this episode, at most, is new material.

Granted, this fight between All Might and All For One is so beautiful from an animation as well as a thematic standpoint that I almost want to forgive it. All For One is doing his best to reconnect with Shigaraki so that he can take over his body while Deku holds Shigaraki at a standstill. Almost all the major players are either occupied or eliminated, and there is absolutely no backup. Literally the only thing standing between All For One and his ultimate goal is a frail, quirkless old man in his fifties who refuses to die, no matter what this comic book villain does to him. It's really inspirational when you sit down and think about it. All might is literally using the fact that All For One is his number one hater to his advantage.

All For One might insist that he's not taking any of this seriously, but the combination of him being younger, being affected by Shigaraki's hatred, and his own hubris says otherwise. It's really cool that All Might is fighting in a mechanized suit that has attacks inspired by all of his students. The thing here is that while All Might doesn't have his powers anymore, he is still alive thanks to the light given off by his students. The entire theme of My Hero Academia revolves around the idea of passing things on to the next generation. The adults in this world are cynical or complacent. We even get a shot of a family in a foreign country watching this fight unfold, and the adult comments that no matter what happens during this fight, the rest of the world should be OK. But that shot of a kid, gripping his hands, watching the fight intently, says it all.

Hell, it's not just the kids who are being inspired, but even the villains themselves, with Stain, of all people, coming at the last minute to save the day. Will this end up fulfilling the premonition of All Might's demise? Or is this All Might relying on others to overcome his fate? Is this a moment where the final glimmer of light finally goes out? Or will he be immortalized in the light of everybody that he has inspired? There is so much happening in this one fight, and there is still much being set up for the rest of the season. Strap it because it really does feel like we're about to witness an actual event unfold.