The official Twitter account of My Hero Academia has issued an apology for errors found in the popularity poll results announced in issue 19 of Weekly Shonen Jump on April 8, 2024.

The tweet detailed that the editorial department of the magazine received reports from fans regarding inconsistencies in the recently published results. Upon investigating, they confirmed the data used for the poll contained inaccuracies.

Moreover, the staff assured fans that they are currently investigating the extent of the errors and verifying the rest of the data. Once the investigation is complete, they will announce the new poll results.

The latest popularity poll for My Hero Academia released along with Chapter 419. Bakugo emerged victorious with 23,441 votes, while Deku secured second place with 18,488 votes, and Todoroki came in third with 13,478 votes.

My Hero Academia is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kohei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Shueisha’s shonen manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected into 40 tankobon volumes as of April 2024.

There are numerous spin-off manga, such as My Hero Academia: Smash!!, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, and My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions.

It has also been adapted into an anime television series by Bones. Its first season aired in Japan from April to June 2016, followed by a second season from April to September 2017, third season from April to September 2018, fourth season from October 2019 to April 2020, a fifth season from March to September 2021, a sixth season from October 2022 to March 2023, and an upcoming seventh season which is set to premiere in May 2024.

It has also received three animated films, titled My Hero Academia: Two Heroes, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, and My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission, and nine original video animations (OVAs). A fourth animated film, titled My Hero Academia: You’re Next, is set to be released in August 2024.

Source: Twitter