With just 2 more days left for the broadcast of the final episode of My Hero Academia season 6, leaks containing the latest information from Weekly Shonen Jump‘s upcoming issue #17 regarding the future plans of the franchise have been taking social media by storm.

Turns out it has been officially confirmed that My Hero Academia season 7 is in production. No further information was revealed.

Comment from Deku’s voice actor, Daiki Yamashita, and Bakugo’s voice actor Nobuhiko Okamoto thanking the fans for their continuous support for MHA season 6 and also asking them to look forward to the 7th season have been posted in the latest issue of the magazine.

Checkout a rough translation of the comments below:

Daiki Yamashita:

In the 6th season, I tried to know what was going to happen when I read the scripts for each episode, but there were so many things that happened that made me feel a lot of emotions. In that context, it was a story that recaptured the meaning of the title “My Hero Academia”. I really felt the friendship and growth of Deku and the other members of Class 1A, which gave me more strength.

I would like you to look forward to seeing the boys, girls, and adults who have grown through the 6 seasons and progressed further in the 7th season. We will continue to perform with PLUS ULTRA energy, so please continue to support “My Hero Academia”.

Nobuhiko Okamoto:

First of all, thank you very much for watching the 6th season. For those of you who have been watching “My Hero Academia” up until now, I’m sure there have been a lot of surprises. The key scenes for Bakugou were when he sacrificed himself to save Deku in episode 122 (Bakugou Katsuki: Rising), and when he apologized to Deku in episode 136 (Deku vs Class 1A). The only difference was that in episode 122, his body moved without thinking. On the other hand, in episode 136, he spoke out of his own free will.

As for myself, I think I was able to express my apology while acknowledging Deku. In the last episode, there was a new character and a direction that led to the next season. Deku who had been moving toward the dark side, came back to the light. In a sense, this is a fresh start. Please look forward to the 7th season.

 My Hero Academia Season 6 started airing from Oct 1, 2022, with the second cour starting from Jan 7, 2023.

Like the previous seasons, Studio Bones is in charge of animating the series. My Hero Academia Season 6 will adapt the war arc from the manga.

The official website also listed the staff for season 6. Key staff from the previous season of the anime have been retained.

• Director: Kenji Nagasaki
• Series Composition: Yosuke Kuroda
• Character Designs: Yoshihiko Umakoshi, Hitomi Odashima
• Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda, Yukiko Maruyama
• Color Design: Kazuko Kikuchi
• Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
• Music: Yuki Hayashi
• Director of Photography: Takashi Sawa
• Editor: Kumiko Sakamoto

The cast from previous seasons will also be reprising their role in My Hero Academia Season 6. Eve performed the new opening theme song “Bokura no,” while SIX LOUNGE performed the ending theme “Kitakaze” for cour 2.

My Hero Academia is a manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 2014, with its chapters collected into 33 tankōbon volumes as of February 2022. The series has numerous spin-off manga, including My Hero Academia: Smash!!, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes and My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions.

The manga received a TV anime adaptation by Studio 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, and a fifth season from March to September 2021.

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 respectively. There are plans for a live-action film by Legendary Entertainment.

As of January 2022, the manga had over 65 million copies in circulation worldwide.

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