My Hero Academia Season 1

Season 1
Staff
Director	Kenji Nagasaki
Script Writer	Yōsuke Kuroda
Character Designer(s)	Yoshihiko Umakoshi
Composer	Yuki Hayashi
Studio	Bones
Statistics
Original Run	JP: April 3, 2016 - June 26, 2016 EN: May 5, 2018 - August 4, 2018
Episodes	13
Chapters Adapted	Chapter 1 - 21
Timeslot	MBS/TBS (Nichigo: Sundays at 5:00PM JST) Adult Swim (Toonami: Saturdays at 11:30PM EST)
Streamer(s)	Funimation (Dubbed) Hulu (Subtitled) VRV (via Funimation and Crunchyroll)
Sequence
Next	Season 2 →

Season 1 of My Hero Academia ran from April 3, 2016, to June 26, 2016, covering Izuku Midoriya meeting All Might, receiving a Quirk, attending U.A. High School, and fighting the League of Villains. The first season of My Hero Academia is followed by a second season.

Summary

The season is comprised of 13 episodes, covering the Entrance Exam Arc, Quirk Apprehension Test Arc, Battle Trial Arc, and U.S.J. Arc.

Production

Characters that were introduced and cast this season are as follow:

Cast (Japanese)

Heroes

• Daiki Yamashita as Izuku Midoriya
• Nobuhiko Okamoto as Katsuki Bakugo
• Kenta Miyake as All Might
• Ayane Sakura as Ochaco Uraraka
• Kaito Ishikawa as Tenya Ida
• Aoi Yuki as Tsuyu Asui
• Ryo Hirohashi as Minoru Mineta
• Marina Inoue as Momo Yaoyorozu
• Yoshimasa Hosoya as Fumikage Tokoyami
• Tatsuku Hatanaka as Denki Kaminari
• Toshiki Masuda as Eijiro Kirishima
• Yuki Kaji as Shoto Todoroki
• Eri Kitamura as Mina Ashido
• Kosuke Kuwano as Yuga Aoyama
• Kei Shindo as Kyoka Jiro
• Masakazu Nishida as Mezo Shoji
• Kosuke Miyoshi as Mashirao Ojiro
• Kiyotaka Furushima as Hanta Sero
• Kaori Nazuka as Toru Hagakure and Mt. Lady
• Tōru Nara as Rikido Sato and Snipe
• Junichi Suwabe as Shota Aizawa
• Hiroyuki Yoshino as Present Mic
• Shinnosuke Ogami as Death Arms
• Yūsuke Nakamura as Slugger
• Yosuke Fujii as Hitchcock Doodle
• Masamichi Kitada as Kamui Woods
• Shūhei Matsuda as Backdraft
• Inuko Inuyama as Thirteen
• Yasuhiro Takato as Nezu
• Akeni Watanabe as Midnight
• Etsuko Kozakura as Recovery Girl
• Keisuke Ueda as Lunch Rush

Villains

• Kōki Uchiyama as Tomura Shigaraki
• Takahiro Fujiwara as Kurogiri
• Tsuguo Mogami as Nomu (U.S.J.) and Sharkyonara
• Yuya Murakami as Giant Villain
• Shinya Fukumatsu as Sludge Villain
• Kenta Okuma as Dozaemon
• Akio Ōtsuka as Master

Others

• Akeni Watanabe as Izuku Midoriya (Child)
• Sachi Kokuryū as Katsuki Bakugo (Child)
• Aya Kawakami as Inko Midoriya
• Tokuyoshi Kawashima as Naomasa Tsukauchi
• Minoru Inaba as Dr. Tsubasa
• Yu Shimamura as Female Reporter

Cast (English)

Heroes

• Justin Briner as Izuku Midoriya
• Clifford Chapin as Katsuki Bakugo
• Christopher Sabat as All Might
• Luci Christian as Ochaco Uraraka
• J. Michael Tatum as Tenya Ida
• Monica Rial as Tsuyu Asui
• Brina Palencia as Minoru Mineta
• Colleen Clinkenbeard as Momo Yaoyorozu
• Josh Grelle as Fumikage Tokoyami
• Kyle Phillips as Denki Kaminari
• Justin Cook as Eijiro Kirishima
• David Matranga as Shoto Todoroki
• Caitlin Glass as Mina Ashido
• Joel McDonald as Yuga Aoyama
• Trina Nishimura as Kyoka Jiro
• Ian Sinclair as Mezo Shoji
• Mike McFarland as Mashirao Ojiro and Hitchcock Doodle
• Christopher Bevins as Hanta Sero
• Felecia Angelle as Toru Hagakure
• Cris George as Rikido Sato and Death Arms
• Alex Organ as Shota Aizawa
• Sonny Strait as Present Mic
• John Burgmeier as Slugger
• Aaron Roberts as Kamui Woods
• Kris Bryan as Backdraft
• Jamie Marchi as Mt. Lady
• Morgan Berry as Thirteen
• Jerry Jewell as Nezu
• Elizabeth Maxwell as Midnight
• Juli Erickson as Recovery Girl
• Tyler Walker as Lunch Rush
• David Wald as Snipe

Villains

• Eric Vale as Tomura Shigaraki
• Chuck Huber as Kurogiri
• Justin Cook as Nomu (U.S.J.)
• Jeremy Inman as Sludge Villain
• John Swasey as Master

Others

• Lara Woodhull as Izuku Midoriya (Child)
• Kate Oxley as Katsuki Bakugo (Child)
• Jessica Cavanagh as Inko Midoriya
• Alejandro Saab as Naomasa Tsukauchi
• Zach Bolton as Sansa Tamakawa
• Mark Stoddard as Dr. Tsubasa
• Kristi Kang as Female Reporter

Crew

• Director - Kenji Nagasaki
• Script Writer - Yōsuke Kuroda
• Character Designer - Yoshihiko Umakoshi
• Composer - Yuki Hayashi
• Opening/Ending Directors:
  • Tomo Ōkubo - (OP)
  • Tsuyoshi Tobita - (ED)
• Episode Directors:
  • Takurō Tsukada - (Episodes 1, 6 and 10)
  • Daisuke Tsukushi - (Episode 2)
  • Yoshifumi Sasahara - (Episodes 3 and 8)
  • Masato Miyoshi - (Episode 4)
  • Satoshi Nakagawa - (Episode 5)
  • Geisei Morita - (Episode 7)
  • Masashi Abe - (Episode 9)
  • Takahiro Natori - (Episode 11)
  • Tsuyoshi Tobita - (Episode 12)
    • Hakuyu Go - (Episode 12)
  • Tomo Ōkubo - (Episode 13)
• Storyboard Artists:
  • Kenji Nagasaki - (OP and ED, Episodes 1 and 2)
    • Hakuyu Go - (OP)
    • Masayuki Sakoi - (ED)
  • Katsumi Terahigashi - (Episode 3)
  • Tōru Yoshida - (Episodes 4 and 12)
    • Hakuyu Go - (Episode 12)
  • Katsuyuki Kodera - (Episodes 5, 9 and 13)
  • Kō Matsuo - (Episode 6)
  • Takayuki Tanaka - (Episode 7)
  • Satomi Nakamura - (Episode 8)
  • Shinji Ishihira - (Episode 10)
  • Takahiro Natori - (Episode 11)
  • Katsuyuki Kodera - (Episode 13)

History

Episodes

Story Arc	# of Episodes	Original Air Date
Entrance Exam Arc	4 (Episodes 1 to 4)	Japanese: April 3, 2016 - April 24, 2016 English: May 5, 2018 - June 2, 2018
Quirk Apprehension Test Arc	1.5 (Episodes 5 to 6)	Japanese: May 1, 2016 - May 8, 2016 English: June 9, 2018 - June 16, 2018
Battle Trial Arc	2.5 (Episodes 6 to 8)	Japanese: May 8, 2016 - May 22, 2016 English: June 16, 2018 - June 30, 2018
U.S.J. Arc	5 (Episodes 9 to 13)	Japanese: May 29, 2016 - June 26, 2016 English: July 7, 2018 - August 4, 2018

Soundtrack

Opening Theme

「THE DAY」 by Porno Graffitti

Ending Theme

「HEROES」 by Brian the Sun

Promotional Material

Key Visuals

Key Visual #1

Key Visual #2

Key Visual #3

Key Visual #4

BD/DVD Covers

Vol.1
Episodes 1-3

Vol.2
Episodes 4-6

Vol.3
Episodes 7-9

Vol.4
Episodes 10-11

Vol.5
Episodes 12-13

Character Designs

Class 1-A

Izuku's character design sheet.

Katsuki's character design sheet.

Shoto's character design sheet.

Eijiro's character design sheet.

Yuga's character design sheet.

Denki's character design sheet.

Tenya's character design sheet.

Ochaco's character design sheet.

Hanta's costume character design sheet.

Pro Heroes

All Might's character design sheet.

Eraser Head's character design sheet.

Present Mic's character design sheet.

Recovery Girl's character design sheet.

Ectoplasm's character design sheet.

Ectoplasm's character design sheet.

Midnight's character design sheet.

Cementoss' character design sheet.

Snipe's character design sheet.

Mt. Lady's character design sheet.

Death Arms' character design sheet.

Kamui Woods' character design sheet.

Toshinori's character design sheet.

Villains

Kurogiri's character design sheet.

Tomura's character design sheet.

Nomu's character design sheet.

Promotional Videos

アニメ「僕のヒーローアカデミア」PV

The first Promotion Video for the first season.

アニメ「僕のヒーローアカデミア」PV第2弾

The second Promotional Video for the first season.

アニメ『僕のヒーローアカデミア』PV第3弾

The third Promotional Video for the first season.

アニメ『僕のヒーローアカデミア』PV第4弾

The fourth Promotional Video for the first season.

アニメ『僕のヒーローアカデミア』PV第5弾

The fifth Promotional Video for the first season.

アニメ『僕のヒーローアカデミア』PV第6弾

The sixth Promotional Video for the first season.

Trivia

• In February 2019, the first season was removed from Crunchyroll.
  • Crunchyroll responded that it was "working through the rights for season 1 for both titles and will share any additional details soon". It has since then been re-added.