My Hero Academia Season 4

Season 4
Staff
Director	Kenji Nagasaki (chief director) Masahiro Mukai
Script Writer	Yōsuke Kuroda
Character Designer(s)	Yoshihiko Umakoshi Hitomi Odashima (Assistant)
Composer	Yuki Hayashi
Studio	Bones
Statistics
Original Run	July 6, 2019 (Premiere) (Anime Expo) JP: October 12, 2019 - April 4, 2020 EN: November 9, 2019 - June 28, 2020
Episodes	25
Chapters Adapted	Chapter 125 - 193 (partially)
Timeslot	NTV/YTV (Saturdays at 5:30PM JST) Adult Swim (Toonami: Saturdays at 11:00PM EST)
Streamer(s)	Crunchyroll, Funimation
Sequence
Previous	← Season 3
Next	Season 5 →

Season 4 of the My Hero Academia anime was announced in the 44th issue of the 2018 Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, it began airing in Japan on October 12, 2019 to April 4, 2020 and ran for 25 episodes. A direct sequel to Season 3, this season continued covering the Shie Hassaikai Arc, the Remedial Course Arc, the U.A. School Festival Arc, and the Pro Hero Arc.

Summary

The season picks up where Season 3 ended with the introduction of The Big 3, and the Hero Work-Studies program being extended to first years. It follows Izuku, Ochaco, Tsuyu, Eijiro with third years Mirio, Nejire and Tamaki participation in the Work Studies and Shie Hassaikai Raid with their respective assigned Hero Agency. While this is occurring Katsuki and Shoto participate in the Provisional License Remedial Course.

Following these events U.A. High School has their annual U.A. School Festival which is planned to be interrupted by an infamous duo. Soon after the School Festival it's time for the biannually Hero Billboard Chart JP where Endeavor finally takes his official place as the Number 1 Hero, which leads him working with the newly appointed Number 2 Hero Hawks. While discussing rumors of a Nomu in Fukuoka, the being itself crashes into the building they're at leading to a heated battle testing both Pro Heroes limits.

Days later, Izuku has a mysterious dream featuring the One For All Vestiges and himself witnessing in exchange between All For One and the first One For All user.

Production

History

As had been done previously, this season was first confirmed to be in the works at the end of the final episode of season three, which had aired days before the Shonen Jump issue containing the announcement was released.

On May 26, 2019, the Japanese music label Legendoor announced that Yuki Hayashi had returned to compose the soundtrack for this season. Hayashi would later confirm this himself on social media just one week later.

On June 6, 2019, Funimation announced that it had acquired the season for streaming in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand through its FunimationNow service.

On June 16, 2019, it was announced that it will premiere on October 12, 2019.

List of Episodes

Story Arc	# of Episodes	Original Air Date
Shie Hassaikai Arc (continued from Season 3)	15 (Episodes 64 to 78)	Japanese: October 12, 2019 - January 25, 2020 English: November 9, 2019 - February 8, 2020
Remedial Course Arc	3 (Episodes 78 to 80)	Japanese: January 25, 2020 - February 8, 2020 English: February 8, 2020 - March 21, 2020
U.A. School Festival Arc	6 (Episodes 81 to 86)	Japanese: February 15, 2020 - March 21, 2020 English: March 28, 2020 - May 17, 2020
Pro Hero Arc	2 (Episodes 87 to 88)	Japanese: March 28, 2020 - April 4, 2020 English: June 21, 2020 - June 28, 2020

Soundtrack

As with the previous seasons, this season's soundtrack will be composed by Yuki Hayashi.

Opening Themes

• Episodes 64-77: 「Polaris」 by BLUE ENCOUNT

• Episodes 78-88: 「Starmarker」 by KANA-BOON

Ending Themes

• Episodes 64-77: 「Kokai no Uta」 by Sayuri

• Episodes 78-88: 「Shout Baby」 by Ryokuoshoku Shakai

Promotional Material

Season 4 announcement page from Weekly Shonen Jump.

Jump's page revealing the second key visual and the season's airdate.

Key Visuals

The first key visual, featuring Izuku and Mirio in their hero costumes. The tagline reads, "I'll become your hero!"

The second key visual, featuring Mirio, Sir Nighteye and Izuku in their hero costumes and in the background the silhouettes of Overhaul and Eri.

The third key visual, featuring students of Class 1-A, the Big 3, Sir Nighteye and All Might in their hero costumes.

The fourth key visual, featuring Izuku, Ochaco, Tsuyu, Eijiro, the Big Three, Eri, Overhaul, Sir Nighteye, Eraser Head, and Fat Gum.

The fifth key visual, featuring Lemillion and Eri.

The sixth key visual, featuring Overhaul and Eri.

The seventh key visual, featuring Deku and Eri.

The eighth key visual, featuring all the students of Class 1-A, Mirio, Eri, Gentle, and La Brava.

The eighth key visual (ver. 2).

The ninth key visual, featuring Hawks and Endeavor.

BD/DVD Covers

Vol.1
Episodes 64 - 68

Vol.2
Episodes 69 - 72

Vol.3
Episodes 73 - 76

Vol.4
Episodes 77 - 80

Vol.5
Episodes 81 - 84

Vol.6
Episodes 85 - 88

Vol.6 (Back Cover)
Episodes 85 - 88

Promotional Videos

ヒロアカ4期制作決定！／『僕のヒーローアカデミア』TVアニメ第4期発表映像

Season 4 announcement video.

『僕のヒーローアカデミア』（ヒロアカ）TVアニメ第4期PV第1弾

The first promotional video for the fourth season.

『僕のヒーローアカデミア』（ヒロアカ）TVアニメ4期PV第2弾／10月12日放送スタート／毎週土曜夕方5 30 読売テレビ・日本テレビ系全国29局ネット

The second promotional video for the fourth season.

『僕のヒーローアカデミア』（ヒロアカ）TVアニメ4期PV第3弾／10月12日（土）夕方5 30放送スタート／OPテーマ：「ポラリス」BLUE ENCOUNT

The third promotional video for the fourth season, featuring the opening theme "Polaris".

『僕のヒーローアカデミア』（ヒロアカ）TVアニメ4期PV第4弾 "ヒーローチームvs死穢八斎會" ／10月12日（土）夕方5 30放送スタート

The fourth promotional video for the fourth season.

『僕のヒーローアカデミア』ヒロアカ4期PV第5弾「ヒーローインターン編クライマックス」／君のヒーローになる!／OPテーマ「ポラリス」BLUE ENCOUNT

The fifth promotional video for the fourth season, also featuring the opening theme "Polaris".

ヒロアカ文化祭編PV(1 25(土)スタート)／『僕のヒーローアカデミア』TVアニメ4期PV第6弾／OPテーマ：「スターマーカー」KANA-BOON

The sixth promotional video for the fourth season, featuring the second opening theme "Starmarker".

Character Designs

Mirio's colored character design for the anime.

Nejire's colored character design for the anime.

Tamaki's colored character design for the anime.

Sir Nighteye's colored character design for the anime.

Bubble Girl's colored character design for the anime.

Fat Gum's colored character design for the anime.

Eri's colored character design for the anime.

Ryukyu's colored character design for the anime.

Centipeder's colored character design for the anime.

Rock Lock's colored character design for the anime.

Gentle Criminal's colored design for the anime.

La Brava's colored design for the anime.

Hawks' colored design sheet for the anime.

Trivia

• This is the first time in which the show will not begin airing in Japan during the spring anime season. While this season will retain its timeslot on YTV and NTV, the baseball manga Mix aired in its stead during that time.
  • This also marks the first time in which this season will be airing during the fall.
• This season holds the most promotional teasers out of all seasons, with a total of 9.