Season 4 of the My Hero Academia anime was announced in the 44th issue of the 2018 Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. It aired in Japan from October 12, 2019 to April 4, 2020, covering the rescue of a little girl from a powerful yakuza boss, Katsuki and Shoto taking care of powerful children, Kyoka and Class 1-A planning a concert for the School Festival, and Endeavor stepping into the new role of the No. 1 Hero. It is a direct sequel to the third season, and was followed by a fifth season.
Summary[]
The season is comprised of 25 episodes, covering the Shie Hassaikai Arc, as well as the Remedial Course Arc, the U.A. School Festival Arc, along with the beginnings of the Pro Hero Arc.
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.[5]
On May 26, 2019, the Japanese music label Legendoor announced that Yuki Hayashi had returned to compose the soundtrack for this season.[6] Hayashi would later confirm this himself on social media just one week later.[7]
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.[8]
On June 16, 2019, it was announced that the season would premiere on October 12, 2019.
Characters that were introduced and cast this season are as follow:
Cast (Japanese)[]
Heroes[]
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Fat Gum
- Kaori Yagi as Ryukyu
- Kengo Tsujii as Kesagiri Man
- Yasuhiro Fujiwara as Rock Lock and Yoroi Musha
- Kenta Åkuma as Centipeder
- Jiro Saito as Crimson Riot
- Masaki Sakaide as Mr. Brave
- KÅji Ishii as Snatch
- Momoko Soyama as Yuyu Haya
- Tsuguo Mogami as Crust
- Hiro Shimono as Wash
- Sayaka Kinoshita as Mirko
- Yuichi Nakamura as Hawks
Villains[]
- Takayuki Masuda as Shin Nemoto
- Hiroaki Okuda as Rikiya Katsukame
- Yasuhiro Mamiya as Mimic and Gigantomachia
- Kengo Tsujii as Soramitsu Tabe
- KENN as Toya Setsuno
- Kenichiro Matsuda as Yu Hojo
- ShÅhei Kajikawa as Kendo Rappa
- Jun Miyamoto as Hekiji Tengai
- Kouji Takahashi as Deidoro Sakaki
- Koichi Yamadera as Gentle Criminal
- Yui Horie as La Brava
- Tsuguo Mogami as Hood
Others[]
- Seiran Kobayashi as Eri
- Sara Matsumoto as Komari Ikoma
- Yoshihito Sasaki as Tsutsutaka Agoyamato
- Yuri Noguchi as Chikuchi Togeike
- Ayano Shibuya as Bibimi Kenranzaki and Masegaki Primary Leader Boy
- Souichi Abe as Teruo Hazukashi
- Naomi Kusumi as Shie Hassaikai Boss
- Saki EndÅ as Rock Lock's Wife
- Takashi Onozuka as Mirio's Dad
- Wakana Minami as Mirio Togata (Young)
- Ken Uo as Senior Citizen[9]
- KÅji Hiwatari as Gori
- Sayaka Kinoshita as Madam President
- Yuuki Shin as Natsuo Todoroki
- Serina Machiyama as Hiroshi Tameda
- Eiji Hanawa as Taneo Tokuda
Cast (English)[]
Heroes[]
- Kyle Hebert as Fat Gum
- Katelyn Barr as Ryukyu
- Jerry Jewell as Kesagiri Man
- Gabe Kunda as Rock Lock
- Zach Bolton as Centipeder
- Bryan Massey as Crimson Riot
- Matt Shipman as Mr. Brave and Takeshita
- Taylor Harris as Snatch
- Lauren Moore as Yuyu Haya
- Bill Jenkins as Yoroi Musha
- Larry Brantley as Crust
- Alese Watson-Johnson as Wash
- Anairis QuiƱones as Mirko
- Zeno Robinson as Hawks
Villains[]
- John Burgmeier as Shin Nemoto
- Chris Guerrero as Rikiya Katsukame
- Derick Snow as Mimic
- Jeramey Kraatz as Soramitsu Tabe
- Derek Whitener as Toya Setsuno
- Eric Lopez as Yu Hojo
- Eric Rolon as Kendo Rappa
- Shawn Gann as Hekiji Tengai
- Zeno Robinson as Deidoro Sakaki
- John Gremillion as Gentle Criminal
- Megan Shipman as La Brava
- Daman Mills as Hood
Others[]
- Emily Neves as Eri
- Caitlin Glass as Overhaul (Young)
- Madeleine Morris as Komari Ikoma
- Kristen McGuire as Tamashiro
- Jim Foronda as Tsutsutaka Agoyamato and Shark Boy
- Tabitha Ray as Chikuchi Togeike
- AmaLee as Bibimi Kenranzaki
- Ben Balmaceda as Teruo Hazukashi
- R Bruce Elliott as Shie Hassaikai Boss
- Kylie Stewart as Rock Lock's Wife
- Megan Shipman as Mirio Togata (Young)
- Ricco Fajardo as Mirio's Dad
- Meli Grant as Madam President
- Adam Gibbs as Natsuo Todoroki
- Todd Haberkorn as Hiroshi Tameda
- Jay Hickman as Taneo Tokuda
- Brittany Lauda as Newspaper Editor-In-Chief
Crew[]
- Director - Masahiro Mukai
- Chief Director - Kenji Nagasaki
- Script Writer - YÅsuke Kuroda
- Composer - Yuki Hayashi
- Character Designer - Yoshihiko Umakoshi
- Assistant Designer - Hitomi Odashima
- Opening/Ending Directors:
- Masahiro Mukai - (OP 1)
- Takashi Kawabata - (OP 2)
- Hitomi Odashima - (ED 1)
- Miwa Sasaki - (ED 2)
- Episode Directors:
- Naomi Nakayama - (Episode 64)
- Tomo Åkubo - (Episodes 65, 69 and 73)
- Masashi Abe - (Episodes 66, 71, 76, 80, 83 and 87)
- Tetsuya Miyanishi - (Episode 76)
- ShÅji Ikeno - (Episodes 67, 72, 75, 78, 82, 84 and 86)
- Tetsuya Miyanishi - (Episodes 68, 74, 81 and 88)
- Miwa Sasaki - (Episodes 70, 77 and 85)
- Hidekazu Hara - (Episode 79)
- Storyboard Artists:
- Masahiro Mukai - (OP 1, Episodes 64, 65 and 76)
- Takashi Kawabata - (Episode 76)
- Takashi Kawabata - (OP 2, Episodes 66 and 80)
- Hitomi Odashima - (ED 1)
- Miwa Sasaki - (ED 2, Episodes 70, 77 and 85)
- Tomo Åkubo - (Episodes 69 and 73)
- KÅ Matsuo - (Episodes 67, 75 and 82)
- Tetsuya Miyanishi - (Episodes 74 and 88)
- Shinji Ishihira - (Episodes 68, 72, 81 and 84)
- Shinji SatÅ - (Episodes 71 and 86)
- Naomi Nakayama - (Episodes 78, 83 and 87)
- Hidekazu Hara - (Episode 79)
- Masahiro Mukai - (OP 1, Episodes 64, 65 and 76)
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 was composed by Yuki Hayashi.
Opening Themes[]
- Episodes 64-77: ćPolarisć by BLUE ENCOUNT
- Episodes 78-88: ćStarmarkerć by KANA-BOON
Ending Themes[]
- Episodes 64-77: ćAbout a voyageć by Sayuri
- Episodes 78-88: ćShout Babyć by Ryokuoshoku Shakai
Promotional Material[]
Key Visuals[]
BD/DVD Covers[]
Promotional Videos[]
Character Designs[]
Trivia[]
- This is the first time in which the show did not begin airing in Japan during the spring anime season. While this season retained its timeslot on YTV and NTV, the baseball manga Mix aired in its stead during that time.[10]
- This also marks the first time in which this season aired during the fall.
- This season is tied with Season 7 for the most promotional teasers out of all seasons, with a total of 9 (10 if counting alternative versions).
References[]
- ā https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/10/12/my-hero-academia-season-4-how-many-episodes-anime/
- ā https://www.funimation.com/blog/2019/06/14/my-hero-academia-s4-at-ax-2019/
- ā https://moetron.net/post/185560824570/a-preview-of-the-new-visual-for-the-my-hero
- ā https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2019/09/20/my-hero-academia-season-4-crunchyroll-fall-2019-spotlight
- ā My Hero Academia Anime Gets 4th Season: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-29/my-hero-academia-anime-gets-4th-season/.137465
- ā https://twitter.com/legendoor/status/1132825977199796224
- ā https://www.instagram.com/p/ByP7nbZJZGy/
- ā https://twitter.com/MHAOfficial/status/1136770071005675520
- ā My Hero Academia Anime: Episode 84.
- ā https://twitter.com/pKjd/status/1070606556218064897
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