Koki Uchiyama:AnimeJapan "My Hero Academia" Stage "This year, the enemy <Villain> looks like we can win" "All for One"Akio Otsuka praises "The Tiger and Her Wings"

An event for the TV anime " My Hero Academia, " based on the manga by Kohei Horikoshi that was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (Shueisha), was held on March 22nd at "AnimeJapan 2025," one of the world's largest anime events, which is being held at Tokyo Big Sight (Koto-ku, Tokyo).

At Anime Japan's "My Hero Academia" events, voice actors who play the heroes often appear, but this year, on the hero side, Daiki Yamashita , who plays Izuku Midoriya (Deku), and Kenta Miyake , who plays All Might, appeared, and on the enemy (villain) side, Koki Uchiyama , who plays Tomura Shigaraki , Akio Otsuka, who plays All For One, and Hiroshi Kamiya, who plays the young All For One, appeared. For the first time, the stage featured many voice actors on the enemy (villain) side, and Uchiyama smiled and said, "This year, the villains look like they'll win. It's 3 against 2, so I think."

In the story, there is a scene where Shigaraki is taken over by All For One, and Uchiyama said that he "overlapped his own voice with Akio's voice." Otsuka praised Uchiyama's acting, saying, "It's amazing. It's like The Tiger and Her Wings."

At the event, it was also announced that the final chapter, the 8th season "FINAL SEASON", will be broadcast on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV affiliates nationwide on 29 stations every Saturday at 5:30 pm starting in October. The second teaser visual featuring Tomura Shigaraki was also released.

"My Hero Academia" began serialization in "Weekly Shonen Jump" in July 2014, and the final episode aired in August, bringing the curtain down on its nearly 10-year run. Set in a world where about 80% of the population has supernatural powers and quirks, the series follows Izuku Midoriya, also known as Deku, as he strives to become the greatest hero. The comics have sold over 100 million copies worldwide.

The first season of the TV anime was broadcast from April to June 2016, the second season from March to September 2017, the third season from April to September 2018, the fourth season from October 2019 to April 2020, the fifth season from March to September 2021, the sixth season from October 2022 to March 2023, and the seventh season from May to October.

The TV anime "Vigilante: My Hero Academia ILLEGALS", based on the official spin-off of "My Hero Academia ", will begin airing in April.