<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Anime and Manga portal </Td> </Tr> <P> My Hero Academia (Japanese: 僕 の ヒーロー アカデミア, Hepburn: Boku no Hīrō Akademia) is a comedy adventure manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi . It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 2014, and 16 volumes have been collected in tankōbon format . The series has been licensed for English - language release by Viz Media, and began serialization in their weekly digital manga anthology Weekly Shonen Jump on February 9, 2015 . </P> <P> The story follows Izuku Midoriya, a boy born without superpowers in a world where they are the norm, but who still dreams of becoming a superhero himself, and is scouted by the world's greatest hero who shares his powers with Izuku after recognizing his value and enrolls him in a high school for heroes in training . The manga was adapted into an anime television series; the first season aired from April 3 to June 26, 2016 . The second season aired from April 1 to September 30, 2017 . A third season has been announced, to start airing in April 2018, as well as an animated film for 2018 . </P> <P> On an Earth - like world where people with superpowers known as "Quirks" (個性, Kosei) are the norm, Izuku Midoriya is a regular middle school student who has dreams of one day becoming a Hero despite being bullied by his classmates for not having a Quirk . After being the only one to try and save his childhood bully Katsuki from a Villain, the world's greatest Hero All Might bestows upon him his own quirk "One For All". The story follows Izuku's entrance into U.A. High School (雄英 高校, Yūei Kōkō), a school that cultivates the next generation of Super Heroes . </P>

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