My Hero Academia season 3

My Hero Academia
Season 3
Cover art of the first Blu-ray volume of the third season released by Toho on July 18, 2018
No. of episodes25
Release
Original networkytv, NTV
Original releaseApril 7 (2018-04-07) –
September 29, 2018 (2018-09-29)
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The third season of the My Hero Academia anime television series was produced by Bones and directed by Kenji Nagasaki, with Yōsuke Kuroda handling series composition, Yoshihiko Umakoshi providing character designs and Yuki Hayashi composed the music.[1] Like the rest of the series, it adapts Kōhei Horikoshi's original manga series of the same name from the rest of the 8th volume through the beginning of the 14th volume over 25 episodes. It covers the "Forest Training Camp" (chapters 70–83), "Hideout Raid" (chapters 84–97), "Provisional Hero License Exam" (chapters 98–121), and the beginning of "Shie Hassaikai" arc (chapters 122–124). The season aired from April 7 to September 29, 2018, on ytv and NTV in Japan.[1]

The season follows Izuku Midoriya and his classmates from U.A. High, a prestigious high school for heroes in training. The students facing their struggles and challenges as they fight for their survival during a training camp and a quest to save one of their classmates. The second half of the season focuses on the students' preparation for the Provisional Hero License Exam, a test that allows the students to obtain a Hero License and take part of their Hero-Work Studies as full-fledged Heroes.

Toho released the season on DVD and Blu-ray in eight compilations, each containing two to four episodes, between July 18, 2018, and February 13, 2019.[2] Funimation licensed the season for an English-language release in North America and released it in two compilations on May 7 and September 3, 2019.[3][4] FunimationNow is streaming the season in Simuldub, while Crunchyroll and Hulu are simulcasting outside of Asia as it airs.[5][6] Funimation's adaptation ran from March 3 to August 18, 2019, on Adult Swim's Toonami block.[7]

Four pieces of theme music are used for this season: two opening themes and two ending themes. For the first thirteen episodes, the opening theme is "Odd Future" by Uverworld and the first ending theme is "Update" (アップデート) by miwa.[8] For the rest of the season, the second opening theme is "Make my story" by Lenny code fiction and the ending theme is "Long Hope Philia" (ロングホープ・フィリア) by Masaki Suda.[9]

  1. ^ a b Pineda, Rafael Antonio (January 30, 2018). "My Hero Academia Anime's 3rd Season Premieres April 7". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
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  5. ^ Ressler, Karen (March 5, 2018). "Funimation To Premiere 1st 6 Dubbed My Hero Academia Season 3 Episodes Simultaneously With Japan". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  6. ^ "Funimation Sets April 7 Premiere for My Hero Academia Season 3". Anime News Network. March 8, 2018. Archived from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
  7. ^ Ressler, Karen (April 19, 2018). "My Hero Academia to Air on Toonami". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on April 19, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  8. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 3, 2018). "My Hero Academia 3rd Anime Season's 2nd Promo Video Previews UVERworld's Theme". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  9. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 24, 2018). "Lenny code fiction, Masaki Suda Perform New Themes for My Hero Academia Anime's 3rd Season". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved June 24, 2018.