Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine has announced that the 14th volume of Kouhei Horikoshi’s Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) manga will contain an original anime special. The upcoming OVA will be written by Horikoshi about a joint practice session between Izuku’s class and the other hero department students at U.A. Academy.
Here is that OVA’s preview video:
In addition to the OVA bundle with the 14th volume, the manga’s 13th volume will also contain an OVA set between the first and second season of the anime. The OVA was shown during the 2016 Special Anime Festa event, but will also be available as a bundle with the volume on April 4.
Boku no Hero Academia is a Japanese superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kouhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Weekly Shounen Jump since July 2014, and 11 volumes have been collected in tankoubon format. The series has been licensed for English-language release by Viz Media, and began serialization in their weekly digital manga anthology Weekly Shounen Jump on February 9, 2015. 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, and a second season is scheduled to premiere on April 1, 2017.
Here is the series synopsis:
People are not born equal, a realization that 4-year-old Midoriya Izuku faced when bullied by his classmates who had unique special powers. Izuku was one of the rare cases where he was born with absolutely no unique powers. This did not stop Izuku from pursuing his dream, a dream of becoming a great hero like the legendary All-Might. To become the great hero he hopelessly wants to become, he now will join the ranks of one of the highest rated “Hero Academies” in the country: Yueiko. With the help of his idol All-Might, will he be able to claim the ranks and become a true hero?
You can visit the anime’s website here: http://heroaca.com/
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Source: Anime News Network
