The fourth season of the My Hero Academia anime series was produced by Bones and directed by Kenji Nagasaki (chief director) and Masahiro Mukai, following the story of the original manga series from the second half of the 14th volume to the first chapters of the 21st volume. It covers the "Shie Hassaikai" (chapters 125-162), "Remedial Course" (chapters 163-168), "U.A. School Festival" (chapters 169-183), and the first part of the "Pro Hero" arc (chapters 184-190); partially including chapters 191-193. The season follows Izuku Midoriya and his classmates in their Hero Work-Studies, where they face off against the Shie Hassaikai group, with their goal is to stop them from creating a Quirk-Destroying Drug and save a little girl at the center of it. Meanwhile, two students of U.A. High attend a special Hero License course, having failed their previous exam. Then, U.A. holds its annual School Festival and Class 1-A decides to have a dance performance with a live band in hopes to ease the public's doubt of their worth. Later, the new hero rankings was revealed after All Might's retirement. The fourth season premiered on October 12, 2019, on ytv and NTV.[1] However, the first episode of the season on NTV was suspended in some regions of Japan due to the emergency reporting on Typhoon Hagibis, and international simulcasts were delayed. Funimation has licensed the season for an English-language release in North America.[2] Funimation premiered the first episode of the fourth season at Anime Expo on July 6, 2019, with the English dub.[3][4] Crunchyroll and Hulu are simulcasting the season outside of Asia as it airs, while FunimationNow is streaming in Simuldub.[5] Funimation's adaptation premiered on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on November 9, 2019.[6] Several episodes on Toonami got delayed, due to the schedule redaction or disruption and the effects of COVID-19 pandemic which ended on June 28, 2020, instead of May as it originally scheduled. Four pieces of theme music are used for this season: two opening themes and two ending themes. For the first fourteen episodes, the opening theme is "Polaris" (ポラリス) by Blue Encount, while the ending theme is "Kōkai no Uta" (航海の唄, The Song of the Voyage) by Sayuri.[7] The second opening theme is "Starmarker" (スターマーカー) by Kana-Boon and the ending theme is "Shout Baby" by Ryokuōshoku Shakai.[8] Chrissy Costanza performs the insert songs "Each Goal" in episode 19 and "Hero too" in episode 23.[9] Episode list[edit]Home video release[edit]Japanese[edit]Toho released the fourth season of the anime on DVD and Blu-ray in six volumes in Japan, with the first volume released on January 22, 2020, and the final volume released on August 19, 2020.[41] Toho (Region 2 — Japan)
English[edit]Funimation released the series in North America in two volumes, with the first volume released on September 29, 2020.[48] Funimation (Region 1/A — North America)
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Is My Hero Academia season 4 completed?The fourth season aired from October 12, 2019, to April 4, 2020. The fifth season aired from March 27 to September 25, 2021. The sixth season is set to premiere on October 1, 2022.
How many episodes are in each season of My Hero Academia?Every season of My Hero Academia, barring its premiere season, has consisted of 25 episodes and now that the anime's popularity is at its peak it's unlikely to see that number decrease anytime soon. Season five should have 25 episodes, which will give the anime a grand total of 113 installments when the season ends.
How many seasons are there in My Hero Academia season 4?My Hero Academia is one of the more popular anime to emerge in recent years. With three seasons and a feature film under its belt, the series' Season 4 hit the ground running in 2019, and continued strong in 2020 for another year of adventures following young Izuku Midoriya and his fellow classmates at U.A.
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