To celebrate the release of the final volume of My Hero Academia, creator Kohei Horikoshi unveiled a special collaborative illustration featuring characters from the series alongside Spider-Man and Black Cat. This artwork highlights the significant influence of Marvel Comics on Horikoshi’s work, making it an iconic crossover. The 42nd and final volume of the manga was officially released in Japan on December 4, 2024.
The first illustration by comic artist Humberto Ramos:
The second illustration by colorist Edgar Delgado:
In an interview featured on a special collaboration site with Marvel Comics, Horikoshi discussed his current creative process and offered insights into his upcoming project:
I feel really lucky over the success of MHA, so I know there’s a lot of pressure around my next move. I’m planning to start a new manga as soon as I possibly can.
I was thinking to committing myself to simply drawing my next project, and letting someone else write the story, but my editor advised me ‘It will be better if you do it all yourself.’ With that in mind, I’ve slowly started writing and drawing the thumbnails of my next manga. However, there are still several events left surrounding MHA, so for a while I’ll still be committed to supporting and promoting it.
Since its debut in 2016, My Hero Academia has become a phenomenon. Now, as the final season looms, viewers are both excited and heartbroken to say goodbye to the characters and world that have become a part of their lives.
The final season of My Hero Academia marks the end of an era, both for anime fans and for the superhero genre in general. As we look forward to 2025, anticipation builds for the epic conclusion to one of the most influential anime series of its generation.
Kohei Horikoshi‘s original manga series debuted in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on July 7, 2014, and concluded on August 4. All the released seasons are currently available for streaming on Crunchyroll!
Izuku has dreamt of being a hero all his life—a lofty goal for anyone, but especially challenging for a kid with no superpowers. That’s right, in a world where eighty percent of the population has some kind of super-powered “quirk,” Izuku was unlucky enough to be born completely normal. But that’s not enough to stop him from enrolling in one of the world’s most prestigious hero academies.
Source: @myheroacademia
© Kohei Horikoshi / Shueisha
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