My Hero Academia is a shōnen manga written and drawn by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been published since July 2014 in Shūeisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine, and has thirty-five volumes as of July 2022. An anime adaptation produced by studio Bones aired between April and June 2016 on MBS in Japan. A second season aired between April and September 2017, followed by a third season airing between April and September 2018, a fourth season between October 2019 and April 2020, and a fifth season between March and September 2021. A sixth season is announced for 2022. Three anime films were released in August 2018, December 2019, and August 2021, respectively. The series is broadcast around the world, but can Netflix subscribers watch it? We’re going to tell you in this article.
My Hero Academia is not available on Netflix in the West, but it is available in Asia, specifically in Japan, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Thailand. If you want to stream the series on Netflix outside the listed countries, you will have to use a VPN. On the other hand, My Hero Academia is legally available in the West via Crunchyroll, Funimation and Hulu.
My Hero Academia has been a global phenomenon since its debut in Japan, and it has gained a lot of attention and has become a talking point among the otaku communities around the world because of its great cast and story. In this article, we are going to give you all the information you need if you want to watch the series on Netflix?
Is My Hero Academia on Netflix?
My Hero Academia is actually not available on Netflix, unless you’re in one specific region, in which case you’re actually able to stream the show. The only places in which you can stream My Hero Academia on Netflix are Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore), Japan, India, Hong Kong, and South Korea, where the show is available in Japanese, with English subtitles. In addition to that, My Hero Academia can be streamed on Netflix with a regular monthly subscription, meaning no premium subscription is required.
It might be a little disappointing that a leading network like Netflix didn’t make My Hero Academia, a hit series, available for streaming in every country in the world. We assume that it has to do something with the licensing and distribution rights, but we cannot be sure that that is the actual reason.
As far as the future of the series is concerned, seeing how Netflix is working on expanding its anime roster, it is very possible that My Hero Academia will be made available in more countries, but that is something that we do not know at this moment, which means that we’ll just have to wait for a confirmation.
We know that Netflix is doing a great job in providing its subscribers with great streaming content, but it does have some restrictions. So if you live in a country with geographic restrictions, you may not be able to watch My Hero Academia on Netflix even with a full subscription. And yes, in case you were wondering, you can check directly on Netflix to see if your country is geographically restricted.
If you live in a geographically restricted country, you will not be able to watch My Hero Academia unless you change your location. This can be done via a VPN if you’re actually not in one of the specified countries. However, after a short part on the available season, we are going to tell you where you can watch all episodes of My Hero Academia no matter where you are.
How many seasons of My Hero Academia are on Netflix?
As for the content available on Netflix in the above-specified countries, we are happy to inform you that all five seasons of My Hero Academia, i.e., all the episodes, are available on Netflix in the countries specified. In addition to that, My Hero Academia: Two Heroes and My Hero Academia: Heroes Raising, the first two My Hero Academia movies are also available for streaming in Japan, India, and Brazil; the former is also available in Canada, while the latter is additionally available in Thailand.
Where can you watch My Hero Academia?
As of July 2022, the My Hero Academia anime series is available on a small number of streaming platforms in the West. The first and best one is, of course, Crunchyroll, but you can also check it out on Funimation, Hulu, and VRV (which is owned by the same company as Crunchyroll); the series is also available on the Asian iQIYI streaming platform, as well as on Netflix, but only in Southeast Asia, India, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea, as we have stated above.
Funimation also has the series in its library, but Funimation is only for those anime fans that prefer dubbed versions. Other streaming services don’t have My Hero Academia in their libraries, regardless of country or region.