Talk:My Hero Academia

Nintendo 3DS Game Coming to Japan

There has been news that My Hero Academia will be coming to the Nintendo 3DS in Japan. The game was announced on November 18th in an issue of Jump magazine in Japan. It also should be noted that the game has not been announced for a Western release. Zacharyalejandro (talk) 23:41, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Cast

I'm going to hit a blunt because it's getting out of hand.

Cast for the dub must be sourced by reliable source. Unsourced cast will be removed. Using a verified source to add cast that is not included in that source is highly inappropriate and if it continues to be done it will referred to Admin. This information is being checked so don't try and be sneaky about it.SephyTheThird (talk) 16:45, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Several cast have been removed due to the "supporting source" not mentioning them at all. As of now everyone mentioned in the original Funimation blog listing has been verified. Any additional cast added should be checked as added.SephyTheThird (talk) 17:22, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

I've repeatedly removed unsourced cast added to the article by Mumbai0618. Apparently, this individual thinks their edits are immune to WP:V and especially WP:BLP. Everything on Wikipedia must be verifiable through reliable source. This goes especially for any information involving real people. Cast and staff have been a common point of vandalism, and wrongly attributed roles can negatively affect these individuals' careers because casting directors do check Wikipedia along with other sources. —Farix (t | c) 17:57, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

I've left a separate message on their talk page as well so further instances will be cause for AIV.SephyTheThird (talk) 18:17, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

My apologies for this. I was unaware of this part of the Talk page until I got the private message, and thought that the cast members were either hinthe source or on Dubbletalk. However, I was not the one who originally added them. It won't happen again.Mumbai0618 (talk) 18:50, 4 July 2016 (UTC)Mumbai0618

Anime in template

Currnetly, the anime section in the template says that the anime is not yet finished (which is true if it refers to both seasons - 1st and 2nd), but it says there are only 13 episodes (which is true if it refers only to the 1st season). This inconsistency is misleading the reader.

The common treat in other articles is to separate seasons, as it was done in Asura Cryin', in Sword Art Online, in Noragami, in Assassination Classroom and practically in every other series I checked (with 1 exception: Aldnoah.Zero).

So I suggest we do the same as it is in most articles, like i edited but was reverted. It is to note that my edit implied very clearly that it was the "first season", therefore the series is not yet completed, therefore was not misleading in any way.

Or, another option is to change the number of episodes (to 26 I guess), but I'm not sure if the 2nd season will also have exactly 13 episodes.

TheFarix, maybe you can tell how many episodes will the 2nd season have? Orielno (talk) 15:43, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

One extra note: If writing the "end date" may cause the reader the false impression that the series is over, how come writing that it has 13 episodes won't cause the reader the false impression that the whole anime is 13-episode long? Especially since the common trait is to write the total number of episodes of the anime, including those that haven't aired yet (I just checked 10 currently airing animes, all of them were as I said).

Furthermore, the current situation is such that every possible reader will have some sort of false impression: if the reader thinks the section refers to the whole anime - then he/she will get the wrong impression that it is only 13-episodes long, while if he believes the section refers only to one season, then he will get the wrong impression that it is still airing... Orielno (talk) 19:02, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

I know I wrote too much already, but just to sum up the possible solutions to the problem:

• Reverting back to what I did in my edit
• Writing the end date as I did, and adding a new box to the 2nd season, despite the fact that we have very little information of it (not even scheduled airing date)
• Changing the number of episodes to 26 (if there's a source for that), or to unknown
• Replacing "13" with "13 (1st season)"

Orielno (talk) 04:31, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

First of all, we don't create multiple infoboxes for each season. Each infobox component are for the entire series. Second, the episode count listed is the total number of episodes that have already aired. So far, only 13 episodes have aired. This practice is consistent with the use of |num_episodes= in {{Infobox television}}, from which the {{Infobox animanga/Video}} is partially derived from. Now Japanese companies plays fast and lose with the distinctions between seasons and series and it does create a lot of problems when we represent that information in the infobox. But practice is that if there is a rename and a new plotline, then it is treated as a separate series. At the moment, we don't know if there will be a rename and a new plotline. All we know was that that a "second season" was announced. Thus, that the series is not over how we represent the information in the infobox. And finally, let me restated what {{Infobox animanga/Video}}'s documenation states with the use of |last=. "The first air date of the series's last episode on its original Japanese network." The documentation does not state to air dates of the last episode of a season. And again, this description of use is derived from {{Infobox television}}. —Farix (t | c) 21:59, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your explanation. I now understand your position, but like I mentioned, currently in all short animes (11-26 episodes) the practice is to write the total number of episodes even before the anime is finished airing. So the average wikipedia reader, who has experienced reading some similar articles, will asume that the series contains only 13 episodes, not that it is still airing and will have more than 13.

I think that the rational of this distinction between short animes to long-never-ending ones, is that in the latter case we really don't know how many episodes will ever be so we write the number aired, while in the former if we can write the total number of episodes even those haven't aired yet, it is more informative. In this article, the reader will think it is like the former, since it is a short anime, and that is why I'm uncomfortable with the outcome. But I will leave it as it is, anyway in a year or so when the 2nd season will air it will be fixed. Orielno (talk) 07:46, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

No All-Might?

I don't see a section for All-Might, but all the secondary characters. What gives? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.172.200.26 (talk) 07:14, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

He has a sizeable paragraph and is listed under his "real" name.SephyTheThird (talk) 07:30, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Yep Yungkinged24 (talk) 19:49, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

No mention of its parody, My Hero Magademia?

I propose adding at least a brief mention of its first parody, My Hero Magademia. In which All Might is "Wall Might", aka Donald Trump, and Deku is "Maiku", aka Mike Pence. 24.20.33.96 (talk) 07:39, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Where is the reliable source? Calling something a parody is an interpretation and requires sources. Otherwise, it violates the policies on no original research. —Farix (t | c) 10:25, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

There is no mention of it because most parodies are non-notable and are therefore ineligible to warrant a mention. Sk8erPrince (talk) 11:10, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

That’s funny lol Im cool or at least im trying (talk) 18:41, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

No Dream.smp.fan545 (talk) 16:39, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

Manga has sold 16 million in sales

Source can be viewed here. Sk8erPrince (talk) 11:09, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 November 2018

add Superhero in genre 49.206.14.183 (talk) 09:21, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Added. Sk8erPrince (talk) 17:23, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2019

ack, i wanna mention the subreddits made by fans for the show ChillPolecat83 (talk) 20:27, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: This is for improvements to the article not for blogs or subreddits. Alucard 16_{❯❯❯ chat?} 00:50, 8 April 2019 (UTC)

Ongoing

This is not very important, but could someone please add the "ongoing" word at the definition of the article?

Per WP:PRECISELANG and MOS:RELTIME, articles should avoid using terms that may latter go out of date. Thus "ongoing" should not be added to any lead section. —Farix (t | c) 21:08, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

Adding Bakugo and All Might as playable characters in Jump Force in the video games section

They've been announced as upcoming DLC Source

Semi-protected edit request on 5 May 2020

My Hero Academia is Anime not manga 71.169.164.231 (talk) 12:09, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 13:20, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 March 2021

Change 30million in circulation to 50 million in circulation (sales worldwide)

• As per the data available in the latest volume of Shonen Jump. 2409:4062:2103:D0EC:0:0:1090:38AC (talk) 18:13, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. WikiVirusC^(talk) 15:33, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 April 2021

31.127.236.230 (talk) 21:22, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Mha is an amazing fantasy where villains and hero's battle in an epic anime series

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Link20XX (talk) 21:26, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:My Hero Academia/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Deku link (talk · contribs) 20:15, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

UPDATE: Given changes to the article, I would now consider it compliant with good article criteria due to the verifiability of the sourcing and the addition of a new image. I would consider this article to be only partially compliant with the good article criteria based on verifiability of sources and use of images.

• Well written?... I would consider this article to be competently written. There is a good flow between different adaptations of the media as well as a well structured reception section.
• Verifiable?... This is where I take the most issue with the article. More than half the sources come from Anime News Network, which is largely promotional and fan oriented in nature. Beyond that, many of the citations appear to also be from promotional sources or blogs. While this does not immediately discredit the information, I don't think it can quite yet be considered a good article without better secondary sourcing.

• • All of the sources I used in the article are listed at WP:A&M/ORS for being reliable for various reasons, which you can read about for yourself. As for Anime News Network, unfortunately they have a virtual monopoly on anime news. I'm not sure how many of them can be replaced.

• Broad in coverage?... Absolutely, covers the bases of each adaptation as well as various forms of reception quite well.
• Neutral point of view?... Yes, the article maintains a neutral point of view overall. Topics such as controversy are covered in a neutral light and are reported on objectively.
• Article stability?... I'm a bit conflicted on this, but I would consider the stability as of late to be very good, even with some hiccups in the past.
• Images?... The page image of the first volume cover is nice, but I question why the only other image used on the page is of a seemingly random group of cosplayers. I would prefer more variety be present in the images.

• • Is there any kind of images in specific you want?
    • I have to apologize because that's frankly more of a nitpick (I understand how difficult it can be to get images for copyrighted topics) and there are plenty of good and featured articles that don't include more than a couple images, but I think that since the reception section provides a good amount of meat to the article, images related to specific fan events beyond just one cosplay photo would help illustrate the significant positive reception to the manga and anime. A mix of japanese and American cosplayers (and maybe other countries) could also show how widespread the popularity of the topic is. Deku link (talk) 20:54, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
      • Don't apologize for being nitpicky. Anyway, I tried to get another image of cosplayers from the commons category. Unfortunately there isn't much. Link20XX (talk) 21:10, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
        • If and when cons become a thing again I'd be more than happy to help you get some photographs (with cosplayer permission of course) Deku link (talk) 22:00, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
          • I think two is enough images personally. Is that all or is there is something else I should do before this review is closed?

@Deku link: Thanks for the review! I provided responses above. Link20XX (talk) 20:50, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

@Deku link: is there anything you want me to do or has my changes made it satisfy the GA criteria? Link20XX (talk) 20:02, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

@Link20XX: I'm still cautious on the sourcing but considering what I've since learned about the reliability of most ANN pieces and the general lack of other citations for A&M topics, I'd say the article satisfies the GA criteria. Deku link (talk) 20:06, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

@Deku link: If it meets the criteria, can you promote the article? Link20XX (talk) 22:52, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

@Link20XX: I will do so now. Congratulations, I figure a page on such a popular topic involved plenty of work and preventing vandalism, so I applaud the quality and stability. Deku link (talk) 06:19, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Storyline

There has been a lot of talk that because of the current arc/saga (preparing for the final fight against AFO) the manga is nearing its final stages, and due to this there also has been mentions of Horikoshi reportedly confirming it, are there any official sources to back this up or is it all hearsay?--158.174.44.11 (talk) 14:23, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

There is no source to my knowledge of Horikoshi and Shueisha having confirmed the current saga is the last of the series, its just guesswork by the fans.--194.71.19.188 (talk) 05:59, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Well now we know we are at the final saga according to current sources. I wonder if Horikoshi would allow the series to continue via a sequel manga illustrated by someone else (kinda like Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest for example). We see depending on the ending I guess.--109.228.170.122 (talk) 06:21, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

"MHA (Japanese anime series)" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect MHA (Japanese anime series). The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 July 10#MHA (Japanese anime series) until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Link20XX (talk) 03:44, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

Edit revert

@Link20XX: Re [1]. It seems a bit silly to edit war over something that's actually an improvement. You've said it's obvious that the abbreviation is valid so you don't disagree there. MOS:DABACRO: "Acronyms, initialisms, and abbreviations. Many pages serve primarily to disambiguate short letter combinations that can represent various acronyms and initialisms. When considering articles to include in the list, it is important that each individual entry is referred to by its respective abbreviation within its article". If there's no mention in an article, there's no entry at MHA. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 15:43, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

• I don't believe it is an improvement, so it's not "silly" at all. For one, the abbreviation being MHA falls under WP:BLUE IMO and likely doesn't need a citation, especially from a website with a click bait title sourced to a non-official Twitter account. I guess you could mention it in the lead, but per WP:LEADCITE, a source shouldn't be used. Link20XX (talk) 15:51, 10 July 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 January 2022

unprotect this page. This page sould be added to more categories. Kadeee7 (talk) 19:17, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

@Kadeee7: What kind of categories? like they kind of categories that you're adding to the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba page that are not even main themes of the series and are never addressed in the article? - Xexerss (talk) 19:28, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

They're themes with what we've seen. Nezuko's condition with maintaining her humanity is heavily discriminated by other demon slayers. Some even attempted to kill her for it. They even attempted to kill Tanjiro for protecting her. We've seen many people literally murdered by demons!

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Link20XX (talk) 19:32, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 August 2022

Attempted to fix the grammar and syntax errors in the recently added 4th paragraph of the entire article. The corrected version is the second one.

My Hero Academia has become one of the most financial and commercial success, and has appeared in The New York Times' bestseller list several times. As of January 2022, the manga had over 65 million copies in circulation, including numerous of spin-off manga, print and digital copies, and related light novels, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. Reviewers have praised the manga for its art, plot, characters, story, fight scenes and pop cultural references. The series has inspired American superhero films and comics, and other animes such as Spider-Man, Star Wars, X-Men, Naruto and Dragon Ball.

My Hero Academia has become a large financial and commercial success, appearing on The New York Times bestseller list several times. As of January 2022, the manga had over 65 million copies in circulation, including numerous spin-off manga, print, and digital copies, and related light novels, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. Reviewers have praised the manga for its art, plot, characters, story, fight scenes, and pop cultural references. The series was in part inspired by American superhero films, comics, and series such as Spider-Man, Star Wars, X-Men, Naruto, and Dragon Ball. Maxxxzsz (talk) 21:13, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

 Done Thewsomeguy (talk) 15:02, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

Plot summary is in quite bad shape

The plot summary does a very poor job of getting across the plot of the series, with straight up incorrect information, missing details, and irrelevant information. I can't seem to edit the article for whatever reason, so I'll just list the issues I've found so someone who is able to can resolve them

Incorrect Information

"Meanwhile, evil begins moving about in Hosu City, as the Hero Killer: Stain makes a name for himself" The Hero killer was already stated to be a known villain before coming to Hosu City

"the students and teachers of U.A. must deal with the ramifications of their failure" The students faced no ramifications for failing to stop the league of Villains, since they were only students.

"forcing the League of Villains to assist them" The League of Villains were not forced into cooperating with the Shie Hassaikai, they formed an alliance willingly in an attempt to take them down

"Gentle Criminal and La Brava attempt to infiltrate the U.A. High but they are defeated by Deku and handed over to the police" Gentle criminal willingly gave himself up to the police, he was not handed over by Izuku

"He and Hawks talk to each other, but is interrupted by the High-End's incoming attack" The character is named Hood, and the actual content of the conversation is completely omitted, as is the characters connection to Dabi

"while he's initially met with disdain from the general public" He is rejected by a single mob of civilians, not the general public. And the reaction was out of fear of the area being targeted by All For One rather than Disdain for Izuku personally

"fabled "U.A. Traitor"" The use of the word fabled here is nonsensical. The suspicion has been lingering for less than a year, hardly long enough for it to be fabled, and even the existence of the U.A traitor wasn't even known to the students

Missing details and Characters

Izuku's Nickname of Deku isn't explained, meaning that a person who hasn't watched the series would have no clue who it is

"Amongst all the alliances and declarations, Izuku learns about the tragic past of Shoto Todoroki, and manages to help him learn to accept himself for who he is" This wording doesn't actually tell us anything about Shoto's backstory, with no mention of Endeavor

"Stain states that "fake" Pro Heroes and the pathetic criminals are the targets for his purge to create everything he is doing more just society" Nothing is mentioned of the effects of this statement, how it allowed the League of Villains to gain more members. As it is this serves no purpose in the summary

Nothing is mentioned on the Vanguard Action squad (With the main relevant member being Dabi) throughout the summary, nor is Dabi's reveal to be Toya, with its first mention being Endeavor steeling himself to fight Toya. This, combined with the information that Shoto is Endeavor's son being completely missing, means that the entire Todoroki Subplot is barely mentioned

Mirro is never mentioned, and his and Izuku's relationship to Eri is completely cut, meaning that the summary of the Festival arc makes very little sense.

Shinso is only mentioned once and given no context to what he actually does during the Joint training arc, meaning the inclusion of his name is pointless

The Faculties Suspicion that there may be a traitor at U.A is never explained, leaving statements about the U.A traitor without context

The section covering season 5 is in the wrong order, chronologically the League of Villains recruitment of the Meta Liberation Army comes before Izuku's internship. As it is the "Upcoming war" is not explained until several sentences later, and even then it doesn't fully explain the ramifications

Irrelevant information

"Aizawa originally said that those who failed the exam, they won't be able to go to training camp during summer vacation; however, regardless of the students' results in the exam, everyone are joining in order to get stronger but for the students who failed, are doing a harsher training at a lodge" This harsher training and fakeout are not important to the story, only serving to separate a group of students from the others for fight scenes. The only important information is that the students took their exams and went to training camp

"a brave group of students named The Bakugo Rescue Squad, decide to take matters into their own hands and attempt to rescue their classmate by themselves" This name is not relevant, and I don't think is ever mentioned the in the story

Furthermore, the entire summary has numerous grammatical errors and is written in a very bizarre way that reads more like a blurb rather than a summary, with very vague language and changing pretenses. This section alone makes the "This is a good article" tag bizarre to say the least. It should be fixed as soon as possible, as this would likely be very confusing for a person who has not watched/read the series StopGoingBackward (talk) 00:30, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

True, and its not just the Plot section that is filled with grammatical errors. All the sections under Production could use a clean-up as well.

For example: "Horikoshi originally stating that the manga will not be ending longer as One Piece because he does not have a stamina to it, instead he would like to keep it concise or shorter compare to the other shōnen manga series." Thats from the Conclusion section. --37.123.169.90 (talk) 07:53, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 December 2022

Add the upcoming Fortnite x My Hero Academia collaboration to the video game portion of the article. CatShark447 (talk) 07:00, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 19:40, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 January 2023

In the Conclusion section, many sentence structures leave a lot to be desired. They are written in incorrect tenses, lack quality grammar, and some come off as repetitive and unnecessarily wordy. Applsauc (talk) 22:37, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. - FlightTime (open channel) 22:40, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Requested changes are as follows ( requested deletions are struck out, and requested additions/changes bolded, sources remain the same):

Horikoshi originally stating stated that the manga will would not be ending longer as than One Piece because as he does not have a stamina to do it,. Instead, he would like to keep it the series more concise or shorter compared to the other shōnen manga series. In April 2021, Horikoshi stated that he had planned that the manga's would ending; however, where it has been was taking much longer than expected. He but it is still leading leaning towards the ending that he had "decided" upon since before the series began. In December 2021, Horikoshi stated during the an interview in at the Jump Festa '22 event that "if things go smoothly, the manga will meet its goal in one year. If it doesn't go smoothly, I think [Izuku's voice actor] Yamashita will be reading out the exact same letter from me at next year's Jump Festa". He also teased that Katsuki Bakugo will soon get his "big scene" so that people who both love and hate the character can look forward to it. In May 2022, the manga's author has included a very bittersweet message announced from in the manga's 34th volume of the manga. He said: "I feel like I can finally see the goal in sight. It's a rather strange feeling getting to this point. In the past, I would just be drawing without a single care [for the future], but now I wonder just how many more times can I draw these characters? Change is scary as you grow older. Well, I really shouldn't dwell on that! Until next volume then!". In October 2022, Horikoshi decides to reconsidered the statement he said during the Jump Festa '22 event and instead he implied it will take longer to complete the manga's final arc. wants to take longer to complete the manga's final arc than expected. Applsauc (talk) 23:26, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

First name or last name?

We need to include a policy:

Should we refer to characters by their first or last name? Dangervest69 (talk) 00:44, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 April 2023

Change six months to one month; Izuku does not reappear after six months, as he is discharged from the hospital after a few weeks instead and spends an ensuing month tackling villains alone. Hence, one month since he sent the letters. Add another paragraph as well summarizing the events of the final arc thus far to provide further context to what is happening. GraphicaDanger (talk) 02:09, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. M.Bitton (talk) 18:47, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Grammatical errors

Can someone please do a grammar clean-up? As I pointed out above (in the "Plot summary is in quite bad shape" topic), several sections of the article has numerous grammatical errors.--37.123.169.90 (talk) 08:01, 23 April 2023 (UTC)

Volumes

As of February 2024 there are now 40 tankobon volumes

of mha
2024 there are now 40 tankobon volumes of mha 208.100.185.50 (talk) 08:19, 19 February 2024 (UTC)