A new visual for episode 12 of the seventh season of the TV anime “My Hero Academia” has been released, teasing the highly anticipated showdown between Deku and Shigaraki. The episode, titled “Those Who Defend, Those Who Violate,” is scheduled to air on August 3rd.
The visual features Deku and Shigaraki facing off against each other, with the tagline “The decisive battle has arrived” building up the hype for the upcoming episode. The seventh season of “My Hero Academia” has been on a roll, covering the Star and Stripe Arc, U.A. Traitor Arc, and the start of the Final War Arc of the manga.
The episode will be the 150th overall in the anime series and will premiere on August 3rd at 2:30 a.m. PT / 5:30 a.m. ET. The anime’s staff includes Kenji Nagasaki as the chief director, Naomi Nakayama as the director, Yoshihiko Umakoshi and Hitomi Odashima as character designers, and Yuki Hayashi as the music composer. Bones is handling the animation production for the series.
The seventh season of “My Hero Academia” consists of 21 episodes, which are scheduled to broadcast into Fall 2024. The anime is available to stream on various platforms, including Crunchyroll, Ani-One Asia, bilibili, and iQIYI.
The original manga series by Kohei Horikoshi has been serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine since July 7, 2014, and has been released in 40 tankobon volumes as of April 2024. A 41st volume is due out on August 2, 2024. VIZ Media releases the manga series in English for North America.
The latest episode in the series, episode 11, titled “Light Fades to Rain,” was an emotional one, featuring the death of a beloved hero. The English dub of episode 10, titled “Wounded Hero, Burning Bright and True!!!,” is set to arrive on July 28th. With the manga series coming to an end in August, the anime series is expected to follow suit soon.
Source: Comic Natalie