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My Hero Academia Season 4 Hits Hulu & FunimationNow On 10/12/2019


my hero academia 4th season key visualEarlier today, Funimation announced that they will stream the fourth season of My Hero Academia starting October 12. The series will be available in subtitled format on FunimationNow and Hulu as a simulcast. Funimation is also producing a SimulDub, though a specific premiere date for the adaptation has yet to be confirmed as of press time.

Kenji Nagasaki is returning to serve as chief director for the new season at Bones, Masahiro Mukai (Trickster, Hyperdimension Neptunia) taking the director’s chair. Yousuke Kuroda (Gundam Build Fighters, Trigun) is penning the show’s scripts, while Yoshihiko Umakoshi (Berserk) proides character designs.

Funimation describes My Hero Academia season 4 as:

The villain world teeters on the brink of war now that All For One is out of the picture. Shigaraki of the League of Villains squares off with Overhaul of the yakuza, vying for total control of the shadows. Meanwhile, Deku gets tangled in another dangerous internship as he struggles to keep pace with his upperclassman—Mirio.

Source: Funimation (Press Release)

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