"My Hero Academia" gets one New Original Anime Episode (OVA) on August 16

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Jei Beltrano

August 2, 2020 at 11:25 PM PHT (GMT +8:00)

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Kōhei Horikoshi manga series' TV anime adaptation of "My Hero Academia" will get a new original anime episode that will stream in Japan starting on August 16, 2020. This was revealed in this year's 35th Issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shounen JUMP Magazine released Monday late evening.

"Boku no Hero Academia: Ikinokore! Kesshi no Survival Kunren" (My Hero Academia: Survive! Do-or-Die Survival Training) is the title of the new original episode. The episode takes place right before the provisional pro hero license exam. Class 1-A is divided into two teams to practice disaster relief scenarios. In the drill, a fire has broken out at an underground shopping mall, and the teams must save dummies placed in the area, serving as people left behind in the mall. As Deku and his team of 10 people start looking for victims to save, an area collapses and traps them underground. In addition, there are also more threats of other areas collapsing, the electricity has gone out, and the air is getting thin. Deku and his team must work together with their Quirks to escape and survive.

The anime will stream exclusively on Hulu in Japan starting on August 16, and will stream on August 30 on other services such as d Anime Store, U-NEXT, dTV, Anime Hōdai, Hikari TV, J:COM on Demand, TELASA, and milplus.