Anime Reviews (2010-2019): My Hero Academia – Season 4, Part 1 (2019)

“My Hero Academia” is fast-paced and enjoyable! And the first major storyline arc for season 4 is simply magnificent!

TITLE: My Hero Academia: Season Four – Part One

ORIGINAL SERIES DATE: 2019

DURATION: Episodes 64-76 (300 Minutes)

BLU-RAY INFORMATION: 1080p High Definition, DTS-HD Master Audio: English and Japanese 5.1, 2.0 Stereo, Subtitles: English

COMPANY: Funimation

RATED: TV 14

Release Date: September 29, 2020

Originally Created by Horikoshi Kohei

Director: Mukai Masahiro

Series Composition: Kuroda Yousuke

Script: Kuroda Yousuke

Character Design by Umakoshi Yoshihiko

Music by Hayashi Yuki

Art Director: Ikeda Shigemi, Maruyama Yukiko

Anime Production: BONES

Featuring the following voice talent:

Sakura Ayane /Luci Christian as Ochaco Uraraka

Yamashita Daiki/Justin Briner as Izuku Midoriya

Ishikawa Kaito/J. Michael Tatum as Tenya Iida

Miyake Kenta /Christopher R. Sabat as All Might

Okamoto Nobuhiko /Clifford Chapin as Katsuki Bakugō

Kaji Yuuki /David Matranga as Shōto Todoroki

Yūki Aoi /Monica Rial as Tsuyu Asui

Kitamura Eri /Caitlin Glass as Mina Ashido

Yoshino Hiroyuki /Sonny Strait as Present Mic

Inuyama Inuko /Morgan Berry as Thirteen

Suwabe Junichi /Alex Organ as Shota Aizawa

Nazuka Kaori /Felecia Angelle as Tooru Hagakure

Shindou Kei/Trina Nishimura as Kyōka Jirō

Furushima Kiyotaka /Christopher Bevins as Hanta Sero

Kuwano Kōsuke/Joel McDonald as Yūga Aoyama

Miyoshi Kosuke /MikeMcFarland as Mashirao Ojiro

Uchiyama Kouki /Eric Vale as Tomura Shigaraki

Inoue Marina/Colleen Clinkenbeard as Momo Yaoyorozu

Nishida Masakazu as Mezō Shōji

Hirohash Ryou i/Brina Palencia as Minoru Mineta

Fujiwara Takahiro /Chuck Huber as Kurogiri

Hatanaka Tasuku /Kyle Phillips as Denki Kaminari

Nara Tooru /Cris George as Rikidō Satō

Masuda Toshiki /Justin Cook as Eijirō Kirishima

Mogam Tsuguo i as Noumu

Hosoya Yoshimasa /Joshua Grelle as Fumikage Tokoyami

The yakuza make their move with a new drug that nullifies Quirks, and a little girl is being experimented on to create it! Luckily, she runs into Deku and Mirio while they’re out on patrol for their internship, launching them on a dangerous rescue mission with the pros. A grim future is set in stone, and only time will tell if anything can smash through it.

The following is a Digital HD Review of “My Hero Academia – Season 4, Part 1”

Midoriya Izuku enters a Hero-Work Studies and with help with Hero Mirio, he sets off to apply for Sir Nighteye’s agency to investigate Overhaul. But what happens when they find a frightened girl who asks for Izuku’s help because she’s scared of a man, her father….Overhaul.

Featuring a riveting, high action story in the first half of “My Hero Academa” season 4, part 1.

What is “Boku no Hero Academia” (My Hero Academia) all about?

From Horikoshi Kohei , the creator of “Omagadoki Dobutsuen” and “Barrage”, came his manga series “My Hero Academia” (Boku no Hero Academia).

Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2014, an anime adaptation began in April 2016 through June 2016 (for the first season) and a second season begain in April 2017.

The anime series is produced by BONES and is directed by Nagasaki Kenji (“Classroom Crisis”, “Gundum Build Fighters”, “No. 6”), series composition by Kuroda Yousuke (“Battle Girl High School”, “Fire Emblem”, “Gundam Build Fighters”), music was composed by Hayashi Yuki (“Death Parade”, “Haikyu!!”, “Robotics;Notes”), character designs are by Umakoshi Yoshihiko (“Air master”, “Boys Over Flowers”, “Heartcatch Precure!”) and art direction by Ikeda Shigemi (“Battle Athletes Victory”, “Afro Samurai”, “Bastard!!”) and Maruyama Yukiko (“El-Hazard: The Wanderers”, “Macross Delta”, “Active Raid”).

And now the third season (featuring the first episodes 39-50) is available on Blu-ray courtesy of Funimation.

“My Hero Academia” is a story that revolves around Quirks (people who begin to manifest special abilities) and all of a sudden people in the world began to have many people who became superpowered individuals. Some who use their powers for good, some who use their powers for evil intentions.

Because the government is not equipped to deal with these superpowered thugs, a special group of heroic superpowered individuals came together to protect the people and keep the peace.

The series revolves around a boy named Izuku Midoriya, a boy born Quirkless and looked up to the world’s top hero, All Might. And hoped that one day he could be a hero, despite not having a quirk.

One day, All Might received a near-fatal wound and now, he is losing his powers. When Izuku proves his bravery, All Might decides to transfer some of his power on to Izuku and now, Izuku must train to learn how to use All Might’s quirk and must prove that he has the skills to attend the prestigious U.A. High School.

“My Hero Academia” focuses on the following characters:

Izuku Midoriya – A shy and timid boy who dreamed of becoming a superhero like All Might. Often studying superheroes, when he steps up to save his childhood bully/acquaintance Katsuki from a villain, All Might chooses to transfer some of his quirk to Izuku. And now Izuku has the opportunity to attend the prestigious U.A. High School. He has a crush on Ochako.
Katsuki Bakugo – Izuku’s classmate and bully. He possesses the Quirk Explosion which allows his palm to sweat to become nytrolglycerin and explode. He is egotistical to people he deems are lower than him.
Ochako Uraraka – A girl who has the Quirk Zero Gravity, which makes any object she touches float.
Tenya Iida – The president of class 1-A who has the Quirk Engine, which gives him super-speed via jet engines in his legs. Often seen as serious and scary.
Shoto Todoroki – A student in class 1-A and has the Quirk Fire and ice, which allows his left side to control fire and his right side to control ice. He is the youngest child of Endeavor, the second top hero after All Might.
Toshinori Yagi/All Might – The top superhero in the world. But only Itsuku knows his secrt that five years ago, he was severely injured in battle and now he is losing his power and can use it only for three hour a day. He is a teacher at U.A. High School and his Quirk One For all allows him to transfer his power on to another.

At first, I was wondering if “My Hero Academia” will be like another “X-Men” style storyline of humans vs. mutants and the world fearing mutantkind. In this case, humankind fearing Quirks.

What I enjoy about this series is the fact that our heroes are not exactly what you expect in terms of heroic characters. Whereas superpowered individuals in American comic books often showcase a character that is ripped, muscular, charismatic or gorgeous, “My Hero Academia” features regular characters and its main protagonist, Izuku Midoriya, is wide-eyed and looks far too innocent and unlikely to be a hero.

The fourth season of “My Hero Academia” exceeded my expectations.

As the series continues to feature Class 1-A, this time around, things become a bit more personal, for Midoriya and as a hero, how he wants to give it all it takes to protect and when he is put in a position where he can’t do anything, after a young girl cries and asks for his help, because her father is the major criminal, Overhaul.

This arc involving Overlord also features a character we don’t get to see al that often, and that is Mirio and when Mirio and some of the Hero heavyweights must take on Overhaul and his group, needless to say it’s a shocker.

A big kudos to the writers of this arc, it’s well-executed and the storyline is absolutely magnificent and I can’t wait for the second half of the series.

Typically when you watch an anime series, especially a longer series, you come into contact with storylines that seem like too filler or somehow going downhill in terms of quality but with “My Hero Academia”, it’s been consistently a quality anime series with a storyline that captivates you.

Overall, “My Hero Academia” is fast-paced and enjoyable! And the first major storyline arc for season 4 is simply magnificent!

I highly recommend “My Hero Academia – Season 4, Part 1”!

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