Crunchyroll today revealed the details of the top-secret special screening of My Hero Academia teased in its New York Comic Con schedule. The Big Apple pop culture celebration will be host to the World Premiere of the all-new Season 6 episode “UA Heroes Battle” on Friday, October 13 at 5 p.m. ET on the Empire Stage, for all Con badge holders.
This early, exclusive world preview will feature the English dub and will be debuted to NYCC attendees before it is screened in Japan. In celebration of this premiere, Crunchyroll will be giving away limited edition character cards at the screening provided by UVS Games that are based on the new original episode and playable with the My Hero Academia Collectible Card Game. Attendees can also receive these special My Hero Academia cards as a gift with a purchase at Crunchyroll’s merch booth on the show floor.
Synopsis: The third year, Mirio Togata, pays a visit to the students of Class 1-A, who are bored because they are not allowed to go outside. He brings them a card game called U.A. Heroes Battle that the support course made. This game, where players can use cards of various U.A. students, is tough, just like U.A. itself. Who will win the card battle?!
“UA Heroes Battle” is animated by BONES (Mob Psycho 100; Bungo Stray Dogs).
My Hero Academia is based on the popular manga by Kohei Horikoshi serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha) and selling over 85 million copies. It is set in a world where about 80 percent of the population has a superpowered “Quirk.” Heroes protect people and society from accidents, disasters and villains — criminals who use their Quirks for evil. The story of Izuku Midoriya and his classmates at U.A. High School and their growth, fights, and friendship unfolds as they aim to become such heroes.
My Hero Academia garnered a nomination from the Hollywood Creative Alliance this year for Best Animated Series at the HCA TV Awards.
Seasons 1-5 of the series are available to stream on Crunchyroll.
