My Hero Academia · Season 1 · Crunchyroll
My Hero Academia Season 1
My Hero Academia Season 1 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 7.8/10. 13 episodes on Crunchyroll from 3 April 2016.
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What BollyAI Thinks
Season 1 (Spring 2016, Bones) introduces Izuku Midoriya's world of Quirks with the pacing and visual confidence of a studio that already knows its best episodes lie ahead. Critics were unanimous at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes from 10 reviews, praising the underdog premise and Bones' kinetic action design. IGN's Alex Osborn gave the first season a 9/10, noting the action and characters while flagging underdeveloped villains - a structural patience the show earns back across later arcs. The 13-episode season is consciously a foundation: it establishes All Might's presence and the UA entrance exam without overextending. The audience IMDb rating of 8.2 reflects solid appreciation for what remains a franchise-defining year for shonen anime.
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The Room
“My Hero Academia has most of the qualities people value in a great anime.”
Rotten Tomatoes critics consensus
Standout Episodes
The hours worth arguing about — premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.
- E1Izuku Midoriya: Origin8.2
The premiere announces its thesis in under 25 minutes: a boy with no power watching a world that has decided he cannot be a hero. Bones' animation is restrained here - the spectacle comes later - but the emotional architecture is already in place, and All Might's first transformation is still the season's single best image.
The moment: All Might revealing his true form to Midoriya in the alley - the show's first declaration that heroism is not performance.
“An effective start tackling big subject matters in a very unique fashion.” — IGN