My Hero Academia The music video of the fourth season’s “Hero Too” anime has surpassed 100 million views on YouTube since it was posted on March 21, 2020. The official Twitter account thanked fans for the achievement with the series’ catchphrase “PLUS ULTRA” on Sunday. It is currently the most viewed video on the TOHO animation channel, followed by a music video for Kenshi Yonezu’s “Peace Sign”, the opening theme song for the anime’s second season, with 76 million views. The sixth season continues, and the first ended on Saturday.
In the song “Hero Too”, the singer is called “KYOKA JIRO Starring Chrissy Costanza”. Kyoka Jiro is a Class 1-A student at UA High School whose hero name is Headphone Jack. The character performed the original song as the vocalist of the class band at the school cultural festival in the 23rd episode of the fourth season “Let it flow! School holiday!“. Chrissy Costanza is the vocalist of a real American rock band Against The Current. The fourth episode aired from October 2019 to April 2020 for a total of 25 episodes.
Bones Animation Studio animatesMy Hero Academiaanime series based on Kohei Horikoshi’s manga of the same name, serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump. The series published its final, 36th volume on October 4, 2022. The sixth season airs every Saturday starting October 1 in Japan. Viz Media licensed the manga and released the final, 32nd volume on October 4, 2022. The 33rd volume is available for pre-order, with a release date set for February 7, 2023. The official website describes the plot ofthe first volumeas:
Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he doesn’t have an ounce of strength left in him. With no chance of ever entering the prestigious UA high school for budding heroes, his life is increasingly looking like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of all, gives him a chance to change his destiny…
source: Official YouTube, Official Twitter
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