My Hero Academia to have anime adaptation

It has been officially confirmed that there will be an anime version of Weekly Shonen Jump‘s superhero manga My Hero Academia.

Rumours about an anime adaptation began last week, starting with Shonen Jump saying that had a big announcement, while a few days ago when the manga’s official Twitter feed briefly posted a picture saying that an anime had been green-lit. Now it has been officially confirmed the anime will go ahead, although details on the production are still unknown.

My Hero Academia is set in a version of the world where 80% of the world’s population has some form of “quirk” – a superpower. Thus most people are superheros. Schoolboy Izuku Midoriya however is one of the 20% of people who are “quirkless”, and is thus bullied for having no powers. Despite this he still wants to be a hero, and gets a chance when he meets his idol: All Might, the world’s greatest hero.

The original manga version of My Hero Academia is released by Viz Media.

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