'My Hero Academia' Anime Release Date Confirmed Alongside 2nd Trailer [VIDEO]

Excitement for the upcoming "My Hero Academia" anime adaptation continues to build, as some are expecting the series to become one of the biggest shonen series of 2016.

As always however, when will the series actually premiere?

According to reports from Japan's recent Jump Festa 2016 event, the "My Hero Academia" anime release date has been confirmed for some time in April 2016. Alongside the confirmation of the release date, a new trailer for the series featuring the main five characters was revealed. Fans can check out the new trailer below.

With the bombardment of the new trailer, release date, and new key visual (pictured above), fans are getting more and more excited for the "My Hero Academia" anime series.

"I can tell there doing this right, the art is spot on, the voices are spot on, the feel of it from that trailer is spot on. I really hope I'm not disappointed with this adaptation," said Tsunderewhisperer on CR.

According to Crunchyroll, the "My Hero Academia" anime series will be directed by Kenji Nagasaki. Yousuke Kuroda will handle the scripts for the series and Yoshiko Umakoshi will provide the character designs.

"My Hero Academia" was originally a manga series by Kohei Horikoshi. The series is currently running in Weekly Shonen Jump. Viz Media is simultaneously publishing the chapters and released the first volume of the manga in August.

The story of "My Hero Academia" is described by My Anime List as follows:

"People are not born equal, a realization that 4-year-old Midoriya Izuku faced when bullied by his classmates who had unique special powers. Izuku was one of the rare cases where he was born with absolutely no unique powers. This did not stop Izuku from pursuing his dream, a dream of becoming a great hero like the legendary All-Might."

It goes on:

"To become the great hero he hopelessly wants to be he now will join the ranks of one of the highest rated 'Hero Academies' in the country: Yueiko. With the help of his idol All-Might, will he be able to claim the ranks and become a true hero?"

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