The wait for My Hero Academia's return is finally over. Season 7 of the hit anime series debuted today, marking the highly anticipated arrival of America's No. 1 Hero.
In celebration of My Hero Academia Season 7's debut, TOHO Animation shared the creditless versions of both the opening and ending themes from this season.
The opening theme, titled "Tagatame," is performed by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure.
The ending theme, titled "Tsubomi," is performed by Omoinotake.
The first episode of My Hero Academia Season 7, titled "In the Nick of Time! A Big-Time Maverick from the West," debuted today in Japan, and is available to stream exclusively on Crunchyroll. The synopsis reads:
As jailbreakers run rampant in Japan, Star and Stripe flies from the U.S. to Japan to help and finds Shigaraki waiting for her in the middle of her flight path.
The episode marks the debut of Star and Stripe —voiced by Romi Park — who arrives to fight Tomura Shigaraki by All Might's request. Shigaraki voice actor Koki Uchiyama, previously teased his showdown with Star and Stripe as a real test for the villain.
"I think the battle with Stars and Stripes in the beginning is a big highlight. In this battle, Shigaraki is having a tough time against Stars and Stripes, and his ego is still wavering," Uchiyama told Animate Times. "I myself took on the challenge with a new character image that combined All For One with the old wooden figure of Death, but it was difficult from the beginning as the battle unfolded at full throttle."
Fans subscribed to Crunchyroll Premium can enjoy the latest episode with subtitles. In addition to the "Star and Stripe" story, the latest season of My Hero Academia will follow other stories from the original manga series, including "U.A. Traitor" and the first parts of the "Final War" arc.
While you can enjoy Episode 1 with subtitles right now on Crunchyroll, there are plans to release episodes with dubs in English, Latin American Spanish, Portuguese, French, German and Italian. However, no release date for dubbed episodes has been announced yet.
My Hero Academia series director Kenji Nagasaki acts as Chief Director for Season 7, with Naomi Nakayama directing at studio BONES. Yusuke Kuroda handles series compositions/scripts, while Yoshihiko Umakoshi and Hitomi Odashima are on character designs and Yuki Hayashi is on music.
For those not quite caught up with the series, you can first watch My Hero Academia: Memories, a four-part mini-series that recaps "the epic moments of the series thus far." All four episodes were released prior to the debut of Season 7 and can also be streamed on Crunchyroll.
Looking further ahead, studio BONES is currently working on the fourth original My Hero Academia film, which is scheduled to be released in Japan on August 2nd.