The third season of ''

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television series was produced by

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and directed by

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, with

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handling series composition,

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providing character designs and Yuki Hayashi composed the music. Like the rest of the series, it adapts

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's original

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series of the same name from the rest of the

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volume through the beginning of the 14th volume over 25 episodes. It covers the "''Forest Training Camp''" (chapters 70–83), "''Hideout Raid''" (chapters 84–97), "''Provisional Hero License Exam''" (chapters 98–121), and the beginning of "''Shie Hassaikai''" arc (chapters 122–124). The season ran from April 7 to September 29, 2018, on ytv and

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in Japan. The season follows

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and his

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from U.A. High, a prestigious high school for heroes in training. The students facing their struggles and challenges as they fight for their survival during a training camp and a quest to save one of their classmates. Later, the students preparing for their Provisional Hero License Exam, becoming that much closer to a full-fledged Heroes and take part of their Hero Work-Studies. Toho released the season on

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and

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in eight compilations, each containing two to four episodes, between July 18, 2018, and February 13, 2019.

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licensed the season for an English-language release in North America and released the first compilation on May 7, 2019.

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is streaming the season in Simuldub, while

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and

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are simulcasting outside of Asia as it airs. Funimation's adaptation ran from March 3, 2019, to August 18, 2019 on

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block. Four pieces of theme music are used for this season: two opening themes and two ending themes. For the first thirteen episodes, the opening theme is "Odd Future" by

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and the first ending theme is by miwa. For the rest of the season, the second opening theme is "Make my story" by Lenny code fiction and the ending theme is by

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Episode list

Home video release

Japanese

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released the third season of the anime on

and

in eight volumes in Japan, with the first volume being released on July 18, 2018, and the final volume being released on February 13, 2019.

English

released the series in North America in two volumes, with the first volume released on May 7, 2019, and the second volume on September 3, 2019. The first volume received a limited edition combo release, along with a standard edition combo release, and a standard edition DVD release. Both volumes received a DVD/Blu-ray release on November 10, 2020. In the United Kingdom and Ireland,

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is distributing the series for Funimation, releasing the first part in a limited edition combo release, along with a standard edition DVD and Blu-ray, on May 13, 2019, and the second part on September 9, 2019. In Australia and New Zealand,

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is distributing the series for Funimation, scheduling the first part for release in standard and limited editions on August 7, 2019, and the second part on November 6, 2019.

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:My Hero Academia (season 3) My Hero Academia episode lists 2018 Japanese television seasons