The fourth season of the ''

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television series was produced by

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and directed by

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(chief director) and

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, following the story of the original

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series from the second half of the 14th volume to the first chapters of the

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volume. It covers the "''Shie Hassaikai''" (chapters 125–162), "''Remedial Course''" (chapters 163–168), "''U.A. School Festival''" (chapters 169–183), and the first part of the "''Pro Hero''" arc (chapters 184–190); partially including chapters 191–193. The season aired from October 12, 2019, to April 4, 2020, on

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and

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. The season follows

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and his classmates in their Hero Work-Studies, where they face off against the Shie Hassaikai group, with their mission is to stop them from creating a Quirk-Destroying Drug and save a little girl at the center of it. Meanwhile, two students of U.A. High attend a special Hero License Course, having failed their previous exam. Then, U.A. holds its annual School Festival and

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decides to have a dance performance with a live band in hopes to ease the public's doubt of their worth. Later, the new hero rankings was revealed shortly after one of the world's greatest Heroes was forced to retire.

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has licensed the season for an English-language release in North America. Funimation premiered the first episode of the fourth season at

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on July 6, 2019, with the English dub.

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and

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are simulcasting the season outside of Asia as it airs, while

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is streaming in Simuldub. Funimation's adaptation premiered on

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programming block on November 9, 2019. Several episodes on Toonami got delayed, due to the schedule redaction or disruption and the effects of

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which ended on June 28, 2020, instead of May as it originally scheduled. Four pieces of theme music are used for this season: two opening themes and two ending themes. For the first fourteen episodes, the opening theme is by Blue Encount, while the ending theme is by Sayuri. The second opening theme is by

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and the ending theme is "Shout Baby" by

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starring

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performs the insert songs "Each Goal" in episode 19 and "Hero too" in episode 23, with the former insert song was uncredited, while the latter insert song was credited as the U.A. School Festival track. __TOC__

Episodes

Home video release

Japanese

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released the fourth season of the anime on

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and

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in six volumes in Japan, with the first volume released on January 22, 2020, and the final volume released on August 19, 2020.

English

released the series in North America in two volumes, with the first volume released on September 29, 2020 and the second volume on February 16, 2021. Both volumes received a DVD/Blu-ray release on February 15, 2022.

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