Image: Kohei Horikoshi/Shueisha, My Hero Academia Production Committee
AMBot | 07/30/2026 | Reading Time: 3 Min.
As part of the tenth anniversary of the anime adaptation of “My Hero Academia” (Japanese: “Boku no Hero Academia”), the production team is releasing a new short film titled “I Am a Hero Too.” After the special episode “More” (Episode 170+1) aired in May 2026, another animated project follows, based on a one-shot drawn by mangaka Kohei Horikoshi specifically for the fan book “Ultra Age” (December 2024).
The roughly six-minute short film features an older Eri, who now attends high school and has discovered her passion for music. Eight years after the graduation of Class 1-A from U.A. High School, Eri returns to her former school to invite her savior and friend Izuku Midoriya (Deku) to an upcoming street concert. During her visit, she meets the teachers Aizawa and Present Mic, but Midoriya is absent—an unexpected event on television gives the plot a surprising twist. At the heart of the story is the message that Eri, too, can forge her own heroic path: she performs an acoustic cover of the song “Hero Too,” which Kyoka Jiro once sang at the school festival.
The short film was produced by Studio Bones. The script was written by Yosuke Kuroda, the storyboard work was handled by Naomi Nakajima, and direction was led by Tomohiro Okubo. Yoshihiko Utsumi and Hitomi Odajima were responsible for animation direction. The musical accompaniment was newly arranged specifically for the short film.
The first screening of “I Am a Hero Too” took place in July 2026 at Anime Expo in Los Angeles. In Japan, fans can preview the film on August 1 and 2 as part of the “Character Matchup” events at nine theaters nationwide. The global streaming release begins on August 3, 2026, at 0:00 AM (JST) on numerous platforms, including ABEMA, Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, d Anime Store, Hulu, Netflix, U-NEXT, and many others. Some services are also offering the short film for free for a limited time.
With “I Am a Hero Too,” the character Eri—who was rescued from the clutches of the villain Overhaul in the fourth season—receives an emotional conclusion to her development: from a frightened child to a confident young woman who realizes her own dream.
The roughly six-minute short film features an older Eri, who now attends high school and has discovered her passion for music. Eight years after the graduation of Class 1-A from U.A. High School, Eri returns to her former school to invite her savior and friend Izuku Midoriya (Deku) to an upcoming street concert. During her visit, she meets the teachers Aizawa and Present Mic, but Midoriya is absent—an unexpected event on television gives the plot a surprising twist. At the heart of the story is the message that Eri, too, can forge her own heroic path: she performs an acoustic cover of the song “Hero Too,” which Kyoka Jiro once sang at the school festival.
The short film was produced by Studio Bones. The script was written by Yosuke Kuroda, the storyboard work was handled by Naomi Nakajima, and direction was led by Tomohiro Okubo. Yoshihiko Utsumi and Hitomi Odajima were responsible for animation direction. The musical accompaniment was newly arranged specifically for the short film.
The first screening of “I Am a Hero Too” took place in July 2026 at Anime Expo in Los Angeles. In Japan, fans can preview the film on August 1 and 2 as part of the “Character Matchup” events at nine theaters nationwide. The global streaming release begins on August 3, 2026, at 0:00 AM (JST) on numerous platforms, including ABEMA, Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, d Anime Store, Hulu, Netflix, U-NEXT, and many others. Some services are also offering the short film for free for a limited time.
With “I Am a Hero Too,” the character Eri—who was rescued from the clutches of the villain Overhaul in the fourth season—receives an emotional conclusion to her development: from a frightened child to a confident young woman who realizes her own dream.
This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.
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