My Hero Academia Season 8 Streaming Date Revealed: When and Where to Watch the Final Season

We made it. My Hero Academia is finally rolling into its last anime season, the one that closes the book on Deku’s run to become the greatest hero and ties up the remaining loose threads. The manga wrapped in Japan on August 5, 2024, and a little over a year later, the anime is stepping up for its own curtain call.

When Episode 1 lands

The final season (yep, that’s Season 8) premieres on Saturday, October 4, 2025. Japan gets it first at 5:30 PM JST, with streaming rolling out right after the TV broadcast. Here’s when that Episode 1 drop lines up across a few major time zones:

• Japan Standard Time (JST): Saturday, October 4, 2025 — 5:30 PM
• Pacific Standard Time (PST): Saturday, October 4, 2025 — 1:30 AM
• Central Standard Time (CST): Saturday, October 4, 2025 — 3:30 AM
• Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - New York: Saturday, October 4, 2025 — 4:30 AM
• Central European Time (CET): Saturday, October 4, 2025 — 10:30 AM
• Indian Standard Time (IST): Saturday, October 4, 2025 — 2:00 PM

Where to watch

Crunchyroll will have Season 8 shortly after it airs in Japan, just like every season before it. In the U.S., Hulu is set to simulcast the new episodes too. Netflix hasn’t confirmed anything at the moment, but based on past seasons, expect the final season to show up there later.

Heads up: all of those require a paid plan. There are no free streaming options for the final season as of now. If you want to catch up, earlier seasons are available on Crunchyroll.

What to expect (and yes, it’s the big one)

This season is built to pay off the long game: heroes versus villains at full blast, with Deku and Shigaraki on a collision course that’s been telegraphed for years. Studio Bones is still at the wheel, which is exactly what you want for a finale that’s basically a wall-to-wall battle showcase with character closures threaded through it.

Inside baseball for manga readers: the anime is targeting the Final War Arc, adapting roughly chapters 399–431 (that’s volumes 40–42 in Japan). Translation: we’re jumping straight into the heaviest fights and the last wave of reveals. Expect the show to dig further into Shigaraki’s link with All For One, give other villains some spotlight bouts, and carve out final beats for the core heroes and antagonists before the lights go down.

In short, it’s the last step on Deku’s road to being the greatest hero, and Bones is clearly aiming to make it look like a grand finale should.