Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season (2017) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

The annual sports festival at UA Academy serves as a crucial proving ground for Japan’s next generation of heroes. This high-stakes competition demands both physical prowess and strategic thinking, drawing national attention and the eyes of influential figures in the hero world. Izuku Midoriya, despite possessing considerable power, faces an uphill battle against peers with more refined abilities. He navigates a challenging environment where raw strength alone is insufficient. The narrative explores themes of self-doubt, perseverance, and the importance of adaptability. As he competes alongside individuals like Shouto Todoroki, Izuku must rely on his intellect and understanding of his environment to overcome limitations and demonstrate his potential in this intensely observed arena. The series offers a compelling look at the pressures faced by aspiring heroes striving for recognition within a demanding system.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: That's the Idea, Ochako (Aired: 04/01/2017)
Episode 2: Roaring Sports Festival (Aired: 04/08/2017)
Episode 3: In Their Own Quirky Ways (Aired: 04/15/2017)
Episode 4: Strategy, Strategy, Strategy (Aired: 04/22/2017)
Episode 5: Cavalry Battle Finale (Aired: 04/29/2017)
... and 20 more episodes

Characters:

All Might (Main) - Voice Actors: Miyake, Kenta, Sabat, Christopher, Scattorin, Lorenzo, Chiesse, Nestor, Chatelet, Julien, Rocabayera, Ramón, Klemm, Matti, Noguera Marrón, Orlando
Bakugou, Katsuki (Main) - Voice Actors: Okamoto, Nobuhiko, Chapin, Clifford, Kokuryu, Sachi, Oxley, Kate, Viola, Federico, Longo, Annalisa, Lucindo, Fábio, Contatori, Yago, Rausenberger, Emmanuel, Zwetkow, Doreaux, Jenner, David, Käser, Daniel, Bernal, Rómulo
Iida, Tenya (Main) - Voice Actors: Ishikawa, Kaito, Tatum, J. Michael, Oldani, Andrea, Seugnet, Christophe, Mesa, Sergio, Stephan, Arne, Carreño, Luis, Noya, Gabriel
Midoriya, Izuku (Main) - Voice Actors: Yamashita, Daiki, Briner, Justin, Watanabe, Akeno, Woodhull, Lara, Lupinacci, Simone, Valenti, Federica, Volpato, Lipe, Bodê, Andressa, Bourlé, Bastien, Reggio, Sebastián, Fitzner, Sebastian, Soares, Clara, Shim, Gyu-hyeok, Gómez, Víctor, Fabrés, Lourdes
Todoroki, Shouto (Main) - Voice Actors: Kaji, Yuuki, Matranga, David, Shindou, Kei, Krantz, Mikaela, Shin, Yong Wu, Germano, Alessandro, Sauer, André, Méyère, Bruno, Carvalho, Nina, Navarro, Jordi, Strobl, Amadeus, Sierra, Juan Felipe
Uraraka, Ochako (Main) - Voice Actors: Sakura, Ayane, Christian, Luci, Pallavicino, Valentina, Horta, Luísa, Soares, Clara, Dogan, Meri, Villaverde, Andrea, Miràs, Irene, Lin, Angel
Airjet (Supporting)
Aizawa, Shouta (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suwabe, Junichi, Wehkamp, Christopher, Iacono, Gianluca, Marchetti, César, Gradi, Emmanuel, Rumbaut, Ernesto, Albiac, Daniel, Koch, Michael-Che
Akaguro, Chizome (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Inoue, Gou, McCollum, Robert, Rizzi, Francesco, Araújo, Rodrigo, Zylberberg, Jérémy, Mouslemeni Mateu, Xadi, Brieger, Sven
All For One (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ootsuka, Akio, Swasey, John, Ghignone, Luca, Samaras, Ken, Baroli, Gilberto, Pascal, Benjamin, Alonso, Tasio
Aoyama, Yuuga (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kuwano, Kousuke, McDonald, Joel, Di Benedetto, Massimo, Laisné, Grégory, Gomes, Rodrygo, Navarro, Jordi, Raczko, Tom
Ashido, Mina (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kitamura, Eri, Glass, Caitlin, De Domenico, Tania, Souza, Patrícia, Combes, Caroline, Werner, Rieke, Song, Ha-rim
Asui, Tsuyu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yuuki, Aoi, Rial, Monica, Morese, Deborah, Bachère, Valérie, Ricci, Kandy Kathy, Uhlig, Charlotte, Estévez, María José, Gispert, Yolanda
Awase, Yousetsu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Pitts, Orion, Leblan, Jean-Pierre, Diniz, Danilo, Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu
Bondo, Kojirou (Supporting)
Dabi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shimono, Hiro, Liebrecht, Jason, Tatini, Adrian, Laurent, Arnaud, Bressan, Mattia, Richter, Ricardo, Remédios, Rúben, Martínez, Cesc, Lin, Chris
Desutegoro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ogami, Shinnosuke, George, Cris, Santos, Vagner, Gradi, Emmanuel, del Río, Ángel, Reitz, Olaf
Doctor (Supporting)
Ectoplasm (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nishida, Masakazu, McFarland, Mike, Meunier, Julien, Kuschmann, Bernd, Bernal, Rómulo, Castro, Mauro, Alonso, Genes
Female Reporter (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shimamura, Yuu, Kang, Kristi, Mirabetti, Mariana, Rochet, Bérangère, Blanco, Giset
Fourth Kind (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujiwara, Takahiro, Douglas, Jason, César, Rogério, Gradi, Emmanuel, Lin, Chris
Fukidashi, Manga (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kim, Min-Ju
Fukukado, Emi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nagai, Mariko, dos Reis, Cris, Connors, Amber Lee
Giran (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ogino, Seirou, Phillips, Ben, Mendiant, Charles, De Mojana, Matteo, Medeiros, Mauro, Bastos, Manuel
Gunhead (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Okino, Kouji, Potter, Brandon, Sangregório, Bruno, Pascal, Benjamin, Schmidtke, Lars, Lin, Chris
Hagakure, Tooru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nazuka, Kaori, Angelle, Felecia, Maniglio, Giulia, Bachère, Valérie, Spinelli, Paula, Noguera, Judith, Camps, Ana María, Zurmühlen, Signe
Hakamada, Tsunagu (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Midorikawa, Hikaru, Solusod, Micah, Zanandrea, Federico, Bourlé, Bastien, Maia, Guilherme
Hatsume, Mei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakurai, Shiori, Tipton, Alexis, De Cesarei, Jenny, Narciso, Flávia, Lambotte, Jessie, Noguera, Judith, Hise, Nicole, Laudon, Andrea, Moreno, Marta
Honenuki, Juuzou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Reid, Dallas, Kitada, Masamichi, Maia, Biel, Rodríguez, Raúl, Sierra, Juan Felipe
Iguchi, Shuuichi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sierra, Juan Felipe
Iida, Tensei (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kitada, Masamichi, Parsons, Phil, Berro, Bernardo, Leblan, Jean-Pierre, Benedetti, Marco, Rumbaut, Ernesto, Walenta, Johannes, Rodríguez, Raúl, Lin, Chris
Innsmouth (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Katsu, Anri, Rinehart, Tyson, Nannetti, Júnior, Carnicero, Ferran
Inui, Ryou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hanawa, Eiji, Bittencourt, Pierre, Blanpain, Laurent, Bolton, Zach
Ishiyama, Ken (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Rager, Chris, Ookuma, Kenta, Zurla, Alessandro, Martim, Rodrigo, Meunier, Julien, Mommsen, Momme
Jirou, Kyouka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Shindou, Kei, Nishimura, Trina, Martello, Tiziana, Baumgardt, Birte, Marques, Jussara, Anne, Mélanie, Garcia, Patricia Alexis, Lin, Angel
Kaibara, Sen (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ferguson, Ian, Ferreira, Matheus, Zylberberg, Jérémy, Gómez Jiménez, Joel, Kim, Min-Ju, Lin, Chris
Kamakiri, Togaru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hester, Jean-Luc, Ragazzi, André, Furushima, Kiyotaka
Kamihara, Shinya (Supporting)
Kaminari, Denki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hatanaka, Tasuku, Phillips, Kyle, Fumagalli, Davide, Fernandes, Samuel, Aubert-Carlin, Alan, García, Héctor, Stolz, Benjamin
Kan, Sekijirou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsuda, Shuuhei, Ghignone, Luca, Souterelle, Frédéric, Oliveira, Caio César, Bryant, Ben, Lin, Chris
Kayama, Nemuri (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Akeno, Maxwell, Elizabeth, Caggiula, Beatrice, Marinho, Raquel, Rochet, Bérangère, Gülgec, Betül Jülide, Blanco, Giset, Ambrós, Carmen
Kendou, Itsuka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ogasawara, Saki, Saxton, Jad, Sorrentino, Katia, Lua, Bianca, Bachère, Valérie, Gang, Eun-ae
Kirishima, Eijirou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Masuda, Toshiki, Cook, Justin, Calatroni, Jacopo, Castañer, Xavier, Mendiant, Charles, Casemiro, Bruno, Saemann, Dennis, Belisario, Ledner
Kodai, Yui (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Dichmann, Francis, Eve, Yurianne, Morris, Madeleine
Komori, Kinoko (Supporting)
Kouda, Kouji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nagatsuka, Takuma, Ayres, Greg, Bottale, Luca, Zapparoli, Nicholas, Laurent, Arnaud, Blanco, Giset, Rosenberg, Marco, Miràs, Irene
Kouda's Mother (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Akeno, Gish, Amanda, Leão, Sol
Kurogiri (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujiwara, Takahiro, Huber, Chuck, Balzarotti, Marco, Grinnan, Felipe, Meunier, Julien, del Río, Ángel, Brecklinghaus, Tobias
Kuroiro, Shihai (Supporting)
Maijima, Higari (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kitazawa, You, Wilson-Brown, David, Leblan, Jean-Pierre, Matsuoka, Fábio, Martínez, Cesc
Midoriya, Inko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawakami, Aya, Cavanagh, Jessica, Magnaghi, Debora, Combes, Caroline, Morais, Ana Maria, Bayarri, Noemí, Dorenkamp, Corinna, Garcia, Patricia Alexis, Lin, Angel
Mineta, Minoru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hirohashi, Ryou, Palencia, Brina, Longo, Annalisa, Minei, Alex, Nonnenmacher, Marie, Ambrós, Carmen, Brandt, Esther, Barros, Paula Andrea
Miyagi, Daikaku (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Rinehart, Tyson, Inoue, Gou
Mizushima, Masaki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ookuma, Kenta, Gallardo, Ethan, Novaes, Rodolfo, Mendiant, Charles, Mani, Sergi, Lin, Chris
Monoma, Neito (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Amasaki, Kouhei, Tindle, Austin, Novara, Renato, Laurent, Arnaud, Süß, Philip, Olmo, Sergio
... and 42 more characters

Staff:

Cook, Justin (Producer)
Nagai, Kouji (Producer)
Okamura, Wakana (Producer)
Oyabu, Yoshihiro (Producer)
Saga, Hayato (Producer)
Sanjouba, Kazumasa (Producer)
Herek, Samantha (Assistant Producer)
Nagasaki, Kenji (Director, Storyboard)
Utsumi, Hiroko (Director)
Mima, Masafumi (Sound Director)
Ezoe, Hitomi (Episode Director)
Fukui, Youhei (Episode Director)
Kai, Yasuyuki (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Kakuchi, Takudai (Episode Director)
Miyanishi, Tetsuya (Episode Director)
Ookubo, Tomo (Episode Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director)
Satou, Ikurou (Episode Director)
Takafuji, Satoshi (Episode Director)
Yamamoto, Takayuki (Episode Director)
Campos, Fábio (Script, ADR Director)
Fukuda, Michio (Storyboard)
Ishihira, Shinji (Storyboard)
Matsuo, Kou (Storyboard)
Nakamura, Satomi (Storyboard)
Nakayama, Naomi (Storyboard)
Ootsuka, Ken (Storyboard, Key Animation)
Satou, Shinji (Storyboard)
Akita, Hiromu (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition)
Dewa, Yoshiaki (Theme Song Arrangement)
Eguchi, Ryo (Theme Song Arrangement)
Furuya, Shin (Theme Song Lyrics)
K., Carlos (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Lyrics)
LiSA (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Performance)
Little Glee Monster (Theme Song Performance)
Okajima, Kanata (Theme Song Lyrics)
Vanni, Giorgio (Theme Song Performance)
Yonezu, Kenshi (Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics)
amazarashi (Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Performance, Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics)
Abe, Akari (Key Animation)
Abe, Ayumi (Key Animation)
Abe, Naoto (Key Animation)
Abe, Misao (Key Animation)
Anne, Mélanie (ADR Director)
Arai, Hiroki (Key Animation)
Atsumi, Tomoya (Key Animation)
Awai, Shigeki (Key Animation)
Baba, Mitsuko (Key Animation)
Busa, Yukiko (Key Animation)
Clinkenbeard, Colleen (ADR Director)
Ebina, Hidekazu (Key Animation)
... and 145 more staff

News:

North American Anime & Manga Releases for September (08/31/2020)
North American Anime & Manga Releases for April (04/02/2018)
'Boku no Hero Academia' Franchise Gets Anime Movie (12/10/2017)
TV Anime 'Boku no Hero Academia' Gets Third Season (09/30/2017)
PV Collection for Jun 19 - 25 (06/25/2017)
Spring 2017 Simulcast List [Update 5/14] (03/31/2017)
Spring 2017 Preview (03/16/2017)
PV Collection for Mar 6 - 12 (03/12/2017)
PV Collection for Feb 27 - Mar 5 (03/05/2017)
PV Collection for Feb 20 - 26 (02/26/2017)
PV Collection for Feb 13 - 19 (02/19/2017)
PV Collection for Feb 6 - 12 (02/12/2017)
PV Collection for Jan 30 - Feb 5 (02/05/2017)
'Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season' New Cast Members Announced [Update 2/6] (01/15/2017)
PV Collection for Dec 12 - 18 (12/18/2016)
PV Collection for Nov 28 - Dec 4 (12/04/2016)
'Boku no Hero Academia' Gets Jump Festa Special (08/22/2016)
Second Season of 'Boku no Hero Academia' Announced (06/23/2016)

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Boku no Hero Academia (anime - Prequel)
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Boku no Hero Academia 3rd Season (anime - Sequel)
Boku no Hero Academia (manga - Adaptation)
Boku no Hero Academia: Training of the Dead (anime - Side Story)

Genres: Action, School, Shounen, Super Power
Themes: School, Super Power
Demographics: Shounen
Studios: Bones
Producers: Dentsu, Movic, Shueisha, Sony Music Entertainment, TOHO animation, Yomiuri Telecasting
Licensors: Funimation
Rating: 8.05 / 10
Rank: #620
Popularity: #15
Users Listed: 2,653,387
Users Scored: 1,803,634
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 01/30/2023
Aired: April 1, 2017 – September 30, 2017 (Spring)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: PG 13
Episodes: 25
Broadcast: Saturday at 17:30 (JST)

Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season