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This year's 12th issue of Brian the Sun is performing the ending as their major label debut.

Viz Media is publishing the manga, and it describes the story:

What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called "Quirks" at age four? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless?

Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn't got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change his destiny...

The cast includes:

Log Horizon's Tōya) as Izuku Midoriya

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders' Mohammed Abdul) as All Might

Bakuman.'s Eiji Niizuma) as Katsuki Bakugō

Terra Formars' Eva Frost) as Ochako Uraraka

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet's Ledo) as Tenya Iida

ERASED's Kayo Hinazuki, One-Punch Man's Tornado Tsumaki) as Tsuyu Asui

Minoru Mineta

Owarimonogatari's Sodachi) as Momo Yaoyorozu

Haikyu!!'s Asahi) as Fumikage Tokoyami

Tsukumo) as Denki Kaminari

Samurai Flamenco's titular character, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal's Ryōga Kamishiro) as Eijirō Kirishima

World Trigger's Osamu Mikumo) as Shōto Todoroki

Heartcatch Precure!, Berserk) is deg the characters for animation.

The anime will air on the network's "Nichigo" timeslot every Sunday at 5:00 p.m. starting on April 3.

Horikoshi launched the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in July 2014, and Shueisha shipped the seventh volume on February 4, and a limited edition of the volume shipped with a drama CD. Horikoshi wrote the new story for the CD, and the anime's series composition writer Yousuke Kuroda turned the story into the drama CD's script.

Viz Media is releasing the manga in English digitally as Shueisha publishes new chapters in Japan. The company also published the third volume in print on February 2.

The manga game, and an arcade card game.