My Hero Academia Season 1 (Blu-ray) Unboxing

My Hero Academia (僕のヒーローアカデミア, Boku no Hero Academia) is a 2016 television anime series based on Kouhei Horikoshi’s manga series of the same name. The anime was adapted by studio Bones with publisher TOHO Animation, and the staff credits include director Kenji Nagasaki, series composition writer Yōsuke Kuroda, character designer Yoshihiko Umakoshi, and music composed by Yuki Hayashi. The anime season first aired in Japan on April 2016.

Note: This post has been updated in April 2025 to reflect the current blog layout and some minor tweaks to the original write-up.

Background:

“It’s an exciting age of heroes, where most people develop supernatural abilities known as Quirks. Bright-eyed kids like Izuku Midoriya – Deku for short – dream of the day they become champions of the people. There’s just one little problem standing in Deku’s way. In a world full of heroes, he’s Quirkless. Crushed, but not down for the count, this superhero-fanboy dedicates his time to studying the pros in hopes that he, too, can join a prestigious high school for heroes. In the face of despair, Deku’s courage catches the eye of his ultimate idol, the symbol of justice known as All Might! With special training from the big guy himself, Deku and the talented first-years of the academy may finally have a shot at achieving their dreams. But these amateurs are put to the test of a lifetime when routine training becomes a battle against real villains!”

Plot Synopsis via Manga Entertainment UK, June 2019.

My Hero Academia doesn’t really need an introduction since pretty much a majority of the anime community and a lot of regular viewers are aware of what the show is. It’s basically Japan’s take on superheroes and it’s an interesting concept overall. The manga is also part of Weekly Shonen Jump’s magazine with weekly chapters and such, like Black Clover, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and One Piece.

Licensing-wise, this was the first major anime to be made available in the UK & Ireland through Funimation Now’s streaming service when it first launched in April 2016. North American distributor Funimation have the UK, IE, US & CA rights for the show with an English simuldub and home video release along the way.

The UK & Ireland had a few complications though, as Funimation decided to partner with Universal Pictures for Season 1’s release which was an overpriced mess of a limited edition. Years later, UK distributor Manga Entertainment and Funimation started to become more friendly to each other (and eventually Funimation bought the distributor) with My Hero Academia joining the distributor for home video. The first season was re-released as a regular Blu-ray & DVD set for a lower SRP than the usual.

Regular Edition & On-Disc Contents:

Distributor: Manga Entertainment UK
Released: 10th June 2019

The Blu-ray release for My Hero Academia Season 1 contains the complete season, episodes 1-13, across two Blu-ray discs with an additional disc for more bonus features. All the discs were authored and encoded by North American distributor Funimation via their April 2017 release.

Audio options available include Japanese with English subtitles and the Funimation English dub.

The white subtitles are unlockable during playback and the regions for the Blu-ray disc however is locked to players set to B.

Blu-ray Specs:

Languages	English, Japanese
Audio	English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Japanese Dolby TrueHD 2.0
Video	1080p High Definition Native format 16:9 aspect ratio
Region	B
Subtitles	English
Locked Subtitles	No
Discs	3 (2 BD-50s, 1 BD-25)

Blu-ray On-Disc Extra Features:

Disc 2:

• Anime Expo 2016: Interview with Kenji Nagasaki & Wakana Okamura
• My Hero Academia: Meet the Characters
• AnimeFest 2016: Interview with Ayana Nishino
• AnimeFest 2016: Artist Sketches
• Inside the Episodes 1-13
• Textless Opening Song “THE DAY”
• Textless Closing Song “HEROES” Ver. 1
• Textless Closing Song “HEROES” Ver. 2
• Funimation English Simuldub Trailer

Disc 3:

• Anime Expo 2016: My Hero Academia Panel
• Anime Expo 2016: Interview with Christopher R. Sabat & Justin Briner
• Anime Expo 2016: Interview with Masahiko Minami

Unboxing Photos:

Final Notes:

My Hero Academia Season 1 is available on Blu-ray and DVD from Manga Entertainment in the United Kingdom & Ireland.

You can order the first season on Blu-ray and DVD on Amazon UK.

(Disclaimer: Amazon links are also included when available. They are affiliated so if you decide to order them, I’ll earn a small percentage if they ship which will help me with any hauls or small bills.)