With the end of 2025 edging closer, it's no surprise to know that anime fans are already discussing what series stood out as the best of the year. Naturally, whenever anime of the year is discussed, Solo Leveling comes up due to being the winner at the Crunchyroll Awards earlier this year. With its second season generating even greater success, quite a lot of fans believe Solo Leveling will once again claim the award. That said, while it is definitely a very strong contender, another major anime series has been doing even better.
My Hero Academia Season 8, which marks the end of the series, has been performing amazingly, and its reception has even surpassed that of Solo Leveling. The series currently has the highest-rated anime episode of the year, surpassing even Solo Leveling’s iconic “Are You the King of Humans?” With its incredible battles featuring stunning animation, powered by Horikoshi's incredible story writing, MHA has really stood out and its best parts are still to come. At this point, My Hero Academia is easily one of the strongest anime series of 2025, and fans strongly consider it 2025’s best anime.
My Hero Academia Season 8 Is The Real Best 2025 Anime
Solo Leveling Season 2, which aired earlier in 2025 was a huge hit, and it's no surprise to know that the series featured much better action than the first one. Overall, the quality of Solo Leveling Season 2 was sublime, and its 12th episode, “Are You The King of Humans?” Was the highest-rated episode of the year on Imdb until recently. Of course, since then, it has lost that title. One Piece and Takopi’s Original Sin have surpassed it, and now, My Hero Academia has also beaten it.
My Hero Academia Season 8 has been surpassing all expectations as the studio has put in incredible effort into delivering the best conclusion possible for the anime. MHA Season 8 episode 3 “The Final Boss!!” Has especially stood out to fans. Everything about it from the art, the animation, the direction, and the storyboard, has been top-notch. Currently, this episode is the highest-rated anime episode of the year on IMDb. This episode has a rating of 9.8, while Solo Leveling’s best is at 9.7. This difference might look almost insignificant, but it definitely matters when looking at the best of the best anime series.
What's even crazier is that this episode of MHA might be surpassed by another as Season 8 progresses. There are even more exciting events coming up, and the studio will definitely deliver. MHA’s finale could get an even higher rating, especially if the adaptation is as good as the first few episodes.
My Hero Academia Season 8 Has Surpassed All 2025 Anime Already
When it comes to the title of anime of the year, fans know that Solo Leveling claimed it earlier this year, but that doesn't necessarily make it the best out there. There are many incredible series that have stood out this year, such as The Apothecary Diaries Season 2, Dandadan Season 2, Takopi’s Original Sin, and Lord of the Mysteries Season 1, among others. Along with Solo Leveling, all of them have a fair shot of being called the best 2025 anime, but the truth is that My Hero Academia Season 8 stands out the most.
MHA season 8 is the series's last season and it brings down the curtain on a generational run of what will forever be remembered as one of the very best shonen anime of all time. There couldn’t be a better farewell for the series than what Studio Bones has delivered for it so far, and it's not gone unnoticed amongst fans. All fans of the series know very well that regardless of who wins what award, My Hero Academia Season 8 is the true best anime of 2025, both in terms of quality, and the emotional as well as cultural weight that it carries.
My Hero Academia is airing its final season, which will consist of 11 episodes in total. The series can be watched on Crunchyroll.
- Release Date
- 2016 - 2025-00-00
- Network
- TBS, MBS, Nippon TV
- Directors
- Shouji Ikeno, Tsuyoshi Tobita, Ikuro Sato, Takudai Kakuchi, Masashi Abe, Tetsuya Miyanishi, Kazuma Komatsu, Yoshifumi Sasahara, Masayuki Otsuki, Daisuke Tsukushi, Takayuki Yamamoto, Yohei Fukui, Takuro Tsukada, Masatoyo Takada, Naomi Nakayama, Sayaka Morikawa, Takanori Yano
Cast
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Daiki YamashitaIzuku Midoriya (voice) -
Kaito IshikawaManga Fukidashi (voice)
WHERE TO WATCH
- Studio
- Bones
- Creator
- Kōhei Horikoshi
- Streaming Service(s)
- Hulu, Crunchyroll
