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What My Hero Academia exhibitions have there been?

The drawings left the page twice: 2021, and again for the tenth anniversary.

Horikoshi’s original art has headlined two major exhibitions. My Hero Academia Exhibition: Drawing Smash ran in Tokyo from 23 April to 27 June 2021 and in Osaka from 16 July to 5 September 2021: the manga’s drawings, colour work, and production materials presented as gallery art while the series was still running.

The second was the valedictory one: the original-art exhibition for the manga’s tenth anniversary and completion, at Creative Museum Tokyo from 21 June to 31 August 2025, followed by a tour through Osaka, Fukuoka, Sendai, and Nagoya running toward 2027. In the same live layer sat Universal Studios Japan’s My Hero Academia: The Real 4-D attraction, which ran 1 March to 14 August 2024. The books that collect the same art for the shelf are on the art books page.

My Hero Academia volume 5 cover
My Hero Academia, Vol. 5
Horikoshi’s original pages are the exhibitions’ core exhibits, from Drawing Smash (2021) to the 2025 original-art exhibition.

DRAWING SMASH

2021
Tokyo · spring 2021
23 April to 27 June 2021: the first headline show, mounted at the height of the manga’s final-arc anticipation.
Osaka · summer 2021
16 July to 5 September 2021: the tour stop that made it a national exhibition rather than a capital event.
The material
Original manga art and colour illustrations: the physical drawings behind the printed covers in this archive’s gallery.

THE ANNIVERSARY SHOW

2025 to 2027
Creative Museum Tokyo
21 June to 31 August 2025: the tenth-anniversary and completion exhibition, the franchise’s retrospective moment, a year after the final chapter.
The tour
Osaka, then Fukuoka, Sendai, and Nagoya: a four-city tail that carries the show into 2027, the longest live footprint the manga itself has had.
The 4-D neighbour
Universal Studios Japan’s The Real 4-D ran March to August 2024: the theme-park layer of the same farewell season as You’re Next and the final volume.

THE MY HERO ACADEMIA SHELF

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THE FIRST WORD

New pages and new pieces, first.