My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions Explained

Ja Kanji:僕のヒーローアカデミア チームアップミッション
Ja Romaji:Boku no Hīrō Akademia Chīmu Appu Misshon
Genre:Superhero[1]
Creator:Kōhei Horikoshi
Type:manga
Author:Yōkō Akiyama
Publisher:Shueisha
Imprint:Jump Comics
First:March 4, 2019
Volumes:6

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yōkō Akiyama. It is a spin-off to Kōhei Horikoshi's manga series My Hero Academia. It was serialized in Shueisha's Saikyō Jump in July 2019, with its chapters, which are released on a monthly basis, additionally collected into six volumes as of April 2024.__TOC__

Premise

My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions follows Izuku Midoriya and the rest of his classmates at U.A. High School as they are paired up with students from other hero schools and even Pro Heroes to participate in specially-requested missions as part of the "Team-Up Missions Program".[2]

Publication

Written and illustrated by Yōkō Akiyama, My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions began serialization in Shueisha's Saikyō Jump on August 2, 2019, with a prologue chapter debuting in Jump GIGA on March 4, 2019.[3] Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on March 4, 2020.[4] As of April 4, 2024, six volumes have been released.[5] In July 2020, Viz Media announced that My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions would be licensed for the English-language release in North America.[6]

Volumes

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

These chapters have yet to be published in a volume. They were originally serialized in Japanese in issues of Saikyō Jump from December 2023 to August 2024.

Reception

In a review of the first volume, Alex Lukas of Comic Book Resources stated that My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions "is a decent popcorn read, [but] fails to be a fresh take on the young heroes of U.A. High School", although he commented the premise has "undeniable" potential.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: My Hero Academia: Pairings We Want to See in Team-Up Missions Vol. 2. Gramuglia. Anthony. March 14, 2021. Comic Book Resources. March 24, 2021.
  2. Web site: My Hero Academia: Team Up Missions Adds Anime Characters to the Manga . Edmundson . Carlyle . March 23, 2021 . . March 24, 2021 .
  3. Web site: My Hero Academia Gets New Spinoff Manga This Month. Hodgkins. Crystalyn. July 13, 2019. Anime News Network. March 24, 2021.
  4. Web site: https://books.shueisha.co.jp/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-882249-5. ja:僕のヒーローアカデミア チームアップミッション 1. Shueisha. March 24, 2021. ja.
  5. Web site: https://www.shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-883828-1. ja:僕のヒーローアカデミア チームアップミッション 6. Shueisha. April 4, 2024. ja.
  6. Web site: Viz Media's Shonen Jump Adds My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Naruto: Shikamaru's Story—Mourning Clouds. Sherman. Jennifer. July 3, 2020. Anime News Network. March 24, 2021.
  7. Web site: My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions Vol. 1 Doesn't Take Advantage of its Colorful Cast. Lukas. Alex. March 5, 2021. Comic Book Resources. March 24, 2021.