My Hero Academiais one of the most popular animes in the world. It’s got great characters, a remarkable story, good action sequences, and a unique and exciting animation style. The growth and development of each character are worth investing time on, and the villains' motivations are captivating as well.
My Hero Academia is among the top animes today regarding its great openers. These openers feature great songs and excellent animation sequences that set the mood for the episodes or story in the arc or season. Here is how the My Hero Academia openers would line up against each other in a ranking.
10Opening Eight - No. 1
Season Five Opening One
No. 1 opens up with a calm and colorful start. It then shows all the main students battle-ready in their super suits. This opening teases another exciting competition arc between students, which excites viewers for what is to come, as these student-versus-student episodes are some of the best in the series.
Ultimately, there is nothing too special about this opening. However, it does have a great song.
9Opening Four - Odd Future
Season Three Opening One
Odd Future is a superb ensemble with a great song featuring many lighthearted elements. This opening also shows the students in action with more confidence and seriousness after getting stronger from the events of the last arc, where they came up against the formidable Hero Killer Stain.
Odd Future teases a few epic fights, including a huge showdown featuring some major heroes, which excites viewers for what’s to come. Finally, the opening ends with a cool duo pose of All Might and Deku, symbolizing Deku’s growth and progression towards being a hero like All Might and earning theone-for-all quirk.
8Opening Six - Polaris
Season Four Opening One
Polaris is bright and colorful. The opening sequence starts by showing Deku’s stages of growth and how far he’s come. Then, it continues with rolling clips of the journey so far for every main character in the cast.
The song that follows this opening is excellent. It is a gentle and calm song that compliments the heavy and emotional theme of this opening, before giving way to a more intense sequence featuring Deku and Eri. Overall, this great opening takes viewers down memory lane and plucks at the heartstrings.
7Opening Eleven - Bokurano
Season Six, Opening Two
Bokurano starts with a dark theme and an air of seriousness, which is fitting for that point in the story. The song matches that dark and serious vibe perfectly.
This opening shows how much the main cast of budding heroes has grown in terms of their ability and how much responsibility now rests on their shoulders as the power dynamic of the world has shifted due to the rise of more powerful foes. The final pose with all the young heroes is nice as well.
6Opening Five - Make My Story
Season Three Opening Two
Make My Story kicks off in epic fashion with awesome guitars and a smooth yet subtle transition from All Might to Deku.
It features a lot of subtle references to Deku taking more of a step toward replacing All Might with major support from the man himself. It also showcases a lot of growth for all the major characters, and finally closes out with a decent pose from the whole class that even hints at events yet to come.
5Opening Seven - Star Marker
Season Four Opening Two
Star Marker is brightly colored, lighthearted, and cute. It ditches the common theme of action-filled, epic animated sequences and shows the main cast of characters simply bonding and having fun, with a particular focus on Jiro, a character we don’t usually get to see a lot of.
Star Marker has a lot of funny scenes, which is a stark contrast to other openings. Aside from a cameo from Gentle Criminal and La Brava, there’s no reference to fights or ongoing villains, giving the opening the chill vibe of the song perfectly matches this theme.
4Opening Three - Sora Ni Utaeba
Season Two Opening Two
The third opening gives viewers their first glimpse of how serious the show can be when the stakes are high. It shows a darker hue, which is vastly different from what fans are used to. While still colorful compared to other anime, this opening differs from other openings within the show.
Sora Ni Utaeba is very well done in tying animated sequences with events in the arc. It introduces the biggest threat so far: Hero Killer Stain. This opening also shows a more serious side to each character, as it shows some of their biggest challenges before they burst into action, implying that they’re stronger for it.
3Opening Ten - Hitamuki
Season Six Opening One
Hitamuki boasts an entirely different animation sequence, style, and colors. Its comic theme is very fitting for a show about budding superheroes.
The opening shows every character with a different colored background that suits their character and powers. It closes out with an excellent pose of the main heroes with the villain looming over them, which is epic
2Opening Two - Peace Sign
Season Two Opening One
Peace Sign shows off the students in a new light, with newly found confidence in their abilities representing their growth. It also does a great job of setting up the Sports Festival competition.
This opening and arc introduce some new students who gain importance as the story progresses. The most impressive thing about this opening is the song by Kenshi Yonezu, which is one of the best as a stand-alone song.
Combined with all the outstanding elements, it makes for a great anime opener. The end shot with all the budding heroes in their supersuits ties it together perfectly.
1Opening One - The Day
The Opening That Started It All
Nothing ever hits quite as hard as the first opening of an incredible new anime that may go on to become your favorite series, and it’s no different with MHA. This opening is brightly colored with an upbeat song that sets the mood for the start of the series.
Down the line, as things got more serious, the mood of the openings changed, but as the first clue into what kind of story this was going to be at the start, both the song and animated sequences were very well done. This opening introduced all the members of class 1-A, which was very helpful in getting to know the characters. It also teases epic action sequences, which excite you for what’s to come.
