“My Hero Academia” ranked 7th in New York Times’ Best International Show in 2016

The Japanese superhero anime series My Hero Academia (Boku no Hīrō Akademia) ranked seventh in New York Times’ Best International Show in 2016.

“In the self-aware category of Japanese anime, this shrewdly written and dynamically drawn series posits a world in which 80 percent of humanity has developed some sort of special powers (not all of them super, and not all used for good). But it focuses on a fanboy who obsessively follows the new costumed heroes while having no abilities of his own — a perfect stand-in for the anime and manga audience,” the New York Times said.

My Hero Academia was an anime series based on a manga of the same name, written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It follows the story of a young boy named Izuku Midoriya, who lives in a world where people with superpowers, known as Quirks, are considered part of the norms.

Despite being teased for not having a Quirk, Izuku dreams of one day becoming a hero. And then one day, Izuku met All Might, their world’s greatest hero and his idol since childhood.

My Hero Academia was directed by Kenji Nagasaki and produced by Studio Bones. It’s first season, composing of 13 episodes, originally aired in Japan from April 3 to June 26, 2016. Funimation Entertainment later announced that they had obtained license to broadcast the series in English language.

Although the specific date has not yet been announced, the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine confirmed last June that My Hero Academia anime will get a second season.

For more information on the list, you can check out New York Times.