My Hero Academia may have closed the book on its TV run, but the anime clearly isn’t ready to leave the spotlight just yet. Shueisha has locked the franchise in for a prominent Super Stage slot at Jump Festa 2027 this December, while a separate two‑day “Ultra Expo” event in April 2027 is being billed as the biggest My Hero Academia gathering ever.
As first reported by ComicBook.com, My Hero Academia is one of the headline properties on Shueisha’s Jump Super Stage schedule for Jump Festa 2027, which runs December 19–20, 2026 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba. The annual convention is Shueisha’s in‑house hype machine for Weekly Shonen Jump and its sister magazines, regularly giving series like One Piece, Naruto, Jujutsu Kaisen, and others space for trailers, cast panels, and major project reveals. Multiple outlets have confirmed that My Hero Academia’s anime will have its own stage program there, putting it shoulder‑to‑shoulder with other heavyweights like Demon Slayer and Black Clover on this year’s lineup.
The timing is tantalizing for fans still processing the end of the anime’s eighth and final TV season, which aired its last episode in late 2025 and adapted the conclusion of Kohei Horikoshi’s manga. In 2026, the production committee leaned into the anime’s 10th anniversary with an epilogue episode and a short that pushed beyond the TV finale, effectively using up the remaining manga material while signaling the end of Horikoshi’s core story in animated form. With all canonical chapters now covered, any new announcement at Jump Festa would, by necessity, point toward something extra: an original anime project, a new film, or a spin‑off in the broader My Hero Academia universe.
Fans watching the franchise’s official channels have already seen the stage being set. The anime’s X account, @heroaca_anime, shared a graphic confirming My Hero Academia’s Jump Festa 2027 appearance, using the event’s “Jump Super Stage” branding and urging followers to stay tuned for further news. A dedicated account for the upcoming expo, @heroaca_expo, has also gone live, branding the Ultra Expo as the grand finale to the anime’s 10th‑anniversary project and teasing “Plus Ultra” scale plans for the convention‑style gathering.
That Ultra Expo, officially titled “Heroaca Ultra Expo,” is where the celebration really goes nuclear. Japanese outlets such as Animate Times, Animage Plus, and Dengeki Online report that the event will run April 17–18, 2027 at Makuhari Messe, taking over both the Event Hall and Exhibition Halls 2–3 with displays, stage programs, and interactive attractions. The My Hero Academia Production Committee is listed as organizer, and promotional materials repeatedly describe the expo as the largest event in the anime’s history, positioned as the “finale” of the 10th‑anniversary celebrations. Collabo Cafe’s event listing echoes that framing, calling Ultra Expo “the largest event in anime history” for the series and highlighting its two‑day footprint at the convention center.
Crucially, both the Jump Festa Super Stage and Ultra Expo are expected to feature cast appearances and live segments—a familiar pattern for how big shonen franchises handle transitional moments. Recent Jump Festa lineups have used Super Stage slots to roll out new anime seasons, sequel films, or spiritual successor projects, whether it’s Naruto pivoting into Boruto or Black Clover surfacing updates after the manga’s conclusion. With My Hero Academia’s main story wrapped but its brand still strong, the combination of a December Jump Festa spotlight and an April “finale” expo creates a one‑two punch of venues perfect for unveiling whatever comes next for UA’s heroes, even if that future takes the form of side stories, time‑skip adventures, or entirely new characters carrying the Plus Ultra torch.
For now, the only concrete facts are the dates, venues, and the promise that My Hero Academia will take center stage at both events—and that, in itself, signals the franchise isn’t simply fading out after season 8. Jump Festa 2027 will give fans the first hint of how the anime intends to say goodbye—or transform—while Heroaca Ultra Expo stands poised to serve as a victory lap, a love letter to a decade of quirks, and, possibly, the launchpad for whatever form “My Hero Academia” takes in the post‑Horikoshi era.
