My Hero Academia The End of an Era, and the Beginning (Season 8, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

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My Hero Academia

The End of an Era, and the Beginning (Season 8, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

All Might receives help from an unexpected source when Stain joins him in the battle against All For One.

Director

Tomo Okubo

Writer

Kôhei Horikoshi (original story: serialized in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump") (writer)

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 11, 2025

Release date

Oct 11, 2025 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

29 wins & 45 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
19 cast members

Name	Known for
Kenta Miyake All Might (voice) All Might (voice) See fewer	Wolf's Rain (2003)
Gô Inoue Stain (voice) Stain (voice) See fewer	Tiger & Bunny (2011)
Hiroshi Kamiya Young All For One (voice) Young All For One (voice) See fewer	Bakemonogatari (2009)
Mirai Shida Hercules / Melissa Shield (voice) Hercules / Melissa Shield (voice) See fewer	The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
Mie Sonozaki Nana Shimura (voice) Nana Shimura (voice) See fewer	Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love (2005)
Marina Inoue Momo Yaoyorozu (voice) Momo Yaoyorozu (voice) See fewer	Attack on Titan (2013)
Azu Sakura Mei Hatsume (voice) Mei Hatsume (voice) See fewer	My Hero Academia (2016)
Tokuyoshi Kawashima Naomasa Tsukauchi (voice) Naomasa Tsukauchi (voice) See fewer	Ever 17: The Out of Infinity (2002)
Kôki Uchiyama Tomura Shigaraki (voice) Tomura Shigaraki (voice) See fewer	Infinite Stratos (2011)
Toshiki Masuda Futo Nagashira (voice) Futo Nagashira (voice) See fewer	Samurai Flamenco (2013)
Kaito Ishikawa Ronaudo Keage (voice) Ronaudo Keage (voice) See fewer	Your Name. (2016)
Daiki Yamashita Izuku Midoriya (voice) Izuku Midoriya (voice) See fewer	My Hero Academia (2016)
Hiroyuki Yoshino Narration (voice) Narration (voice) See fewer	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)
Yui Horie La Brava (voice) La Brava (voice) See fewer	Ressha Sentai ToQger (2014)
Kôichi Yamadera Gentle Criminal (voice) Gentle Criminal (voice) See fewer	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Hidenobu Kiuchi Ethan Drive (voice) Ethan Drive (voice) See fewer	Monster (2004)
Ken'ichi Ogata Gran Torino (voice) Gran Torino (voice) See fewer	Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)
Stephen E. Moellering Police Force Officer (voice) (voice: English version) Police Force Officer (voice) (voice: English version) See fewer	I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! (2025)
William Ofoegbu Ethan Drive (voice) Ethan Drive (voice) See fewer	My Hero Academia (2016)