{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-22T20:53:44.478Z","story":{"id":"r_323866d2bc05481a99291edf","slug":"my-hero-academia-screening-event-reveals-deku-bakugo-and-shigaraki-sessions","url":"https://yomimono.id/my-hero-academia-screening-event-reveals-deku-bakugo-and-shigaraki-sessions","headline":"My Hero Academia Screening Events Add Deku Vs. Bakugo and Shigaraki","summary":"The organizers of the My Hero Academia 10th anniversary screening series have announced the second and third sessions of the Character Matchup Famous Episode Screenings. The second session, on August 1, focuses on Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugo. The third session, on August 2, focuses on Midoriya and Tomura Shigaraki. Both sessions will include stage greetings with voice actors. Daiki Yamashita (Midoriya) will appear at both, joined by Nobuhiko Okamoto (Bakugo) on August 1 and Kouki Uchiyama (Shigaraki) on August 2. The events will also screen the short anime I Am a Hero Too, based on a one-shot manga by Kohei Horikoshi from the fanbook My Hero Academia Ultra Age. The short follows a high school-aged Eri visiting UA. It premieres at Anime Expo 2026 in Los Angeles in July, then screens at the August 1 and 2 events, and streams on various platforms from August 3. The first session, held May 16, covered Ochaco Uraraka and Himiko Toga.","why_it_matters":"The matchup format and the new short anime give the 10th anniversary project a narrative structure that revisits the series' key relationships rather than simply replaying popular episodes.","published_at":"2026-05-16T15:31:59.000Z","source_count":2,"sources":["Comic Natalie","Denfaminicogamer"],"citations":[{"source":"Comic Natalie","title":"\"Hero Aca\" Screening Event 2nd Session: Deku x Bakugo, 3rd Session: Deku x Shigaraki, Also \"I Am a Hero Too\"","url":"https://natalie.mu/comic/news/672267"},{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","title":"『My Hero Academia』Special Short Anime 'I Am a Hero Too' to Stream on Various Platforms from August 3! Also Screened at 'Character Match-Up Famous Episode Screenings' on August 1 and 2","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/260516l"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":["My Hero Academia"],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Kohei Horikoshi"],"type":"event","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false}}}