Crunchyroll Releases Synopsis for My Hero Academia's Next OVA

With My Hero Academia currently hard at work with the returning sixth season of the series later this year, there are two new OVA special episodes coming our way and Crunchyroll has announced that they have licensed the first of these new releases for a launch this Summer! As Season 6 of the anime gears up to premiere some time this October as part of the Fall 2022 anime schedule, the series will be briefly returning for two new special episodes set outside of the main series' events. The first of which sees the heroes getting together for a fun new game of baseball.

This is the first of two new OVA specials now currently in the works leading into the sixth season, and Crunchyroll has announced that they will be releasing this first new OVA, "HLB," this Summer across United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, LATAM, and Europe. But for fans lucky enough to attend Anime Expo from July 1-4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, they will be able to check out the new OVA as part of a special premiere! You can check out the poster for the new OVA below: 

Crunchyroll officially describes My Hero Academia's next OVA, titled "HLB," as such, "HLB stands for 'Hero League of Baseball' – it is a baseball league founded by pro-heroes who love baseball! It's game day! The last game of HLB championship is between Gang Orca and Shishido's two rival agencies. They form a team ('Orcas' and 'Lionels') to compete. In the world of HLB, there is no rule – using their quirks is of course accepted. However, just when the game is about to finish, they are interrupted by a villain. Who will be the winner of HLB!?"

There unfortunately is no concrete release date for the new OVA special (or the second one now in the works) just yet, but thankfully at least now fans can rest easy knowing they'll be able to check out this one ahead of the series' full return with Season 6 this Fall. But what do you think? What are you hoping to see in My Hero Academia's special baseball episode? Let us know all of your thoughts about it in the comments! You can even reach out to me directly about all things animated and other cool stuff @Valdezology on Twitter!