Crunchyroll botches My Hero Academia season 8 premiere weekend with hours-long delay and missing subtitles

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Everything went wrong for Crunchyroll on My Hero Academia release day

My Hero Academia Season 8
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Expectant My Hero Academia fans were left disappointed after the final season's premiere arrived hours late on the anime streamer.

Despite being listed for a release at the ungodly hour of 2:30 AM Pacific/5:30 AM Eastern, the first episode of My Hero Academia season 8 didn't show up for subscribers until some 10 hours later. Confusingly, the episode did appear on Prime Video's Crunchyroll channel at the correct time.

To make matters worse, some viewers were left without English subtitles for the Japanese-language version of the premiere episode – a situation that was only rectified later and was described by one as "embarrassing."

My Hero Academia season 8 is all set to bring the superhero anime to a close across the next 12 episodes. That's not the end of the franchise, however – spin-off My Hero Academia: Vigilantes season 2 is set to hit our screens in January 2026.

Bradley Russell
Bradley Russell
Senior Entertainment Writer

I'm the Senior Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, focusing on news, features, and interviews with some of the biggest names in film and TV. On-site, you'll find me marveling at Marvel and providing analysis and room temperature takes on the newest films, Star Wars and, of course, anime. Outside of GR, I love getting lost in a good 100-hour JRPG, Warzone, and kicking back on the (virtual) field with Football Manager. My work has also been featured in OPM, FourFourTwo, and Game Revolution.

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