Superheroes have been around since the early 1900s, with the word's first use in the British play The Scarlet Pimpernel, popularizing the idea of a masked avenger. The word and the concept itself, ...

But anime didn’t just copy the capes and costumes. It asked deeper questions. What makes a person heroic? Is it strength, or something else entirely? Instead of billionaire playboys and alien saviors, ...

My Hero Academia fans often compare Deku to one Marvel hero, but his franchise replacement is actually more like the character.