The Final Battle, Frozen in Plastic
Five months after My Hero Academia's TV anime wrapped its 170-episode run in December 2025, Bandai Spirits is giving fans one more chance to relive the series' climactic moments. A new Ichiban Kuji lottery line — titled "My Hero Academia: A Story of Always Reaching Out" — features five MASTERLISE figures depicting characters at their most raw and vulnerable during the final war, as reported by Anime Anime.
The lottery's A-Prize Deku stands at roughly 23cm, showing the hero post-final battle — still bearing the scars of everything he endured, but stepping forward with a look that says he's ready for whatever comes next. It's the kind of figure that earns the "emotional" label before you even get it out of the box.
Every Figure Tells a Story
What sets this Ichiban Kuji apart from typical merch drops is how specific each figure's moment is. The B-Prize Shigaraki Tomura (~23cm) captures the villain in his final state — someone who "fought to destroy until the very end" — with an expression that's somehow gentle, even serene. It's an unexpectedly moving take on the series' central antagonist.
The C-Prize Bakugo Katsuki (23cm) depicts one of the manga's most beloved quiet moments: Bakugo receiving All Might's armor, visibly thrilled by a gift from the person he's admired since childhood. The D-Prize Stain (18cm) goes full action — the Hero Killer joining the All Might vs. All For One clash, with his glider sculpted in careful detail. And rounding out the main figures, the E-Prize Mineta Minoru (~13cm) recreates the moment Class 1-A charges in to help Deku during the final battle, Mineta's face full of the kind of grit you don't always associate with the character.
All five main prizes use the MASTERLISE line's higher-detail sculpting standard, which has become the benchmark collectors look for in Ichiban Kuji releases.
Beyond the Big Five
The collection doesn't stop at the headline figures. F-Prize and G-Prize bring the entire Class 1-A roster as Chokonokko mini figures (~4cm each) in their hero costumes — 10 random types per set, practically begging to be lined up on a shelf. There are also canvas-style boards featuring Final Season key scenes (H-Prize, A5 size), clear posters spanning the anime's visual history across all eight seasons (I-Prize, A3 size), and a stationery set with gold-foil postcards and hologram stickers (J-Prize).
The real showpiece, though, is the Last One Prize: an Armored All Might MASTERLISE EXTRA standing at roughly 28cm — the largest figure in the set — depicting the Symbol of Peace gearing up for his battle against All For One. This figure also serves as the Double Chance Campaign prize, with 50 additional winners selected from entrants through the end of September 2026.
Each draw costs 790 yen (tax included), available at FamilyMart, Ministop, Daily Yamazaki, bookstores, hobby shops, and the Ichiban Kuji official online shop.
Looking Ahead
The lottery launches in-store on June 20, 2026, with online sales following on June 22 at 5:00 PM JST. As with all Ichiban Kuji releases, the line is Japan-exclusive at retail, though aftermarket importers and proxy services like Buyee and ZenMarket typically stock popular prizes within days of release. No international retail distribution has been announced.
Kohei Horikoshi's original manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump and surpassed 100 million copies in circulation. The anime adaptation aired across eight seasons and 170 total episodes before its Final Season concluded in December 2025. For fans outside Japan looking to revisit the source material, Viz Media publishes the English manga and Crunchyroll streams the full anime series internationally.