My Hero Academia creator Kohei Horikoshi once revealed that his favorite heroes were Goku and Spider-Man and they had a big impact on him.
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The saga of superheroes and their journey, My Hero Academia, has finally come to an end after entertaining anime and manga fans for ten years. Kohei Horikoshi's series was considered one of the best anime and manga series in the world due to its brilliant story and unique characters that fans have never seen in any other franchise.
However, the main reason why the series became such a cult classic is the morals and themes that the series promoted through its narrative. Horikoshi has always been a fan of superhero stories, and he wanted to portray the two main themes of every superhero movie or series through his own work.
These two themes were security and hope. The manga creator once revealed that he took these two traits from his favorite heroes, Goku from Dragon Ball and Spider-Man from Marvel comics, and illustrated them in his own manga. This in turn gave him one of the best selling stories of all time.
