Catalyst Game Labs—publisher of the seminal BattleTech and Shadowrun games—is excited to announce a tabletop miniatures game based on the mega-popular My Hero Academia anime, in partnership with global anime brand Crunchyroll.
Since its debut in 2016, My Hero Academia has ascended to the heights of anime, capturing the hearts of millions worldwide. With its compelling story, unique characters, and innovative take on the superhero genre, the series has garnered both critical acclaim and fan adoration.
“I started down the path of anime watching G-Force and Space Battleship Yamato when I was just a kid,” said Randall N. Bills, Creative Director at Catalyst Game Labs. “Taking that passion and pairing it with another great love in tabletop miniatures, alongside my son, Bryn, well…that’s a dream come true. And like all great dreams, we immediately wanted to reach for the stars. We didn’t just want a game. We wanted display-quality miniatures for every fan of this ground-breaking anime around the world. And to bring this vision to reality, we wanted to immediately pair up with Liya International, whose produced world-class miniatures for companies from Jasco Games to WETA to Dragonsteel. Working hand-in-hand with them and Crunchyroll has been a brilliant experience.”
My Hero Academia: Miniatures Game is a tabletop miniatures experience for 2 or more players. You control three aspiring students (or villains if you wish the rogue's path) as they train to become Pro Heroes. Each student’s unique Quirks work together as their team tries to outperform the opposing team to complete Missions, impress the watching Pro Heroes and ensure they can tackle any villains who might unexpectedly make an appearance. How a game ends is based on the chosen Mission, with each one more diverse and challenging than the last!
All miniatures will come preassembled and with a high quality pre-paint: a great premium collectible for easy, right-out-of-the-box plays.
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Fans looking to catch up on all things My Hero Academia can find all seasons of the show available to stream on Crunchyroll.
About My Hero Academia
My Hero Academia is a Japanese anime series based on the popular comics by Kohei Horikoshi. It is set in a world where about 80% of the population has a superpowered Quirk. Heroes protect people and society from accidents, disasters, and villains—criminals who use their Quirks for evil. The story of Izuku Midoriya and his classmates at U.A. High School and their growth, fights, and friendship unfolds as they aim to become heroes. The anime series will release its eighth and final season in Fall 2025.
About Catalyst Game Labs
Catalyst Game Labs is dedicated to producing high-quality games and fiction that mesh sophisticated game mechanics with dynamic universes—all presented in a form that allows beginning players and long-time veterans to easily jump into our games and fiction readers to enjoy our stories even if they don’t know the games.
Catalyst Game Labs is an imprint of InMediaRes Productions, LLC, which specializes in electronic publishing of professional fiction. This allows Catalyst to participate in a synergy that melds printed gaming material and fiction with all the benefits of electronic interfaces and online communities, creating a whole-package experience for any type of player or reader. Find Catalyst Game Labs online at www.catalystgamelabs.com.
About Liya International
Liya International is a full spectrum manufacturing service for the hobby, toy, print and board game industries. With over 20 years of experience, Liya has helped hundreds of projects cross the finish line and thrill end-users worldwide. Including projects for the biggest game publishers in the hobby market.
About Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is the global anime brand that fuels fans’ love of anime. With the ambition to make anime an even bigger part of pop culture, Crunchyroll offers fans the ultimate anime experience and destination centered around a premium streaming service. Crunchyroll has the largest dedicated anime library, an immersive world of events, exciting theatrical releases, unique games, must-have merchandise, timely news, and more. Anime is for everyone and is accessible to stream across territories through Crunchyroll—whether on the go on mobile, through gaming consoles and big-screen devices at home, or on desktops anywhere.
Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between U.S.-based Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan’s Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group.
