My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018)

Original title

僕のヒーローアカデミア THE MOVIE ～2人の英雄～

Directed by

Kenji Nagasaki

Genre

superhero film, action anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 1,125 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Izuku Midoriya visits a high-tech island with his mentor All Might. When villains attack the island, the young superheroes must work together to stop them.

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What happens

My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (Japanese: 僕のヒーローアカデミア THE MOVIE 〜2人の英雄（ヒーロー）〜, Hepburn: Boku no Hīrō Akademia za Mūbī: Futari no Hīrō) is a 2018 Japanese animated superhero film based on an original story featuring the characters of My Hero Academia manga series by Kōhei Horikoshi. Produced by Bones and distributed by Toho, the film is directed by Kenji Nagasaki from a script written by Yōsuke Kuroda and features an ensemble cast that includes Daiki Yamashita, Kenta Miyake, Mirai Shida, Katsuhisa Namase, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Ayane Sakura, Kaito Ishikawa, Yuki Kaji, Marina Inoue, Toshiki Masuda, Ryō Hirohashi, Tasuku Hatanaka, Kei Shindō, and Rikiya Koyama. In the film, taking place between the Final Exams and the Forest Training Camp story arcs of the manga, Izuku Midoriya / Deku accompanies Toshinori Yagi / All Might in visiting his old friend at I-Island when Villains attack the artificial moving island. A film of the franchise was announced in December 2017, with Nagasaki, Kuroda, and Yoshihiko Umakoshi confirming a few days later their return from My Hero Academia anime television series to direct the film, write the script, and design the characters, respectively. Original characters in the film were announced in April and June 2018. My Hero Academia: Two Heroes premiered in Los Angeles on July 5, 2018, and was released in Japan on August 3, with a limited release in the United States and Canada from September 25 to October 2. The film grossed $33.4 million worldwide with positive reviews from critics. It won the Crunchyroll Anime Award for Best Film, and received nominations at the IGN Awards and Newtype Anime Awards. It was followed by three films: My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019), My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021), and My Hero Academia: You're Next (2024). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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