My Hero Academia: Two Heroes

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My Hero Academia
Original title 僕 の ヒ ー ロ ー ア カ デ ミ ア
transcription Boku no Hīrō Akademia
Boku no Hero Academia Logo.png
Lettering of the franchise
genre Action , drama , shonen
Anime movie
title My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
Original title 僕 の ヒ ー ロ ー ア カ デ ミ ア THE MOVIE ～ ２ 人 の 英雄 ヒ ー ロ ー ～
transcription Boku no Hīrō Akademia THE MOVIE: Futari no Hīrō
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 2018
Studio BONES
length 97 minutes
genre Action , shons
Director Kenji Nagasaki
script Yosuke Kuroda
music Yuki Hayashi
synchronization

My Hero Academia: Two Heroes ( Tagline : The Movie , original title 僕のヒーローアカデミアTHE MOVIE ~ 2人の英雄ヒーロー~ Boku no Hiro Academia THE MOVIE: Futari no Hiro , translatable as My Hero Academia - The Movie: Two Heroes ) is an anime film released in 2018 by the animation studio BONES and directed by Kenji Nagasaki based on the manga series of the same name by Kōhei Horikoshi .

The film, which takes place between the second and third seasons of the anime series, premiered during the Anime Expo on July 5, 2018 in Los Angeles , California . In Japan , My Hero Academia: Two Heros was officially released in cinemas nationwide on August 3 of the same year and grossed just under 20 million US dollars worldwide by November 2018 .

In episode 20 of the third season, which interrupts the previous plot, the superhero All Might receives an invitation from the daughter of his old friend David Shield to the artificial island I-Island, on which researchers Quirks, various superpowers that make up 80 percent of the world's population own, explore. He decides to take Izuku Midoriya, a student of the superhero academy UA Academy, to whom he has bequeathed his superpower One for All , on this journey. The film takes place between episodes 20 and 21 of the third season.

action

The superhero All Might was invited to visit the artificial island I-Island , where researchers study the quirks - superpowers that 80 percent of the world's population have. He decides to take Midoriya Izuku, one of his students at the UA superhero academy and his successor as the holder of the Quirk One for All , with him to this island. He reminds Midoriya not to tell professor David Shield, a longtime friend of All Might, about the secret of their shared superpower. On arrival on I-Island, the two are finally met by David's daughter Melissa, who studies at the science academy so that she can later also become a researcher.

After meeting his friend David, All Might gets tired and transforms into his weaker form. During the ongoing tests it becomes clear that All Might's forces are almost exhausted. Meanwhile, Melissa leads the budding hero Midoriya across the island, where she soon meets his classmate Momo Yaoyoruzu, who was also invited to the island and took Ochako Uraraka and Jirō Kyōka as guests. Later, the students Iida, Todoroki, Bakugō and Kirishima meet other classmates of Midoriyas at the hero academy who were invited by Bakugō. They also meet Mineta and Kaminari who work as waitresses on I-Island. After an eventful day, Melissa invites Mineta and Kaminari to a party to which everyone else is already invited.

Before the party, Melissa tells Midoriya that she doesn't have a superpower, like him - without knowing that he got his superpowers from All Might. She realizes that his powers are very similar to All Mights and hands him gloves that she has developed , which enable him to use his superpowers with full strength without getting injured.

Meanwhile, Wolfram, a mysterious super villain who has previously reached the island in an unknown way, takes control of the island's security system and threatens to kill all of I-Island's residents. He holds all the heroes on the island, including All Might, and takes David Shield and his assistant Sam hostage to break into the vault of the island. Midoriya and his friends, as well as the heroes at the party, decide to storm the 200th floor of the building they are currently in to regain control of the island's security system. At the same time, Bakugō and Kirishima get lost on their way to the party and wander aimlessly through the building, unaware that a villain has tampered with the island's security.

When the students of the UA Academy reach the 80th floor of the building, the plan is exposed and Wolfram sends his accomplices to thwart it. While the budding heroes hide in a large green room in order to be able to flee from two of the villains, the unsuspecting Bakugō and Kirishima meet the two villains and are involved in a fight. After Todoroki has helped the other students to escape to the next floor, he rushes Bakugō and Kirishima to help. Mineta uses his superpower to climb a wall and lower a ladder that the students use to reach the next higher floors. Wolfram's accomplices send an army of guard robots to stop the two groups of students, who, however, have no chance against Kaminari's superpower. While Iida, Yaoyoruzu and Kyōka fight against more guard robots, Midoriya, Uraraka and Melissa set out to reach the top floor of the building.

When trying to reach the top floor, where Ochako uses her levitation forces to bring Melissa and Midoriya closer to the security room, more robots threaten to attack the three before Todoroki, Bakugō and Kirishima rush to help and attack their opponents together with Ochako . Once on the top floor, Midoriya and Melissa see David and Sam trying to break into the safe in order to steal back their greatest invention, a headset that is able to maximize the strength of the wearer. The best researchers on the island thought this invention was too dangerous and locked it together with the scientific documents in the safe so that they could not fall into the wrong hands. It turns out that the two have planned the sequence of events in advance and hired actors to fake a robbery, as David believes it is necessary for All Might to keep his superpower for the safety of the world.

Wolfrom then appears, who inhibits Midoriya's powers, and reveals himself to be a real super villain. Sam betrays David and then gives Wolfram the invention and reveals his complicity because he is out for fame and power. Shortly after Sam handed over the invention to Wolfram, he shoots Sam. David jumps into the line of fire and stops more bullets from hitting Sam, saving Sam's life. Before Wolfram is able to kill Melissa, Midoriya regains control of his power and challenges Wolfram to a fight. He uses his ability to control metal and fled to the roof of the building with David hostage. Midoriya pursues the villain onto the roof, but fails to stop the helicopter Wolfram is trying to escape with from take off and falls into the depths. Melissa manages to take control of the security system, frees the trapped heroes and kills the robots. All Might rushes to the roof of the building and prevents the helicopter from taking off.

In his last attempt to escape, Wolfram activates the invention and gets stronger and stronger, so that All Might's strength is soon surpassed, and creates a huge body made of metal parts in which he takes David prisoner. Wolfram, who has now far surpassed All Might's strength, announces his membership in All For Ones Super Villain League. He gave Wolfram several quirks and helped bring David out of favor in order to demoralize All Might. Shortly afterwards, the students of the superhero academy appear on the roof. Midoriya helps All Might fight Wolfram. Together they strike for a final blow that is able to defeat Wolfram and free David. As the sun rises , All Might and his friend David reflect that Midoriya and Melissa will be the next generation of superheroes and how safe the world will be when All Might's powers are depleted.

During the credits, All Might can be seen enjoying a barbecue with the class A-1 students . Melissa visits her father in the hospital , which is monitored by the police .

production

On December 11, 2017, Shūkan Shōnen Jump announced that an anime film based on Kōhei Horikoshi's manga series My Hero Academia was to be produced and broadcast in the third quarter of 2018. Horikoshi was also announced as the supervisor for the production of the film. As director acted here Kenji Nagasaki , which is already the anime series at BONES produced, with the screenplay by Yosuke Kuroda was made.

Yoshihiko Umakoshi created the character designs for the film; the music comes from the pen of Yūki Hayashi . The film is distributed in Japan by Tōhō . On March 25, 2018, the film title, the rough plot and the date of the first airing were announced as part of AnimeJapan . In April 2018, Mirai Shida and Katsuhisa Namase were featured as voice actors for the characters Melissa and David Shield. In June 2018, Rikiya Koyama was announced in Shūkan Shōnen Jump as the voice actor for the antagonist Wolfram.

The opening title is Long Hope Philia , written by Hiromu Akita of amazarashi and sung by Masaki Suda .

publication

movie theater

As part of AnimeJapan on March 25, 2018, the first broadcast date in Japan was announced for August 3 of the same year. The movie had its world premiere on July 5, 2018 in Los Angeles , California where My Hero Academia: Two Heroes was shown as part of the Anime Expo . Funimation also announced at the event that it had secured the license to the movie for broadcast in the United States and Canada in the fall of the same year.

In Japan, the film was finally shown nationwide on August 3, 2018. The first million moviegoers received a special manga written by Horikoshi under the title No. 0 All Might: Rising in the anthology Vol. Origin , which houses additional character profiles and an exclusive conversation between Horikoshi and Eiichirō Oda . Viz Media released this manga digitally in September of the same year. From January 11, 2019, the film will be broadcast in 4D in Japan .

Funimation licensed the film for North America , the United Kingdom and Australasia . On September 25, 2018, the film was shown for the first time in English in Los Angeles . Ten days later, My Hero Academia: Two Heroes aired nationwide in more than 400 theaters in the United States and Canada through October 2 . In Australia , the film first ran on September 15, 2018 at the Madman Anime Festival in Melbourne , organized by Madman Entertainment , before being broadcast nationwide on September 27 in Australia and in mid-October in New Zealand . In the United Kingdom , My Hero Academia: Two Heroes was shown as part of Scotland Loves Animation on October 13, 2018 in Glasgow . A national broadcast by Manga Entertainment began on December 4, 2018 in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland .

Odex acquired the license for the film in Singapore and Indonesia , where the film was initially shown as a limited edition on October 6 and 13, 2018 and was shown nationwide in cinemas on October 11 and 17. For the Philippines received Pioneer film broadcasting rights, where the film was shown initially limited on 16 October 2018th On October 20, 2018, the film was broadcast nationwide on the island nation.

Viz Media Europe for France , Italy and the German-speaking area . According to unconfirmed rumors, the film should have been shown in the original language with subtitles on August 28, 2018 as part of the Kazé Anime Nights in German and Austrian cinemas, but instead the film Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic was shown by the distributor that day. At the end of January 2019 it was announced that the film would be shown in the original with German subtitles on March 26, 2019 as part of the Kazé Anime Nights in over 150 German and Austrian cinemas.

Home video

It has been announced that My Hero Academia: Two Heroes will be released on DVD and Blu-ray by Tōhō Pictures in Japan on February 23, 2019 . This will take place as a standard variant and as a so-called “Plus Ultra Edition”. The Plus-Ultra version also contains an original video animation that processes the one-shot manga All Might: Rising written by Horikoshi .

In the United States and Canada , DVD and Blu-ray will be released by Funimation on March 25, 2019 ; in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland a DVD and Blu-ray release is announced for April 8, 2019.

synchronization

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Izuku "Deku" Midoriya Daiki Yamashita
Toshinori "All Might" Yagi Kenta Miyake
Katsugi Bakugo Nobuhiko Okamoto
Ochako Uraraka Ayane Sakura
Shōto Todoroki Yūki Kaaji
Tenya Iida Kaito Ishikawa
David Shield Katsuhisa Namase
Ryōhei Kimura (young)
Melissa Shield Mirai Shida
tungsten Rikiya Koyama
Momo Yaoyoruzu Marina Inoue
Eijirō Kirishima Toshiki Masuda
Jirō Kyōko Kei Shindo
Mineta Minoru Ryō Hirohashi
Denki Kaminari Tasuku Hatanaka
Asui Tsuyu Aoi Yūki

success

Commercially

In Japan , the film grossed around 500 million yen within the first three days , the equivalent of almost 4.5 million US dollars , and thus reached number four in the Japanese cinema charts. After the second weekend, the film landed in seventh place, before the film slipped out of the top 10 from the third weekend. According to the 42nd edition of Shūkan Shōnen Jump , the film made 1.5 billion yen in the Japanese market, the equivalent of about 13.5 million US dollars.

In Hong Kong , the film grossed just over $ 112,000. In Argentina , just over 5,000 tickets were sold on the first weekend. In Mexico , 82,000 people saw the film, which grossed 6.8 million pesos , about 330,000 US dollars, and was thus described as the most commercially successful film of the Konnichiwa Festival .

In the United States , the film advanced to a success, as it positioned itself in third place in the US box office, despite the limited broadcasting, outperforming other films in the top 10 - My Hero Academia: Two Heroes therefore played 1,400 US dollars more than other films - and grossed just over $ 5.75 million. In Australia and New Zealand , the film grossed just under $ 205,000 by November 2018.

In Argentina the film grossed around 50,000 dollars by the turn of the year, in Bolivia just under 2,400 dollars and in Paraguay almost 3,300 dollars .

Media response

The film received mostly positive reviews. The Los Angeles Times described the film as a "high-quality mixture of heroism , comedy , friendship and do-not-take-prisoner fighting". In addition, the English voice actor was Justin Briner , who speaks in the film Izuku Midoriya praised for his excellent work, as he did it "to let be credible and likeable character." Miranda Sanchez wrote in her film review for IGN Entertainment , the film funny but hardly shows interesting deposits. She describes the film as entertaining, but criticized the lack of development within the world of My Hero Academia .

Awards and nominations

year Award category For result swell
2019 The Anime Award Best movie My Hero Academia: Two Heroes Won

Other

A one-shot spin-off manga that focuses on the two characters David and Melissa Shield was published in the 35th issue of Shūkan Shōnen Jump on July 30, 2018. The drawings are from Yōkō Akiyama.

Web links

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