My Hero Academia: Two Heroes

My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (Japanese: 僕のヒーローアカデミア THE MOVIE ～２人の～, Hepburn: Boku no Hīrō Akademia Za Mūbī ～Futari no Hīrō～) is a 2018 Japanese animated superhero film based on My Hero Academia manga series by Kōhei Horikoshi. Produced by Bones, the film was directed by Kenji Nagasaki from a screenplay 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 based on an original story written by Horikoshi was announced in December 2017. Nagasaki, Kuroda, and Yoshihiko Umakoshi were confirmed a few days later to be returning from My Hero Academia television series to direct the film, write the script, and design the characters, respectively. Original characters for 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 and received positive reviews from critics. It was selected at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards as the best film of 2018 and was nominated at the Newtype Anime Awards for Best Anime Film. Two sequels have been released: My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019) and My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021).
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