My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission is set to hit U.S. theaters this October. The film is a part of the massively popular My Hero Academia anime franchise, which premiered its fifth season this year on Funimation. The show, which is based on a manga about a world where people have superpowers known as "quirks" and a young boy with no powers who dreams of being a hero, is the latest international animation megahit from Japan. The franchise has spawned a seemingly infinite number of toys, novels, and video games. It was also adapted into a musical that played in Japan in April 2019 and, of course, there is also the upcoming My Hero Academia live-action film.
The third animated feature film in the series, My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission, has been hotly anticipated by international fans following its release in Japan in early August. The standalone story, which features the series regulars in both the original Japanese and the English dub, will follow characters Izuku Midoriya (Daiki Yamashita/Justin Briner), Shoto Todoroki (Yuki Kaji/David Matranga), and Katsuki Bakugo (Nobuhiko Okamoto/Clifford Chapin) as an ill-fated internship leads them to being wanted nationwide for a crime they didn't commit. The movie, which was helmed by series director Kenji Nagasaki, is 140 minutes long.
My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission, will premiere in over 1,500 U.S. and Canadian theaters, both subtitled and dubbed, on October 29. The U.K. and Ireland will get the film on the same day, and theaters in Australia and New Zealand will have the premiere one day early on October 28. Funimation has also teased upcoming announcements for dates in Latin America and Scandinavia. Check out the new English-subtitled trailer from Funimation below:
October might seem far away, but fans who can't wait to check out My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission can whet their appetites while they're waiting with the one-shot prequel manga, Endeavor's Mission. If there's one thing My Hero fans aren't hurting for, it's content. For those who want to secure their opening night seats, make sure to keep an eye out when pre-sales go up on October 1.
It remains to be seen if the American fervor for the anime can overcome the depressed box office of the coronavirus pandemic. However, the previous film, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, made $13 million in the U.S. box office compared to the first film's $6 million (despite international box office numbers plateauing). So, clearly the audience is only getting hungrier on this side of the Pacific, and My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission certainly has a shot to keep the streak going.
Source: Funimation