On the official site for the anime adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Kohei Horikoshi“Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia)”, a new promotional video was revealed for the fourth original film of the franchise, titled as “Boku no Hero Academia: The Movie – You Are Next” and with its premiere scheduled for next August 2 in theaters in Japan.
The video shows the new original villain “Dark Might“, who looks like “All Might” and which curiously is also interpreted by Kenta Miyake. This new film will have a completely original (i.e. non-canonical) story written by the author Kohei Horikoshiwho also supervises the project and character design, while the plot will develop in the same timeline as the seventh season of the animewhich will premiere on May 4 in Japan.
For his part, Horikoshi began publishing the manga Boku no Hero Academia in the magazine Weekly Shonen Jump from the publisher Shueisha in July 2014 and entered its last story arc in March 2021. The anime adaptation produced by the studios BONES has been ongoing since April 2016, inspiring a total of six seasons to date and a seventh already in production.
Production team
- Tensai Okamura (Nanatsu no Taizai, Ao no Exorcist, Shin Seiki Evangelion, Soul Eater) is in charge of directing the feature film at the studios bones.
- Yousuke Kuroda (Goblin Slayer, Gakuen Mokushiroku: HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD, BTOOOM!, MASHLE) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Yoshihiko Umakoshi (Gakuen Mokushiroku: HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD, Mushishi, Kenpuu Denki Berserk) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
- Yuuki Hayashi (Haikyuu!!, Death Parade, Blood Lad, Kiznaiver) is in charge of composing the soundtrack.
Synopsis of Boku no Hero Academia: The Movie – You Are Next
A society devastated by battles between heroes and enemies (villains), and infested with Datsugoku, people who have escaped from the enemies’ imprisonment facilities. Just before the final battle between heroes like the protagonist Izuku Midoriya (Deku) and his enemies, a serious incident occurs that shakes the world. What does the title “You Are Next” mean?
With the slogan “Defy the Symbol of Peace,” the image shows the members of UA Academy’s Hero Class 1A – Deku, Katsuki Bakugou, Shoto Todoroki, Ochako Uraraka and Tenya Iida – and a man who looks exactly like him. to All Might, standing restlessly beyond their gaze. What will Deku and the others face in this movie? The visual effects are full of dynamism.
Fountain: Comic Natalie
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