My Hero Academia confirmed the release date of its next movie

Through a press release, a new promotional video and image were revealed for the next original film in the franchise “Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia)”, will be titled “Boku no Hero Academia: The Movie – You Are Next” and is scheduled to premiere on next August 2 in theaters in Japan.

Let us remember that this feature film will have an original story written by the same Kohei Horikoshi, who is also responsible for supervising the project and character design. They also confirmed that the plot will develop in the same timeline as the seventh season of the anime, which will premiere on May 4 in Japan.

The press release describes the following:

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?

The second visual teaser, which has already been released, shows a gigantic golden statue of All Might standing in the center of the image. 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.

My Hero Academia is a work written and illustrated by Kouhei Horikoshi that had its first publication in July 2014. At the moment, the work has 39 compiled volumes published.

The anime seasons are available on Crunchyroll and have their Latin dubbing, which was done by actors from all over Latin America under the direction of maestro Rómulo Bernal.

voice cast

• Sebastian Reggio as Izuku “Deku” Midoriya.
• Orlando Noguera as All Might.
• Romulo Bernal as Bakugo.
• Juan Cortes as Todoroki.
• Andrea Villaverde as Uravity.
• Luis Carreno as Ingenium.

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Synopsis of My Hero Academia

The story takes place in a world where 80% of the population has developed a “Quirk”, thus emerging heroes and villains.

Among the 20% of people without any particularity is Izuku Midoriya, whose greatest wish is to be able to study at UA and become a hero like his idol All Might.

One day, after meeting All Might personally, he offers to inherit his powers upon seeing Midoriya’s great determination even though he has no powers; Since then, Midoriya agrees and begins to study at UA; where she makes new friends, meets other professional heroes, learns to master her powers and face real villains.