My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising (僕のヒーローアカデミア THE MOVIE ヒーローズ:ライジング Boku no Hīrō Akademia THE MOVIE: Hīrōzu: Raijingu) is the second animated feature film based on the My Hero Academia manga series by Kohei Horikoshi. It premiered in Japanese theatres on December 20, 2019.
Plot[]
The League of Villains is pursued by Endeavor and Hawks, while driving off in a truck carrying mysterious cargo. The heroes destroy the truck, but fail to apprehend the League members, and find an empty life support capsule inside. The man inside, a villain named Nine, has escaped and regroups with his team of villains, planning to create a society where those with strong Quirks rule over others.
U.A. High's Class 1-A has been sent to the remote Nabu Island as part of a safety program. Izuku Midoriya, the holder of One for All, meets Mahoro Shimano, and her brother Katsuma, residents of the island. Bonding with them along with his rival Katsuki Bakugo, they discover that Katsuma wishes to become a hero, but Mahoro seeks to dissuade him.
Meanwhile, Mahoro and Katsuma's father is attacked by Nine and his party, with Nine stealing his Quirk. Nine, who has been empowered by All For One, can steal and possess up to nine Quirks, but his body cannot handle these Quirks without suffering damage. He seeks to use the stolen Quirk to heal himself, becoming near-invincible, but it is incompatible with his blood type. Nine surmises that the man's children might possess a better variant of it, and pursues them.
Nine and his gang arrive on the island and destroy all means of escape and communication. Class 1-A learns of the invasion and split up to stop the villains and protect the island residents. Nine finds the children and confirms Katsuma possesses the Quirk he seeks, but Midoriya intervenes before he can steal it; however, neither he nor Bakugo are a match against Nine. Despite this, they force him to retreat due to overusing his Quirks.
Class 1-A regroups and decide to attack the villains head-on, while awaiting the arrival of other heroes. Upon evacuating the islanders, the class manage to defeat the rest of Nine's crew, but are incapacitated by Nine, except for Midoriya and Bakugo. Seeing no other way to defeat Nine, Midoriya transfers One For All into Bakugo, while he uses its leftover embers. Together, the two defeat Nine, but Midoriya's One For All seemingly fades afterwards.
As professional heroes arrive, All Might finds an unconscious Bakugo and Midoriya. He realizes that One For All remains within Midoriya, as the transfer into Bakugo was interrupted, theorizing that the previous wielders of One For All wish for Midoriya to keep it. Elsewhere, Tomura Shigaraki finds and kills the weakened Nine out of spite.
With Nine's gang apprehended, the class repair damage to the island before returning home. Midoriya and Bakugo, who has lost memory of wielding One For All, say goodbye to Katsuma and Mahoro. The movie ends as Midoriya assures Katsuma he can become a hero, as All Might had done for him previously.
Production[]
On March 23, 2019, a stage event at AnimeJapan 2019 announced that a second My Hero Academia film was planned for a "winter 2019" release, with Kōhei Horikoshi responsible for supervision and original character design. On July 7, 2019, the title and release date were revealed at the "Hero Fes." event, with Horikoshi stating the film would be the last film adaptation for the series. The event also revealed that Bones would be producing the film, with Kenji Nagaski returning as director, Yōsuke Kuroda returning as writer, Yoshihiko Umakoshi returning as character designer, and Yuki Hayashi returning as composer. On October 11, 2019, it was announced that Tomoyo Kurosawa would be joining the cast as Mahoro, Yuka Terasaki would be voicing Katsuma, and sumika will perform the theme song "Higher Ground". On September 26, 2019, it was announced that Mio Imada had been cast as Slice, and Yoshio Inoue had been cast as Nine. On November 11, 2019, Weekly Shōnen Jump revealed that Kohsuke Toriumi and Shunsuke Takeuchi had been cast as villains Mummy and Chimera respectively, and on December 6, 2019, it was revealed that Yuichi Nakamura would voice Hawks.
Box Office[]
As of March 12, 2020, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising has grossed $15.1 million in Japan, as well as $13.5 million in the United States and Canada, for a total of $28.7 million worldwide.
During the opening weekend, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising ranked third at the Japanese box office, earning ¥422 million ($3.86 million) in its first three days, ¥283 million ($2.59 million) of which during the weekend. The film remained 3rd for the second weekend, dropped to 4th in its third week, dropped to 7th in its fourth weekend, and left the top 10 in its fifth weekend, though briefly rising to 9th in its sixth weekend before leaving the top 10 again. The film surpassed My Hero Academia: Two Heroes during its ninth weekend.
In the United States, the film made $2.47 million from 1,275 theaters on its first day (topping the box office), and $815,000 on its second. It went on to debut to $5.1 million in its opening weekend (a five-day total of $8.5 million), finishing fourth.
Cast[]
| Character Name | Voice actor |
|---|---|
| Izuku Midoriya | Daiki Yamashita |
| Katsuki Bakugō | Nobuhiko Okamoto |
| Shōto Todoroki | Yūki Kaji |
| Ochaco Uraraka | Ayane Sakura |
| Tenya Iida | Kaito Ishikawa |
| Momo Yaoyorozu | Marina Inoue |
| Eijiro Kirishima | Toshiki Masuda |
| Tsuyu Asui | Aoi Yūki |
| Minoru Mineta | Ryō Hirohashi |
| Denki Kaminari | Tasuku Hatanaka |
| Kyōka Jirō | Kei Shindō |
| Mina Ashido | Eri Kitamura |
| Fumikage Tokoyami | Yoshimasa Hosoya |
| Mezo Shoji | Masakazu Nishida |
| Yuga Aoyama | Kosuke Kowano |
| Mashirao Ojiro | Kosuke Miyoshi |
| Hanta Sero | Kiyotaka Furushima |
| Toru Hagakure | Kaori Nazuka |
| Rikido Sato | Toru Nara |
| Koji Koda | Takuma Nagatsuka |
| All Might | Kenta Miyake |
| Shōta Aizawa | Junichi Suwabe |
| Endeavor | Tetsu Inada |
| Hawks | Yuichi Nakamura |
| Tomura Shigaraki | Kōki Uchiyama |
| Dabi | Hiro Shimono |
| Himiko Toga | Misato Fukuen |
| Twice | Daichi Endou |
| Mr. Compress | Tsuguo Mogami |
| Spinner | Tsuguo Mogami |
| Mahoro Shimano | Tomoyo Kurosawa |
| Katsuma Shimano | Yuka Terasaki |
| Slice | Mio Imada |
| Nine | Yoshio Inoue |
| Mummy | Kōsuke Toriumi |
| Chimera | Shunsuke Takeuchi |