The highly anticipated My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission finally has a release date for North American audiences, with the film set to release in theaters later this year.
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Funimation announced on Wednesday that the next cinematic installment in the incredibly popular anime series will release in more than 1,500 theaters in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Ireland on October 29. For those in Australia and New Zealand, the film will release on October 28 in theaters. Funimation also announced that the film will be coming soon to Latin America (in Spanish and Portuguese) and to Scandinavia at a time to be announced later.
Check out the official subtitled teaser trailer below:
“In My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission, U.A. High School students Izuku Midoriya, Shoto Todoroki, and Katsuki Bakugo face the greatest crisis in My Hero Academia history, with only two hours to save the world!” reads the official synopsis. “During their internship with the number one Pro Hero Endeavor Agency, Deku and his new friend Rody find themselves wanted nationwide for a crime they didn’t commit. Can Deku and his friends stop Humarise’s global plans of eliminating all Quirks?”
Directed by Kenji Nagasaki, My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission is the third film from the popular anime series. Its previous films have seen plenty of success. My Hero Academia: Two Heroes, the first film, released in 2018, grossed $5.7 million at the US box office. The second film, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising premiered in the US in 2020, and earned approximately $2.5 million on opening day.
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My Hero Academia began as a manga series written and illustrated by Kohei Horikoshi. It was first serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2014. The anime television adaptation made its debut in 2016. Both are still ongoing.
