Be sure to get you quirks on as a new visual of the My Hero Academia anime film titled My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: Futari no Hero (My Hero Academia the Movie: The Two Heroes) was released on its official website on Monday. The original characters Devitt and Melissa are featured in this new visual.
Melissa (voiced by Mirai Shida) is a quirkless girl who Deku meets in the I Island while Devitt (voiced by Katsuhisa Namase) is a childhood friend of All Might and is a scientist creating hero support item. Melissa does what she does what it takes to be able to follow in his footsteps.
The film is slated to premiere in Japan on August 3.
A video that was released last April gave us a sneak peak into the “I Island” setting and also a younger All Might! You can check out teaser trailer below:
The first My Hero Academia film takes place after the Final Exam Arc during the “Forest Training Training Arc” set on “I Island”, a floating manmade movable city. It will be revealing a certain character’s unrevealed past as well as featuring the characters of Class A.
Original manga creator Kohei Horikoshi will be chief supervisor of the film. He is also credited for the original story and character designs. The director of the anime at BONES Kenji Nagasaki will be also be directing the film along with some returning staff like composer Yuuki Hayashi, character designer Yoshihiko Umakoshi, and scriptwriter Yousuke Kuroda. TOHO will be officially distributing the film.
The film is slated to be released in Japan on August 3!
Source: Anime News Network