North American Release Announced for ‘My Hero Academia: You’re Next’ Anime Film

The fourth installment of the My Hero Academia series will be released in U.S. cinemas this fall.

My Hero Academia: You’re Next will premiere in North American theaters on October 11, 2024, with English subtitles and a dub via Toho International (Godzilla Minus One), Deadline exclusively revealed.

According to an official summary, the anime sequel is set “in a devastated society where villains are rampant” and centers on the protagonist “Izuku Midoriya, a U.A. High School student who aspires to be the best hero he can be, confronts the villain who imitates the hero he once admired,” according to an official synopsis.

According to a statement from Koji Ueda, President of Toho International, “With the North American release of Godzilla Minus One, Toho International took its initial steps forward as a film distributor, beginning down the path Toho Company Limited has already successfully traveled for many decades within Japan.” The popularity of Godzilla Minus One made it evident that American audiences prefer to see Japanese theatrical releases in the original theater setting, on a big screen with friends and fellow enthusiasts.

According to an official summary, the anime sequel is set “in a devastated society where villains are rampant” and centers on the protagonist Izuku Midoriya, a student at U.A. High School who strives to be the best hero he can be, as he battles the villain who imitates the hero he once idolized.

“This has encouraged us to bring additional Japanese titles and iconic franchises to US cinemas, and this October, we can’t wait to bring fans My Hero Academia: You’re Next for a nationwide release,” adds Ueda.

Toho Animation disclosed the North American premiere date on Saturday at the My Hero Academia Special Event at the 2024 Anime Expo in Los Angeles, after the earlier announcement of the film’s August 4 release in Japan.

My Hero Academia is a manga comic book series that first appeared in 2014 and has since sold over 100 million copies worldwide. She has also appeared on the New York Times bestseller list several times. The franchise spawned a television anime series in 2016 and three feature films: My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018), My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019), and My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission (2021).

Later in 2022, Netflix signed a deal to produce and distribute a live-action version of My Hero Academia for Legendary Entertainment, written by Joby Harold (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Transformers: Rise of the Beast) and directed by Shinsuke Sato (Kingdom).