My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

The second film: Class 1-A defends Nabu Island from Nine.

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising is the second film, released in Japan on December 20, 2019 and in North America on February 26, 2020. Bones produced it with Kenji Nagasaki directing and Yosuke Kuroda writing. Izuku, Katsuki, Ochaco and their classmates must protect the people of Nabu Island from a villain with an overwhelming Quirk.

Quick Facts

Director

Kenji Nagasaki

Producer

Wakana Okamura
Yoshihiro Ōyabu
Kōji Nagai
Kazumasa Sanjōba

Screenplay

Yōsuke Kuroda

Based on

My Hero Academia, Kōhei Horikoshi

Starring

Daiki Yamashita; Nobuhiko Okamoto

Music

Yuki Hayashi

Cinematography

Mayuko Furumoto

Editing

Kumiko Sakamoto

Lore & Background

The villain Nine let Daruma Ujiko experiment on him and received a copy of All For One that can take eight Quirks on top of his own Weather Manipulation; the change worsened a terminal illness, and he needs a Cell Activation Quirk to cure it. Class 1-A is on Nabu Island for a safety work programme, where Izuku meets Mahoro Shimano and her younger brother Katsuma, who dreams of becoming a hero. The story uses ideas Horikoshi had once considered for the series finale, and it was meant to be the last film until a third appeared. It grossed $30 million worldwide.