My Hero Academia The Movie: You're Next, the upcoming fourth movie based on the superhero shonen manga series by Kohei Horikoshi, has released a new trailer, new cast announcement, and a new visual. Officially announced in the Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 36-37, 2023 on August 7 last year, the title of the film was revealed on January 29, 2024, and it's scheduled to premiere on August 2, 2024 in Japan. In the movie, voice actor Kenta Miyake (the Japanese voice actor of All Might) will also voice the villainous Dark Might. You can watch the new trailer from TOHO's YouTube channel below:
The trailer puts the All Might doppelganger known as "Dark Might" in the spotlight, and as expected, it promises some intense scenes of Deku and friends trying to stop the new villain. Studio BONES is producing the animation of the movie, with Kenji Nagasaki directing it while Yosuke Kuroda is in charge of the screenplay, and Yoshihiko Umakoshi working on character designs. Series creator Kohei Horikoshi serves as the film's chief supervisor and author of the original work and character designs.
What is My Hero Academia The Movie: You're Next about?
My Hero Academia The Movie: You're Next movie is said to take place after Dark Deku Arc and before the second war, so it's about the same as where the TV anime is currently at. The official synopsis of My Hero Academia The Movie: You're Next reads:
In a society devastated by the effects of an all-out war, a mysterious giant fortress suddenly appears, swallowing up towns and people one after another. And in front of Izuku and the others, a man who looks like the “symbol of peace” stands in front of them…
There are three previous My Hero Academia movies released before this. My Hero Academia: Two Heroes movie was released in Japan in July 2018; the second movie My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising released in Japan in December 2019; and My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: World Heroes' Mission came out in Japan in August 2021.
