My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

Name: My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Adventure
Released: 2019-12-20
Cast: Daiki Yamashita, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yoshio Inoue, Mio Imada, Yuka Terasaki

2019 | 104 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy, Adventure

Saturday Special

Why it’s a Saturday Special

It earned strong reviews (90% on Rotten Tomatoes) and audiences rate it highly (8.1 out of 10), despite soft box office. A strong pick for the weekend.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for fantasy fans, action fans and animation lovers. If you loved The Crow, start here.
The mood: Feel-good.
The pace: Fast-moving, at 1 hr 44 min.
What might put you off: It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

Class 1-A visits Nabu Island where they finally get to do some real hero work. The place is so peaceful that it's more like a vacation... until they're attacked by a villain with an unfathomable Quirk! His power is eerily familiar, and it looks like Shigaraki had a hand in the plan. But with All Might retired and citizens' lives on the line, there's no time for questions. Deku and his friends are the next generation of heroes, and they're the island's only hope.

How it earned its rating

CriticsStrong
90% on Rotten Tomatoes
AudiencesStrong
8.1 out of 10
AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
Box office & staying powerBelow par
$30 million worldwide; interest faded quickly after launch
Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 57K people sought it out in the past year