My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: World Heroes’ Mission, the third anime film in the My Hero Academia franchise, opened at #2 in Japan. The film opened on Friday, and sold about 720,000 tickets to earn about 940 million yen (about US$8.51 million) from Friday to Monday (Monday was a national holiday in Japan).
In the story of My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: World Heroes’ Mission, a mysterious organization dedicated to the destruction of people with Quirks has issued a threat and set bombs all over the world. Pro Heroes and those in Hero Internships scramble to find the bombs. Deku, Bakugo, and Todoroki encounter Rody, a boy living in a mobile home in their designated area of Oseon, and end up working with him.
Original manga creator Kōhei Horikoshi again served as chief supervisor and original character designer. Kenji Nagasaki returned from the television series and two previous…