Ryan O'Rourke is a Senior News Writer at Collider with a specific interest in all things adult animation, video game adaptations, and the work of Mike Flanagan. When villains hack into I-Expo and trap All-Might in their nefarious plan, however, it's up to the new generation of young heroes to step up and save everyone. All-Might invites Deku along specifically to reunite with one of the legendary hero's old friends, David Shields, and his daughter Melissa. Academy in Two Heroes for I-Island, a floating city Island which is home to I-Expo – the top hero item exhibition in the world. Midoriya, aka Deku, and his classmates leave the walls of U.A. Series director Kenji Nagasaki would lead all three films with mainstay Yosuke Kuroda penning Two Heroes. Following its success, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising would immediately follow in 2019 with My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission going Plus Ultra in 2021.
Between its native Japan and other territories, the film grossed $33.4 million worldwide on the back of rave reviews.
Two Heroes broke ground for the globally popular anime My Hero Academia by marking its first of three features to release in theaters and scoring a respectable haul at the box office in the process.