Boku no Hero Academia the Movie 2: Heroes:Rising

Izuku "Deku'' Midoriya and his fellow students in Class 1-A of UA High's hero course have been chosen to participate in a safety program on Nabu Island. To further improve their skills and gain experience in more ordinary heroics, the students aid the kind citizens with small services and everyday chores. With the low crime rate in the quiet community, all seems well and good, but the rise of a new villain threatens to put the students' courage to the test and challenge their capabilities as heroes.

A merciless villain by the name of Nine is in search of a certain "quirk" needed to fulfill his diabolical plan—creating a society where only those with the strongest quirks reign supreme. As his attack on Nabu Island endangers the lives of the residents, securing the citizens becomes the first priority for Class 1-A; defeating Nine along with his wicked accomplices is also imperative. A straightforward strategy is formulated until a young boy named Katsuma Shimano, whom Deku had befriended, suddenly requires particular protection. Concerned for the boy's wellbeing, Deku and his classmates must now devise a plan to ensure Katsuma's safety at all costs.

With Nine wreaking havoc to find the catalyst for his ill-intended schemes and the heroes desperate to defend Katsuma from harm, will Deku and his friends be able to come out victorious, or will they find themselves unable to escape a hopeless situation?

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Midoriya, Izuku Main

Yamashita, Daiki Japanese

Bakugou, Katsuki Main

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Shimano, Katsuma Main

Terasaki, Yuka Japanese

Shimano, Mahoro Main

Kurosawa, Tomoyo Japanese

Todoroki, Shouto Supporting

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

All Might Supporting

Miyake, Kenta Japanese

Aizawa, Shouta Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Kirishima, Eijirou Supporting

Masuda, Toshiki Japanese

Uraraka, Ochako Supporting

Sakura, Ayane Japanese

Toga, Himiko Supporting

Fukuen, Misato Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Nagai, Kouji Producer

Okamura, Wakana Producer

Oyabu, Yoshihiro Producer

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Feb 27, 2020

PingPongYa

Recommended

Everything about this movie... WOW WOW WOW! 100 times better than the first. I never thought I would be able to see anime in the cinema. When the characters came on the screen I was so damn happy and excited. Will do my best to keep spoilers to a minimum!

Story: 10/10
The best part about this film is that every one in class 1-A is included and have equal and awesome moments and screentime!! My favourite aspect of this movie is that they don't have pro heroes to rely on, they have to do everything themselves. We get to see how they all react in an ... actual deadly situation. I honestly am so proud of them all. On top of this, all of the awesome and underrated characters like Aoyama, Toru, Denki and Ojiro got their time to shine! Denki was particularly amazing haha. They all did great! My love for them all have skyrocketed. Especially my boy Aoyama, finally getting the recognition he deserves.

The sheer amount of character development between Deku and Bakugo alone was.. wow. I was literally speechless. It could not have been presented in a better way. The lengths they went to to save Katsuma and Mahoro was so moving and emotional. While we're at it, the villains were also amazing.

THAT CLIMAX... IF YOU SEEN IT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT!

There are a few manga spoilers, which isn't the greatest if you're an anime only viewer, however these are not major. If you don't actually have the context anyway then chances are you won't even notice.

HAWKS!! That's probably the most noticable spoiler. You probably know who he is already because he is a massive fan favourite, but if you don't there isn't a lot to worry about. He is beautiful though. So happy to finally see him animated.

And to top it all off, Horikoshi, the author, originally wanted this movie to be the ending of the entire series, so that should tell you how well thought out and amazing it is. I would have been totally satisfied if this HAD have been the ending. Taken me so long to actually process everything that happened.

Seriously, if you can, go see it in the cinema. I want to go and see it again but sadly it was a one time show... seeing everyone and all of the fights on such a big screen was so surreal. My jaw was dropped the whole time. Makes me sad that I will never get to see it again there.

Art: 10/10
The animation during those fight scenes... absolutely unbelievable. I have never seen anything like it in anything BNHA-related in the past. It was so damn beautiful and seeing it in the cinema made the experience even better. The visuals... were so on point. The fights and the emotions the animation portayed was just.. I can't. The backgrounds were beautiful as well. If you have the chance, see this in the cinema. Much better experience than you would get at home. This film was made to be seen on the big screen. So beautiful.

Sound: 10/10
The seiyuus in this were on point. Everything they did was performed perfectly. Daiki Yamashita (Deku) and Nobuhiko Okamoto (Bakugo) put in so much emotion in this. It was breathtaking to see. Everyone did such a good job. Honestly I do not think I could fault it even if I tried. The music during those scenes was also amazing. Awesome placement. And they used one of the only songs that has actually made me cry in the past (you know the one).

Yuichi Nakamura (Hawks) did awesome in his debut. Couldn't have picked a better seiyuu honestly. So happy that Hawks got into this film before his actual debut in the manga.

ED song was also great. Great way to end it off.

Character: 10/10
Bakugo and Deku's development in this was amazing. EVERYONES development was amazing. The decisions Bakugo and Deku made in this film was just... perfect. It really shows how far they have come together. Bakugo has come so damn far. I cannot help but be proud. Those two made me cry a lot. The climax of the film... no one could have predicted it.

Everyone else also grew a lot. I loved Todoroki's scenes (and Endeavor too hehe), he has come a long way to accept his flames. Everyone worked together. The chemistry between them all was great. Especially with Tokoyami... he did great. Everyone did great. Even Mineta did great, I actually don't hate him anymore.

The villains! Beautiful designs and awesome quirks. I love Nine's story and why he did what he did. Shigaraki was so badass too. The others were also great. In every fight I was on edge, I couldn't tell who was gonna win or what was gonna happen.

Katsuma and Mahoro were great too. Their quirks are so unqiue and cool. They did so well throughout the whole movie and I love them both.

AND HAWKS!! HAWKS WAS IN IT!! AND HE WAS PERFECT!!

Overall: 10/10
Honestly I cannot find one fault with this film. I had to give everything a 10/10 because honestly, I have never seen something so perfect. Everything was done perfect. It gives my scoring of a 10 a whole new meaning. Nothing I have seen so far equals to a 10 in comparison.

I saw the subbed version, so I have no idea if the dubbed was just as good - but knowing the dub voice actors, I would assume yes.

My only sadness is that the subtitles were not working for the first 5 or so minutes, so I cannot properly review what happened there. But the visuals were awesome. It wasn't the actual movie's fault, so it doesn't damper my score in the slightest.

In my overall opinion, and this isn't just the hype getting to me, I have to say that this movie was way better than any of the arcs so far (in the anime anyway) and so so much better than the first movie.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Feb 26, 2020

SableyesGrin

Mixed Feelings

I know before even writing this, I will be in the minority regarding my thoughts and feelings on this film. I will do my best to exclude spoilers but some talking points will probably require minor hints at what happens.

Story: 6
The story for this film is as cookie cutter as it gets for a shounen anime, especially a MHA film. There's a villain who, surprise, wants to rule the world and use powers to make his own kind power-based fantasy realm that doesn't work if you think about it for more than a second or two. He, of course, has to be tied into the ... League but that isn't really used much in the film, much like the last MHA film. As seen in the trailers, the film revolves around two kids on an out-of-the-way island and how 1-A defends them and the island from harm. Basic superhero story stuff. The story, however, begins to falter as it goes further and further forward with the villains seeming much more overpowered than needs to be with no real way to beat them except the classic trope of "Try to do what you're already doing but better!" After the necessary team up fight the two main heroes of this film, Izuku and Katsuki, do what they have to do and save the day. Some might consider that a bit spoiler-y but y'know, this is a superhero film. Where the story loses a lot of points for me is how the dynamic duo take down the main villain. I won't say what happened or how it happened as it was truly unexpected but holy **** was it absolute rubbish. At what was supposed to be this film's ultimate climax and explosion of emotion and "We got this" I.... burst out laughing at how unbelievable it truly was. That's all I'll say regarding it as I can't explain much without completely ruining it.

Art: 7
The art and subsequent animation that generally falls under this category was rather lackluster in regards to an anime film where animation tends to be a bit better and the drawings have a little more time put into them. As you would do, I spent a lot of the time comparing this to the last films art and animation (which I've viewed multiple times and even once before seeing this film in the theatre) and I was really let down by how just truly "eh" the film looked. The big fights and quirks looked more or less like they do in the actual anime which I felt kind of let down by. Overall though, this film still managed to achieve the MHA aesthetic and feel so that's why the art gets the highest score of this review for me.

Sound: 5
WARNING: Being in the US, the theatre was playing the film in dub so that's what I'm reviewing
The sound in this film was probably the biggest let down out of the whole film. Starting with what I found to be the worst part, the voices. I watch most anime subbed with dubs here and there and have actually watched most of MHA in both dub and sub as I usually really enjoy both voices for most characters. This film broke me. The dub was bad. Like really bad. Like I was wishing for them to switch to Japanese most of the time bad. The characters sounded washed out, reverberated like they were in a metal box, and overall some of the worst voice acting for this show and most anime I've ever heard. The line delivery was weak and the lines themselves felt like they may not have been translated as well as some other things. Conversations were awkward and people didn't always feel like they were actually talking to the people in the scene with them. After the voices comes the SFX in general. Again, the SFX just didn't hit me like most do in an anime. The explosions felt far away, the ambiance sounds (such as the ocean or the general summer sounds) sounded really poorly balanced and like they had been done by a "made for home release film" company. The SFX just weren't there for me. Now for the main part of sound that I never knew I'd miss as much as I did until it wasn't there: The music. The music in this film just isn't present in the way MHA usually uses music. Hype moments are punctuated with dull tracks, slower moments have light music at best and the climax of the film has some of the most awkward and weird feeling music I've ever felt and listened to. Due to the nature of the climax, I understood what they were going for but it just didn't land for me and I felt really disappointed by it as a whole. Overall regarding sound, the voices were lackluster, the SFX were very average at best, and the music just didn't play for me in the way I wanted an action film's music to hit

Character: 5
This film quite possibly contains some of the lamest and unoriginal characters that have ever existed in the MHA universe. MHA usually has a plethora a fun and unique characters with weird powers that they use in a way that you fall in love with, regardless of the side they're on. Heroes:Rising does not really have that. As you discover in the early parts of the film, the villain is literally just an "All-for-One" clone, but a different person. He steals quirks and uses them to try and accomplish his weird goal of remaking Earth in his image. He's literally evil because he is evil. He is, naturally as aforementioned, accompanied by 3 "henchmen" that each have their own powers that make them equally as lame. One is just an infinitely scaling, all powerful animal dude that I was bored with every moment he was on screen. Another is literally just the Inhumans' character Medusa and the final one is a dude that controls bandages. They were so painful to watch and really unbelievable when together. The chemistry didn't exist and I often found myself wondering exactly why they all were even working together anyways. Aside from the villains there are the people of the island and the two Deus E....I mean kids from the poster. The people are typical MHA people who all have quirks or are more or less normal and they were fine as background characters. The two children, however, were certainly characters alright. A young boy, Katsuma, and his sister, Mahoro, are like a tiny Deku (except Katsuma has a power) and Kota respectively. One wants to become a hero but doubts himself and his power and his sister hates heroes and think they are a bad thing...until she is miraculously saved by one and instantly loves them. They, as primary characters that were deemed so important they were protected beyond everything, are drab and feel like they've been copy-pasted into the situation so our heroes can save the day. I did not like the added characters of this film. After these added characters, I feel I'm obliged to talk about the two selling points of the film, Izuku and Katsuki. This film was supposed to be them learning to fight and work together better so they could become a true duo for the future. They had those moments. The moments where you saw them as two friends fighting and combo-ing together to try and take down a villain and show how they were incredibly similar individuals in their convictions and overall goals. Like a lot of the film, these moments were sadly punctuated with a lot of fluff and action that just didn't seem like them as characters, even after they had grown. The climax was the highlight of this for me in where a sacrifice has to be made and it truly doesn't feel like either of them earned it or truly understand what it would mean if it actually happened the way they thought it was going to. I hated it. It felt forced and rushed and like the two characters didn't actually know what they were doing, even when the film was trying to sell you on the idea they had started to work in a sense of tandem and as a true duo, not two people fighting against the same guy at the same time. The rest of our class of 1-A had some nice moments as individual characters with many of them being forced to overcome personal obstacles or fight through limitations and...go Plus Ultra, but ultimately the rest of the cast fell very flat.

Enjoyment and Overall: 6
Despite my many gripes with the film, I found myself enjoying certain aspects of the film and there were some cool action sequences. Sadly, these moments could not totally eclipse and overcome the glaring flaws of this film that caused me to laugh at the emotional climax and spend more time analysing and finding issues than enjoying what the film was trying so hard to be, a fun and fast paced superhero action film.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Feb 26, 2020

rtil

Not Recommended

If you've seen the first Hero Academia movie, you should know what to expect here - but this time the idea of a MHA fanservice story that has no bearing on the main plot has worn out its welcome. And it doesn't help that this movie hits every single plot beat that the last one did.

Once again, this film takes place on a remote island, far away from U.A. High School or any other place that might cause any plot holes. The most major difference is what's on the island - this time, it's a small, rural town full of normal people who live normal ... lives. The students are sent alone, and their job is to take care of more everyday tasks the villagers might need help with.

But, of course, a new one-off villain and his sidekicks appear on the island to wreak havoc. And while the heart of My Hero Academia is most definitely heroes vs. villains, the longer these conflicts go on, the more you need to be careful of retreading old ground. Unfortunately here, the film's villain is shockingly unoriginal in his powers and ambition. It is literally boiled down to this: he is an off-brand All for One.

The biggest problem with this is that it cheapens the conflict of AFO vs All-Might from season 3 - an enormously impactful moment in the story of MHA - as the isolated villain showdown in this film raises the stakes in absolutely insane ways that ultimately don't matter and are written off by the end.

Not only that, but what this movie promises for fans of Deku and Bakugo's rivalry is visually satisfying, but inevitably hollow. It reminded me of how powerful their face-off at the end of season 3 was, at a time when Bakugo had a rare moment of emotional vulnerability. But this time, it's just a fleeting excuse to show the two fighting together in a Yutapon-injected showdown that might as well have just been a dream.

Yes, the character interactions are fun, the little kids they save are cute, and the fights are a spectacle to behold. But the predicament the movie finds itself in the end when evil is defeated is that all must be forgotten so the actual story can continue. How it is explained away by Deku as they sail away as heroes is just laughably absurd and ultimately makes the entire film a pointless endeavor.

What hurts the most is significant talent was stretched thin at Studio Bones to make this movie happen while they were simultaneously working on season 4, which is visually apparent both here and in the series.

Recently, a rumor has been floating around that they want to make 10 - yes, ten - MHA films. After seeing this one, you can tell they're already out of ideas, and I really hope they have a change of heart and decide to focus more on the stories that actually matter. Not only does it seem they have tapped out the potential for spinoff films, but the power creep required to out-do the final fight in this movie would make Akira Toriyama blush.

If you are a MHA super-fan, there's no need to rush to see this film. You may enjoy it - especially if you are a big fan of the Deku & Bakugo rivalry - but don't expect any events that take place to ever have any more relevance than a fanfiction would. And at the end of the day, that is basically the function of this consequence-free film.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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