 Legendary Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group, announced a live-action film based on Kouhei Horikoshi's superhero manga Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) on Wednesday. Alex Garcia (Godzilla) and Jay Ashenfelter (Pacific Rim: Uprising associate producer) will supervise the film for Legendary, with the manga's editor Ryousuke Yoritomi on behalf of Shueisha. Toho will handle the film's distribution in Japan.Boku no Hero Academia began its serialization in Weekly Shounen Jump in July 2014. Shueisha published the 20th volume on September 4, with the 21st volumes planned for a December 4 release. The manga currently has a cumulative 17 million copies of its compiled volumes in circulation. Studio Bones produced the 13-episode first anime season in Spring 2016, followed by two 25-episode seasons in Spring 2017 and Spring 2018, respectively. The 13th and 14th volumes included two OVA episodes in April and June last year. An anime film featuring an original story premiered in Japan on August 3, grossing over 1.5 billion yen. A fourth season is currently in production. VIZ Media licensed the manga in English under its Shounen Jump imprint in February 2015 and has since been publishing the series in their digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The 15th volume went on sale on October 2. Funimation licensed the anime series in North America and shipped the first season on a Blu-ray and DVD volume last April. The second season was released in two volumes on April 3 and June 5 earlier this year. Legendary's lineup of upcoming films include Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, a joint production with Warner Bros. and Toho based on the titular video game and Godzilla: King of the Monsters, a sequel to the 2014 American reboot of the franchise; both of which are scheduled to premiere next year on May 10 and 31, respectively. Godzilla vs. Kong, a crossover sequel, is in pre-production for a May 2020 release. The company is also co-producing a live-action Gundam film with animation studio Sunrise. Source: Deadline |
VindstotOct 24, 2018 11:23 PM
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| Deku: Fuck All Might. |
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| um.. okay. but why? |
| Thank you Japan for all the weird shit |
| They’re making this for normies. |
| I don't think I'll like it, but if they cast Michael Cera as Deku I'd be sort of fine with it. |
| Lmao this is fucking hilarious. |
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| my only question is mineta who’s gonna be mineta |
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| I honestly don’t see how they can make this a success, especially considering how Death Note fared. |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
| They better pick one hell of an actor to successfully capture Bakugou's character. |
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| Oh no. Oh no... Oooohhh noo.... |
| Ohh boy Here we go again with another live-action anime film. As if Dragon Ball Evolution wasn't enough of a warning... |
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| let's just put this in the best of scenarios. the movie is confirmed as the next slot in the MCU. it would still flop. and no, not because "whoitewaush!!!111!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1111!1!1!1!1!1!1" or "miscasts!!!!!" but because even with the best screenwriter on earth anime just can't fit into live action. that's why it's in the form of animation. i wouldn't be surprised if this movie killed the franchise, but it's not that well known in the west so that's more of a reach. |
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| These American live-action adaptations are pretty much never good, but go ahead Hollywood, keep making this kind of shit. Don't bother learning your lesson from past failures, just keep going until you get the one that's actually somewhat good. These properties are in the manga/anime format for a reason, and I highly doubt this one will translate over to live-action well. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| I mean super hero movies are in vogue right now, but I don't think MHA being a super hero work will save it from being shit, especially when a movie length isn't enough to do anything meaningful without grossly deviating from the source material, which they will do because its a hollywood adaption. |
| Democracy Sumashuuuu! |
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| Oh boi, shipping wars in 3D this time. |
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| I'm speechless. But who knows, it might work. |
ecchiharemgeek said: REALLY... another garbage series getting a live action movie ItsXolo said: I wonder if it can be any worse than the actual series. Would be quiet a feat. Heheh its people like you that makes me want to root for this movie to do well. Its more funner that way I guess, haha. TomDay said: i wouldn't be surprised if this movie killed the franchise, but it's not that well known in the west so that's more of a reach. I highly doubt it will kill off the franchise, that's just unbelievable. One: its an American movie & so it has not much bearing in Japan, & two: by that logic Dragon Ball or for a more recent example Ghost in the Shell shouldn't be a thing in the U.S. after their movies bombed but it hasn't majorly effected the two franchises much. |
| I used to be a watchmaker. |
| I didn't expect this, though, I probably should have. ⚰️ |
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."  |
| i know it would happened looking how successful they are on north america.... not expecting it to be faithful, but at least, entertaining movie... |
 "If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| They better pick one hell of an actor to successfully capture Bakugou's character. Just hope this doesn't end up like Dragon Ball Evolution and atleast sticks to the source material. |
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ZachM said: Taylor_Mk said: That was over a decade ago. At least bring up something not only more recent but much more of a failure like Ghost in the Shell, and it's 100+ million dollar budget that they didn't make back. Ohh boy Here we go again with another live-action anime film. As if Dragon Ball Evolution wasn't enough of a warning... It will always be quoted... and should be. |
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There's only one reaction I can have to this.  |
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| Fuck no. Every fucking time Hollywood puts its hands on an anime production the result is always a calamity. Not expecting anything from this. Moreover, even if it turns to be mildly good, I'm not going to watch it, simply because I hate live actions from shounens. Seinens are more adaptable, but in shounens it just never works. |
| Lowkey excited for this disaster. |
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| way to normielyze another franchise... |
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| At least hoping for some decent visual porn. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
Lets not go beyond plus ultra . . .  |
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| Hahahaha another trainwreck incoming. Why do these retarded suits can't understand that part of the charm in anime is that you don't need real life actors, meaning that you can get teenagers and lolis to perfectly act the way the director wants them to. Special effects and cinematic angles come in second. Good luck finding all of that in a live action movie. |
 I don't watch as much anime as before... |
| I don't care about how they handle the story but I hope that at least they will choose actors who can represent the characters well. |
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| Press F to pay respect. |
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| It'll be good in a way cause it will boost my hero academia's popularity. But lets be real,it will probably suck. |
Slimcoder said: I highly doubt it will kill off the franchise, that's just unbelievable. One: its an American movie & so it has not much bearing in Japan, & two: by that logic Dragon Ball or for a more recent example Ghost in the Shell shouldn't be a thing in the U.S. after their movies bombed but it hasn't majorly effected the two franchises much. ghost in the shell isn't an ongoing series. same for DBZ when the movie came out, S wasn't even announced. |
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