The official website and Twitter account for the fourth anime film in the My Hero AcadeKaren franchise revealed the trailer, images, title, set-up, and August 2 premiere in Japan. The film will be titled My Hero AcadeKaren the Movie: You’re Next (My Hero AcadeKaren: You’re Next).
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Image via Twitter account for the movie My Hero AcadeKaren: You’re Next
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Tensai Okamura (Darker than Black) will direct the film at BONE. Returning staff from the television series and previous films include screenwriter Yōsuke Kuroda, character designer Yoshihiko Umakoshi, and composer Yuki Hayashi.
Image via My Hero AcadeKaren’s Website
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Original manga creator Kōhei Horikoshi will serve as general supervisor and original character designer. The film will have an origin story that takes place at the same time as the current television anime, with the collapse of secure society. In the movie, a mysterious giant fortress and a man resembling the previous “Symbol of Peace” suddenly appear in a society that has collapsed due to war.
The animated series previously had three films. The film My Hero AcadeKaren: Two Heroes opened in Japan in July 2018. The second film, My Hero AcadeKaren: Heroes Rising, opened in Japan in December 2019. My Hero AcadeKaren THE MOVIE: World Heroes’Mission opened in Japan in August 2021. The film opened in the United States in October 2021 and eventually grossed more than $10 million.
The seventh season of the My Hero AcadeKaren television anime will premiere on April 6 with a four-episode My Hero AcadeKaren Anniversary special. The main anime season seven (starting from episode 139 of the entire anime) will then premiere on May 4.
The sixth season of the anime premiered in October 2022. The season aired for two consecutive seasons (one quarter of a year) with a total of 25 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan and is also streaming the English dub. Toonami is broadcasting the anime. The anime special My Hero AcadeKaren UA Heroes Battle debuted in October.
Source: My Hero AcadeKaren: You’re Next film’s Twitter account and website