U.A. High School's students of Class 1-A have made it to summer break. Izuku Midoriya accompanies his mentor All Might to a celebratory superhero festival on I-Island, an isolated patch of land dedicated to researching Quirks and everything else associated with the hero business. Midoriya is granted the opportunity to meet All Might's friend Dave and Dave's daughter Melissa, two talented hero equipment engineers. He also encounters his classmates, most of whom have been given the opportunity to spend part of their summer break at the festival.
However, a mysterious squad of villains infiltrates I-Island, and it is up to Midoriya and his friends to confront them, using their developing Quirks to fight off the new enemy and uncover a treacherous plot.
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ramenyst
Not the greatest anime movie I've seen, but definitely far from the worse. The plot is kind of predictable but the fact that it's not a filler movie that pulled a plot out of its arse, it actually provides us some background story of All Might and adds to his characterization earns an 8/10 from me. Story: 8/10 Plot didn't really get me super excited as I watched (maybe I was expecting too much after seeing the plot of this series). The movie's plot is rather simple. Twists are predictable. But the fights and character interaction makes up those flaws. Art: 7/10 some part of the artgets super bad, like those screenshots of Naruto va Pain where the character faces are all messed up and weird. But for the most part the art is pretty good, especially for the final battle. Man, it's great! The California Smash is epic too!
Sound: 9/10 Even till now, the ending song's still stuck in my head. I can hum it right now if you want... and the voice actors are great of course, as always.
Character: 9/10 Younger All Might. That sums it up why it's good.
Enjoyment: 8/10 I had high expectations of it and wasn't...exactly disappointed so I'm giving it an 8. Particularly that Theme Park place looks interesting, deffo wanna go if possible. That's perhaps the part I enjoyed the most, watching Bakugo, Kirishima, Todoroki, and Izuku fight their way to the top spot and all those cool gadgets Izuku tried on lol.
Overall: 8/10 Not bad for a first movie. Definitely worth the watch. You'll learn quite a lot about the bnha world. Still, I'm hoping the next movie will be better.
websky
Boku no Hero Academia the Movie: Futari no Hero is predictable, from the very beginning, but still a typical shounen movie that will make you smile. It's an enjoyable movie, but this is overshadowed by the fact the artwork looks like a budget episode from the series (most of the time anime movies have better animation, but I find it's the opposite here). They introduce the new characters well. Melissa despite being a little bland you can get behind her actions. Dave as well, when you find out his motivation and relationship with All Might. Though I find the movie gives quite a bitof clunky dialogue with the characters, and at times it seems awkward, as it feels like the characters are just speaking "exposition". There's also a large beginning portion of the movie in the first act dedicated to the same flashbacks you've seen a hundred times in the anime.
I think the story's main problem is adding almost too many of the classmates, some of the kids from UA just happen to be on the Island, and aren't intricate to the plot at all it's just a shot of them in the hotel room, and it's kind of a pointless addition. The characters who take part in the final fight have a purpose, and as they move up the floors you can get behind their actions, but it almost feels they brought to many of them, and would have done better with a tighter cast of just five of them.
The other problem is, a lot of the plot is just predictable at the end, you can almost see every turn coming. The final fight also used 'the power of friendship' trope that I often find the show usually doesn't resort to, making the final encounter almost a bit redundant as it keeps going.
The use of the soundtrack to kind of felt like they were checking off items in a box, making sure to hit every one of the classic music from the series. At times these are used epic, other times though it feels really out of place and like they should have used an original track and not tried to force one we've already heard that doesn't quite fit the scene.
Overall it is a good movie with a few quick laughs (also a lot more guns than ever seen before, they really are in America now, huh), but the art almost makes it feel like a TV special and like the movie was rushed because of all the hype going on with the series. But if you like the anime, you'll probably like the movie, so it's worth taking a look.
KanonDE
I watched this movie some days ago and it's one of the worst movies I have watched in a long time and entirely just feels like a cheap cash grab. Story The story is the first big problem with the movie because the movie relies completely on plot conveniences and it's incredible just how predictable everything is I literally knew how everything will end in the first 10 minutes of watching it. Art Simply put, the art/animations in this movie are horrendous and it's unbelievable that Studio Bones released it like this. In some scenes they used really ugly looking CGI which didn't fit at all and somehow itfeels like they just didn't cared about the movie at all and just wanted to get it quickly released to cash in on bnha fans which is a shame because the main series looks actually amazing at parts.
Sound
The OST in the movie is good and it has a lot of nice tracks which all fit to the scenes in which they play and there isn't much more to say about the OST, but it is the strongest part of the movie.
Character
The movie features for the most part the same characters we know from the series and it mostly seemed like rather bland fanservice that everyone was coincidentally there and the new characters in the movie were all pretty 1 dimensional and really nothing note worthy.
Enjoyment/Overall
I absolutely did not enjoy this movie and it is beyond me how anyone out there could enjoy it if they watched the same movie as I did and it even makes me sad that the movie was such a disappointment because the main series had a lot of really good moments, but this movie didn't had any.
Overall the movie is a 1/10 for me and I guess the movie was just a quick cash grab from studio bones so they have budget for Mob Psycho S2.
Nutmeg_Juice
This movie is what you would expect from a MHA movie. It centers around the lovable and diverse cast of characters, all in a self-contained arc of heroism and villainy. I walked into this movie expecting well animated action scenes mixed in with fun character interactions and dynamics. The movie did indeed match my expectations in that regard. Story: 7 Not the strongest aspect of this movie, as it was pretty predictable and cookie-cutter for a movie about heroes. The plot can be basically boiled down into good guys hitting bad guys - which pretty much completely sums up the content of this show. Not allis as mundane as I am making it sound though, as the movie also contains some narrative points involving All Might that I'm certain many would find interesting. Additionally, there were some genuinely thoughtful and cute scenes scattered throughout which stands out amidst the simple (but by no means bad) storyline.
Art: 9
Yet again, this is the same art style we are used to seeing with the TV series. It doesn't seem like any extra effort or time was put into the drawing and framing of each shot. The art was great to begin with, so no complaints here. We got more of what we already love. Oh, and I can't talk about art without mentioning the fight scenes. I'm not going to spoil anything - but trust me they seem to have went the extra mile with those.
Sound: 9
The classic MHA soundtrack. I think most, if not all of the OST is used somewhere in this movie. Once again, the OST is great. So no complaints here either.
Character: 8
Not all the characters from Class 1-A is focused on in this movie, which is reasonable considering that it may turn out to be an animation and narrative nightmare for the staff over at BONES to include and do justice to so many of the characters we know and have grown attached to over time. The movie still faces this problem of no real 'character development' and I use this term loosely because it can be argued that there is. However, the point I'm trying to convey is that nothing much in this movie is consequential in affecting the wider narrative. The movie chooses to base the character's conversations on pre-established character dynamics instead. With a weaker cast of characters, this may prove to be a problem. But due to the sheer charisma and good pre-established relationships, this doesn't serve to be much of a problem in this film.
Enjoyment: 9
I got to watch this movie in a Japanese cinema, which definitely played a part in affecting my enjoyment of it. The characters were fun to watch, the fight scenes were exciting and clever, and the fan-service uh... was there (it honestly got to the point where it was straight out cringy at times for me, but I'm sure people would enjoy it nonetheless) - what more could you ask for.
TL;DR
My Hero Academia The Movie, is by no means groundbreaking or remotely close to it. It is pure fun. If you like the series already; watch this movie. And if you don't; you shouldn't go into this one expecting it to be any different.
edarel-triparte
This movie is the very definition of mediocre. First of all, right off the bat I'm gonna say, Boku No Hero is a series I deeply enjoy. Even tho I clearly understand It's pretty cliche and by-the-books, it's been overall nicely paced and competently directed. So, when I saw they were going to make a movie I became very excited. A movie has the perfect runtime to present a self contained story, where we can get to know our favorite characters in a more intimate way. The anime follows the events of the manga religiously, so I understand why there's no much room to improve uponthe source material.
That's why I really looked forward to this movie. Right from the start we know this film it's pretty much strictly tied to what it can and can't do. This happens between the 2nd and 3rd season, so pretty much nothing of importance can happen during it's runtime, as it needs to left us right where we were at the beginning. And because of that of that the scale and scope of the events presented don't really have much impact in the universe. However, this necessarily didn't had to be bad, as it may not had an impact in the world but in characters of this universe.
However, this is where the movie fails for me. this feels like 4 episodes stitched together. events just happen one after another with not much rhyme or reason. Just like in the show, there's no much depth to our cast at all. All of our dear students are the same archetypes we know. This is not itself bad, however, this felt like a really missed opportunity to flesh out those that we don't know very well beyond face value. Just like in the show, we're just there to watch Midoriya save the day and in a more minor way Todoroki and Bakugo being cool and stuff. Everyone else is just a backdrop nedeed in order to shove them in the promotional material.
Ultimately this doesn't feel like it had any right to exist beyond banking on the popularity of the show.
Maybe you could say, "Hey, that's pretty stupid. 99% of the anime out there exists only because of committees wanting to make some bucks."
And in a certain way, you're right. Money is the motor that moves the anime industry. However, I just can't let this movie go without guilt. There's so much media out there that exists with the sole purpose of making a profit on an already established franchise that is also very well made and has some value beyond the monetary gain.
Something like Gundam 0080 War In The Pocket (Which I recently reviewed, *wink wink*) comes to mind. Not driven by the major events of a story we have been told already (The O.Y.W.) but by a cast of characters that are developed, that we root for and like. None of this can be found in Futari No Hero. I can't recommend it if you're not a fan. Hell, I can't recommend it even if you are fan. There's nothing to be gained from this watching experience.
TL;DR: Imagine 4 bland forgettable shonen anime filler episodes. But instead of putting them awkwardly during the events of the show they just decide to stitch them together and release them as a bland forgettable movie.
MetaSoshi9
Saw the My Hero Academia Movie at Anime Expo about a month ago. If you know of a convention near you that will be airing the movie I highly, highly recommend checking it out there. The movie was pretty much made to be watched in an expo sort of setting. I can confidently say that if I was not in a room of screaming fan girls and boys it would be far less enjoyable. The movie overall is quite fanservicey, when the team enters the expo area that the movie takes place in they mostly end up splitting up in pairs.Pretty much every time Bakugo and Kirishima were on screen together the audience erupted into screams. In terms of visuals the sakuga in the very beginning battle with young All might and the very ending were absolutely spectacular. Especially the ending. Over time I've started to lose interest and the hype of bnha however watching that finale battle gave me goosebumps especially with everyone else cheering a long and doing the attack names. There were some parts I didn't like. For example, if you are someone who has not seen my hero academia yet, do not watch this movie. The very beginning portion of the movie spends about 5 mins recapping both season 1 and season 2. Unless you want to be spoiled on the series I recommend watching at least the first two seasons before going into this. In terms of characters, again this movie was mostly very fanservice and is pretty much the same characters and bnha fan has come to love over time. I have to say though the girls in this movie did not get much time to shine, especially compared to the male characters like even Mineta had more time to show off then Uraraka. However, that is a problem with the overall series and not just this movie. I also have to say that I didn't care that much about the character motivations, in terms of the added characters it just felt like any other sort of filler characters. These ones they tried to connect them more to Deku and All Might to make them seem empathetic but it didn't really work that much for me.
Regardless of my complaints though I still found it an incredibly enjoyable experience. I doubt my rating would still be an 8 if I saw it again in theaters (which I will anyways since they said at ax there are extra scenes in theaters) but I do appreciate what the expo watch experience brought to my overall enjoyment of the film and do encourage everyone else to also watch it at conventions.
Sasori_Nagashi
Can you say typical shounen anime movie? Like all shounen anime movies (see Dragon Ball and Naruto) this movie is filled with ridiculous reasons for the main cast to be in a position or location they would usually have no reason or even right to be in. Plot twists that anyone with an IQ above 30 could see coming just from the characters on the poster. Stupid plot armour power-ups that will have no reflection in the series as a whole ETC. Just awful writing in general, however the animation and art are a notch above the anime series and just barely made this a worthwhile experience.
Karhu
For several decades now, it has seemed like the classic shonen series (battle/fighting tournament) have been used to test out viewers just to see how shitty of a side story movies the industry can sell for fans without getting shit on. Needless to say, I was expecting the same from Hero Academia, but it actually end up being better than the entire 3rd season. I am beyond surprised. *contains spoilers* Story: Our movie takes place in this place called I-Island in where people can freely use their quirks unlike in Japan. Our main characters, Deku and All Might, head here because reasons related to All Might's health whichconnects our story with All Might's friends, Dave and Melissa Shield. This soon splits our story in two half: in the other, All Might starts talking with Dave about his health while in the another, Deku and Melissa start hanging out in the I-Island just to find out 5 seconds later how every single relevant hero-student is located on this island as well. Almost every single character introduction seen here is comedic and following the trademark sides of the cast where they pull off some characteristics related goofs, show off their skills and in generally, create slice of life type of content where our cast practically just "hangs out" together like any friends would. This side of the story is clearly fanservice, but it is rather well made considering it focuses on the personality traits of our cast and not some comedic animation sequences or lewd/awkward feelings remarks.
The actual plot centers around this evil dude who does evil things and kidnaps the entire island. Yup. Next gen stuff, his hostage is a whole damn continent. Heroes such as All Might all are left hopeless because magic ropes, but there is no reason to worry because our heroes-in-training are here to save the day. All they have to do is hit the highest floor of this building they are all located at because there is some security system up there that they can go to overwrite. It's always the top floor in these situations, but especially in this case, it turns out to be a real challenge to go there because the building is like 100 floors in height and the architect who designed the damn thing was clearly suffering from schizophrenia. Villains who appear like the assholes that they are and slow us down, are not helping either, but at least Kacchan can get pissed as fudge at them so that was kinda cool.
Characters:
Let's make few things clear. Sticky Hair Dude is the real hero and real MVP of this movie. He creates the good stuff here with his respect for beautiful women, by throwing those hairballs at every godddamn villain he sees and even by climbing a wall like Usain Bolt hitting 100 meter dash because he is so motivated by the idea of having his own harem. And another important note: Melissa Shield is now the best girl. That's right. Uragravity, Ribbitfu (who isn't even in this movie) and Momo with her fabulous hair can all make way now, new besto girl is way more mature and adorable than any of the former, moreover, she looks hot as hell. Not to say that any other girls didn't. In this movie, the entire cast is wearing their best suits and dresses, all new haircuts and some extra makeups, too. Hotshit. I guess the dudes are also handsome, dunno I don't swing that way. The main villain is actually the metal-controlling freak from X-Men, shoutouts to him for giving his time and participating in this crossover. Sick, overpowered mofo, but damn even dudes like that can't beat the power of friendship which is the biggest badassery on earth / any other planet.
Production:
Based Bones, no compromises have been made. Few things stand out, especially the final move and the whole scene where All Might and Deku run side by side is awesome as fudge. Bit more music would have been nice, but the atmosphere was achieved without so I guess can't complain too much. Pacing wise, this thing is incredibly well-balanced, smooth and build with clear vision on how the story should change from slice of life fanservice to more serious writing. Comedic reliefs are especially well-timed here. Another great example of this is a scene where All Might gets drowned in puss.. kisses. Overall, this movie reminded me the most of Shokugeki no Soma's style with its way to offer character centric comedy while holding its serious side. Smart stuff, especially when considering that the cast has always been the strongest side of both of the franchises.
Conclusion:
This is fanservice heavy movie, but it is the type of service that respects the series fans and doesn't come off as out of character behavior. In fact, it respects the cast and deals with them more honestly/genuinely than season 3 which made the cast comedic devices and blatantly used them in melodramatic crying scenes. This thing is also quite generic on paper, but the cast and the not-so-serious approach make the thing highly entertaining to watch. I hope S04 will be more like this and less like its predecessor. Ideally, more like S02, but this is surely a better option than S03 route.
animefan0071
Just as expecting from a movie based on such I don't know how to put it unique, entertaining whatever. Just got to see this movie in theater tonight and I really loved it as I expected the animation was a bit not older or choppy but I think made for more of a smaller screen maybe (or that could just be my sight). No real complaints about this movie, the cast was on point the music was great like always. Only other thing that I can think of that could maybe lose it points (which I really hope doesnt count as a spoiler if so very sorry). Is thatthey have the recap of season 1 at the very end of the movie which if you are new to My Hero (saw it with my mom who hasn't seen the series yet, and seeing with my dad on Saturday.)
I could see that it could be a bit more confusing with it set up like that.
Again though very minor, either than that I find that this movie was pretty good and worked well.
Haaselh0ff
This review is for the English dubbed version that I saw in theaters "the best movie I've ever seen!!" is certainly not something I'd call this. The story is pretty typical, nothing to really talk about. It's not garbage but it's certainly nothing unique. The art is exactly like you'd see from a normal episode. In fact, a lot of this is like you'd see in a normal episode... it almost seems like IT IS A NORMAL EPISO- The sound... what sound? Oh, you mean the amazing Soundtrack I expected to hear throughout the movie? Yeah... almost nonexistent. Where was it? IDK. It seemed like the sound designer tooka fiesta for this one. Bits of dialogue with no background sounds whatsoever. Complete silence that, in a theater, was actually jarring to hear. Maybe Funimation screwed up the dubbed version and the subbed is a million times better (or it could have even been the theater for all i know) but from what I heard and saw, the sound design in this film was pitiful. Felt like no original music whatsoever was used, All-For-One's theme was used for a bit during the villain fight (which was alright in context but felt like they could've done something different here) (Note: the villain of this film is NOT all-for-one, hence why it's strange to hear a theme for a villain whose given less than 20 seconds of screen time).
The characters are the same characters you remembered from Season 2 with the addition of a few new ones that were fine. Just fine... Everything was just fine.
Enjoyment. The movie started strong with All-Might's past and setting up his relationship with Dave Shield (although I question if All Might saved anything here... all that cash flying in the wind...) and I felt like it was doing okay up until it got to the villains showing up. From there my enjoyment started to drop... before getting a little hyped again during the Magneto battle... and then falling again at how predictable everything was.
6/10. I had higher hopes, perhaps that was on me. Felt more like a 1hr 30min episode.
PunkyBoyGWiz
I am a big fan of Hero Academia but this movie sucks, it's so predictable and boring I could barely finish it. The dialog is so cheesy and the new characters aren't interesting at all. This only has a high rating based off the already popular tv show. I have no clue who would give this an 8 or higher that's crazy. I wouldn't recommend anyone to watch this just skip it, I was expecting better. This doesn't make me change my mind about how season 4 will be though I'm still looking forward to that. Maybe some very young viewers or new anime watcherswould enjoy this but besides that I don't get the point of this movie. Season 3 was already doing well this just makes the show look bad to people that haven't seen it. If I had just watched this without seeing any of the tv show I would have thought the show sucked and never given it a chance, this is not a good look.
Weeboi108
I Think this movie is a great addition to the series and it did an amazing job at setting a backstory for all might and new characters to the series that could play a huge roll next season (I hope). I HIGHLY recommend watching it in theatres, watching it with so many people was an experience on it's own and just the quality of the movie is much more appreciated on the big screen. The animation is probably some of the best I've seen in any anime movie especially the fight scenes, it was like the entire movie was sakuga, they were just so fluid andwas so nice to look at.
My only problem was that at times it felt like it could have just been a 3 or 4 episode sub-arc but I'm glad they made it into a movie.
It's not the best anime movie and it didn't make me emotional but as an addition to the series it is amazing. 9/10
msoares0079
Sorry for the google translation, I did my best History: 5 The story is no big deal, part of the twists in the story with Dave, Sam, Melissa, Deku and the villain was terrible, seriously, it seems to be Naruto in the War, one thing after another that makes history change, it may seem strange, but think like the Akatsuki, the leader of each plot is that which is controlled by B, which is the will of C. Art: 8 Nothing much different from the anime, in some parts the anime is better. My problem with art was that it season three, when I knew this, I expected more. Sound: 8 Nothingto comment on, not memorable either for good or bad sense
Character: 8 *
This note has one though. It's 8 if the characters are going to be reused at some point, I think so, but if they're just characters in the movie, the note decrease. About Dave and Melissa, I would like if they (for me, only Melissa worth) were deepened
Enjoy: 5
It's a meeh ... it was not a good movie for me, when they start running to climb the tower, I immediately think "look at the movie HxH, the worst for me, but the fights for me are cool, but the plot is a shit ", in the end Futari no Hero, proves be the same film. The only point positive in BnH was not trying a new concept (I am talk about you the anti-nem or dark nem or nem malefic).
Shonen Factor: ?????
This category varies from person to person, if the movie were more direct, I would like more, but no, it was annoying. The character stops to talking, I know Boku no Hero is not only fights, but the time needs action, my feelings were of when the movie ends. This is a sin of Shonen's, history and on plan are important, but it can not disturb the rhythm of the narrative.
Villan: 3
This is strange, I could not ask a villain with background story, but this is mediocre, no, mediocre is a praise. I'd rather have been random thugs who wanted to ruin the conference for X-reason or dislike All Might, but this is ridiculous, the relationship with All for One and the monstrous form were jokes to my intelligence. I like it when All Might arrives and destroys the helicopters. I thought "WOWWWW, he killed the villain who kidnapped his friend, the ORU MAITO badass," but the scene with the villain alive was an insult to me.
General: 6
Many characters, mediocre story, OK fights, even technical quality of anime or rather introduction of two people who perhaps influence the story. Overall it's a good movie, watch it once and it's over. The best way to remember this is by watching AMV, but it is a waste of time. You probably have better things to do than watch mediocre movies that do not involve anything, it's not wrong the movie has nothing to say (or not, I do not know if Dave and Melissa will come back) One Piece movies are like that, but they are narratively complete and good story (I do not watch all the movies to say this other than the last 4). Futari no Hero, was not necessary for me, unless Melissa returned to the canon of history. And is awesome watch the young All Might.
Again, Sorry for the google translation, I did my best
Waifuplace
This movie isn't bad for it's first. You get some backstory of All Might's younger days. And throughout the movie class 1-A all played a big part in it. Even Grape Juice over here. You really get to feel the characters emotions very well! Especially Midoriya and All Might's. If you already love the anime I recommend you watch this. Especially sense it's canon to the actual series. Story: 8/10 A bit predictable, but enjoyable nonetheless Art: 7/10 Some parts get bad, overall arts beautiful Sound: 9/10Honestly MHA never fails with their sound
Character: 10/10
You can really feel them!
Enjoyment: 10/10
I really enjoyed this movie! Had a good laugh, goosebumps, & hype!
Overall: 9.34/10 With the recommendation to - watch it!
Juun1
here my second review,. first i just wanna watch west movie in cinema, but the seat is full. so, i just drag to another movie, then unfortunately i found this movie. i was really surpirsed. i expect very bad from watcing anime movie in cinema, but this is good. the beginning was a bit boring , and i know what it will be come to end. so i just dont have anything good to this anime, but when it comes to fight, i was really excited, and to be honest its Really "GOOD" hahaa. maybe cause i am shounenfag, but seriously , its really good. ienjoy the movie so much, i really like the main character really showing his skill. you know when you watch the third season, there is only little that show the main character greatness or what should i call "power showing". i bring 2 friends with me, and they're enjoyed the movie, even they not a weebs, hahaaa.
thats it the first review from me ;
story : 7
character: 9 (new waifu and others )
enjoyment : 10
overall : 9
lethargilistic
Unambitious anime movie that exists primarily so that there would be at least one movie attached to the series. If anything is impressive about it, it's the relative diversity of "requisite anime tropes" it draws from. They go to a carnival island where the rules of the main story apply less (never relevant), they need to climb to the top floor of a tower (that is never visually interesting), the movie is a movie-original escort mission (which never goes over well), the climax of the movie is two of the main characters combining their main attack. Being derivative isn't bad; it's often very good. However,I didn't find any impressive ideas to latch on to. There's something about passing the torch to the next generation, and how holding on to the past leaves us vulnerable, but that's about it.
The best thing about it could have been having the main cast interact outside of a school setting, but even that was limited. The best scene in the movie was a group of three girl main characters believing that Midoriya was on a date with the movie original character. Jiro rolling her ear lobes like she was boxing up made it stand out among everything else. All the other characters' appearances are just strings of coincidences. They make surprise rescues when Midoriya gets into a fix like three times.
It also has the issue with the main series, where the main characters are all needlessly repressed by the structure imposed upon them by adults. Youth liberation now, baby.
I want to like it more, but it's hard to when it feels like the movie took those useful tropes and then... rested. I kept thinking about how much more visually interesting the tower in "Pokémon 3" was. Or how much better fleshed out the relationship between, say, Gohan and Goku would have been within the context of this movie (All Might spends most of it tied up away from Midoriya).
All Might's youthful design is really nice, though!
Jefumaru
This movie is serviceable. The story is simple, straightforward, predictable, and inconsequential. It all takes place on a far off island that we’ll probably never see again in the series. Since there are zero real stakes involved, it makes it hard to feel invested in what’s going on. I suppose that is what is to be expected with Shounen anime movies, though. The opening scene has a young All Might apprehending a villain which was probably the most exciting part of the whole movie. If the rest of the story were just young All Might adventures, I think I might have enjoyed that more. The artdoesn’t seem to stand out from the original anime up until about the last 10 to 15 minutes of the movie, where it seems like most of the budget went. The fight scenes are nothing unique and interesting, except for the final one, so you won’t see the characters doing anything different with their powers than you would see them do in the show. The students’ colorful hero outfits are traded in for boring formal attire for most of the movie, which is disappointing since it gives the whole movie a very gray and sanitized look.
This was my first time watching these characters voiced by their English VAs, and I have to say, I’m impressed. Each character sounded completely natural and their voice actor fit their personality to a T. The music was fine, but not memorable.
The two original characters introduced in this movie are essentially the poster boy and poster girl for quirkless heroes. As father-daughter-combo scientists, Melissa and Dave use their inventions to help the heroes save the day. On the one hand, their presence is appreciated since it adds a new layer to the world of MHA we haven’t seen before. How much respect can you gain as a quirkless person in this world? The answer is: quite a lot, it seems. On the other hand, their presence is a detriment because they can essentially invent anything that can solve any of the heroes’ problems. And in this movie, they actually do invent devices which would greatly help our main characters. But of course, such devices are not meant to last and will never be spoken of again. As characters themselves, I think I will forget about them soon, given their generic personalities and bland design. Melissa is your typical one-note optimist while Dave is only slightly interesting because of his friendship with All Might. The villain is also pretty forgettable, he’s your vanilla bad guy that’s barely worth mentioning.
Overall, the movie was a fairly enjoyable ride that I think other fans of MHA will enjoy, since it technically delivers the stuff that MHA is known for - big heroic fights involving characters we love. That being said, I don’t think it comes close to matching the emotional heights that the original anime has reached. As a one-off filler movie, it’s impossible to do that. Still, I would have hoped to see something new. A young All Might was fun to watch, but beyond that there is not much to this movie, and I don’t think fans would miss much by not watching it.
Eoussama
If there is a specific level that a certain Anime have to achieve in order to be titled as a true mainstream show is getting a movie adaptation, from which a lot of newcomers can get a glance of what the show is really about and converting them into fans of the show until it comes all full circle. This is a crucial move to do as it can be the defining factor of a lot of potential fans to get in the show and many franchises fail at delivering the awaited experience. And it was about time “Boku no Hero Academia” made that move,and it scored like a Detroit Smash.
Story (8/10):
A lot of Movie adaptations of already established shows, be them great or not fall short on keeping on the same track and reserving the identity of the parent show as they carry on Movie's original story, and it ends up with either creaking plot holes or being anything but the original show it stands in the shoes of.
The story of this movie feels like something you'd get on a canon arc in one of the seasons, it discusses familiar problems to the show and tackles everything carefully so as not to contradict the main story.
What started as a fun trip to a VIP party that had all of class A present turned out to be a planned heist on a large scale that put several hostages on the vacation island in danger, until, of course, the day is saved by our boys and girls, a pretty linear and self-contained plot to sit through in an hour and a half long seat that doesn't bore you due to the great pacing that shifts the focus around so as to limit repetition and grind and take carry in the important part of the story.
Art (9.5/10):
And we thought some of the fights that lasted at best 10 minutes in the parent series looked this good, a movie really does bring the best quality in term of visual production.
Sharing the same studio as its parent series, Studio Bones, the art style didn't differ at all from what we're quite acquainted with, but we do get quite a boost in fluidity in animation, it was like upgrading from an old gen console to the latest beastly gaming computers in the market.
Sound (8.5/10):
The voice acting cast behind the characters in “Boku no Hero Academia” have always done an exceptional job at performing the emotional and crucial moments of the story, the cries of a desperate teenager or the screams of a doomed victim, only your ear can truly appreciate.
I'm very glad that the original soundtrack was still present and with an extra emphasis on how much action the movie had packed up.
Characters (7/10):
The movie had some pretty interesting characters involved that related to All Might's backstory way back before his debut as a pro-hero which alone helped explain a lot of questions that the main story asked. Dr. David and his daughter that aspires to be a great doctor just like her father are both the first characters aside from Deku that we come to know are quirkless which puts a lot in common with our already protagonist, Deku, and these new faces that ARE a protagonist in this movie.
I kind of wanted a lot of involvement from the rest of class A, but as always, Deku took all the spotlights as a jerky main character and the rest ended up being kind of neglected in comparison, going to an extent of only featuring some of them in a mere 3 seconds or less screen time, not a cool move at all.
Enjoyment (8/10):
Watching the first movie of a great series was a blast, experiencing a new take on the show that feels like starting off fresh from zero but not at the same time, the fights were amazing and the action kept consistent all the time.
The flashbacks involving All Might are something the main story lacks the most and being able to see some of them in here was just so worth it.
Overall (8.2/10):
Just watch it, and dare I say, even if you're not caught up, it does spoil some minor details, but unless you were super attentive to the dialogue, you won't even notice, it was truly meant to be that one movie that gets people into the series without showing too much.
Demiscis
I'm going to make this short, too many people are trying to view this movie as something that it was never going to be...this movie, like the anime, is supposed to make you feel good and happy with the whole "good triumphs evil". The plot was good (although kinda expected), the fight scenes were cool, and the ending wrapped it up in a nice box. Story: 8 Although i'd say it's the most lacking part of the movie as a whole it's still really good compared to what we have come to expect from anime movies. Art: 9 Your typical Boku no Hero Academia art style, not much elseto say really.
Character: 9
Same as before, the kind of characters you have come to know and love.
Enjoyment: 10
It makes you feel good, it is a enjoyable experience and that is what matters.
