My Hero Academia is currently the most trending and widespread anime in the world. People are actively keeping up with its story, and the franchise keeps giving us new things to discuss.
As everyone knows, Netflix has licensed the anime, which has made the OTT service a one-stop platform for anything MHA-related. However, the company plans to do more than just stream the show.
Sources have reported that Netflix has acquired the rights to produce and distribute the Hollywood live-action film inspired by My Hero Academia.
Legendary Entertainment is in charge of producing the film and announced it in 2018. Besides Netflix, TOHO also holds distribution rights for the movie in Japan.
Moreover, Joby Harold has been enlisted to write and oversee the movie’s screenplay, with Shinsuke Sato as the director. Harold has previously worked on projects like Obi-Wan Kenobi, while Shinsuke Sato has been a part of the live-action Bleach movie.
We know that the manga’s editor, Ryōsuke Yoritomi, is supervising the project for Shueisha, while Alex Garcia and Jay Ashenfelter are doing it for Legendary Entertainment. Since the production is still in the early stages, a cast and more staff haven’t been decided yet.
As for other things like the release information and more, the franchise is working on it and will give us a tentative date soon. Until then, you can sit back and enjoy the anime’s ongoing sixth season, which is creating all the buzz in the otaku community nowadays.
Season 6 has gone crazy to such an extent that fans can’t comprehend what’s going on.
Of course, this doesn’t apply to manga readers who already know what will happen and are preparing themselves for the same heartbreak again.
About My Hero Academia
My Hero Academia is a Japanese superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected in 37 tankōbon volumes as of February 2023.
It follows a quirkless boy Izuku Midoriya and how he backed the greatest Hero alive. Midoriya, a boy who has been admiring heroes and their ventures since the day he was born, came into this world without a quirk, where almost everybody is born with one.
On one fateful day, he meets All Might the greatest Hero of all time and discovers that he was quirkless as well. With his diligent attitude and unwavering spirit about being a hero, Midoriya manages to impress All Might. He is chosen to be the heir to the power of One for All.
Source: Variety
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