is a 2018 Japanese animated superhero film based on an original story featuring the characters of My Hero Academia manga series by Kōhei Horikoshi. Produced by Bones and distributed by Toho, the film is directed by Kenji Nagasaki from a script written by Yōsuke Kuroda and features an ensemble cast that includes Daiki Yamashita, Kenta Miyake, Mirai Shida, Katsuhisa Namase, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Ayane Sakura, Kaito Ishikawa, Yuki Kaji, Marina Inoue, Toshiki Masuda, Ryō Hirohashi, Tasuku Hatanaka, Kei Shindō, and Rikiya Koyama. In the film, taking place between the Final Exams and the Forest Training Camp story arcs of the manga, Izuku Midoriya / Deku accompanies Toshinori Yagi / All Might in visiting his old friend at I-Island when Villains attack the artificial moving island.
A film of the franchise was announced in December 2017, with Nagasaki, Kuroda, and Yoshihiko Umakoshi confirming a few days later their return from My Hero Academia anime television series to direct the film, write the script, and design the characters, respectively. Original characters in the film were announced in April and June 2018.
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes premiered in Los Angeles on July 5, 2018, and was released in Japan on August 3, with a limited release in the United States and Canada from September 25 to October 2. The film grossed million worldwide with positive reviews from critics. It won the Crunchyroll Anime Awards for Best Film, and received nominations at the IGN Awards and Newtype Anime Awards. It was followed by two films: My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (2019) and My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021). A fourth film was announced in August 2023.
Plot
A flashback shows a young All Might as an exchange student in California, dealing with two villains who have robbed a casino. He is aided by his classmate and friend, David Shield, who eventually becomes a scientist and works with him to design many of his suits.
In the current timeline, All Might brings Izuku Midoriya with him to I-Island, a moving floating city island, in response to an invitation from David's daughter, Melissa, to surprise her father. During their reunion, David runs a test with All Might and learns about his nearly depleting Quirk, becoming horrified as he believes that All Might will not longer be able to fulfill his role as the Symbol of Peace. Meanwhile, Melissa shows Midoriya around the island, and unexpectedly encounter Midoriya's classmates from Class 1-A, who have all been invited to the island for various reasons. After enjoying the island's events, Melissa invites them to join a formal party being held with all heroes present. Prior to the formal party, Melissa confesses to Midoriya that she is quirkless, a revelation that astonishes him. She then presents him with a "Full Gauntlet," a mechanical arm device that enables him to harness the full potential of his Quirk without suffering any harm.
Meanwhile, Wolfram, a terrorist who had secretly arrived on the island, takes control of the island's security system during the party and threatens to kill its residents. He restrains all of the attending heroes, including All Might, and takes David and his assistant, Samuel Abraham, hostage to break into the island's vault. Midoriya, Melissa, and the rest of Class 1-A at the party manage to evade the attackers, and they decide to save the hostages by reaching the top of the building and deactivating the security system. Discovering their presence, Wolfram deploys forces to stop them, forcing the group to be split up as they deal with the villains and security bots. Eventually, Midoriya and Melissa are the only ones left who manage to climb to the top.
At the top of the tower, they discover that David and Samuel orchestrated the night's events. They had hired fake villains to cause a distraction in order to retrieve their greatest invention–a headset that maximizes the power of a person's Quirk–which had been confiscated and sealed away by the project's sponsors. David wishes to give it to All Might so that he can maintain his role as the Symbol of Peace. However, Wolfram arrives and reveals that he is a real villain, hired by Samuel to retrieve the headset for himself. He steals it and attempts to kill Samuel and Melissa, but David and Midoriya save them. Wolfram holds off Midoriya, kidnaps David, and escapes to the rooftop. Midoriya fails to prevent Wolfram from taking off in a helicopter with David, but Melissa takes control of the security system and frees the heroes. All Might reaches the roof and stops the helicopter from escaping.