is a 2021 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 third film of the franchise is directed by Kenji Nagasaki from a script written by Yōsuke Kuroda and stars Daiki Yamashita, Nobuhiko Okamoto, and Yuki Kaji as part of an ensemble cast. In the film, taking place during the Endeavor Agency arc of the manga, Izuku Midoriya and his classmates join the Pro-Heroes around the world for a mission to stop a terrorist plan that will bring an end to humanity.
A third film was initially teased in November 2020 with a key visual featuring Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugo, and Shoto Todoroki. One week after it was first announced, the film was officially confirmed for a 2021 release. Its full title was revealed in March 2021 along with the announcement of the release date. Horikoshi was credited for the original story in the film and the original characters' designs.
The film premiered in Japan on August 6, 2021, and was released in the United States and Canada on October 29. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the animation and plot but criticized the character development. The film grossed over million worldwide and received a nomination at the Newtype Anime Awards. A fourth film, titled My Hero Academia: You're Next, was released in Japan on August 2, 2024.
Plot A doomsday cult known as Humarise believes that Quirks will eventually become so powerful that they will bring about the extinction of humanity. Because of this, they have planted bombs all over the world filled with "Trigger" gas which kills Quirk users by driving their Quirks out of control and dying in the process. Their leader, Flect Turn, plans to use these bombs to save humanity by killing the Quirk population.
After Humarise detonates its first Trigger Bomb, the World Heroes Association dispatches Pro Heroes and U.A. High Hero Course students to Humarise's targets in hopes of disarming the remaining bombs. Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugo, and Shoto Todoroki are among those sent to Humarise's supposed main headquarters in the country of Otheon. None of the Heroes find any trace of Humarise and they are put on standby. During an outing, Izuku, Katsuki, and Shoto encounter a jewel robbery in progress. Shoto and Katsuki pursue the thieves while Izuku gives chase to their courier Rody Soul, a street urchin who took the job to provide for his younger siblings.
Meanwhile, Alan Kay, a Humarise scientist, flees with an important briefcase but is attacked by a Humarise agent, Beros, and he crashes his car in the midst of Izuku and Rody's chase. Rody accidentally grabs Kay's briefcase shortly before Izuku catches him. They are soon attacked by the police, but Izuku escapes with Rody using Blackwhip. Izuku is publicly accused of mass murder by Otheon's chief of police, who is a member of Humarise, and goes off the grid per Shoto's advice. Izuku and Rody make their way to the neighboring country of Klayd, where the Otheon police will not have jurisdiction. Izuku sends a coded message about his new destination to Shoto, who heads off with Katsuki to join him there.
That night, Rody becomes homesick and secretly reports the briefcase to the police. The officers that arrive turn out to be Humarise agents, who attack him. Having been woken up by Rody's bird companion Pino, Izuku saves him, but is wounded by Beros during the fight. Rody apologizes to Izuku while patching him up, explaining how his father abandoned the family to join Humarise, and that he and his siblings were ostracized as a result. The two are attacked at the Klayd border by Beros, but are saved by Katsuki and Shoto, while Beros commits suicide in order to evade capture.
Later, Izuku discovers a hidden compartment in the briefcase containing a puzzle which Rody played with as a kid. Rody solves it and finds a USB device and a data disk inside. The disk contains a message from Kay, who reveals that he and Eddie Soul, Rody's father, were forced by Humarise to create the Trigger bombs; the device contains a kill code for the bombs created by Kay and Eddie. Humarise announces that they will detonate their remaining bombs in two hours, forcing the deployed Heroes to scramble in defense to find them and fight the Humarise soldiers. Izuku and the others head to Humarise's headquarters with the device on a plane piloted by Rody.
Katsuki and Shoto deal with high-ranking Humarise villains, while Izuku faces Flect Turn, whose Quirk reflects whatever comes into contact with him. Izuku is overwhelmed by Flect Turn's natural defenses, as well as his laser barrage. Rody arrives and seemingly betrays Izuku by handing over the device in exchange for his siblings' safety. Thanks to Pino, who is actually Rody's sentient Quirk which expresses his true feelings and intentions, Izuku realizes it is a feint and catches Flect Turn off guard. Realizing that Flect Turn's Quirk has a limit to how much damage it can take, Izuku uses One For All at 100%, to defeat Flect Turn with a barrage of attacks.
Meanwhile, Rody heads for the Trigger Bombs' control system, and despite being wounded by the laser defense system, he and Pino barely manage to insert the device in time, preventing the Bombs from activating. In the aftermath, Humarise's surviving members are arrested, while the Heroes are healed at the hospital. As Izuku heads back to Japan, he and Rody bid a tearful goodbye to each other. Class 1-A reunites back at U.A., while Rody gets a job at the local bar, and also pursues his dream of becoming a pilot.
Voice cast Character Japanese English Izuku Midoriya / Deku Daiki Yamashita Justin Briner Katsuki Bakugo / Dynamight Nobuhiko Okamoto Clifford Chapin Shoto Todoroki / Shoto Yuki Kaji David Matranga Toshinori Yagi / All Might Kenta Miyake Christopher Sabat Enji Todoroki / Endeavor Tetsu Inada Patrick Seitz Keigo Takami / Hawks Yuichi Nakamura Zeno Robinson Ochaco Uraraka / Uravity Ayane Sakura Luci Christian Momo Yaoyorozu / Creati Marina Inoue Colleen Clinkenbeard Minoru Mineta / Grape Juice Ryō Hirohashi Brina Palencia Tsuyu Asui / Froppy Aoi Yūki Monica Rial Kyoka Jiro / Earphone Jack Kei Shindō Trina Nishimura Eijiro Kirishima / Red Riot Toshiki Masuda Justin Cook Denki Kaminari / Chargebolt Tasuku Hatanaka Kyle Phillips Fumikage Tokoyami / Tsukuyomi Yoshimasa Hosoya Jessie James Grelle Mezo Shoji / Tentacole Masakazu Nishida Ian Sinclair Hanta Sero / Cellophane Kiyotaka Furushima Christopher Bevins Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu / Real Steel Koji Okino David Wald Tamaki Amajiki / Suneater Yūto Uemura Aaron Dismuke Nejire Hado / Nejire-chan Kiyono Yasuno Lindsay Seidel Hizashi Yamada / Present Mic Hiroyuki Yoshino Dave Trosko Claire Voyance Yōko Honna Sarah Roach Yu Takeyama / Mt. Lady Kaori Nazuka Jamie Marchi Ryuko Tatsuma / Ryukyu Kaori Yagi Katelyn Barr Shinji Nishiya / Kamui Woods Masamichi Kitada Aaron Roberts Taishiro Toyomitsu / Fat Gum Kazuyuki Okitsu Kyle Hebert Ken Ishiyama / Cementoss Kenta Ōkuma Chris Rager Kugo Sakamata / Gang Orca Shuhei Matsuda Tyler Walker Moe Kamiji / Burnin Misato Kawauchi Lisa Ortiz Salaam Takuma Miyazono Frank Todaro WHA Director Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi Jeremy Schwartz Alan Kay Hirofumi Nojima Brent Mukai Beros Mariya Ise Michelle Rojas Serpenters Junya Enoki Mike Haimoto Sidero Yūichirō Umehara D. C. Douglas Leviathan Shogo Sakata Marcus D. Stimac Rogone Yuuki Hayashi Jason Douglas Roro Soul Naomi Ōzora Michelle Rojas Lala Soul Hina Natsume Emi Lo Otheon Police commissioner Toshitsugu Takashina Bruce Carey Eddie Soul Toshihiko Seki Ivan Jasso Pino Megumi Hayashibara Cristina Vee Flect Turn Kazuya Nakai Robbie Daymond Rody Soul Ryo Yoshizawa Asisa Sekine Ryan Colt Levy Cristina Vee
Production Before the release of My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising in December 2019, My Hero Academia manga creator Kōhei Horikoshi stated in July that "[probably] there won't be a third film", believing that the second film of the franchise was the "kind of finale for My Hero Academia. That is because its story uses one of the concepts [I] had wanted to use in the manga's final battle." In November 2020, each of the official Twitter accounts for My Hero Academia manga, anime series, and films posted tweets that could be combined to form the sentence "He will meet the three musketeers". Each tweet had links that would lead to images of Katsuki Bakugo, Izuku Midoriya, and Shoto Todoroki which could be combined to form a teaser visual for the third film of the franchise. After a week, the latest issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine officially confirmed the film for a summer release.
In March 2021, the title of the film was revealed as My Hero Academia the Movie: World Heroes' Mission, which would be based on an original story, with Horikoshi serving as its chief supervisor and the original character designer. Additionally, Kenji Nagasaki was also revealed to be directing the film at Bones along with Yousuke Kuroda as the screenwriter and Yoshihiko Umakoshi as the character designer. The designs for "stealth suit" outfits of Midoriya, Bakugo, and Todoroki in the film were revealed in May 2021.
Ryo Yoshizawa joined the cast of the film as the original character named Rody Soul in May 2021, as did Kazuya Nakai and Megumi Hayashibara in June as the leader of an organization that threatens the world named Flect Turn and the trusted partner of Rody named Pino, respectively. Additional cast for the film were revealed in July 2021, including Mariya Ise as Beros, Junya Enoki as Sir Pentas, Yūichirō Umehara as Shidero, Shogo Sakata as Leviathan, Hirofumi Nojima as Allen Kay, and Yōko Honna as Claire Voyance.
Music
Yuki Hayashi was revealed to be composing My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission in March 2021, after previously doing so for My Hero Academia anime series and the franchise's films My Hero Academia: Two Heroes (2018) and Heroes Rising. In June 2021, Asian Kung-Fu Generation was revealed to be performing the theme music for the film titled . The following month, the 35th issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine revealed the insert song in the film titled , also performed by the same band. The film's original soundtrack was released in Japan by Toho Animation Records and in the United States by Milan Records on August 6, 2021.
Milan Records released the soundtrack on vinyl records in the United States in July 2022. That month, Anime Limited announced the release of the soundtrack on vinyl records in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Selected tracks from the soundtrack were remastered and included in the album My Hero Academia (Soundtrack Selection 2021–2023), which was released digitally in March 2023.
Marketing A teaser trailer and the key visual drawn by Umakoshi for My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission were released in March 2021. A new visual for the film was released in June 2021. A bonus manga by Horikoshi titled My Hero Academia Vol. World Heroes was given to the first one million people who viewed the film in theaters in Japan. It was also given to the moviegoers who saw the film in theaters in the United States. A novel based on the film written by Anri Yoshi was published in Japan by Shueisha on August 6, 2021.
Promotional partners for the film included the sushi restaurant chain Kura Sushi; Tsutaya, which released their membership card T Card with designs based on Midoriya, Bakugo, and Todoroki; the bento take-out chain Hokka Hokka Tei; the steakhouse Ikinari Steak; the variety store Thank You Mart; the karaoke brand Joysound; and Good Smile Company, which released Nendoroids of Midoriya, Bakugo, and Todoroki wearing their stealth suits in the film.
Release Theatrical