The new film My Hero Academia is a hit at the Japanese box office: it even surpasses Demon Slayer!

News culture The new film My Hero Academia is a hit at the Japanese box office: it even surpasses Demon Slayer!

With the end of My Hero Academia, a new chapter begins for Weekly Shonen Jump. Launched in 2014, the manga Kouhei Horikoshi had an overwhelming success and quickly became one of the new faces of the magazine. Some did not hesitate to qualify him as a worthy heir to Naruto among the youngsters with the powers he represents. But here it is, The adventures of Izuku Midoriya came to an end on August 5th after ten years of good and loyal serviceHowever, this is not the end of MHA, as the anime is still in the works and the license is now enjoying tremendous success in theaters.

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My Hero Academia performs better than Demon Slayer and Blue Lock

My Hero Academia: You’re Next is the fourth film based on Kouhei Horikoshi’s manga, following Two Heroes, Heroes Rising and World Heroes’ Mission. Directed by Bones Studio and produced by TOHO, the feature film was released in Japanese theaters on August 2 and enjoyed monumental success in the Land of the Rising Sun. Currently, My Hero Academia: You’re Next is the tenth highest-grossing Japanese film of 2024, just three weeks after its releaseTo put things into perspective, since the screening began, more than 1.65 million tickets have been generated, raising 2.38 billion yen, or $16.25 million.

To put these numbers into perspective: This is the last movie Demon Slayer, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To The Hashira Trainingwhich grossed 2.31 billion yen (15.5 million US dollars) and has been in theaters since February 2. To stay in the world of anime, it’s even better than Blue Lock: Episode Nagi

which has reached 1.8 billion yen (12.3 million US dollars) since it began broadcasting on April 19. Better, The latest film My Hero Academia performs better than Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, which only hit theaters in Japan on March 29 and grossed 1.8 billion yen (US$12.3 million). But for now, it’s still a long way from the films that top the Japanese box office, namely Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram (15.19 billion yen or US$94.4 million), Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle (11.16 billion yen or US$69.3 million) and Kingdom: Return of the Great General (6.8 billion yen or US$46.56 million).

What future does My Hero Academia have?

Despite these great achievements, which testify to the popularity of the series today, The author of My Hero Academia confirmed that he will not make “Naruto Shippuden”, a sequel to the manga

Instead, the mangaka will be going into well-deserved retirement before perhaps returning with a new work in Weekly Shonen Jump. And given what he offered in My Hero Academia, many readers are expecting a terrible story, as his writing style is well suited for it. In any case, My Hero Academia will be talked about for some time to come, as the international release of My Hero Academia: You’re Next is already scheduled for October 11but also through its anime, which has to adapt the ending of the manga.