In a recent interview with for the January 2020 edition of Newtype, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising director Nagasaki Kenji revealed critical details regarding the story, characters, location and setting for the upcoming film.While the excerpt of the interview provides several tasty tidbits, one piece of information that stood out was when this new story takes place. When asked about when in the official timeline the new film falls, Nagasaki had this to say: “Horikoshi-Sensei told us that he wanted the movie to take place in the winter. If we take into consideration the timeline of Season 4, this movie takes place quite some time after the current events in the anime.â€
Ever since its very first season, My Hero Academia has garnered a large fan base across the globe with its unique heroes and villains, stunning storytelling and spectacularly animated action sequences. Fans have followed Deku, All Might and the rest of class 1-A through almost four seasons and a feature-length film, My Hero Academia: Two Heroes.
My Hero Academia was created by Mangaka Kohei Horikoshi and follows the story of a young boy named Izuku Midoriya as he attempts to become the world’s greatest hero after inheriting the abilities of All Might, the number one hero. It can be streamed on Hulu, Funimation and Crunchyroll.