My Hero Academia
is a manga created by Kôhei Horikoshi in 2014, where 80% of the population has a superpower, except the young Izuku, a superhero fan
The title has established itself as one of the market leaders, with already 6 million copies sold in France and numerous adaptations
The film
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
is released on Wednesday on a circuit of 250 rooms, the opportunity to discover this universe under manga and comics influences
The Japanese in general, and manga in particular, did not wait for
My Hero Academia
to stage superheroes. They even have their own superheroes with the
super sentai
, these television series popularized in France by
Bioman
. Moreover, one of the first of its kind,
Battle Fever J
, in 1979, was born from the collaboration between the production company Toei and the house of ideas Marvel. But recently, the manga has mostly reappropriated American superheroes, Superman and Batman, with
One-Punch Man
and his super strong but charismatic anti-hero, or, therefore,
My Hero Academia
.
The MHA
phenomenon
is such that, if the first two films
Two Heroes
and
Heroes Rising
had the right to event screenings in the cinema, the third,
World Heroes' Mission
, benefits from a real national release on Wednesday by CGR Events and Crunchyroll, on a circuit of 250 copies.
With the hope of a
Demon Slayer
success ?
The best-selling manga in France (after "One Piece")
Created by Kôhei Horikoshi in 2014,
My Hero Academia
manga is published in
Weekly Shônen Jump ,
Dragon Ball
magazine
,
One Piece
and
Naruto
.
The author of the latter, Masashi Kishimoto, even saw him as his successor.
Note that volume 1 of
Naruto
is still the best-selling manga in France, with 275,000 copies sold in 2021, and that Kana is preparing a new edition for March 2022. Published for five years by Ki-oon in France,
My Hero Academia
quickly established itself as a market leader, second only to the
One Piece juggernaut
, with 2.7 million sales last year alone, and 6 million in all, for the 30 volumes already released.
My Hero Academia
of course responds to the codes of shônen manga, and more precisely to the famous "nekketsu", with the young Izuku who is an absolute fan of superheroes and who is ready to do anything to integrate the Hero Academia and thus walk in the not his idol, All Might.
Problem: he has no power.
Indeed, in the world of
MHA
, 80% of the population has a superpower, also called "Alter", but not the rest.
A small X-Men side and more broadly comics that we find even in powers, costumes, etc.
It is enough to see All Might, homage to Superman as can be The Protector in
The Boys
.
On the power of great stories
From this promise, the mangaka Kôhei Horikoshi deploys a long-term story, worthy of the greatest comic book and manga series, with unforgettable super-villains, increasingly daunting fights, but also always humor and humanity.
As the co-founder of Ki-oon editions, Ahmed Agne, pointed out when the manga was launched: “
Naruto
dreamed of becoming the greatest of ninjas, Harry Potter a great magician, Luke Skywalker a powerful Jedi… The power of great stories, c is to begin their mythology with postulates of departures a priori simple, and to develop them in a way anything but simplistic.
As in any initiatory story, it is the journey to reach the initial objective and the relationships between the different characters that make the salt of the narration.
»
After the Paranormal Liberation War, one of the great pieces of the manga,
My Hero Academia
has just entered its final act and the final fight against One For All.
The animated series, produced by the BONES studio (Fullmetal Alchemist) and very faithful to the paper work, is not there yet, and it will be necessary to wait for season 6 or 7. The film
World Heroes' Mission
can be taken apart by the fans, even if it fits into the arc of the Endeavor agency, around volume 25 of the manga and season 5 of the anime.
The others may be lost, even if the pitch remains classic and accessible: Izuku and his friends must face the organization Humarise and its leader Flect Turn who want to eradicate the Quirks.
On screen, the result is as much about the X-Men as it is about
Dragon Ball Z
.
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