My Hero Academia's creator Kohei Horikoshi has announced that a new movie - the fourth in the franchise - has been confirmed. The film is set to take place after the Paranormal Liberation War, during one of the darkest times in the series' story.
The upcoming issue of Weekly Shonen Jump contains an official announcement for the fourth movie of My Hero Academia, along with a message from series creator Kohei Horikoshi himself. Thanks to MHA superfan Rukasu (@RukasuMHA), who shared the news on Twitter/X along with a picture taken from issue 36-37 of Weekly Shonen Jump, fans of Deku and friends all over the world were able to get the info a few days before its intended release.
The New My Hero Academia Movie Will Take Place During The Series' Darkest Time
According to Horikoshi's words, the fourth movie of the franchise will take place after the war shown in Season 6 of the anime, the Paranormal Liberation War, meaning its setting will be a "collapsed society" that is trying to recover from the huge blows suffered at the hands of the League of Villains and All For One. Fans of the manga and the anime will surely remember the bleak tones of those stories, and how Deku's sense of guilt almost led to the young hero's self-destruction during his stint as a desperate vigilante.
There is a chance that "Dark Deku" will appear in the movie, and fans are surely hyped about that, but it's unlikely, considering how that storyline wrapped up brilliantly in the emotional finale of Season 6 of My Hero Academia. It's more possible that this new movie will show parts of the story that were left untold by the manga and anime, but it will also be a stand-alone product, perfectly enjoyable on its own, like the three that preceded it.
There is no more information available at the moment on the movie, including a release window, but fans of My Hero Academia have their hands full at the moment with the incredibly exciting Final Arc of the manga currently developing in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump. Make sure to bookmark this page as it will be regularly updated with new information about the upcoming fourth My Hero Academia movie as soon as it is available.
Source: @RukasuMHA.