Netflix's obsession with live-action manga remakes isn't going away anytime soon. The streaming service has announced a collaboration with Legendary Entertainment on a live-action My Hero Academia film. Shinsuke Sato (Alice in Borderland, Bleach) will direct and executive produce the film, with Obi-Wan Kenobi's Joby Harold composing the script.
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Both the manga and the anime are inspired to focus on Deku, a young kid who aspires to attend UA High School and become a superhero despite lacking the innate abilities that most people have at that time. Both the manga and the anime branches have been successful, with the manga selling over 65 million copies to date.
There is no word on casting or a release date for the Netflix production. Toho, which is in charge of the animation, will release the film in Japanese theatres. According to IndieWire, this comes four years after Legendary announced that a film was in the works.
As with previous adaptations, Netflix has many reasons to make a My Hero Academia title. It taps into a vast following, sometimes for anime creations that it already provides. This also allows it to attract users who might otherwise remain with anime-centric competitors such as Crunchyroll, which recently reduced costs in several areas.
The question is whether it will be worth seeing. Netflix's track record for live-action adaptations of manga and anime isn't great. Despite a top-tier cast and a fascinating idea, the Cowboy Bebop series misread its source material and suffered overall. There's also the issue of format. My Hero Academia may have to speed through the plot since a movie does not give as much leeway for story development as an episodic programme.
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