My Hero Academia: You're Next

僕のヒーローアカデミアTHE MOVIE ユアネクスト (Boku no Hero Academia the Movie 4: You're Next)

7.0(1)

OtakuDen

7.5(34,767)

MAL Score

Ranked #1988

Popularity #2507

Action
School
Super Power

Episodes: 1
Duration: 1 hr 50 min
Aired: Aug 2, 2024
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

Deku, Bakugo, Todoroki, and the rest of U.A. High’s Class 1-A are thrust into a new confrontation when a dangerous figure known as Dark Might emerges.

With the shadowy Gollini Family operating under his command, Class 1-A must stand together to challenge both Dark Might and the criminal organization backing him.

Otaku Consensus

With a 7.54 MAL average from 34,767 voters and a near-matching 76/100 on AniList, You're Next lands as a solid fan-approved franchise film rather than a consensus classic. Its strongest selling points are Tensai Okamura's action-first direction, Bones' comfort with large-scale superpower choreography, and Kouhei Horikoshi's direct supervisory and design presence, which helps the movie feel visually aligned with the main series. The recurring limitation is that its movie-original crime-family framework reads more like a polished side expansion for existing fans than a franchise-redefining chapter.

Why You Should Watch

Watch You're Next if you want My Hero Academia in concentrated theatrical mode: less classroom downtime, more hero-combat logistics, and a sharper urban-crime flavor than the series usually foregrounds. The AniList tag mix tells you what kind of detour this is: Shounen at 96%, Superhero at 92%, Mafia at 86%, plus Guns and CGI high enough to signal a different texture from a standard school-training arc. It scratches the same itch as a big-screen shounen side story like Jujutsu Kaisen 0 or One Piece Film: Gold: a familiar cast, a heightened visual budget, and a self-contained clash built for spectacle rather than long-form canon housekeeping. If Bakugo, Deku, and Todoroki are your preferred combat triangle, this is targeted directly at you.

Key Characters

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Katsuki Bakugou(VA: Nobuhiko Okamoto)
Bakugou remains the character fans watch for explosive fight rhythm and abrasive momentum, with Nobuhiko Okamoto's performance turning every line into a pressure spike.
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Izuku Midoriya(VA: Daiki Yamashita)
Midoriya anchors the film's superhero identity through tactical empathy, the quality that keeps his battles from becoming pure power displays.
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Anna Scervino(VA: Meru Nukumi)
Anna Scervino stands out because the film lists her as a main character beside the core Class 1-A trio, marking her as more than a passing movie guest.
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Shouto Todoroki(VA: Yuuki Kaji)
Todoroki gives the movie its cleanest contrast to Bakugou's volatility, combining reserved presence with one of the franchise's most visually readable power sets.

What Makes It Stand Out

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Bones handles the film, continuing the studio most associated with My Hero Academia's high-impact superhero action and effects-heavy quirk choreography.
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Tensai Okamura directs, giving the fourth film a veteran action-anime hand rather than treating it as a purely assembly-line franchise installment.
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Kouhei Horikoshi is credited as original creator, original character designer, and chief supervisor, so the film's new material is tied directly to the manga author's visual and conceptual oversight.
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The AniList tag profile is unusually crime-coded for My Hero Academia: Mafia is marked at 86% and Guns at 60%, placing the superhero-school cast against a more underworld-oriented texture than the usual U.A. framework.
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The movie is a single completed entry that aired on August 2, 2024, making it a compact post-series-expansion watch rather than a multi-episode commitment.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: You're Next is the fourth My Hero Academia film, officially listed as Boku no Hero Academia the Movie 4: You're Next.
Fun fact 2: Horikoshi's involvement is unusually visible in the credits: he is listed three separate ways, as original creator, original character designer, and chief supervisor.
Fun fact 3: The character design pipeline includes Yuuki Hayashi on character design, with Kenichi Shima, Rika Murakami, and Chihching Lai credited for sub character design.
Fun fact 4: The prop design credits are split between Ryou Hirata and Ren Ishimori, a notable detail for a film whose AniList tags include Guns at 60% and CGI at 65%.
Fun fact 5: Its reception is closely aligned across major databases: MAL lists it at 7.54/10 from 34,767 votes, while AniList reports 76/100 and 608 favourites.