Netflix has long been trying to fill its entertainment coffers with offerings to please every taste and one realm they haven’t shied away from has been that of manga or anime-adjacent properties—even if those adaptations haven’t always been up to everyone’s standards. Working with Legendary pictures who, after the Warner Bros. Discovery reshuffling have been broadening their distribution horizons, Netflix has taken on the anime,My Hero Academia, for its leap to live action.
THRhas reportedthat Netflix has acquired yet another anime propertyin the form ofMy Hero Academiawhich will be joining Netflix’s existing lineup that includesDeath NoteandCowboy Bebopamong others.
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Joby Harold is known to audiences for his recent workscripting the Disney+Obi-Wanseriesas well as the Zack Snyder action-horror heist romp,Army of the Dead, which he wrote for Netflix. He’ll be taking lead scripting duties for the adaptation of the Kōhei Horikoshi manga of the same name while Shinsuke Sato is well known to fans of anime and manga, having been the man behind several live-action adaptations such asBleach,Death Note: Light Up The New World, andKingdom. He’ll be taking on his first English-language production with the Netflix series.
The series, purchased by Legendary back in 2018 and produced by Mary Parent (formerly of MGM and Universal) and Alex Garcia, focuses on a world where 80% of the population has developed powers the series names “quirks.” Focused on the quirk-less Izuku Midoriya (Deku), a fan of superheroes who finds himself in the 20% that isn’t super, he almost doesn’t go to the prestigious academy heroes train at. A random meeting with All Might, however, changes that view and Deku steps up to try to become the greatest hero. Aftersome misfires regarding their other adaptations, hopefully Netflix nails this take and gives fans theMy Hero Academiathey want.
My Hero Academiais in production.
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