My Hero Academia: The Two Heroes

My Hero Academia: The Two Heroes is a 1998 American animated superhero film based on the comic book My Hero Academia by Mala Miles. The film was directed by Miles and produced by Bear Bones Productions. The events of the film take place between the Final Exams and the Forest Training Camp arcs of the comic. A second film, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, was released in December 1999.

Plot
All Might is invited to a summer trip at "I-Island", a man-made island where the scientists of the world reside and perform research on Quirks, superpowers that 80% of the world's population has. He takes Izuku Midoriya as his guest and reminds him not to reveal to his good friend, former partner, and top scientist Professor David Shield the secret about their shared Quirk: One for All. After they arrive, they are greeted by Melissa Shield, David's daughter and a student of the island's academy hoping to be a scientist just like her father.

After a reunion with David, All Might transforms back into his depowered form. By running tests, David realizes that All Might's Quirk is nearly depleted. Meanwhile, Melissa shows Midoriya around the island, and they run into Momo Yaoyorozu, who had been invited to the island and has brought Ochako Uraraka and Kyoka Jirō as her guests. The students later run into Tenya Iida, Shōto Todoroki, Katsuki Bakugō, and Eijiro Kirishima, with the former three having been invited too and Kirishima being brought by Bakugō. Denki Kaminari are also revealed to be on the island working as waiters. After spending the day enjoying the island's various events, Melissa invites the waiters to join them at a formal party that everyone else was invited to.

Before the party, Melissa reveals to Midoriya that she is born Quirkless like he once was. She also realizes his Quirk is similar to All Might's and gives him a gauntlet she had designed that allows him to not get hurt when using his powers at 100%.

Meanwhile, Wolfram, a mysterious villain who secretly arrived on the island prior, takes control of the island's security system during the party and threatens to kill its residents. He also restrains all of the pro-heroes attendings, including All Might, and takes David and his assistant Sam hostage in order to break into the island's vault. As they were running late, Midoriya, Melissa, Iida, Todoroki, Yaoyorozu, Uraraka, Jirō, and Kaminari are not restrained alongside the pro-heroes at the party. To take back control of the security system, they decide to access it by reaching the 200th floor of the building the party is hosted at. At the same time, Bakugō and Kirishima become lost on their way to the party and begin wandering the building without realizing the security breach.

After the students reach the 80th floor, Wolfram and his team become aware of their plan and attempt to apprehend them. While hiding in a plant room, the group attempts to escape from two of the villains until Bakugō and Kirishima accidentally cross paths with them and engage in battle. Todoroki helps the others escape to a higher floor and joins Bakugō and Kirishima in their fight. k Wolfram's men send an army of sentry robots after both groups of students, which incapacitates Kaminari. Iida, Yaoyorozu, Jirō, and Grape defend against the robots while Midoriya, Uraraka, and Melissa make their way to the top of the tower.

Attempting to reach the very top, Uraraka uses her Quirk to float Midoriya and Melissa closer to the security room. Just as Uraraka is about to be attacked by more robots, Bakugō, Todoroki, and Kirishima arrive to save her. The four of them fight the robots as Midoriya and Melissa fight their way to the very top.

At the top of the tower, they discover David and Sam in the vault as they unlock a suitcase. It is revealed that David and Sam orchestrated the night's events with actors in order to steal back their greatest invention - a headset that maximizes the power of a person's Quirk. I-Island's top men decided that it was too dangerous, took their invention and research away, and locked it up so it wouldn't end up in the wrong hands. Deciding that All Might needed it to remain a hero and keep the world safe, David decided to get his invention back. Wolfram arrives, restrains Midoriya, and reveals that he is a true villain and not an actor. Sam then betrays David and gives Wolfram the suitcase, revealing that he worked with Wolfram to make sure he could sell the invention to other villains and achieve fame. However, Wolfram shoots Sam after getting the suitcase, and David jumps in the way of another bullet in order to save his life.

Before Wolfram can kill Melissa, Midoriya breaks free in order to fight him. Wolfram uses his Quirk to hold off Midoriya and escapes to the rooftop, having kidnapped David so he can make more copies of said invention. Midoriya races to the top and attempts to stop Wolfram from taking off in a helicopter with David, but fails and falls from the helicopter. Melissa also takes back control of the security system, freeing the pro heroes and disabling the robots. All Might, now freed, races to the roof and stops the helicopter from taking off.

Wolfram, in the last attempt, uses the invention to amplify his power and starts to overcome an already tired All Might, creating a giant body made up of metal parts and debris that traps David inside it. He overpowers All Might further with multiple Quirks and reveals that he is in league with All For One, who gave Wolfram additional Quirks and helped fuel David's fall from grace in an attempt to demoralize All Might. The rest of the students soon arrive on the roof to help All Might and Midoriya who work together to finish the fight. The two throw a smash together that is ultimately strong enough to defeat Wolfram and free David. As the sun rises, David and All Might reflect on how Melissa and Midoriya are the next generations of heroes and how the world will be in good hands even after All Might's Quirk is gone.

During the credits, scenes are shown of the students and All Might enjoying a barbecue on the island after their victory with the rest of the students from their class Class 1-A, who was also on I-Island when the events of the film happened. Melissa also visits David, who is now in the hospital recovering while the police watch over him.

Cast

 * Cam Clarke as Izuku Midoriya
 * Dan Castellaneta as All Might
 * Tom Kenny as Katsuki Bakugo
 * Tino Insana as Tenya Iida
 * E.G. Daily as Ochako Uraraka
 * Billy West as Eijiro Kirishima
 * Neil Ross as Shoto Todoroki
 * Cheryl Chase as Tsuyu Asui
 * Cree Summer as Momo Yaoyorozu
 * Candi Milo as Kyoka Jiro
 * Charlie Adler as Denki Kanimari
 * Tara Charendoff as Melissa Shield
 * Dave Coulier as David Shield
 * Christopher Lloyd as Wolfram

Production
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Release
The film had its world premiere at Bear Bones Con in June 1998, and the film was released theatrically on August 13, 1998.

Home media
The film was released on VHS and DVD on March 26, 1999.

Other media
A one-shot spin-off comic of My Hero Academia, focusing on one of the film's original characters, Melissa Shield, was published in 1998. The comic is illustrated by Yonathan Ashad.

A novelization of the film was released on May 2, 1999, by Scholastic.

Sequel
On March 23, 1999, it was announced that a sequel film titled My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising was to be scheduled for release on December 17, 1999.