TV Anime "My Hero Academia" Special Event Held!　Main Cast Members, including Daiki Yamashita and Kenta Miyake, Look Back on the First Season

An official report from the "My Hero Academia" event "My Hero Academia: Open Class of Class 1A of Hero Department at Yuuei High School" has arrived from the TV anime "My Hero Academia".

My Hero Academia" is an anime work based on Kohei Horikoshi's manga serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump". It depicts the main character, Midoriya Izuhisa, who has no personality and aims to become a hero in a world where having a supernatural ability called "individuality" is commonplace. Directed by Kenji Nagasaki, series composition by Yosuke Kuroda, character design by Yoshihiko Umakoshi, and animation production by BONES.

The event was held on Sunday, September 4, and the main cast members gathered, including Daiki Yamashita (Deku Midoriya), Kenta Miyake (All Might), Nobuhiko Okamoto (Katsumi Bakugou), Ayane Sakura (Ochako Reichi), Kaito Ishikawa (Tenya Iida), Hiroki Kaji (Jotetsu Todoroki), Aoi Yuki (Ume Frog), and Junichi Suwabe (Shota Aizawa). ) and other main cast members. Fans were entertained by an original reading play and a PV of the new anime to be shown at "Jump Special Anime Festa 2016". Here is the event report.

As the event began, the famous scenes of each character were shown on the screen, and the cast members appeared on stage one by one with their lines to accompany the scenes. They were greeted with loud cheers from the assembled fans.

The first corner was "Review of the first season". The staff selected famous scenes from the first season, and the audience was invited to look back on the season based on those scenes. The scene that was chosen as "the beginning of everything" was the famous scene in which Deku is told by All Might, "You can be a hero. Yamashita said, "This is one of my favorite scenes in the original work. It's the scene where he breaks down and cries, and I actually cried." He commented that at the time of its recording, the main cast was still small. Since there were only a few main cast members at the time of recording, he revealed that he was more nervous and carefully went through many takes of the scene. Next, for the "famous scene of 'determination to fight back,'" Okamoto-san presented a scene in which Bakugou, who has suffered his first setback, is determined to fight back again. Mr. Okamoto talked about the difficulty of performing this scene, in which the normally feisty Bakugou cries for the first time. For the "Famous scene worthy of the role of class president," the serious and honest Iida selected a scene in which he shows behavior befitting the role of a class president. In addition, for the "Neville" scene, we selected a scene featuring Aoyama Elegance, who has a strong presence in the production. Ms. Sakura and Mr. Yuuki, who love Aoyama, enthusiastically called out "Aoyama-kun" to the audience.

Then came the "Team competition! Practical training! a game in which two teams were divided into three sections to compete in terms of coordination, intelligence, and physical strength. The teams competed in three games that evoked the personalities of Ochako, Aoyama Elegance, and Minoru Mineta, all of whom are characters in the film. The winning team was the Eraserhead team led by Junichi Suwabe. All Might-kun, the "publicity hero" of the film, appeared on the stage to present the winning team with a luxurious prize, which excited the audience. Yamashita-san and Kaji-san, who were celebrating their birthdays on the day of the event, were presented with a birthday cake as a surprise. Everyone in the audience celebrated their birthdays together.

The reading of the play "Hero wa Tsuraiyo" followed, an original story about a group of students who play various roles in an open class of the 1st grade A class. The audience was filled with laughter at the comical development of the characters, with Deku playing the hero who is trying to catch a guilty villain, Iida playing a civilian who becomes a hostage, and Todoroki playing a police officer who dies soon after his appearance.

As the event came to a close, a PV of a completely new "Hiroaka" animation that will be shown at "Jump Special Anime Festa 2016 (hosted by Shueisha)," an anime screening event to be held in November and December, was unveiled. The new animation will be shown at the "Jump Special Anime Festa 2016" (hosted by Shueido). This new work is an original story by Kohei Horikoshi, the author of the original story, and is an original story that takes place between the first and second seasons of the TV anime. The audience cheered loudly at the many scenes that they had never seen before, and their anticipation for the new anime was heightened.

Finally, each of the cast members who took the stage today expressed their appreciation to the fans. Mr. Yamashita said, "It has been a long time since we had a chance to get together as a group, so I am very happy. I would like to run for the second season from now on, so please follow me! He also gave a message expressing his expectations for the second season.
The event ended with everyone in the hall shouting "Pulls Ultra," the school motto of Yuei High School, in a loud and excited voice.