With My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising about to release in North American Theaters on February 26th, the second feature length film is going to present its events at a very unique time in the timeline of the franchise. Fans may be surprised to know that the upcoming movie doesn't take place during the fourth season of the anime, but rather, a little bit into the future, following events that have already taken place in the manga, showing details that have yet to make their way into the anime proper. To prep you for the events of this new film, we'll walk you through where the events line up with the franchise!
Warning! We may be a tad spoilery when it comes to minor events of the film and the manga itself of My Hero Academia, so be forewarned!
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising follows the struggle against the new villain heir apparent to All For One in Nine. The events DO NOT take place during the fourth season of the anime, but rather, would actually fall most likely toward the latter half of the eventual season five, if not season six. Nine himself appears in the manga for a brief glimpse during chapter 222 of My Hero Academia, though he doesn't make his presence known but rather simply makes for a quick cameo.
Aside from this focus on Nine, the sinister doctor of the Paranormal Liberation Front, Dr. Garaki, also makes an appearance in the upcoming movie, though he only appears in chapter 221 of the manga for his part as a villain officially. Taking this into account, we know that the movie is happening long after season four, with the current Cultural Festival arc falling in chapters 169 to 183 in the manga itself.
We also get a clue from the appearance of Shigaraki in the film, sporting a much different appearance from when we last saw him during the Overhaul arc, eliminating the competition of the Yakuza boss by stealing his arms and his quirk erasing drug. In the manga, Shigaraki's appearance has changed as the Paranormal Liberation Front's mission has gone underway. This falls under the chapters of 239 and 240, so needless to say these events have not taken place in the anime as of yet.
While these are some spoilers that take place after the conclusion of season four of My Hero Academia, the upcoming film shouldn't spoil as much when it comes to the anime, so fans shouldn't avoid the upcoming movie if they're avoiding spoilers for the main series. There are certainly hints at what's to come, but nothing major with regards to the events that take place following season four of the anime!
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Note: This article contains major SPOILERS regarding the series My Hero Academia, Movies and My Hero Academia: Vigilantes. Read with caution.
Entrance Exam Arc
Kamui Woods & Mt. Lady vs. Giant Villain
Sludge Villain Incident
All Might vs. Sludge Villain
All Might vs. Sludge Villain: Rematch
U.A. Entrance Exam
Quirk Apprehension Test Arc
Quirk Apprehension Test
Battle Trial Arc
Battle Trial
Izuku & Ochaco vs. Katsuki & Tenya
Shoto & Mezo vs. Mashirao & Toru
U.S.J. Arc
Pro Heroes vs. Habit Headgear
U.S.J. Incident
Eraser Head vs. Villains
Thirteen vs. Kurogiri
Izuku Midoriya, Tsuyu Asui & Minoru Mineta vs. Villains
Katsuki Bakugo & Eijiro Kirishima vs. Villains
Momo Yaoyorozu, Kyoka Jiro & Denki Kaminari vs. Villains
Shoto Todoroki vs. Villains
U.A. Students vs. Kurogiri
Eraser Head & U.A. Students vs. Tomura Shigaraki & Nomu
All Might & U.A. Students vs. League of Villains
U.A. Teachers vs. League of Villains
U.A. Sports Festival Arc
U.A. Sports Festival
Obstacle Race
Cavalry Battle
Izuku Midoriya vs. Hitoshi Shinso
Shoto Todoroki vs. Hanta Sero
Denki Kaminari vs. Ibara Shiozaki
Tenya Ida vs. Mei Hatsume
Yuga Aoyama vs. Mina Ashido
Fumikage Tokoyami vs. Momo Yaoyorozu
Eijiro Kirishima vs. Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu
Katsuki Bakugo vs. Ochaco Uraraka
Izuku Midoriya vs. Shoto Todoroki
Tenya Ida vs. Ibara Shiozaki
Fumikage Tokoyami vs. Mina Ashido
Katsuki Bakugo vs. Eijiro Kirishima
Shoto Todoroki vs. Tenya Ida
Katsuki Bakugo vs. Fumikage Tokoyami
Katsuki Bakugo vs. Shoto Todoroki
Vs. Hero Killer Arc
Hero Agency Internships
Izuku Midoriya vs. Gran Torino
Izuku Midoriya vs. Gran Torino: Rematch
Tsuyu Asui, Sirius & Selkie vs. Innsmouth
Hosu Incident
Pro Heroes vs. Hosu Nomu
Gran Torino & Endeavor vs. Nomu
Endeavor vs. Nomus
U.A. Students vs. Hero Killer: Stain
Rescue Training Race
Final Exams Arc
First Term Final Exam
Team Sato & Kirishima vs. Cementoss
Team Asui & Tokoyami vs. Ectoplasm
Team Ida and Ojiro vs. Power Loader
Team Todoroki & Yaoyorozu vs Eraser Head
Team Uraraka & Aoyama vs. Thirteen
Team Ashido & Kaminari vs. Nezu
Team Koda & Jiro vs. Present Mic
Team Hagakure & Shoji vs. Snipe
Team Mineta & Sero vs. Midnight
Team Midoriya & Bakugo vs. All Might
Two Heroes
Nana Shimura vs. All For One
Toshinori Yagi vs. L.A. Villains
I-Island Incident
Katsuki & Shoto vs. Daigo & Nobu
U.A. Students vs. I-Island Security Bots
Deku vs. Swordkill
Deku vs. Wolfram
All Might & Deku vs. Wolfram
Forest Training Camp Arc
Quirk Training Camp
Pixie-Bob vs. Class 1-A
Vanguard Action Squad Invasion
Tiger & Mandalay vs. Spinner & Magne
Eraser Head & Vlad King vs. Dabi's Doubles
Izuku Midoriya vs. Muscular
Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu & Itsuka Kendo vs. Mustard
U.A. Students vs. Moonfish
Ochaco Uraraka & Tsuyu Asui vs. Himiko Toga
Momo Yaoyorozu & Yosetsu Awase vs. Nomu
Bakugo Escort Squad vs. Vanguard Action Squad
Hideout Raid Arc
Kamino Incident
Hideout Raid Team vs. League of Villains
Hideout Raid Team vs. All For One
Toshinori Yagi vs. All For One: Rematch
Katsuki Bakugo vs. League of Villains
Provisional Hero License Exam Arc
Ultimate Move Training
Provisional Hero License Exam
The Crushing of U.A.
Inasa's Hot Blooded Battle
Izuku Midoriya vs. Fake Camie
Shoto Todoroki vs. Seijin Students
U.A. Students vs. Seiai Students
U.A. Students vs. Seiji Shishikura
Izuku's Gambit
Class 1-A's Comeback
Gang Orca's Invasion
Deku vs. Kacchan 2
Shie Hassaikai Arc
Vinegar Riverbank Incident
Class 1-A vs. Mirio Togata
Overhaul vs. League of Villains
Hero Work-Studies: Round 1
Izuku Midoriya vs. Sir Nighteye
Ryukyu Agency vs. Villains
Fat Gum Agency vs. Villains
Shie Hassaikai Raid
Ryukyu Squad vs. Rikiya Katsukame
Suneater vs. Setsuno, Hojo & Tabe
Battle of Spears & Shields
Nighteye Squad vs. Toga & Twice
Nighteye Squad vs. Mimic
Lemillion vs. Shin & Deidoro
Lemillion vs. Overhaul & Chronostasis
Nighteye Squad vs. Overhaul & Chronostasis
Deku vs. Overhaul
League of Villains vs. Snatch
Gran Torino vs. Kurogiri
Remedial Course Arc
Provisional Hero License Course
U.A. School Festival Arc
Izuku Midoriya vs. Gentle & La Brava
U.A. School Festival
Pro Hero Arc
Hero Billboard Chart JP
Endeavor & Hawks vs. High-End
Class 1-A vs. Nejire Chan & Suneater
Joint Training Arc
Joint Training Battle
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Meta Liberation Army Arc
Katsuki & Shoto's Hero Debut
League of Villains vs. Creature Rejection Clan
League of Villains vs. Gigantomachia
Tomura Shigaraki vs. Gigantomachia
Revival Celebration
Himiko Toga vs. Curious
Dabi vs. Geten
Twice vs. Skeptic
Spinner vs. Trumpet
Twice's Doubles vs. Re-Destro
Tomura Shigaraki vs. Re-Destro
Heroes: Rising
Pro Heroes vs. Twice's Doubles
Hero Work Recommendation Project
U.A. Students vs. Mummy
U.A. Students vs. Chimera
Deku & Bakugo vs. Nine
U.A. Students vs. Chimera: Rematch
Tsukuyomi & Pinky vs. Slice
U.A. Students vs. Nine
Deku & Bakugo vs. Nine: Rematch
Endeavor Agency Arc
Hero Interview Training
Hero Work-Studies: Round 2
Endeavor & Hawks vs. Starservant
Ryukyu Agency & Oki Mariner Crew vs. Smugglers
Endeavor Agency vs. Ending
World Heroes' Mission
Endeavor’s Mission
Mission: Humarise
Otheon Team vs. Humarise
Bakugo & Shoto vs. Jewelry Villains
Deku vs. Rody Soul
Deku vs. Otheon Police & Beros
Deku vs. Beros & Rogone
Endeavor's Trainees vs. Beros & Sidero
Pro Heroes vs. Humarise
Bakugo vs. Serpenters
Shoto vs. Leviathan
Deku vs. Flect Turn
Paranormal Liberation War Arc
Paranormal Liberation War
Gunga Mountain Villa Raid
Villa Raid Team vs. Paranormal Liberation Front
Hawks vs. Twice & Dabi
Tsukuyomi vs. Dabi
Villa Raid Team & Trainees vs. Paranormal Liberation Front
Jaku Hospital Raid
Hospital Raid Team vs. Nomu
Mirko vs. High-Ends
Crust vs. Chubs
Hospital Raid Team vs. High-Ends
Hospital Raid Team & Trainees vs. Tomura Shigaraki
Hospital Raid Team vs. Near High-Ends
Uravity & Froppy vs. Himiko Toga: Rematch
Best Jeanist & Trainees vs. Paranormal Liberation Front
Assault on Tartarus
Tartarus Escapees Arc
Grand vs. Muscular
Deku vs. Muscular: Rematch
Deku vs. Lady Nagant
Deku & Dynamight vs. Dictator
Deku vs. Class A
Star and Stripe Arc
"Tomura Shigaraki" vs. Star and Stripe
U.A. Traitor Arc
Deku & Invisible Girl vs. Can't Stop Twinkling
Vigilantes Beginnings Arc
Nice Guy & Knuckleduster vs. Soga, Moyuru & Rapt
Knuckleduster vs. Eraser Head
Naruhate Vigilantes & Eraser Head vs. Mario, Soga, Moyuru & Rapt
The Crawler & Knuckleduster vs. Akira Iwako
Naruhata Vigilantes vs. Teruo Unagisawa
Pro Heroes vs. Instant Villains
Pro Heroes vs. Suicide Bomber
Knuckleduster vs. Junkie Villain
Ingenium vs. Bat Villain
Team Idaten & Naruhata Vigilantes vs. Bat Villain
Stendhal Arc
Stendhal vs. Abegawa Tenchu Kai
The Crawler & Stendhal vs. Akira Iwako
The Crawler, Knuckleduster and Soga Kugisaki vs. Akira Iwako
Vs. Queen Bee Arc
The Crawler, Ichimoku & Jube vs. Emeperor Yoysuura
The Crawler & Captain Celebrity vs. Thief
Captain Celebrity vs. Kaiju Villain
The Crawler & Team Idaten vs. Monster Cat
Soga Kugisaki vs. Controlled Girl
Eraser Head vs. Teruo Unagisawa
Knuckleduster vs. Kuin Hachisuka
Osaka Incident Arc
The Crawler & Captain Celebrity vs. Kirihito Kamachi
Ingenium & Captain Celebrity vs. Bat Villain
Eraser Head vs. The Hotta Brothers
Fat Gum & Police Force vs. Number 6
Sky Egg Arc
The Crawler, Eraser Head, the Hotta Brothers & Kirhito vs. Octoid
Number 6 vs. Octoid
Captain Celebrity vs. Bomber
Onomura Pharma Corp. Raid
Sky Egg Bombing
Knuckleduster vs. Number 6
School Days Arc
Team Purple Revolution vs. Robber Villain
Eraser Head & Loud Cloud vs. Robber Villain
Aizawa & Shirakumo vs. Sensoji & Yamada
Buster Union vs. Garvey
Purple Revolution Agency vs. Garvey
Final Performance Arc
The Crawler vs. Thugs
The Crawler vs. Bee☆Pop
Endeavor vs. Bee☆Pop
The Crawler vs. Bee☆Pop: Rematch
The Crawler vs. O'Clock
The Crawler vs. Endeavor
Underground Masquerade Arc
Underground Masquerade
Drunk Lee vs. Master Beast
The Ripper vs. The Rapper
Tiger Bunny vs. Masquerade Attendees
O’Clock, The Rapper & Tiger Bunny vs. the Hooded Man
All Might vs. Transformed Villains
Naruhata Lockdown Arc
The Crawler vs. Pro Heroes
Operation Anonymous
The Crawler & Eraser Head vs. Anonymous
Police Force, Soga, & The Crawler vs. Number 6 & Anonymous
The Crawler vs. Number 6: Rematch
Knuckleduster vs. Number 6: Rematch
The Crawler vs. Number 6: Final Match
The Crawler & Pro Heroes vs. Number 6
Where does MHA world heroes take place?
The Heroes of the Endeavor Agency, including Work-Study trainees Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugo, and Shoto Todoroki, join a secret covert black-ops mission to the capital city of Otheon, where the main headquarters is presumably located and apprehend the leader, Flect Turn.
Does MHA world heroes take place after season 5?
And the same terrorist group is actually mentioned in Season 5 of the TV anime, in Episode 16. In other words, the World Heroes' Mission movie is taking place at some point after My Hero Academia Season 5 Episode 16.
When should I watch MHA world heroes?
For the movies, Watch the first movie My Hero Academia: Two Heroes after the second season. You can watch the second movie My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising after watching fourth season, but the events of this movie takes place during or later fifth season.
Is My Hero World Heroes canon?
No, the movie is not a Canon. The events in the movie are taken place after season 4. Yeah, the movie story is not according to Manga but it's a movie worth watching.