As the craze of Live-Action adaptations is at its peak, Netflix has taken another live-action project under its wing. After the immense success of One Piece, Netflix has decided to make a live-action adaptation of the popular anime and manga series My Hero Academia. Legendary Entertainment will produce the movie, with Ryosuke Yoritomi leading the project for Shueisha and Mary Parent and Alex Garcia supervising on their behalf.
Izuku Midoriya, also known as Deku, is the main character of My Hero Academia, which is set in a universe where most people are born with superpowers known as quirks. After receiving one of the strongest quirks from All Might, the hero he most admires, Midoriya is admitted to the esteemed UA High School for heroes-in-training.
However, there is one problem with the live-action adaptation project of My Hero Academia, and this problem is because of two legendary comic book universes, MCU and DCU. These universes have caused a phenomenon known as Superhero fatigue which may ultimately become the reason for the downfall of My Hero Academia’s Live-Action series.
My Hero Academia is Getting a Live-Action Adaptation
August 2021 saw the release of information about the live-action My Hero Academia film, including the confirmation that renowned Japanese director Shinsuke Sato (making his English-language debut) would executive-produce and direct the picture. Both the manga and its ongoing anime spinoff have achieved success; to date, the manga has sold over 65 million copies.
Neither casting nor a release date for the Netflix project are mentioned. The movie will be shown in Japanese theatres by Toho, the company that handles the anime. With a script by Joby Harold and Shinsuke Sato taking a step into English-language directing for the series, Netflix and Legendary Entertainment have teamed up to take on My Hero Academia.
However, the project faces a big risk, and popular comic brook franchises Marvel and DC may become the reason for their downfall because of Superhero fatigue which makes a movie from a superhero genre feel boring because of too many superhero movies being released one by one.
My Hero Academia May Fail Because of DCU and MCU
Superheroes are the central theme of the My Hero Academia series, and while this is a defining feature of the anime and manga series by Kohei Horikoshi, it may also present the largest challenge for the live-action adaptation of the series.
The market for superhero films and TV series has become severely overrun with competitors due to the steady stream of Marvel and DC productions along with other more obscure works, and many fans have given up on the genre entirely. This has led to a phenomenon called “superhero fatigue,” which ultimately causes these kinds of films to fail.
Marvel and DC’s superhero endeavors have been failing miserably, and even though My Hero Academia is a household name in its own right, it pales in comparison to these two major players in the comic book industry. Thus the series faces the immense danger of becoming a flop, thus possibly adding another popular anime and manga series to the list of unsuccessful live-action adaptations.
