My Hero Academia Movie Celebrates 1 Million Ticket Sales With an Illustration From Horikoshi Kouhei!

Anime movie My Hero Academia: Two Heroes is proving to be a hit at the box office, having just cracked a whopping one million ticket sales.

In celebration of this milestone, original author Horikoshi Kouhei posted a new illustration on his Twitter feed featuring a goofy-looking Deku celebrating alongside Melissa Shields, one of the new characters introduced in the movie.

映画100万人突破！正直最初に特典100万部刷ると聞いたときは刷りすぎでしょと戦々恐々でした…まさか突破するとは。今激烈にホッとしています！観てくださった方、観る予定の方、東宝さん、ボンズさんありがとうございます！ https://t.co/33kV3dCijt">pic.twitter.com/33kV3dCijt

— 堀越耕平 (@horikoshiko) https://twitter.com/horikoshiko/status/1031499604007632897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2018

The movie is inspired by Horikoshi Kouhei's manga My Hero Academia, which is currently running in Weekly Shonen Jump. Set in a world in which superpowers known as “Quirks” are the norm, the series follows Deku, a Quirkless student of superhero academy U.A. High School. The movie is set between the second and third seasons of the TV anime and follows Izuku and All Might's trip to island where the world’s top scientists conduct research into Quirks.

My Hero Academia: Two Heroes is currently screening in cinemas across Japan.

Adapted with permission from Anime!Anime!