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I'm going to say something, then I'm going to need you to calm down, okay? Okay. Captain America and My Hero Academia's Hawks are teaming up.

See, you're already sweating and screaming and I think crying (maybe crying? It's unclear) before I've even explained the full story here. No, you shouldn't expect to see Sam Wilson in the upcoming My Hero Academia season 8, nor should you expect to see Hawks in Captain America: Brave New World. However, the pair of winged heroes have appeared together in a series of social media promotions, and we must say, they fit together like a dream.

On February 6, the Japanese My Hero Academia social account revealed a promo for the still undated final season of MHA and the latest MCU vehicle in a visually gob-smacking post pictured here:

(In case you're wondering, the Japanese text reads: My Hero Academia & Captain America: Brave New World Special tag team project!!)

Then, not long after, the Japanese Marvel Studios social account made a similar post, with text reading "A dream collaboration of winged heroes🪽 and special collaboration video narrated by Yūichi Nakamura has been released!!" and the aforementioned video attached. That video comes straight from TOHO Animation itself, and you can view right here:

As of now, it appears that this is the extent of the collaboration between the two titanic media franchises. But still, where are you going to get a trailer that makes wings look this cool? Rio 2 has a hell of a lot to follow up on, I'm just saying.

Captain America: Brave New World hits theaters February 14, while the release date for My Hero Academia season 8 is still unconfirmed.

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