I Am a Hero
2016 2h 6m movie Film Japan

I Am a Hero

アイアムアヒーロー

“Welcome to ZQN World.”

Synopsis

アイアムアヒーロー

“Welcome to ZQN World.”

Hideo Suzuki is a 35-year-old mangaka assistant, whose life seem to be stuck around his exhausting but low-paying job, unfulfilled dreams, strange hallucinations and unsatisfying relationships. He sees himself as a supporting character in his own life, has low self-esteem, resulting in frustration. One day, the world as Hideo knows it is shattered by the presence of a disease that turns people into homicidal maniacs, whose first instinct is to attack and devour the nearest human.

Audience Engagement

360
Reviews
91st
Review-volume percentile
77th
Popularity percentile

360 audience reviews — more than 91% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 77th percentile among Japan films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with I Am a Hero. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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Action + Horror in Japan

92 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding I Am a Hero itself).

The 2015–2017 Japan Window

I Am a Hero holds position #199 of 588 Japan films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. The Relative Worlds
    #1

    The Relative Worlds

    ★ 9.1 · 2017
  2. My Korean Teacher
    #2

    My Korean Teacher

    ★ 8.8 · 2016
  3. My Hero Academia
    #3

    My Hero Academia

    ★ 8.7 · 2016
  4. KONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world!!
    #4

    KONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2016
  5. Mob Psycho 100
    #5

    Mob Psycho 100

    ★ 8.6 · 2016
  6. Yuri!!! on Ice
    #6

    Yuri!!! on Ice

    ★ 8.6 · 2016
  7. SCHOOL-LIVE!
    #7

    SCHOOL-LIVE!

    ★ 8.6 · 2015
  8. Castle Town Dandelion
    #8

    Castle Town Dandelion

    ★ 8.6 · 2015

The 2010s Japan Landscape

2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including I Am a Hero. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.

The 3333rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on I Am a Hero, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • zombie apocalypse · 5
  • comic strip artist · 2
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • epidemic · 7
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • anime · 711
  • japan · 454
  • based on manga · 297
  • zombie · 42

Reception Benchmarks

7.4
TMDB Rating
360
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,352 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (70th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.5 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #585 of 1,714 (top 34%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesTOHO
Runtime2h 6m
Release DateApril 23, 2016
IMDbtt3775202
Official Sitewww.iamahero-movie.com

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