KPop Demon Hunters (2025) is an animated musical action‑comedy from Sony Pictures Animation, hitting Netflix on June 20, 2025 . It blends high-energy K-pop with demon-hunting fantasy.
🎬 Plot & Premise
A top K-pop girl group—Huntrix, made up of Rumi, Mira, and Zoey—leads a double life. By day they sell out stadiums; by night they fight soul-stealing demons threatening fans and the mystical Honmoon barrier tomsguide.com+15en.wikipedia.org+15indiatimes.com+15. Their main opponents? A charming boy band called the Saja Boys, secretly led by the demon Jinu, who siphons fans’ souls rottentomatoes.com+8en.wikipedia.org+8indiatimes.com+8.
🎠Cast & Characters
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Arden Cho as Rumi – group leader harboring a powerful secret sonypicturesanimation.fandom.com+15netflix.com+15indiatimes.com+15
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May Hong as Mira – the tough, skeptical powerhouse en.wikipedia.org+15netflix.com+15rottentomatoes.com+15
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Ji‑young Yoo as Zoey – energetic rapper navigating identity en.wikipedia.org+15netflix.com+15reddit.com+15
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Ahn Hyo‑seop as Jinu – former-human demon frontman of Saja Boys rottentomatoes.com+14netflix.com+14reddit.com+14
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With Ken Jeong, Yunjin Kim, Daniel Dae Kim, Byung‑hun Lee & cameo voices like Joel Kim Booster & Liza Koshy decider.com+5netflix.com+5indiatimes.com+5.
🎨 Animation & Style
Directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, visually distinct from Spider-Verse but inspired by bold aesthetics of anime, K-drama, and music videos netflix.com+9cinemablend.com+9discussingfilm.net+9. The dancing, fighting, and singing sections were tightly synchronized frame‑by‑frame—described by the creators as “torturous” in detail-oriented precision cinemablend.com.
🎶 Music
Original tracks by top K-pop producers (Teddy Park, Lindgren, among others), plus T‑ara TWICE members (Jeongyeon, Jihyo, Chaeyoung) on the anthem “Takedown.” The score is by Marcelo Zarvos ew.com+3en.wikipedia.org+3indiatimes.com+3.
✅ Reception
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Came in #1 on Netflix’s U.S. Top 10 as of June 21, 2025 tomsguide.com+1netflix.com+1
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Currently holds a 94 % critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes rottentomatoes.com+2tomsguide.com+2cinemablend.com+2
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Critics praise its innovative animation, vibrant style, and catchy soundtrack, though some note the story is lighter and less emotionally deep than in Sony’s Spider-Verse films netflix.com+4discussingfilm.net+4en.wikipedia.org+4.
Should You Watch It?
If you love K‑pop, vibrant visuals, catchy songs, and spirited female-led heroics with a supernatural twist—it’s a fun, high-energy ride. Just don’t expect too much narrative complexity.
Let me know if you want deeper insights—like breakdowns of character arcs, soundtrack details, or scene highlights!
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