KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
KPop Demon Hunters is a 2025 fantasy movie directed by Chris Appelhans and Maggie Kang, with a running time of 1h 36m. It stars Arden Cho, May Hong and Ji-young Yoo.
Rumi, Mira and Zoey are Huntrix, the biggest K-pop girl group in the world, filling stadiums by night and, between shows, guarding their fans from demons with powers they keep hidden. Their sold-out tour collides with the arrival of the Saja Boys, a rival boy band whose flawless choreography masks what they really are. Directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans for Sony Pictures Animation and Netflix, the film runs on candy-bright animation, wall-to-wall pop numbers and the private strain of a double life. A musical, an action fantasy and a valentine to fandom, pitched loud and sincere.
Quick answers
What is KPop Demon Hunters about?
Rumi, Mira and Zoey are Huntrix, the biggest K-pop girl group in the world, filling stadiums by night and, between shows, guarding their fans from demons with powers they keep hidden. Their sold-out tour collides with the arrival of the Saja Boys, a rival boy band whose flawless choreography masks what they really are. Directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans for Sony Pictures Animation and Netflix, the film runs on candy-bright animation, wall-to-wall pop numbers and the private strain of a double life. A musical, an action fantasy and a valentine to fandom, pitched loud and sincere.
When was KPop Demon Hunters released?
KPop Demon Hunters was released on 20 June 2025.
How long is KPop Demon Hunters?
KPop Demon Hunters runs 1h 36m.
Who made KPop Demon Hunters?
KPop Demon Hunters was directed by Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang and Danya Jimenez.
Where can I watch KPop Demon Hunters?
KPop Demon Hunters is available on Netflix.
Where to watch KPop Demon Hunters
Stream: Netflix
Official site
https://www.sonypicturesanimation.com/projects/films/kpop-demon-hunters
Cast
- Arden Cho as Rumi (voice)
- May Hong as Mira (voice)
- Ji-young Yoo as Zoey (voice)
- Ahn Hyo-seop as Jinu (voice)
- Yunjin Kim as Celine (voice)
- Ken Jeong as Bobby (voice)
- Lee Byung-hun as Gwi-Ma (voice)
- Daniel Dae Kim as Healer Han / Additional Voices (voice)
- Joel Kim Booster as Variety Show Host 1 / Idol Host / Romance Saja (voice)
- Liza Koshy as Host (voice)
- Alan Lee as Pilot Demon / Variety Show Host 2 / Mystery Saja (voice)
- Rumi Oak as Young Rumi / Young Fan (voice)
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A few thoughts on KPop Demon Hunters
The lineage here is the magical-girl group, and Sailor Moon is the origin point: friends who transform, fight monsters, and still have to make it to soundcheck. Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir updates that formula with secret identities and a modern-pop sheen. For the same fusion of live music and fantasy combat, Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is the film to cue up next.
Magical girls with a secret identity to protect
Rumi, Mira and Zoey headline stadiums by night and guard fans from demons in between, splitting their lives down the middle. Sailor Moon ran the same double life decades earlier, transforming after class to fight monsters, Miraculous keeps its heroism behind a mask and a strict need-to-know policy, Equestria Girls moves magical guardianship into a human high school, and Descendants 2 hides its cast's true heritage the same way.
Animated musicals that live or die on the soundtrack
KPop Demon Hunters is pitched as much on its pop numbers as its plot, with Huntrix's songs doing real narrative work. Trolls and Trolls Band Together build entire movies around a pop world of original hits, Vivo follows a single song across borders the way Huntrix's music carries real stakes, and The Cheetah Girls: One World keeps its girl group's harmonies front and center throughout.
Rock musicals where the real villain is a demon in disguise
The Saja Boys look like a perfect boy band and hide what they are behind the stagecraft. Rock & Rule sends an actual demon after a singer's voice to open a portal, Phantom of the Paradise wraps a Faustian bargain around a rock impresario, Strange Magic stages its fairy-court rivalries as a full jukebox musical, and The Book of Life lets literal gods pull the strings behind its love story.
Animated worlds where monsters secretly live among ordinary people
Huntrix and the Saja Boys both hide a supernatural double life behind bright, mainstream entertainment, demons and idols sharing the same stage. Hotel Transylvania and Monsters, Inc. build whole societies of monsters running quietly parallel to human life, Casper keeps its ghost a secret from everyone but one girl, and The Little Vampire 3D hides a whole vampire family behind an ordinary neighborhood.