During the Warner Bros. Japan panel at Anime Expo 2025, it was revealed that the anime adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka and Yoshitoshi ABe’s All You Need Is Kill light novel will have its North American premiere screening at this year’s 29th annual Fantasia International Film Festival. The Fantasia International Film Festival will take place from July 16 to August 3 in Montreal.
The cast of the anime includes:
- Ai Mikami as Rita
- Natsuki Hanae as Keiji
- Kana Hanazawa as Shasta
- Hiccorohee as Raychell
Kenichiro Akimoto will be directing the anime at STUDIO4°C. The opening theme song “Tsuretette” will be performed by singer-songwriter AKASAKI.
The All You Need Is Kill novel was published by Shueisha in 2004. In 2009, Viz Media acquired the series and began publishing it in English. A manga adaptation by Takeshi Obata and Ryōsuke Takeuchi was released in January 2014.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the series via VIZ Media:
When the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his 158th iteration, he gets a message from a mysterious ally—the female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji’s escape or his final death?
