GKIDS announced that Warner Bros. Japan and STUDIO4°C’s anime film adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka and Yoshitoshi ABe’s All You Need Is Kill light novel will open on January 16, 2026 in theaters across North America. All You Need Is Kill opens first on January 9 across 10 theaters in Japan, and GKIDS will also distribute the film in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
The All You Need Is Kill anime film will also screen at the following events:
- Animation is Film – October 17 to 19
- Bucheon International Animation Festival – October 24 to 28
- San Sebastian Fantasy Festival – October 31 to November 7
- Scotland Loves Anime Festival – November 6 to December 12
- Leeds International Film Festival – October 30 to November 16
- Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival – November 6 to 23
Kenichiro Akimoto directs the anime at STUDIO4°C. AKASAKI performs the theme song “Tsuretette.”
The cast includes:
- Ai Mikami as Rita
- Natsuki Hanae as Keiji
- Kana Hanazawa as Shasta
- Hiccorohee as Raychell
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?
