KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

 

KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

 

6/10

Starring the voice of

Arden Cho

Ahn Hyo-seop

May Hong

Ji-young Yoo

Yunjin Kim

 

Directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans

 

KPop Demon Hunters is actually good, the comedy is nice and the action animation is good too. If you like KPop music, this animation has you covered. It did not hold back on the music quality and it has beautifully designed choreography. The voice acting is also not bad, I enjoyed it, but I have to warn you, the animation style was not it for me, that I did not like.

The reason I delayed in seeing this movie is because of the way it was being marketed, like a bunch of singers taking on demons, and I did not feel like it would be something for me. But the way this animation is making waves all over the internet, curiosity got the best of me and I just decided to go see it, and I am glad I did.

The movie is more than just singing and demon slaying, it actually has an ok plot, which has many holes, but the way it handled the revelation of things was nice. I like the way the animation used suspense to keep you engaged with the characters and their pasts. The problem is the character development is shabby, and I did not like the way the animation used some emotional romantic things to sell, save the girl, save the world thing.

The singing in the animation should not be a turnoff to anyone, it is actually very good. Also bear with the first quarter of an hour, where the movie never really gets going, just introducing everyone and exposing something secret about Rumi.

Who is Rumi?

Rumi is part of a KPop girl group called Huntr/x which also has Mira and Zoey. Rumi is struggling deep inside to try and fix who she is, while also busy trying to make the world safe. She lives her life in front of the camera with her group, happy and singing, but behind are scars, which makes her somewhat part of the problem of the world she is trying to fix.

Yeah, all the deepness is tied into this animation, as in this world there are demons who prey on humans to feed the souls of the humans to their ruler Gwi-Ma. For many generations there have been three women singers who use their songs to drive away the demons and have created a magical barrier called Honmoon, and generation after generation a new trio of singing voices has been maintaining the Honmoon. This new trio is the Huntr/x KPop group, and they are under the guidance of Celine, a previous hunter who raised Rumi.

Gwi-Ma, now starving, decided to play the same game as the demon hunters by creating his own boy group with the aim of driving fans away from the girl group, thereby breaking the Honmoon.

The animation does try to give enough character depth, but it seems to blur it a bit in order to create emotional moments, which I did not like.

This is a good animation, which I feel is crafted well enough to make sure you and your family have a good time seeing it. Netflix actually created something so good that they decided to give it a theatrical release, and it is also doing good there too. So catch it on Netflix or in the cinema, this is a good animation, and I recommend it.