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All You Need Is Kill Anime Film Opens in U.K. and Ireland Cinemas on February 27
posted on by Andrew Osmond
A press release has confirmed that Anime Limited and GKIDS will release Warner Bros. Japan and STUDIO4°C's anime film of Hiroshi Sakurazaka and Yoshitoshi ABe's All You Need Is Kill, in UK and Ireland cinemas on February 27. GKIDS previously released a trailer.
GKIDS acquired the anime in multiple territories, including North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
Kenichiro Akimoto (Children of the Sea CGI director, Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko unit director) directed the anime at STUDIO4°C. The anime retells the story from a different viewpoint than the novel and Hollywood's Edge of Tomorrow film adaptation.
University student and singer-songwriter AKASAKI will perform the theme song "Tsuretette" for the anime. AKASAKI specifically wrote the song for the anime. This is AKASAKI's first anime theme.
The film is described as follows:
"Set in the year 20XX, All You Need Is Kill follows the story of Rita, a resourceful but isolated young woman volunteering to help rebuild Japan after the mysterious appearance of a massive alien flower known as “Darol.” When Darol unexpectedly erupts in a deadly event, unleashing monstrous creatures that decimate the population, Rita is caught in the destruction—and killed. But then she wakes up again. And again. Caught in an endless time loop, Rita must navigate the trauma and repetition of death until she crosses paths with Keiji, a shy young man trapped in the same cycle. Together, they fight to break free from the loop and find meaning in the chaos around them."
Shueisha published the novel in December 2004. Viz Media published Sakurazaka's novel in English to launch its Haikasoru imprint for Japanese science fiction and fantasy in 2009.
The novel spawned a manga by artist Takeshi Obata (Hikaru no Go, Death Note, Bakuman) and writer Ryōsuke Takeuchi (ST&RS) in Shueisha's Young Jump magazine in January to May 2014. Viz Media published the manga in English.
Viz also released a separate one-volume full-color graphic novel adaptation of the story in May 2014. Nick Mamatas (Move Under Ground) adapted the story and Lee Ferguson (Green Arrow, Miranda Mercury) drew the art.
The novel inspired the live-action Hollywood movie adaptation Edge of Tomorrow in 2014, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. Edge of Tomorrow made over US$100 million in the U.S., US$15 million in Japan, and US$370,541,256 worldwide.
Source: Press release
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