K-POP DEMON HUNTERS

K-Pop Demon HuntersPG, Now Playing, 1h 39m,  Action/Adventure/Comedy/Fantasy/Animation

96%Tomatometer82 Reviews

99%Popcornmeter250+ Verified Ratings

SynopsisWhen they aren't selling out stadiums, Kpop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey use their secret identities as badass demon hunters to protect their fans from an ever-present supernatural threat. Together, they must face their biggest enemy yet -- an irresistible rival boy band of demons in disguise.

The above from Rotten Tomatoes.  Hate animated films.  But this one must be from South Korea, which is #1 today in movies and series.

I assumed that K-Pop Demon Hunters came from South Korea, the country that gave us BTS, Gangnam Style (was the first music video to reach 1 billion views, now up to 5.6 billion), and Parasite (won Academy Award for Best Film in 2020). Nope.  

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  According to Wikipedia:  K-Pop Demon Hunters is a 2025 American animated musicalurban fantasy film^[8][9][10] directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans from a screenplay they co-wrote with Danya Jimenez and Hannah McMechan, based on a story conceived by Kang.
• Well, Maggie Kang's real name is Kang Mini-ji, and she was born in Seoul, and moved to Toronto at the age of five.
• Keep's her age to herself, but must be in her late 30's to early 40's.

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  Studied animation at Sheridan College (Toronto), but in her third year was recruited to work for DreamWorks. You know this company. NBCUniversal studio headquartered in Glendale, California, founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen. Has produced 52 films, like Shrek, How to Train Your Dragon, etc.

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  She was previously involved with Puss in Boots (2011) and Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016).
• Married to Radford Sechrist, creator of the Netflix series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, another animated sci fi effort.

About KPop Demon Hunters.

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  Voiced by Koreans, including Daniel Dae Kim, who was born in Busan, South Korea in 1968, but moved to the U.S. with family at the age of 1, and grew up mostly in New York City.  He plays Healer Han, an eccentric doctor.

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  Lea Salonga provides the voice of Celine, a former demon hunter.
• Maggie Kang does some voicing.
• This demon hunting trio was modeled after Itrzy, Twice and Blackpink, a group I featured in one of my postings 5 years ago.

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  Their Saja Boy rivals are a composite of various Korean groups, including BTS.  The day I got the most visitors to this blog site, 20April2019, more than 27,000 pings, was titled BTS and ASMR.

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  The film is about a K-pop girl group, Huntr/x, leading double lives as demon hunters.  They face off against a rival boy band, the Saja Boys, whose members are secretly demons.
• Animated, demons....I don't need any more to stop this posting now.

But I'll continue, to determine if I will make this animated production my second exception.  Some years ago, I went to a theater to see an animated film, and felt out of place, for this was a children's movie, and they were with their parents.  Can't remember the title.

K-Pop Demon Hunters is Kang's desire to create a story inspired by her Korean heritage, drawing from mythology, demonology and K-pop.

• In case you didn't know, it is said that long ago demons preyed on humans, feeding their souls to their ruler Gwi-Ma, involving Lee Byung-hun, the Frontman in Squid Game.

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  But history shows that three women became demon hunters and sealed the demons away with a magical barrier called the Honmoon.  Of course, there have been threesomes doing this for many generations, with each trio using their singing voices to wipe out those demons. Someday, the Golden Honmoon will be attained to forever banish demons.  Is this hunting group the one to do this?  Is Gwi-Ma now gone?  A lot of stories within stories, and I can't believe I've said so much already.

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  The soundtrack features original songs by various stars and a score composed by Marcelo Zarvos.
• Began streaming on Netflix on June 20.  Oh, okay, I can just go to my TV set and not be embarrassed in a room with mostly young kids.  So I will at least start watching this film, soon.
• Became THE MOST-WATCHED ORIGINAL TITLE IN NETFLIX HISTORY, with 266 million views, overtaking Squid Game.  Now past 300 million.

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  But, then, I checked with Google AI Overview, and this is what I got.

KPop Demon Hunters is not Netflix's most-watched movie ever; this is a hoax or a fictional scenario. The actual Netflix most-watched film is The Mitchells vs. the Machines.  KPop Demon Hunters was the subject of a viral social media hoax in late 2025 that caused confusion and a brief surge of interest in the nonexistent film, which had a plot about a K-pop group who are secretly demon hunters.

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  This other Netflix animated film got 97/89 ratings from Rotten Tomatoes.  So who is right?  I checked again and got:

Yes, K-pop Demon Hunters is the most watched title on Netflix ever, surpassing both Squid Game and Red Notice.  As of early September 2025, it had accumulated over 291 million views, making it the top title in Netflix history.

• These checks with AI Overview were made a minute apart, so I guess you sometimes need to re-check.  Yes, K-Pop Demon Hunters is #1 on Netflix.

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  Soundtrack reached #1 and various top ten positions on various charts, as well as the first from a film to have four songs simultaneously in the Billboard Top Ten.
• Had a budget of $100 million, but only had a box office revenue of $19.2 million, because only had a limited 2-day theatrical release to show the sing-along version.  That one weekend of play was enough to earn sufficient revenues to place #1 in U.S. theaters.
• There will be a sequel.  No, make that several.

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