ALL YOU NEED IS KILL Anime Reveals New Visual, Trailer

ALL YOU NEED IS KILL anime movie revealed a new visual and trailer on Tuesday. The upcoming anime adaptation has been screened at several film festivals such as Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Fantasia International Film Festival, Sitges International Fantastic FilmFestival of Catalonia and New York Comic Con 2025.

The movie will also premiere at the following events:

• Animation is Film Festival (Los Angeles, United States, on October 18, 4:30 pm)
• Bucheon International Animation Film Festival (Bucheon, Korea, on October 25, 6:00 PM)
• Leeds International Film Festival (England | Leeds on October 30 – November 16, 2025)
• Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (Taipei, Taiwan, on November 6 – 23, 2025)
• San Sebastian Fantasy Film Festival (San Sebastian, Spain, on October 31 – November 7, 2025)
• Scotland Love Anime Festival (England on November 6 – December 2, 2025)

The film, based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s 2004 sci-fi novel, is produced by Warner Bros. Japan and directed by Kenichiro Akimoto, with animation by Studio 4°C. The original novel previously inspired the 2014 American live-action adaptation Edge of Tomorrow, and the novel was previously also adapted into various other formats, including manga and graphic novels.

Main cast:

• Ai Mikami as Rita
• Natsuki Hanae as Keiji
• Kana Hanazawa as Shasta
• Hiccorohee as Raychell

Staff:

• Original Light Novel Author: Hiroshi Sakurazaka “All You Need Is Kill”
• Director: Kenichiro Akimoto
• Screenplay: Yuichiro Kido
• Art Director: Tomotaka Kubo
• Character Design: Izumi Murakami
• Co-Director: Yukinori Nakamura
• Animation Director: Tomonari Nakajima
• Animation Director: Hisato Tokumaru
• CGI Director: Takanori Nakashima
• Color Design: Konoha Suzuki
• Mechanical Design: IZMOJUKI
• Music: Yasuhiro Maeda
• Sound Design: Kouji Kasamatsu
• Science Fiction Researcher: Yuya Takashima
• Theme Song: AKASAKI “Tsuretette”
• Animation: STUDIO 4°C
• Produced by: Warner Bros. Japan

Source: Press Release, Official Website
©Hiroshi Sakurazaka / Shueisha, ALL YOU NEED IS KILL Project