All You Need Is Kill

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📖 SYNOPSIS

Fresh recruit Keiji Kiriya steps onto the battlefield on his very first day of combat in humanity's war against alien invaders called Mimics — and dies on that mission. Then he wakes up the day before the battle and has to do it all over again. Every time he dies, he resets. Every loop, he gets a little better at fighting, a little more exhausted mentally, and a little more desperate to figure out why this is happening to him. If you've seen Re:Zero or Steins;Gate, you know how a time loop can mess with someone's head — now drop that concept into a brutal sci-fi warzone animated by Studio 4°C. The real hook comes when Keiji meets Rita Vrataski, a legendary soldier who seems to understand exactly what he's going through. Their connection is the emotional core of a story that could have just been endless battle sequences but instead digs into what it actually costs to relive your own death over and over. Based on the light novel that also inspired the Tom Cruise film Edge of Tomorrow, this is the version fans of the source material have been waiting for — a proper adaptation with the tone and character work intact. Studio 4°C's animation gives the combat real weight and the Mimics a genuinely alien feel. It's a single movie, so there's no filler, no padding. If you liked The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya's Endless Eight but wished it had mech suits and existential dread about alien warfare, this is your movie.

✨ MUST WATCH IF...

You love Studio 4°C's visual style — hand-drawn and CG blend beautifully here
Time-loop stories that focus on psychological toll and war trauma are your thing
You want a tight 85-minute sci-fi film that doesn't waste a single minute
Rita's evolution from disoriented soldier to hardened warrior sounds like a great arc

❌ SKIP IF...

You need deep world-building and character backstories — the short runtime doesn't deliver that
Repetitive time-loop structure frustrates you even when it's central to the plot
You'd rather read Sakurazaka's novel or the manga for more fleshed-out storytelling

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MANGA BRIDGE

This season covers Chapters 1-17 of the manga. Continue reading from Chapter 18.

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All You Need Is Kill

Studio

Studio 4°C

Season

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Start Date

2026-01-09

End Date

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Episodes

1

Type

Movie

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