Fans of KPop Demon Hunters can now enjoy a free 142-page digital art book based on the smash hit movie.
The animated fantasy film landed on Netflix in June and quickly became the most-watched movie in the history of the streaming platform, surpassing the previous record holder, 2021’s Red Notice, and clocking up over 325million views.
Now, the digital art book, The Art Of KPop Demon Hunters, has been released, with enthusiastic fans able to look through extensive behind-the-scenes information on the film, with the option to listen to the hit soundtrack as you browse.
Made up of 15 chapters, it covers the origin of the project, the influences that inspired its creation and interviews with the cast and crew. Readers will be able to explore how the Huntr/x characters were inspired by 90s anime, and go behind the scenes at the Idol Awards, a key climactic sequence in the film.
The digital version is online now here, while there will also be a physical version released in February.
The success of the film was further boosted with the release of a singalong version into cinemas, with that grossing up to $20million (£14.9million) in a single weekend.
The film follows a K-pop girl group named Huntr/x, made up of members Rumi, Mira and Zoey, who lead double lives as demon hunters who fight rival boy band The Saja Boys, whose members are secretly demons. It was directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans and produced by Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix.
A sequel to the movie has already been greenlit by Netflix and Sony, with reports suggesting it will be released sometime in 2029. There are also rumours that a live-action version is being considered – although Kang has suggested that she does not like the idea, saying she finds it “really hard to imagine” the characters in a live-action world.
A school in the UK recently banned pupils from singing songs from the film, citing concerns that they go against the school’s “Christian ethos”. The Lilliput Church of England Infant School in Poole told parents that some people had been made “deeply uncomfortable” with the film’s references to demons.
Elsewhere, the voices behind the Saja Boys group in the film have registered as official members of the Federation of Korean Music Performers, suggesting that they are preparing to play real-life shows in the future. Their Huntr/x counterparts have already performed live, including on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in October.
The film’s signature song ‘Golden’ topped the charts in over 20 countries, including the UK, the US and South Korea, and it was also recently covered by Biffy Clyro.
