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All You Need is Kill Anime Stars Ai Mikami, Natsuki Hanae

The staff for All You Need Is Kill science fiction light novel announced the anime's main cast on Friday.

The anime will star:

Ai Mikami as Rita, who has "closed herself off emotionally, building walls between herself and others..."

Natsuki Hanae as Keiji, who "usually hides behind a smile, trying to blend in and avoid standing out..."

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival in will screen the anime. The festival will be held from June 8-14.

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 will be AKASAKI's first anime theme.

The original novel by Sakurazaka is set in a future Earth under attack by alien invaders known as Mimics. Humanity's infantry goes into battle in powered armor suits that enhance their deadliness, but they are still losing the war. Keiji Kiriya is a newly enlisted soldier, but dies in his first battle. After he dies, he finds himself awakening to a time prior to the battle, having inexplicably entered a time loop. Through a repeating process of dying and learning from his mistakes, he slowly finds a way to live longer and longer, and finds himself drawn to an elite soldier named Rita Vrataski.

Haikasoru imprint for Japanese science fiction and fantasy in 2009.

The novel Young Jump magazine in January to May 2014. Viz Media published the manga in English.

Viz also 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 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.

Sources: All You Need Is Kill anime's X/Twitter (link 2), Comic Natalie