"It's a simple but effective premise: Your hero dies. He awakens, only to relive his last day. He dies again. Over and over, this cycle happens until our hero has conquered the time-loop he's stuck in, having become stronger, faster, and wiser in the thousands of times that he's been resurrected. It's the video game conceit, as a thrilling alien invasion story."
"Despite finally using the awesome title of Sakurazaka's original novel, All You Need Is Kill is not a straightforward adaptation. In fact, it takes even more liberties than Edge of Tomorrow does, turning the supporting character in both the novel and the live-action film, Rita, into the protagonist, and changing its setting to the beginning of an alien invasion that takes the Earth by surprise."
The anime reimagines All You Need Is Kill by centering Rita, shifting the setting to the onset of an alien invasion and adopting the novel's original title. Studio 4°C animated the film, directed by Kenichiro Akimoto. A massive alien flower called Darol lies dormant until it erupts, unleashing hundreds of monsters that slaughter volunteers. Rita is caught in a sonic blast, dies, and repeatedly wakes to an earlier morning, attempting to warn others before each catastrophe. The film departs further from Edge of Tomorrow's adaptation, converts a supporting character into the protagonist, and focuses on survival through repeated deaths.
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