Director Kedeheon is not a particular famous girl group..Inspiration for all idols
Aug 22, 2025
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On the afternoon of the 22nd, a press conference was held at CGV Yongsan I'Park Mall in Ichon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, for Netflix's original animation 'K-Pop Demon Hunters' (directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans). Maggie Kang, a Korean-Canadian director, attended the press conference.
Regarding the detailed setting of Korean culture "Does Korean content produced abroad touch anything different from the actual situation? The animation 'Mulan' is also a story set in China, but doesn't it come out wearing a Japanese kimono? I felt bad as an Asian. So 'K-Pop Demon Hunters' wanted to make the details of Korean culture accurate. The entire team tried to produce details because there were many Koreans in the team of 'K-Pop Demon Hunters' team.
He said "Stories and characters are the most important in movies. I thought anyone in the world could understand it and I wanted to show many aspects of our culture and show it as it is without hiding anything. Even if the overseas audience doesn't understand it right now, I thought it would work someday,' he added.
Then "Martin, Dokkaebi, and the Grim Reaper seemed to feel special to foreign audiences. K-POP first thought of such a material and later incorporated ideas. In fact, it was not modeled by one idol group. I wanted to make this movie for K-pop fans. I am also a fan of K-pop. I completed the main character with several groups as a motif."
'K-Pop Demon Hunters' is an action fantasy animation about Huntrix, a K-pop girl group by day and a secret exorcist by night, defeating the Lion Boys who become evil spirits at night and threaten humanity?Ida. Aden Cho, Ahn Hyo-seop, May Hong, Yoo Ji-young, Kim Yoon-jin, Joel Kim Booster, Raiza Koshi, and Daniel Dae-Kim, Ken Jeong, and Lee Byung-hun are among the voice actors. It was released worldwide on Netflix on June 20.
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