K‑Pop Demon Hunters is the animation hit no one saw coming. A K‑pop girl group that slays demons by night, Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Josie and the Pussycats with a dash of Blackpink, sounds like the stuff of late-night anime, not a global phenomenon. But K‑Pop Demon Hunters, a stylish, wildly sincere animated film, just blindsided the streaming world.
For Netflix, it may be their closest thing yet to a Frozen moment, and it’s from its most unlikely source, after plugging away with big animation projects, such as Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, and supporting award-winning films such as The Mitchells vs. The Machines and Nimona. The surprise is, Netflix isn’t Disney, naturally, but that’s exactly the point.
