All You Need Is Kill

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All You Need Is Kill is a Japanese military science fiction light novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka about a soldier caught in a time loop while fighting an alien invasion, which inspired the film Edge of Tomorrow.

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light novel
military science fiction work
science fiction novel
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Edge of Tomorrow
antagonist Mimics
author Hiroshi Sakurazaka
countryOfOrigin Japan
filmAdaptationDirector Doug Liman
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2014
filmAdaptationScreenwriter Christopher McQuarrie
Jez Butterworth
John-Henry Butterworth
filmAdaptationTitle Edge of Tomorrow
genre light novel
military science fiction
time loop fiction
hasAlternateTitle Edge of Tomorrow
surface form: Edge of Tomorrow (marketing tie-in edition)
hasEnglishPublisher Haikasoru
Funimation (legacy brand)
surface form: Viz Media
hasEnglishTitle All You Need Is Kill self-link
hasFilmAdaptationStar Emily Blunt
Tom Cruise
hasMangaAdaptationIllustrator Takeshi Obata
illustrator Yoshitoshi ABe
imprint Super Dash Bunko
involves alien invasion
powered armor suits
language Japanese
mainCharacter Keiji Kiriya
Rita Vrataski
mediaType print
narrativeDevice time loop
notableFor influencing the film Edge of Tomorrow
use of repeated combat loops
originalLanguage Japanese
pageCount approximately 200
publicationDate 2004
publisher Shueisha
setting near-future Earth
targetDemographic light novel readers
young adult
theme death and rebirth
fate and free will
military training
war
title All You Need Is Kill self-link

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