It took longer than you think: how many years did ‘K-pop Warriors’ take to be ready?
Released on June 20 of this year, the animation “Guerreiras do K-Pop” is one of the biggest hits of 2025. The film, produced by Sony Animations and distributed by Netflix, became the most watched film in the history of the streaming platform, in addition to also continuing to break numerous records on the international music charts.
The work tells the story of HUNTR/X, a K-pop trio that uses their music as a force to protect Honmoon, a magical protective barrier responsible for preventing demons from entering the human world.
However, the girl group’s work is put in danger with the arrival of the Saja Boys, a boy group of demons sent by the great villain, Gwi-Ma, to disrupt the activities of Rumi, Mira and Zoey, stealing their fans and sucking out all their vitality to strengthen the evil being.
Despite addressing an extremely current topic, which is the fame of the South Korean pop music industry, “K-Pop Warriors” took a long time to be fully produced, and managed to become the global phenomenon it is today.
How long did “K-Pop Warriors” take to make?
According to the co-director, Maggie Kangin an interview with The New York Times (via People), In total, it took around seven years for the animation to be completely finishedfrom presenting the idea to launching it on Netflix.
Kang he also reveals that, when he presented the proposal, it was “the height of BTS fever”, and that “it wasn’t difficult to convince them in this sense. If you didn’t live in a cave, you would know how big BTS and Korean content were.”
However, although the time between the presentation of the idea and the long-awaited premiere took seven years, the development of the characters seems to have taken even longer. It turns out that, in June 2025, a few days before the debut of “Guerreiras do K-Pop” on streaming, Maggie shared on his Twitter page the first sketch he made of Rumi, the protagonist of the saga, which appeared on April 21, 2016, nine years ago.
Rumi was born over 9yrs ago.
Thank you for finding this @CadeCarrizales— Maggie Kang (@maggiemkang) June 13, 2025
“K-Pop Warriors” is available for streaming on Netflix.
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