All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka

of Tomorrow (based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka's 2004 novel All You Need Is Kill) a. The English-language film tie-in edition of the novel also uses this title. much like what one encounters in a platformer such as Super Mario Bros. A graphic novel adaptation was released in North America in May 2014.Ī film adaptation from director Doug Liman starring Tom Cruise, titled Edge of Tomorrow, was released on May 30, 2014. In November 2014, the Viz translation was released in a collected edition that included the entire series. All You Need Is Kill follows a soldier named Keiji Kiriya, who, after dying in a battle with extraterrestrials, is caught in a time loop that makes him live the same day repeatedly, allowing Kiriya to improve his fighting skills.Ī manga adaptation, written by Ryousuke Takeuchi and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine between January and May 2014 and was also published by Viz Media in its Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and Yoshitoshi ABe Publication date 2014 Topics Light Novel, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Action Collection opensource Language English When the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. The book was published in Japanese by Shueisha under their Super Dash Bunko imprint in December 2004, and was later released in English by Viz Media under their Haikasoru imprint. The novel was Sakurazaka's breakthrough science-fiction novel, earning wide praise from fellow novelists including Yasutaka Tsutsui and Chōhei Kanbayashi and was entered in contention for the Seiun Awards. All You Need Is Kill is a Japanese military science fiction light novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka with illustrations by Yoshitoshi ABe.