All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka

Despite equipping its soldiers with powered exoskeletons, the UDF is losing its fight against the mysterious 'Mimics' ( ギタイ, gitai ), extraterrestrials which have laid siege to Earth. The story is told from the perspective of Keiji Kiriya, a new recruit in the United Defense Force. 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 Best Japanese Long Work in the 36th Seiun Awards in 2005. The English-language film tie-in edition of the novel also uses this title.

A film adaptation from director Doug Liman starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, titled Edge of Tomorrow, was released in May 2014. Another manga adaptation, written by Nick Mamatas and illustrated by Lee Ferguson, was released in North America in May 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 Ryōsuke 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. 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. All You Need Is Kill is a Japanese science fiction light novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka with illustrations by Yoshitoshi Abe.

All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka