# Talk:KPop Demon Hunters

it is not abs Saja it is Abby saja 2A0A:EF40:1702:6B01:1C25:A0D:2207:B0F3 (talk) 10:30, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

The character is referred to as "Abby" but credited as "Abs"; this is noted in the footnote labeled "b" that is attached to that part of the cast section. — Jamie Eilat (talk) 11:39, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
Ooookkkkkk 2A0A:EF40:DC1:9E01:B16D:D35C:8F7B:FC6F (talk) 18:34, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

Any way to squeeze this information into the article? CBS to back it up: [1]. Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 17:21, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

I don't think there's anywhere in the article, as it currently is, that this would really be able to be fit into. — Jamie Eilat (talk) 17:37, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
Maybe the reception section? Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 17:50, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
This info is now in the article, it was added in this edit. Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 14:54, 5 October 2025 (UTC)
Yeah I just added it, but very briefly. Historyday01 (talk) 11:33, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

As this is a streaming movie, this article is missing TV ratings. The Netflix view charts, the Nielsen ratings, etc. It should have a large subsection under RECEPTION section, since it is much more important than the boxoffice receipts. The month-over-month of weeks of 20+ million views, and top of the TV ratings month after month for the weekly ratings -- 65.93.183.109 (talk) 23:20, 6 October 2025 (UTC)

The view count is already mentioned multiple times. Giving a large sub-section to that would be undue weight. Also, I don't even know if Nielsen regularly publishes stats on specific streaming shows or not, as what's shown here is pretty general. I only found TWO mentions of KPop Demon Hunters on the entire Nielsen site:
"Netflix accounted for 8.7% of TV watch-time in August (-0.1 point vs. July), and continued to dominate the month’s top streaming programs: Netflix originals Wednesday, KPop Demon Hunters and The Hunting Wives, plus acquired series Sullivan’s Crossing, took the top four slots and combined for over 22 billion viewing minutes across the five weeks of the interval."- Sept. 16, 2025 press release
July press release listing it as a top title, with 3.51 billion viewing minutes
Perhaps both of these things add something, or maybe not, but they do NOT deserve an entire section. So, nothing is "missing." Your claim is completely wrong.--Historyday01 (talk) 17:18, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
If it does not need a section, then the box office is even more egregiously biased, which should also be removed, and the information dispersed as the ratings information is, as it improperly focuses attention on what is most definitely not a theatrical movie. It is a streaming movie that had a small theatrical run. That us undue attention to the theatrical box office, and makes it look like this is some sort of theatrical movie first and foremost. -- 65.93.183.109 (talk) 04:15, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
It was released in theaters for a short time. That is a fact. Historyday01 (talk) 13:00, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
Two days, specifically. Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 13:04, 11 October 2025 (UTC)

I created the following redirects:

Rumi (KPop Demon Hunters)Rumi (KPop Demon Hunters)
Mira (KPop Demon Hunters)Mira (KPop Demon Hunters)
Zoey (KPop Demon Hunters)Zoey (KPop Demon Hunters)
If Draft:Huntr/x is published to mainspace (most likely under the title Huntr/xHuntr/x), should we retarget the three character redirects listed above to there? Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 00:03, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

That seems like a good idea. Historyday01 (talk) 00:15, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
These Huntr/x name variation redirects should also be retargeted alongside the character name ones:
HuntrixHuntrix
HUNTR/XHUNTR/X
HUNTRIXHUNTRIX
Huntr/XHuntr/X
Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 11:11, 13 October 2025 (UTC)

Boey confirmed with me on BSky that she and Erika did uncredited work on the script. Should they be added to the writer list? --WTRiker (talk) 07:41, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Not unless there's a reliable secondary source reporting as such. — Jamie Eilat (talk) 08:24, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

I don't have any interest in editing myself. My only concern is this, and most of the pages related to to this movie are written in fan style/editorial and have little of the neutrality a wikipedia page is meant to have. It reads as biased and has a long of stan like writing, with an overload of details that could easily be summarized and a somewhat promotional level of language, with little negativity, and a seeming need to include everything little thing possible. It's glaring compared to most other pop culture pages. 
I don't know if the writers "just" also happened to be fans, but this does not read as neutral or biased or give a proper look at the movie as I was hoping to look at. It reads like a PR release meant to promote the movie and only show it in one light, which is also visible in the song and score pages. 
This article is not professional nor neutral of the material. Unless every one on the team is also a fan, I feel that it is in need of significant summarizing and addition of more mixed and conflicting perspectives as is available. Many quotes included also seem added to "legitimize" this movie as opposed to letting it speak for itself. Huntr/x is also not introduced as a fictional band and spoken of as characters in a movie. 
I have little experience with editing and I'm not looking to do so. I have a lot of trust in the professional editors of Wikipedia and the usually trustworthy writing style of every page, and the way glaring biases are often removed early. Lordonlyknowssopleasehelpsus (talk) 04:03, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. x2step (lets talk 💌) 05:11, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
Also, their description of the page is completely inaccurate. Historyday01 (talk) 13:20, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
@Historyday01 and X2step: they also posted at Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard#Request for Review—Possible Fan and Unneutral Bias but outside of looking for more recent reviews to see if reception has changed, they didn't really list any actionable requests. Sariel Xilo (talk) 03:15, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
Yeah, that's what people like that do. It's very annoying. Also, the user has only made four edits through their entire time on Wikipedia, so I am a bit skeptical that the user is trying to be helpful. Personally, I feel that the reception section, right now, is pretty robust. Sure, it doesn't include every review, but so many people have reviewed the film that it would be impossible to include each one. Compare it pages for some other films and animated series where it is hard to even find a few reviews. I responded to the user's claims on that forum, and they only linked to one reliable source, and I'm not even sure adding it would improve the page.Historyday01 (talk) 14:43, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

let me correct a studio company Jahanoversesal (talk) 04:11, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: This is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone may add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. - Umby 🌕🐶 (talk) 04:31, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi Sariel Xilo: I've just noticed your edit about the genre of the film citations. Wikipedia policy for lede usually means trying to keep cites out of the lede as much as possible. Are you planning to take those cites out of the lede now that they are in the main body of the article? ErnestKrause (talk) 17:24, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

@ErnestKrause and Jamie Eilat: I was looking at the infobox options because typically it has a genre option where you can also stick the citations but I'm not seeing that as an option in Template:Infobox film. Thoughts? Sariel Xilo (talk) 17:27, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
The genre parameter is specific to Infobox television template not film template. — Jamie Eilat (talk) 17:31, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
The parameter appears in a few media infoboxes; by "looking at options", I meant seeing if this specific template had it and if not, if it had a custom parameter option (it does not). I don't have time to dive into the template's talk archives to see why it doesn't include genre. Sariel Xilo (talk) 17:58, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
Most recent films are keeping genre in the lede and the main body, without listing genre in the Infobox; that sounds correct to me. The inclusion of the citations at the top of the current lede for Hunters looks a little top-heavy to me, and not needed now since its already covered in the main body. Any thoughts? ErnestKrause (talk) 17:33, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
Wikipedia's policy is to keep redundant citations out of the lead, but it also states that "the presence of citations in the lead is neither required in every article nor prohibited in any article". It isn't unheard of for film articles to have genre &/or nationality being cited in the lead. There isn't any good reason to try to jam the mention of the genre into the release section (where it honestly doesn't quite belong) just for the purpose of geting the few non-redundant citations out of the lead, in my opinion. — Jamie Eilat (talk) 17:38, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
@ErnestKrause and Jamie Eilat: I don't have a strong opinion either way; if the intention is to go through a GA review, we might as well leave it up to the reviewers. On that note, I'd like to be included in that process since I did a lot of the original development of the article (especially the reception & production sections). Sariel Xilo (talk) 18:02, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
Ok. Peer review nomination is now in with you as co-nominator. ErnestKrause (talk) 01:03, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
Little bit confused as editors typically do WP:PEER and/or WP:GOCE/REQ before a nomination but you've just added the GA nomination heading. While I'm happy to respond to a GA reviewer's comments, I don't really think we need the PEER process at the moment and GOCE has a bit of backlog right now (although we could withdraw the nomination & wait for GOCE to review it). Sariel Xilo (talk) 01:25, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
Sariel should probably be listed as a co-nominator in the 'notes' parameter of the GA nominee template; I'd also be glad to act a co-nominator (unless three is too many) Jamie Eilat (talk) 01:25, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
Good idea! I've updated the template. Sariel Xilo (talk) 01:29, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:KPop Demon Hunters/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Nominators: ErnestKrause (talk · contribs), Jamie Eilat (talk · contribs), & Sariel Xilo (talk · contribs) 01:02, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: Noleander (talk · contribs) 00:41, 10 November 2025 (UTC)


### Progress template for GA review by Noleander
### Comments from Noleander
Image free to use?  this image apparently has a copyright issue, indicated by deletion   discussion here.  I'm not a  copyright expert, so cannot assess the merits of the copyright issue (and, a lot of the discussion in not in English).
Suggest more uniform approach to bundling footnotes.  Some sentence bundle by using 2 or more consecutive "ref" pairs, e.g.
... of the film's characters dominating search rankings,[172][173][174]  
but other bundles use a single "ref" pair holding the Template:bulleted list e.g.
  ... fandom being referred to as "the [[Lion#Group_organisation|Pride]]".<ref>{{bulleted list|
| {{Cite magazine |last=Rudolph ...  
Consider using one approach or the other thru entire article.  Uniformity is definitely required for FA status, but GA requirements are not as strict. If you are planning on taking the article to FA, it is easier to do it now, rather than later.
Caption ending with period:  Arden Cho, May Hong, and Ji-young Yoo voice Rumi, Mira, and Zoey respectively.  The guideline MOS:CAPFRAG suggests that a period is not appropriate in captions that are not full sentences.
Name of university:  Putu Marvitta Adira Prastiwi and Nissa Puspitaning Adni at Udayana University elaborate on themes of  ...  it is unusual to name the college that a source works at.  Unless there is a compelling reason the reader needs to know the specific college, they should simply be described by their occupation e.g.  "academics" or "scholars" etc.
Source authors RS?   Prastiwi, Putu Marvitta Adira; Adni, Nissa Puspitaning (August 2025). "Postmodern Feminism in the Movie K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025)". Jurnal Riset Rumpun Ilmu Bahasa. 4 (2): 744–754. Retrieved October 16, 2025.   What is the occupation of the authors?  Professors?  post-grads?  PhD students?  Undergrad students?  I googled one of the names, and it suggests they are undergrads.  If they are undergrad, the source may not qualify as a WP:RS, unless the journal Jurnal Riset Rumpun Ilmu Bahasa is peer reviewed.
Confusing sentence:   A sing-along version of the film was released theatrically in select theaters in North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand from August 23–24, 2025,[88][89][90][91] later receiving a second theatrical release for October 31 – November 2.  This version was subsequently released on Netflix.
a)   " ... receiving a second theatrical release ... "does that mean the sing-along version was in theaters twice?  Or does it mean the non-sing-along version was the first in theaters; and the sing-along version is the "second time in theaters"? Clarify for readers.
b)  "This version was subsequently released on Netflix."   Tell the reader which versions were on Netflix:  Only non-sing-along?  or only sing-along? or both, separately?
The earwig CopyVio tool shows  yellow warnings for two sources:
https://puck.news/why-did-kpop-demon-hunters-go-straight-to-streaming/
https://www.thewrap.com/kpop-demon-hunters-review-netflix/
Examining the "comparison" output of the tool shows they are false positives, so no issues there.
Source title duplicated quote marks:  "'KPop Demon Hunters Captures Spirit Of Our Fandom'"  probably caused by providing quotes in the "title" field of  a "cite" template.
Slang?   original songs by several talents,... The word "talent" to mean a person may be jargon used within the entertainment industry; for a general purpose encyclopedia, consider a plainer word such as "musicians".
Clarify/explain:  In the demon world, Gwi-Ma grows enraged at his minions' failures. Five demons, led by former human Jinu, form a boy band called the Saja Boys to steal Huntr/x's fans and weaken the Honmoon, in exchange for Gwi-Ma erasing Jinu's human memories.  Readers will want to know why the memories were erased:  Did Jinu want them erased?  If so: why?  Or did someone else want them erased?
English-centric?  In the "Voice cast" section, only the English-language actors are listed, correct?  I presume that the movie also had voice actors in other languages?   If some sort of convention exists in WP for handling that situation, make sure this article follows it. In other words, we don't want to make the article English-centric; so if the WP convention is that other languages should be mentioned - perhaps only in a footnote - that should be followed.
The film's original language is English so even though Netflix dubs most of their films/shows, my understanding is that you just list the original language cast (which in this case is English). Sariel Xilo (talk) 05:29, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
Sariel Xilo is pretty much correct that typical WP conventions wouldn't necessitate dub casts being listed in this sort of situation. — Jamie Eilat (talk) 05:44, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
Image use in top InfoBox:  I looked at the free-to-use justification for the copyrighted image, and it looks okay. Image is in WP, not Commons, which is correct.
Clarify for readers:  ... release was "just enough to satisfy the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' highly specific eligibility requirements"  Many readers will not know that the Academy is related to the Oscar awards, so consider changing the sentence to include the word "Oscars".  No need to quote Billboard ... just use them as a source.
Major typo in cite #89     Bulleted list  Vlessing, Etan (August 12, 2025). "'KPop Demon Hunters' to Hit Theaters as Sing-Along Event". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August... 
Capitalization of source titles not uniform: some source title use title case ("KPop Demon Hunters Makes History on .."), other titles use sentence case: ("'KPop Demon Hunters' is trending this ...")  Should use one or the other, especially for FA.  Not sure if required for GA.  The capitalization used by the source for its own title can be ignored.
Quotes not needed for short noun phrases:  MOS:QUOTE says "... excessive use of them [quotes] is incompatible with an encyclopedic writing style ..."  Some portions of the article use quotes like this:  It was conceived by Kang who wanted to make a film "set in Korean culture"; she "delved into mythology and demonology for something that could be visually unique" compared to "mainstream media". She also called the film her "love letter to K-pop" and her "Korean roots"   I don't think MOS:QUOTE has a clear guideline on this, but in the sentences above, some of the quotes are short noun phrases such as:
Short quotes (eliminate quote marks): "set in Korean culture", "Korean roots", "mainstream media"
Longer quotes (leave alone): "delved into mythology and demonology  ..", "love letter to K-pop"
For the short noun phrases, consider eliminating the quote marks entirely and perhaps slightly changing the words (paraphrasing).  If a famous person says "I like cars" the WP article about the person can say  "This person likes cars" without quoting them. Eg.. "mainstream media" is a noun with no alternative wording, so  quote marks are not  needed.  etc.
Word as a word:  MOS:WORDSASWORDS  says "Use italics when writing about words as words, ... ".   Therefore the three words here should probably be italics: The name "Huntr/x" portmanteaus "hunter" with the Latin feminine agent noun suffix -trix, to evoke huntresses.  should probably be  The name Huntr/x portmanteaus hunter with the Latin feminine agent noun suffix -trix, to evoke huntresses.
Clarify:  ... with Yoohyun Jung of The Boston Globe hinting to the same publication... Two things:  (1) Is "hinting" the best word here? Or was it a plain & clear statement?  (2) if Jung works for the Globe, why is Jung being interviewed by the Globe?  Is Jung Korean, with a unique insight into the culture?  If so, tell the readers that (provided sources support it).
Consent of persons in photo: the image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPop_Demon_Hunters#/media/File:KPop_Demon_Hunters_panel_at_GalaxyCon_St.Louis_-_06.jpg does not have a statement of subjects giving consent. See Commons policy at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Photographs_of_identifiable_people,  and  see Commons Consent template at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Consent .  A consent statement is included in this image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KPDH_cosplay_at_a_singalong_screening_in_Hamburg.jpg  .  Personally, I do not see this as an obstacle to GA status, because it is clear from the GalaxyCon_St.Louis  photo that the subjects are in a very public place and are implicitly giving consent.  I'm only mentioning it here because I'm not familiar with the nuances of image consent.  No action required by nominator.
I have reviewed the  "free to use" documentation for all images, and they all appear to be okay.
Better wording:  ... present in the film, writing on how "[t]he solidarity ... consider simplifying to   ... present in the film, writing  "[t]he solidarity ...
This source may be missing a "lang=ko" field:  Yu, Ji-hee (June 20, 2025). "이병헌, 메인 빌런으로 변신...애니 '케이팝 데몬 헌터스' 더빙 참여" [Lee Byung-hun Transforms into the Main Villain ... Participates in Dubbing for the Animation 'KPop Demon Hunters']
Also this source:   iChart [@instiz_ichart] (August 10, 2025). "2025/8/11 10:30 (KST) [Link] iChart 퍼펙트 올킬(Perfect All Kill)을 축하해요! (9개 차트 올킬, iChart 주간/실시간 1위) 🎶Huntr/x - Golden (656 Times) [Image]" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Article still seems to be relying too much on quotes, e.g.
 Jinu is the only Saja Boy who "has a real name" while "the rest of the band members have names that are more descriptive of K-pop archetypes"
... alone with their dream "literally and physically in tatters".
others
They could be written entirely in the encyclopedia's voice, without any quotes.  Quotes should only be used when the speaker said something in a very unique or poetic manner, and the flavor would be lost if re-written in the encyclopedia's voice.  Here is an example of a proper use of a quote:
... with Kang noting that "[y]ou can get pretty violent if you put a lot of glitter on"
Source spot checks:
[99]   article: KPop Demon Hunters received wide acclaim from both critics and audiences  - source is Carter, Justin (August 2, 2025). "'KPop Demon Hunters' and 'Expedition 33' Are Having a Moment". Gizmodo.   Source says both were released earlier this year to fairly glowing reviews (if not outright critical acclaim) and performed very well commercially.  - Source does not say "was critical acclaimed"  it qualifies it with  "if not". This source is a very light article, not a film review.  A better source would be  a review from a notable film critic.
[26]   Article says Maggie Kang first pitched the idea that eventually became KPop Demon Hunters to Aron Warner in 2018, while he was working on the production of Wish Dragon (2021) for Sony Pictures Animation.   Source is  Kim, Regina (July 21, 2025). "'KPop Demon Hunters' Took 7 Years to Make but a Lifetime of Experience".  Source supports the article.
I have reviewed the content of several other sources, and they accurately support the associated material.
I looked at all source publishers: and I found no blogs or inherently unreliable sources (there is one Twitter post, but that is from the movie director, and is a primary source of her  statements).
Source Myriam (July 3, 2025). "Glossaire Complet des Termes Et Mythologies Coréennes de « Kpop Demon Hunters » Expliqué"... Is in French?  The source should have a "lang=" field.

Done for now, let me know when you've considered all of the above.  Noleander (talk) 00:41, 10 November 2025 (UTC)


##### Replies
I realize that your review is still in progress, but I've made some edits to address the points you've raised in your review so far:
I've replaced the previous image in the music section with a different one of the same subject; the new image lacks the copyright issues that the former did.
With citation bundling, my personal rule of thumb is that 2–3 citations next to each other is alright, but 4 or more together warrants bundling. I've now made that consistent throughout the article.
That is okay for  GA. If you take the article to FA, some reviewers may object to the mixture of approaches. Noleander (talk) 02:23, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
I've removed the period from the image caption referenced.
I've removed the name of the university from the sentence & prefaced their names with “Academics”
Jurnal Riset Rumpun Ilmu Bahasa is peer reviewed, by the looks of things: [2]. Additionally, though Prastiwi is an undergrad, the other author, Adni, is a professor [3]
I've tried rephrasing/rearranging the sentences for more clarity; the sing-along version was released theatrically, then the sing-along was released on Netflix, then the sing-along was re-released theatrically. — Jamie Eilat (talk) 01:58, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
The original photo was probably fine since the commons discussion is leaning towards keep but the new photo is of Ejae doing promotion for the film so either should do. Sariel Xilo (talk) 05:29, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
Further updates: fixed duplicated quotes in the specified citation, switched out "talents" in lead for "musicians", rephrased sentence to refer to the Oscars & to not be a direct quotation, fixed the formatting issue with cite #89, and adjusted the citation titles to be in title case (if I've missed any, please point them out). — Jamie Eilat (talk) 05:43, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
@Jamie Eilat One source title that is not yet title case is:  "KPop Demon Hunters 2 aims for 2029 release on Netflix". Noleander (talk) 14:42, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
Just fixed it; thank you for pointing out one that I missed. I also fixed the case of some others that were missed. — Jamie Eilat (talk) 14:45, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
For the plot summary, I changed "in exchange for Gwi-Ma erasing Jinu's human memories" to "in exchange for Gwi-Ma promising to Jinu to erase his painful human memories", in order to clarify 1) that Jinu is the one who wants his own memory erased, 2) the reason Jinu wants the memories of his human life erased is because he finds them emotionally painful (the reasons why the memories would be emotionally painful to him are already clarified in the later parts of the plot summary), and 3) that Gwi-Ma merely promises to erase his memories, without immediately following through. — Jamie Eilat (talk) 05:43, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
Re: "Quotes not needed for short noun phrases" - I addressed the ones you specifically highlighted & few in the development section and then @Jamie Eilat did a pass through the rest of the article. Are there any left that you think still need to be rephrased? Thanks! Sariel Xilo (talk) 16:01, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
I've made sure words being used as words are italicized, and I've changed the phrasing of "with Yoohyun Jung of The Boston Globe hinting to the same publication" to instead be "with Yoohyun Jung of The Boston Globe suggesting"; I'm not sure why it was phrased so complicatedly in the first place, since it's straightforwardly just quoting Jung writing for The Boston Globe. — Jamie Eilat (talk) 16:18, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
Added lang=ko param to cites where needed — Jamie Eilat (talk) 19:48, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
@Noleander: Added "lang=fr" param to the cite. As for the case of "critical acclaim", the other two citations attached to the statement, [98] from NPR and [100] from Teen Vogue seem more supportive of the article's phrasing, with NPR writing that "The movie 'KPop Demon Hunters' has not only received critical acclaim...", and with Teen Vogue writing that the movie is "achieving critical acclaim". If these sources are still considered insufficient to support the article phrasing, then the use of "acclaim" in the article can perhaps be softened to "positive reception" instead, or removed. — Jamie Eilat (talk) 18:03, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
Keeping "acclaim" in the article is okay, but consider removing the Gizmodo cite, since it is not a review itself: just lightly summarizing _other_ reviews. Noleander (talk) 18:51, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
Removed. — Jamie Eilat (talk) 19:18, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
Article meets all GA criteria. Passing this article, and setting its class to "GA".  Great article!  Noleander (talk) 19:35, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

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'KPop Demon Hunters' Ends Historic Netflix Top 10 Run: How It Became the Streamer’s Biggest Ever Hit - What's on Netflix
Wayward Lures Viewers at No.1, KPop Demon Hunters Sets Top 10 Record - Tudum by Netflix
After 18 weeks on Netflix, KPop Demon Hunters has surpassed 400 million views - GamesRadar+
Is Kpop Demon Hunters Getting a Sequel Trilogy? A Live-Action Adaptation? Here's What We Know So Far - Teen Vogue - already in article
-- Cdjp1 (talk) 21:33, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

No. 2 and No. 3 seem like good sources to add. Not sure about What's on Netflix. Historyday01 (talk) 23:34, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Is there a specific reason why this article uses "Huntr/x" instead of "Huntrix"? I think "Huntrix" would be better for the article's accessibility: "Huntr/x" is more likely to confuse screen readers as to how to pronounce the name. Also, many other articles about musicians or musical groups with stylized typography for their names use the pronunciation spelling and then indicate the stylized name in parentheses:

Pink (singer): Pink (stylized as P!NK)
Blackpink: Blackpink (...stylized in all caps or as BLΛƆKPIИK)
This conforms with MOS:TMSTYLE:

In the article about a trademark, give the version that follows the usual rules of spelling and punctuation, boldfaced in the lead sentence. Follow this with a note, such as "(stylized as ...)" or "(stylised as ...)", depending on the article's variety of English, with the stylization if one exists and is significantly different. It should also be in bold, and may include simple styling, like capitalization changes, decorative characters, or superscripting (but not colorization, attempts to emulate font choices, or other elaborate effects). Then resume using the normal English spelling for the remainder of the article. In other articles that mention the subject, use only the normal English spelling, not the stylization.
"Huntrix" may be a real-world trademark or merely a fictional one, but either way I think this convention should be followed.
Also, "Huntrix" is used in the official subtitles on Netflix. Qzekrom (she/her • talk) 03:27, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

It is similar to K/DA or AC/DC (ie. those articles maintain the slash when referring to the respective bands). Sometimes bands have names that will be difficult for screen readers (ex: Chvrches which maintains that spelling throughout the article even though it is pronounced "Churches"). I will also flag that the alt text for the infobox image does use "Huntrix" for screen readers & there's a footnote next to the first use of "Huntr/x" which explains the pronunciation. Sariel Xilo (talk) 03:56, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
I agree with Sariel Xilo that the situation is more comparable to K/DA or AC/DC. Spellings like "Huntrix" are phonetic transcriptions (in the same way that "Kay Dee Ay" or "Churches" are the phonetic transcriptions of K/DA & Chvrches), not unstylizations, and are treated as such by the sources. (The use of "Huntrix" in the Netflix subtitles is specifically for that phonetic purpose, with all other Netflix material using the proper "Huntr/x" spelling.) — Jamie Eilat (talk) 04:31, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
Plus Huntr/x is already the unstylized form of HUNTR/X (per MOS:ALLCAPS), rather than the '/' necessarily being a stylized 'i'. — Jamie Eilat (talk) 14:46, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
The slash in K/DA and AC/DC are not there to represent a letter but as a actual separator between the parts of the name. The slash in "Huntr/x" is specifically meant to replace the "i" in "Huntrix" and look cool. This 100% falls into the "assist with screenreaders" arena like we do with Pink or Kesha. Masem (t) 14:29, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
Personally, I would support using Huntrix, rather than Huntr/x, with a note along the lines of what @Qzekrom is suggesting, saying something like "Huntrix (...stylized in all caps as HUNTR/X or as Huntr/x)". Having the article in such a way that assists with screenreaders is something we should do, not make it harder. That's the bare minimum of what we can do. Historyday01 (talk) 15:51, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
@Masem: Good point – unlike in "Huntr/x", the slashes in K/DA and AC/DC are not pronounced. Qzekrom (she/her • talk) 16:27, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
Rather than the '/' being pronounced, it seems instead that the pronunciation of "Huntr/x" is coming from the name of the letter 'X' being used for pronunciation; hence why "Huntrex" has also been used of as a phonetic transcription for "Huntr/x" in certain cases, in addition to the "Huntrix" transcription. So it would indeed be like with K/DA & AC/DC. — Jamie Eilat (talk) 16:49, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
None of the imagery shown in the film suggests this. the slash is replacing the "i" in a stylized way. If the slash was like ACDC then the pronounciation would be "Hunt-er-exx" not "Hunt-er-rex" as it is commonly heard. And numerous RSes use "Huntrix" in refering to the band. Masem (t) 18:34, 14 November 2025 (UTC)
I agree. We should just use "Huntrix" in the article. By the way, we should also move the Draft:Huntr/x page to Draft:Huntrix, as well, to be consistent. I keep that page on a watchlist along with others. Historyday01 (talk) 12:58, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
Definitely support changing it to 'Huntrix', though I know this isn't an RfC. The way I see it, we don't write Eminem's name as 'EMINƎM', though writing it like that is possible. It should be the same here, that though 'Huntr/x' is possible to write, we don't use that stylisation for accessibility and, really, encyclopedic purposes. Newbzy (talk) 09:18, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
Completely agree. Writing it as Huntrix (the characters say it this way multiple times through the film), rather than Huntr/x serves encyclopedic and accessibility purposes. If you search on Google Scholar, it's almost evenly divided between using either one (there really aren't that many articles about the band on there, probably less than 30 in all), while Billboard, Polygon, Collider, CBR, People Magazine, Salt Lake Tribune (also uses "Huntrix" once), Vulture, BBC, and LA Times, Salon (uses "Huntr/x" a few times, but uses "Huntrix" four times), and an article entitled "KPop Demon Hunters: Cultural Representation in Contemporary Korean Animation, use "Huntr/x"
On the other hand, Gizmodo, The Hollywood Reporter, Korea Herald, Zalora Philippines, Manila Standard, The Gamer, New York Times, The Atlantic, Screenrant, National Audubon Society (this is about the bird in the film), Samsung, Korea Economic Daily, The Economist, CBR, Uproxx (also uses "Huntr/x" but only once), Out Magazine, The Straits Times, Asia News Network, Billboard Philippines, and an article entitled "Sexy K-pop demons, a human lie detector and shearers on strike: what to watch in July" use "Huntrix".
Netflix's Tudum seems to be consistent in using "Huntr/x" as shown here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, in-line with the official merch store run by Netflix. However, official video postings by Netflix on YouTube here, here, here, here, here, and here, use the name "Huntrix" (I also remember there was one other official music video/clip which used "Huntr/x" and a few others which talk about Huntrix but never use either name).
I hope this helps. There's probably more sources, but some of those sites weren't loading for me, so I couldn't include them. Historyday01 (talk) 13:49, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
I agree that it should be "Huntrix" because that's what MOS:TMSTYLE for. 𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑 (𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚔) 13:41, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
I also agree that it should be "Huntrix" in general use. We should definitely say in its first usage that it is stylized as "Huntr/x". This fits MOS:TMSTYLE. Erik (talk | contrib) 14:01, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
It appears that there is a consensus for using Huntrix. Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 00:44, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
Righto, I've edited the article to make the necessary replacements/updates; if someone reverts it, I ask that they please contribute to this discussion. Side note, related articles such as Golden (Huntr/x song) should also be renamed in accordance with the changes, which I can also do if consensus is in support. Newbzy (talk) 03:02, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
About moving that particular article…it's already been nominated for move on August 5, 2025. Golden (Huntr/x song) → Golden (2025 song), not moved. I don't think a bold move is an option per WP:RMUM. We would need to start a new requested move. Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 12:07, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
I might move and copyedit Draft:Huntr/x, though. Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 12:08, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
Yes, that page does need to be moved to "Golden (Huntrix song)" but probably does need to be an RM that a single user decision there. Masem (t) 13:20, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
I'll start a new RM there. Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 13:49, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
Oppose per MOS:TMRULES: "Avoid using special characters (...) unless a significant majority of reliable sources that are independent of the subject consistently include the special character in the subject's name.  See also discussion at Talk:Golden (Huntr/x song). 162 etc. (talk) 21:46, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
I have to strongly disagree with this opinion, since reliable sources favor "Huntrix" over "Huntr/x". See my above comment. Also, using "Huntr/x" is bound to create various accessibility problems with slashes are used.Historyday01 (talk) 23:38, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
According to your own post, "it's almost evenly divided"; and looking at the examples you've cited, it does not appear that reliable sources "favor 'Huntrix' over 'Huntr/x'". 162 etc. (talk) 00:18, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
That is a gross misunderstanding of my post. When I said "almost evenly divided" I was talking about articles in Google Scholar (I'm not even sure that most of the sources in Google Scholar when you look up "Huntrix" or "Huntr/x" are even academic articles), NOT about overall sourcing. Please understand my posts before making a comment. Anyway, my post shows that more sources favor Huntrix over Huntr/x, with 11 for Huntr/x and 20 for Huntrix.--Historyday01 (talk) 13:18, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
Huntr/x is used in official promotional materials such as in their official merchandise store. Huntrix is only used on the subtitles, probably for pronunciation, but everywhere else, even in the movie at some points, Huntr/x is the preferred stylization. ~2025-35354-56 (talk) 15:24, 21 November 2025 (UTC)
which per TMRULES, we thus should be using the Huntrix version for easy of accessibility on WP Masem (t) 15:31, 21 November 2025 (UTC)
How exactly does using a different stylisation make the article "accessible"? ~2025-35411-05 (talk) 17:14, 21 November 2025 (UTC)
For people using screen readers. They can pronounce "Huntrix" as a word, where H-U-N-T-R-Slash-X is going to take a lot longer to get through. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:18, 21 November 2025 (UTC)
oh i actually didn't think of that thank you so much for informing me of that ~2025-35411-05 (talk) 17:24, 21 November 2025 (UTC)
That's part of my argument as well. Historyday01 (talk) 18:41, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Does anybody know when exactly the movie began production? Therockofrock (talk) 03:24, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

That's already mentioned in the article:
Maggie Kang first pitched the idea that eventually became KPop Demon Hunters to Aron Warner in 2018, while he was working on the production of Wish Dragon (2021) for Sony Pictures Animation. In March 2021, the film, under the working title K-Pop: Demon Hunters, was announced to be underway at Sony. Kang and Chris Appelhans would direct with writing duo Hannah McMechan and Danya Jimenez writing the script, with Warner and Michelle L. M. Wong serving as producers. Mingjue Helen Chen and Ami Thompson were also announced as production designer and art director, respectively. Historyday01 (talk) 13:16, 20 November 2025 (UTC)