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Hi, my name is Robert Lamb, and this is The Monster Fact, a short form series from Stuff

to Blow Your Mind focusing on mythical creatures, ideas, and monsters in time.

I'm more than a month late on this, but the 2025 Sony Pictures animated film,

K-pop Demon Hunters, released on Netflix, is already a huge hit,

weaving a stylish tale of Korean pop music,

folklore, and mythology. I'll admit that I might not be the target audience for this film,

but my kid and all their friends love it, and hey, I love a good demon horde battle, so I'm in.

The film primarily concerns a trio of demon hunters who protect the mortal realm from otherworldly demonic hordes via expert swordplay and the power of popular music. Complications

arise when the demons try to beat them at their own game, introducing their own K-pop boy band.

Excellent. Along the way, we meet a pair of magical animals

inspired in part by traditional Korean Minhoa Folkart, a blue tiger, and a six-eyed magpie.

In the film, The Magical Cat and his avian companion occupy important supporting roles, and of course

provides some cute comic relief.

The duo has become quite the sensation popping up on all sorts of official and unofficial bits of merch and fashion.

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