Three figures have been announced for December 2026, one for each member of HUNTR/X, all wearing the same outfit. And there is a difficulty here whose irony is almost elegant. In the movie, the seal holding back the demons only works if all three voices sing together. At Funko, the three cannot even be bought in the same place.
The movie that won everything this year
The scale of the phenomenon is worth remembering, because it explains why these figures are arriving so late.
Released on Netflix on June 20, 2025, KPop Demon Hunters has passed 325 million views and now holds two platform records: most-watched original animated film, and most popular English-language movie ever released by Netflix. In March 2026, it left the Academy Awards with two Oscars: Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for “Golden.”
The music made nearly as much noise as the movie itself. “Golden” reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first song by an all-female group to top the Streaming Songs chart in the process. The soundtrack placed four songs in the Top 10 at the same time. A sequel has been confirmed, with Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans returning to direct.
In other words, this is not a summer hit being exploited after the fact. The license is still at the top of the bill.
The Honmoon only holds if all three sing
The movie starts from a simple and elegant idea.
The Honmoon is a magical barrier that contains the demons, and it is not made of stone but of song. Three hunters originally raised it with their voices, and ever since, each generation of trios has taken over the task of maintaining it, with one distant goal: turning it into the Golden Honmoon, a permanent seal.
It is a collective mechanism. One voice alone cannot hold anything.
And Funko clearly understands that, because all three official descriptions begin with the same sentence: “Sing your heart out and secure the Honmoon.” The three figures carry the same instruction, like three parts of a single object.
Each has a role, and the listings spell it out
All three official names include (HUNTR/X), and the descriptions do more than recycle generic heroic copy: they divide the roles exactly as the movie does.
- Rumi – POP #2586: “this demon-hunting popstar is here to lend her powerful vocals and leadership.” She is the leader and main vocalist, the one who wields a saingeom, the traditional Korean sword, and the character whose story is really the core of the film: Rumi hides the fact that she is half demon and conceals the markings appearing on her skin.
- Mira – POP #2585: described as the group's dancer. In the movie, she is the main dancer, and her weapon is a gokdo, a Korean polearm that extends the choreography rather than interrupting it.
- Zoey – POP #2587: “this demon-hunting rapper is here to lend her powerful vocals and lyrics.” She is the group's maknae, the one who writes the lyrics, and she fights with shinkal throwing knives.
All three arrive in the same black outfit, described identically on all three listings. This is the group in performance configuration, not three characters from three different moments.
Three voices, three retailers
And here is the problem, which is not a minor availability issue but the defining feature of this release.
- Rumi is a Walmart exclusive. Funko says so directly on the listing.
- Zoey is a Funko web exclusive.
- Mira is listed as a retailer exclusive without naming a store, which corresponds to the Specialty Series channel used by specialist retailers.
All three boxes also receive Octane5 authentication, the micro-optic sticker with a unique code that Funko is rolling out across its exclusives.
The result: to reunite the trio that maintains the Honmoon, you need three different distribution channels, two of which do not ship to France. For a license whose entire message is contained in the word “together,” that is a difficult decision to excuse.
My take on this release
For once, I am not going to single out one figure to chase, because that is not really the question here.
Here, the product is the group. A lone Zoey on a shelf tells you nothing; she is the maknae of a trio, and that is her whole role. Two out of three is even worse: you can see the gap. Either all three or none, and anything in between feels improvised.
Which makes the decision to split them into three exclusives even more irritating. I understand the commercial logic — every retailer wants its piece, and HUNTR/X is the hottest license of the moment — but applied to this exact group, it is like selling a tripod across three different stores. If you are aiming for the trio, assume one of the three will require extra effort, and count your pre-orders before the holidays.
If I absolutely had to keep only one, it would be Rumi. Not because she is the leader, but because the movie is her story: the demon hunter who is herself part demon, and who spends the narrative hiding her markings. She is the one the sequel will follow, and the only member of the trio whose figure still makes sense on its own.
That leaves the huge omission: the Saja Boys. Five demons disguised as a boy band, led by Jinu, whose mission is specifically to steal HUNTR/X's audience and weaken the Honmoon. They are the antagonists, the best character designs in the movie, half the soundtrack, and Jinu is the character on whom the entire ending depends. Releasing the heroines without them is like releasing a confrontation without an opponent. Pre-orders are open, with release scheduled for December 2026.
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