Kaiju number 8 cartoons and Tachikawa (a city in western Tokyo Prefecture) is joining forces and the collaboration is even scheduled to begin on April 26. The Tachikawa Convention and Tourism Association is sponsoring the event, which reveals a key image of members of the Self-Defense Forces on a holiday:
The event will feature life-sized characters and character panels that will appear throughout Tachikawa, as well as a pop-up store and a stamp demonstration. The Tachikawa event begins just 13 days after the Kaiju No. 8 anime premiere, which will take place on April 13. IG production is animating with Tomomi Kamiya and Shigeyuki Miya as directors. Ichiro Okuchi is in charge of compiling the series. Tetsuya Nishio is the character designer, while Mahiro Maeda and Khara Studio are signing off on creature designs.
Yesterday, the anime revealed a new trailer that includes the theme songs: “Abyss” by YUNGBLUD and Imagine Dragons as the opening and “Nobody” by One Republic as the ending. You can check it out below:
The cast of Kaiju anime #8 includes:
- Masaya Fukunishi as Kafka Hibino/Kaiju No. 8
- Wataru Kato plays Reno Ichikawa
- Asami Seto plays Mina Ashiro
- Ai Fairouz as Kikoru Shinomiya
- Kengo Kawanishi as Soshiro Hoshina
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Aoi Kaguragi
- Keisuke Komoto as Haruichi Izumo
- Yuki Shin as Iharu Furuhashi
Source: Kaiju Issue 8 x Tachikawa Collaboraton Official Website© JAKDF Division 3 © Naoya Matsumoto/SHUEISHA