The upcoming Kaiju anime #8 revealed an image of Mina Ashiro today. Mina is the Captain of the Self-Defense Forces’ 3rd Division and is also Kafka Hibino’s childhood friend. The anime will premiere on April 13.
Production IG is working on the animation adaptation 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. 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
Anime Kaiju No. 8 will hold a collaboration event with Tachikawa, a city in Japan, this April. The plot of the anime is described as: In a world ravaged by menacing creatures known as Kaiju, Kafka Hibino wishes to join the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to defeat them. “Let us destroy the Kaiju together.”Kafka pledged to his childhood friend, Mina Ashiro. Over time, life circumstances forced them to go their separate ways and caused him to give up his lifelong ambition. He is employed by Monster Sweeper, Inc., a professional cleaning company that specializes in cleaning up the aftermath of Kaiju battles. Meanwhile, Mina Ashiro is currently the Captain of the Self-Defense Forces’ 3rd Division. Right now, he wasn’t worthy of fighting the Kaiju alongside her. At work, Kafka comes across the highly motivated Reno Ichikawa. Reno’s undying determination to join the Self-Defense Forces leaves no room for failure. His perseverance awakens Kafka’s ambition to stand alongside Mina as they protect humanity from the Kaiju together. A dream frozen in time, thawed by a burning promise But Kafka doesn’t know that an impending Kaiju threat is suddenly approaching him.
Source: Official website © JAKDF 3rd Division © Naoya Matsumoto/SHUEISHA