The sequel to the Kaiju No. 8 anime has been confirmed as a TV anime Season 2, scheduled for release in 2025. The sequel was announced shortly after the end of the first season without a specific format, and Crunchyroll also confirmed that they will stream the sequel. An original episode titled “Hoshina’s Day Off” is also in production and will be shown in theaters alongside the first season’s compilation episode in 2025.
Production I.G. will return to animation, with creature designs by Khara. The announcement was made on August 5, which is celebrated as Kafka Hibino's birthday.
Kaiju 8 – Part 2 Announcement Trailer
The full cast list for Kaiju #8 Part 2 includes:
Director: Shigeyuki Miya & Tomomi KamiyaSeries Creator & Screenplay: Ichiro OkouchiCharacter Design & Chief Animation Director: Tetsuya NishioKaiju Design: Mahiro MaedaArt Director: Shinji KimuraColor Design: Izumi Hirose3DCG Director: Masaru MatsumotoDirector of Photography: Eiji AraiEditor: Aya HidaSound Director: Fumiyuki GoMusic: Yuta BandohKaiju Supervisor(Design & Artwork): Studio kharaAnimation Production: IG
The main voice cast for Kaiju Anime No. 8 includes Masaya Fukunishi as Kafka Hibino/Kaiju No. 8, Wataru Kato as Reno Ichikawa, and Asami Seto as Mina Ashiro. We had the chance to chat with Masaya Fukunishi at this year's Anime Expo, where he shared his experience voicing Kafka.
Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju 8 manga began serialization in July 2020 in Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ and has since been collected into 13 volumes as of July 2024. Viz Media has licensed the series in English in North America, and they describe the story:
Kafka hopes to one day keep his pact with his childhood friend Mina to join the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and fight alongside her. But while she's neutralizing Kaiju as captain of the Third Division, Kafka is stuck cleaning up the aftermath of his battles. When a sudden rule change makes Kafka eligible to join the Self-Defense Forces, he decides to try out for the team again. There's just one problem—he's already on the Self-Defense Forces' neutralization list, codenamed Kaiju No. 8.
In addition to the sequel, a Kaiju 8 video game for the series is also in development.
Source: Official website, TOHO Animation YouTube
© JAKDF 3rd Precinct © Naoya Matsumoto/SHUEISHA
