The latest key image of the upcoming Kaiju anime series No. 8 has been revealed, prominently showing Team 3 officer Reno Ichikawa preparing for battle.
Kaiju No. 8 will launch in Japan on April 13, 2024, and will be streamed outside Asia on Crunchyroll and X (formerly known as Twitter). Netflix will also stream the series in select territories.
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Shigeyuki Miya (Afterlost, The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior) and Tomomi Kamiya (A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd, Hikari: Kariya wo Tsunagu Monogatari) are directing the anime, with Ichiro Ohkouchi (Mobile Suit: The Witch of Mercury , Code Geass) is the series’ scriptwriter, Tetsuya Nishio (Naruto, Vampire in the Garden) is the character designer, Mahiro Maeda (SSSS.GRIDMAN, Evangelion 3.0+1.0 co-director and art director ideas et al.) as the kaiju designer and Yuuta Bandoh (co-creator of Belle) as the composer.
Other staff members include Studio Khara as kaiju supervisor (design and artwork), Izumi Hirose (Tengoku-Daimakyo) as color designer and Shinji Kimura (Children of the Sea, Blood Blockade Battlefront ) as artistic director. Production IG is handling the animation production for the series.
Meanwhile, the main voice cast for the anime includes:
• Masaya Fukunishi as Kafka Hibino • Asami Seto as Mina Ashiro • Wataru Katou as Reno Ichikawa • Fairouz Ai as Kikoru Shinomiya • Kengo Kawanishi as Soshiro
Hoshina Matsumoto’s original action manga was first serialized on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ online website on July 3, 2020. Eleven tankoubon volumes have been released as of December 2023, with the fourth volume 12 will be released on April 4, 2024. A spin-off manga by Kentaro Hidano titled Kaiju No.8: B-Side began serialization in Shonen Jump+ on January 5, 2024. Story about the side stories of some Self-Defense Force members in the main series.
A four-chapter side story light novel written by Keiji Ando and illustrated by Matsumoto himself was released on November 4, 2022. VIZ Media will release a print version of the novel sometime in the end. year 2024.
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VIZ released the Kaiju No.8 manga in English for North America, with a brief description as follows:
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 Third Division captain, Kafka is stuck cleaning up the aftermath of her 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 landed on the Self-Defense Forces’ disabled list under the codename Kaiju No. 8.