The Season 1 compilation of the TV anime Kaiju No. 8, based on Naoya Matsumoto‘s work, will be screened alongside Hoshina’s Day Off in 32 theaters across Japan. This limited three-week event begins on March 28, 2025, and a key visual has also been unveiled.
The second season of the TV anime will be broadcast in 2025 and will stream on Crunchyroll.
Key Visual:
Hoshina’s Day Off SYNOPSIS:
A day off… a rare day of peace for the Defense Force. After spending so long training, Reno has forgotten what he’s supposed to do with free time. He sees that Hoshina is up to something with his own day off, and decides to go on a mission to tail him with Iharu! But then things go in an unexpected direction…
Season 1 Compilation SYNOPSIS:
In a Kaiju-filled Japan, Kafka Hibino works in monster disposal. After reuniting with his childhood friend Mina Ashiro, a rising star in the anti-Kaiju Defense Force, he decides to pursue his abandoned dream of joining the Force… when he suddenly transforms into the powerful “Kaiju No. 8.” With help from his junior colleague Reno Ichikawa, Kafka hides his identity while striving towards his life-long dream of passing the Defense Force exam and standing at Mina’s side. But when mysterious intelligent Kaiju attack a Defense Force base, Kafka faces a crucial decision in a desperate situation…
CAST:
Kafka Hibino&KAIJU NO.8: Masaya Fukunishi
Mina Ashiro: Asami Seto
Reno Ichikawa: Wataru Katoh
Kikoru Shinomiya: Fairouz Ai
Soshiro Hoshina: Kengo Kawanishi
Iharu Furuhashi: Yuki Shin
Haruichi izumo: Keisuke Komoto
Aoi Kaguragi: Shunsuke Takeuchi
STAFF:
Original Manga: Naoya Matsumoto
Director: Shigeyuki Miya & Tomomi Kamiya
Series Composition & Screenplay: Ichiro Okouchi
Character Designer & Chief Animation Director: Tetsuya Nishio
Kaiju Design: Mahiro Maeda
Art Director: Shinji Kimura
Color Design: Izumi Hirose
3DCG Director: Masaru Matsumoto
Director of Photography: Eiji Arai
Editor: Aya Hida
Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
Music: Yuta Bandoh
Kaiju Design & Works: Studio khara
Animation Production: Production I.G
Crunchyroll describes Kaiju No. 8 as follows:
In a world plagued by threatening creatures known as Kaiju, Kafka Hibino aspired to enlist in the Japan Defense Force to defeat them.
“Let’s wipe out 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 abandon his lifelong ambition.
He found himself employed by Monster Sweeper, Inc., a professional cleaning company that specializes in cleaning up the aftermath of Kaiju battles. Meanwhile, Mina Ashiro is now the Captain of the Defense Force’s 3rd Division. As it stands, he is currently unworthy of fighting Kaiju alongside her.
At work, Kafka crosses paths with the highly motivated Reno Ichikawa. Reno’s undying determination to join the Defense Force leaves no room for failure. His perseverance reawakens Kafka’s ambition of standing next to Mina as they protect humanity from Kaiju together.
A dream frozen by time, thawed by a burning promise.
Source: Kaiju No. 8 Official Website
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