Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 Drops New PV Featuring Ending Theme Song

In the second season of the TV anime Kaiju No. 8, Kotono Mitsuishi joins the cast as Hikari Shinomiya, the late mother of Kikoru. Alongside this announcement, a new trailer titled “The Will Lives On” and details about the upcoming ending theme were also revealed.

The ending theme for Season 2 will be “Beautiful Colors” by OneRepublic, who return after performing the ending for the first season.

Season 2 will premiere on July 19 and air every Saturday at 11:00 p.m. JST. Crunchyroll stream the new season worldwide.

Latest Trailer:

Key Visual:

ADDITIONAL CAST:
Kotono Mitsuishi as Hikari Shinomiya

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: Comic Natalie

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