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Kaiju No. 8 Anime Reveals Vice-Captain Soshiro Hoshina Visual

The Kaiju No. 8 anime has revealed a new key visual, this time featuring the vice-captain of the Third Division of the Defense Force, Soshiro Hoshina. Production I.G is in charge of the animation, and the anime will premiere on April 13. Studio Khara is in charge of creature designs. Kengo Kawanishi voices Soshiro.

Kaiju No. 8 – Vice-Captain Soshiro Hoshina – Anime Visual

Previously, the anime revealed visuals for the main characters KafkaMinaReno, Kafka as Kaiju No. 8 and Kikoru. You can watch the latest trailer (featuring the theme songs by ONE REPUBLIC and Yungblud) below.

The main voice cast for the Kaiju No. 8 anime includes Masaya Fukunishi as Kafka Hibino/Kaiju No. 8, Wataru Kato as Reno Ichikawa, and Asami Seto as Mina Ashiro. The anime will be streaming on X (formerly Twitter), as well as on Crunchyroll.

Kaiju No. 8 manga by Naoya Matsumoto began serialization in July 2020 on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ and has since been collected into 11 volumes as of December 2023. Viz Media licensed it 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 Japan Defense Force and fight by her side. But while she’s out neutralizing kaiju as Third Division captain, Kafka is stuck cleaning up the aftermath of her battles. When a sudden rule change makes Kafka eligible for the Defense Force, he decides to try out for the squad once more. There’s just one problem—he’s made the Defense Force’s neutralization list under the code name Kaiju No. 8.


Staff:

  • Directors: 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
  • Photography Director: Eiji Arai
  • Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
  • Music: Yuta Bando

Cast:

  • Masaya Fukunishi as Kafka Hibino/Kaiju No. 8
  • Wataru Kato as Reno Ichikawa
  • Asami Seto as Mina Ashiro
  • Ai Fairouz as Kikoru Shinomiya
  • Kengo Kawanishi as Soshiro Hoshina
  • Yuki Shin as Iharu Furuhashi (NEW)
  • Keisuke Komoto as Haruichi Izumo (NEW)
  • Shunsuke Takeuchi as Aoi Kaguragi (NEW)

Source: Official X
© JAKDF 3rd Division © Naoya Matsumoto/SHUEISHA

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