Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 premiered on July 19, and the official X account for the anime shared a new Gen Narumi visual to commemorate the return. Narumi, known as “Japan’s Strongest Anti-Kaiju Combatant,” had a major role in Episode 1, getting introduced as the captain of the first division.
Koki Uchiyama voices the character, and you can see his new visual below.
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Production I.G is back in charge of the animation, with Studio Khara in charge of the creature designs. The anime previously revealed its theme songs through two trailers. The opening song is “You Can’t Run From Yourself” by Aurora, while OneRepublic is back to perform the new ending song “Beautiful Colors.”
Kaiju No. 8 manga by Naoya Matsumoto began serialization in July 2020 on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ platform, and a total of 15 volumes has been published as of March. The manga series officially ended this week with Chapter 129. Viz Media is publishing it in English.
The game adaptation of the franchise, Kaiju No. 8 THE GAME, showed its first demo earlier this month at Anime Expo 2025. The game previously reached over 300,000 pre-registrations globally, and is set to launch later in 2025.
Source: Kaiju No. 8 Official X
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