Kaiju No. 8 anime sequel was confirmed to be a Season 2 TV anime, set to release in 2025. The sequel was announced immediately after the first season’s finale without a specified format, with Crunchyroll also confirming they will stream it. An original episode titled “Hoshina’s Day Off” is also in production, and it will be shown theatrically along with a compilation of the first season in 2025.
Production I.G will return to animate, with creature designs by Khara. The announcement comes on August 5, which is celebrated as Kafka Hibino’s birthday.
The full staff list for Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 includes:
- 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 Supervision(Design & Artworks): Studio khara
- Animation Production: Production I.G
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. We had the opportunity to talk with Masaya Fukunishi at this year’s Anime Expo, where he shared his experience voicing Kafka.
Kaiju No. 8 manga by Naoya Matsumoto began serialization in July 2020 on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ and has since been collected into 13 volumes as of July 2024. 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.
Besides the sequel, a Kaiju No. 8 video game for the franchise is also in development.
Source: Official Website, TOHO Animation YouTube
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