A new teaser visual for Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 and July 2025 release date were officially announced during the series’ stage at Jump Festa ’25. Check out the new key visual below featuring the character Gen Narumi (CV: Koki Uchiyama).
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Production I.G. will be returning to animate Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 with kaiju designs by Studio Khara. The upcoming Season 1 compilation film will also feature a Hoshina’s Day Off special episode and is set to release on March 28, 2025.
Kaiju No. 8 Anime
Shigeyuki Miya & Tomomi Kamiya directed the first season while Ichiro Okouchi handled the script and series composition. Tetsuya Nishio worked as the character designer and chief animation director. Mahiro Maeda handled the kaiju designs and Yuta Bandoh composed the music.
The first season aired for 12 episodes from April to June and ranked second in the “Best Animation”, “Best Sci-Fi”, and “Best Soundtrack” categories for the Spring 2024 season.
Crunchyroll describes the plot of the series as:
In a world plagued by creatures known as Kaiju, Kafka Hibino aspired to enlist in The Defense Force. He makes a promise to enlist with his childhood friend, Mina Ashiro. Soon, life takes them in separate ways. While employed cleaning up after Kaiju battles, Kafka meets Reno Ichikawa. Reno’s determination to join The Defense Force reawakens Kafka’s promise to join Mina and protect humanity.
Source: Jump Festa 2025, Official X
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