The Kaiju No. 8 anime was voted as the most anticipated new (non-sequel) show of the Spring 2024 season. It took 4.29% of the votes, with 11,913 people participating. Following it were Mission: Yozakura Family and the new Spice and Wolf reboot anime. Kaiju No. 8 will be animated by Production I.G with creature designs by Khara, and it will premiere on April 13. Check out the top 10 graphic below.
Previously, the anime revealed visuals for the main characters Kafka, Mina, Reno, Kafka as Kaiju No. 8 and Kikoru. You can watch the latest trailer (featuring the opening song by ONE REPUBLIC) 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. The 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.
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Source: Anime Corner Ranking
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