The Kaiju No. 8 anime is getting a sequel (no format revealed), as announced immediately after the first season’s finale. Crunchyroll has also confirmed they will be streaming the sequel. Production I.G was in charge of the animation for the first season of the anime, with creature designs by Khara.
The announcement trailer teases that the First Squad of the Defense Force will be mobilizing, and you can see it below.
The main voice cast for the Kaiju No. 8 anime included Masaya Fukunishi as Kafka Hibino/Kaiju No. 8, Wataru Kato as Reno Ichikawa, and Asami Seto as Mina Ashiro. The anime was streaming weekly on X and Crunchyroll.
Kaiju No. 8 manga by Naoya Matsumoto began serialization in July 2020 on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ and has since been collected into 12 volumes as of April 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 video game for the franchise is also in development.
Source: Official Website
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