Kaiju No. 8 Dates Premiere With Thrilling Trailer

On the official site for the anime adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto, "Kaiju No. 8 (Kaijuu 8-gou)," a new promotional video for the project was revealed. The video confirms that the premiere is scheduled for April 13 in Japan, while also revealing the information about the theme songs, including:

Yungblud will perform the opening theme titled "Abyss," while OneRepublic will perform the closing theme titled "Nobody."

On the other hand, Naoya Matsumoto began publishing the manga through Shueisha's Shonen Jump Plus service in July 2020. Previously, the author wrote other works such as "Pochi Kuro", "Metallica Metalluca", "Neko Wappa!", among others.

Voice Cast

Masaya Fukunishi as Kafka Hibino/Kaijuu No. 8
Wataru Katou as Reno Ichikawa
Asami Setou as Mina Ashiro
Ai Fairouz as Kikoru Shinomiya
Kengo Kawanishi as Soshiro Hoshina

Production Equipment

Shigeyuki Miya (Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou, Blood Lad) and Tomomi Kamiya (Jujutsu Kaisen, Yuukoku no Moriarty, Carole & Tuesday) are directing the anime at Production I.G. Studios.
Ichirou Ookouchi (Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch, DEVILMAN crybaby, Guilty Crown, SK8 The Infinity) is writing and supervising the scripts.
Tetsuya Nishio (Naruto, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Vampire in the Garden, Innocence) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
Mahiro Maeda (Neon Genesis Evangelion, Rebuild of Evangelion, SSSS. GRIDMAN) is in charge of monster design at Studio Khara.

Kaiju No. 8 Dates Premiere With Thrilling Trailer

Synopsis of Kaiju No. 8

Grotesque Godzilla-like monsters called "kaijuu" have been popping up in Japan for many years. To combat these beasts, an elite military unit known as the Defense Corps risks their lives daily to protect civilians. Once a creature dies, the "sweepers," who work under the Kaijuu Professional Cleaning Corporation, are left behind to dispose of its remains. Kafka Hibino, a 32-year-old man, is not satisfied with his job as a street sweeper. From a young age, he has aspired to join the Defense Corps and kill kaijuus for a living.

However, after a few failed attempts, he gave up on his dreams and resigned himself to the mediocrity that a decent salary provided. However, when an ambitious 18-year-old recruit named Leno Ichikawa joins his clean-up team, Kafka is once again reminded of his desire to join the army. After a chain of unfortunate events and an interaction with the young street sweeper, Kafka encounters a parasite-type kaijuu that makes its way through his mouth, turning him into a humanoid monster. With his newfound powers, Kafka aims to give his lifelong dream one last shot.

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