Kaiju No. 8 Anime Announces April 13 Debut
The opening theme song featured YUNGBLUD
On Thursday, The official website for the anime of Naoya Matsumoto’s Kaiju No. 8 manga released a new PV, announcing its April 13 debut.
Furthermore, the anime’s opening theme song “Abyss” by British Singer YUNGBLUD, and the ending theme song “Nobody” by American pop rock group OneRepublic were also announced.
The anime stars:
- Masaya Fukunishi as Kafka Hibino/Kaiju No. 8
- Wataru Katō as Reno Ichikawa
- Asami Seto as Mina Ashiro
- Fairouz Ai as Kikoru Shinomiya
- Kengo Kawanishi as Soshiro Hoshina
- Yūki Shin as Iharu Furuhashi
- Keisuke Kōmoto as Haruichi Izumo
- Shunsuke Takeuchi as Aoi Kaguragi
<Staff members>
- Original Manga: Naoya Matsumoto
- 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 Design & Works: Studio khara
- Animation Production: Production I.G
About Kaiju No. 8:
Kaiju No. 8 is a manga series written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto.
It has been serialized for free on Shueisha’s Shōnen Jump+ application and website since July 2020, with its chapters collected in eleven tankōbon volumes as of December 2023.
An anime television series adaptation produced by Production I.G is set to premiere in April 2024.
Crunchyroll describes the overall plot of Kaiju No. 8 as follows:
“Let’s wipe out the Kaiju together.”
Kafka pledged to his childhood friend, Mina Ashiro.
He found himself employed by Monster Sweeper, Inc., a professional cleaning company that specializes in cleaning up the aftermath of Kaiju battles. Meanwhile, Mina Ashiro is now the Captain of the Defense Force’s 3rd Division.
At work, Kafka crosses paths with the highly motivated Reno Ichikawa.
A dream frozen by time, thawed by a burning promise.
