Kaiju No. 8 Anime Announces First Movie!
The movie will be a compilation of the anime’s first season and one new original episode
On Monday, the first movie based on Naoya Matsumoto’s Kaiju No. 8 manga will be released in 2025. The movie will be a compilation of the anime’s first season and one new original episode.
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 12 tankōbon volumes as of April 2024.
An anime television series adaptation produced by Production I.G. premiered in April 2024 for 12 episodes.
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
Crunchyroll describes the overall plot of Kaiju No. 8 as follows:
In a world plagued by threatening creatures known as Kaiju, Kafka Hibino aspired to enlist in the Japan Defense Force to defeat them.
“Let’s wipe out the Kaiju together.”
Kafka pledged to his childhood friend, Mina Ashiro. Over time, life circumstances forced them to go their separate ways and caused him to abandon his lifelong ambition. 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. As it stands, he is currently unworthy of fighting Kaiju alongside her.
At work, Kafka crosses paths with the highly motivated Reno Ichikawa. Reno’s undying determination to join the Defense Force leaves no room for failure.
His perseverance reawakens Kafka’s ambition of standing next to Mina as they protect humanity from Kaiju together.
A dream frozen by time, thawed by a burning promise.
