Kaiju No. 8 Anime To Stream On Twitter In April 2024 Simultaneously Worldwide!
This is the first time an anime is officially being streamed on the platform for free!
Jump Festa 2024 made a SURPRISE announcement regarding the upcoming Kaiju No. 8 anime! According to the panelists, all the episodes of the anime will be streamed on the official Twitter account worldwide in April 2024 along with Japan!
That’s right! This is the first time an anime is officially being streamed on the platform for free! However, there’s no confirmation whether this stream will contain English subtitles or not.
The panel also streamed a brand new trailer, showcasing the Defense Force! A key visual of the aforementioned Defense Force was previously released on Dec 15, 2023.
The staff and cast members of Kaiju No. 8 anime are as follows:
<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
<Cast members>
- Asami Seto as Mina Ashiro
- Masaya Fukunishi as Kafka Hibino/Kaiju No. 8
- Wataru Katō as Reno Ichikawa
- Fairouz Ai as Kikoru Shinomiya
- Kengo Kawanishi as Soshiro Hoshina
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. 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.
Source: Kaiju No. 8 Official Website
