All 12 episodes of the first series were recently aired A second season of Kaiju No. 8 has been confirmed for 2025. The breakout anime show by Naoya Matsumoto produced by Production I.
G. debuted in April this year and follows the character Kafka Hibino, who after ingesting a parasitic creature, gains the ability to turn into a kaiju. The show’s first season consisted of 12 episodes in total, with the finale airing on June 30.
Now, a teaser trailer for the forthcoming second season has been shared, which you can view below. It has also been announced that Japanese cinemas will be airing a completely original episode of the show called Hoshina’s Day Off alongside a compilation film of the show’s first season. 【Teaser Video】 Kaiju No.
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com/ChUws6ux2f — AnimeTV チェーン (@animetv_jp) August 5, 2024 No information about screenings in the west has yet been released. The official synopsis of the first season read: “With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organisation tasked with the neutralisation of kaiju.
Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he’s become one himself?!” While details about Se.