A teaser trailer for this July’s Kaiju No. 8: Season 2 has been released.
The anime is based on the Shueisha-published manga by Naoya Matsumoto, which debuted in 2020 on Shonen Jump+ and has 15 tankoubon volumes as of March 2025. VIZ Media describes the manga as:
Kafka hopes to one day keep his pact with his childhood friend Mina to join the Japan Defense Force and fight by her side. But while she’s out neutralizing kaiju as Third Division captain, Kafka is stuck cleaning up the aftermath of her battles. When a sudden rule change makes Kafka eligible for the Defense Force, he decides to try out for the squad once more. There’s just one problem—he’s made the Defense Force’s neutralization list under the code name Kaiju No. 8.
Kaiju No.8 Season 1 premiered in April 2024. A compilation of it and a new original episode titled “Hoshina’s Day Off” are set to be theatrically screened simultaneously from March 28 JST for three weeks.
Crunchyroll has confirmed it will be streaming Season 2.
Staff (Season 1)
• Director: Shigeyuki Miya (Afterlost, The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior)
• Director: Tomomi Kamiya (A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd, Hikari: Kariya wo Tsunagu Monogatari)
• Series composer: Ichiro Okouchi (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch of Mercury, Code Geass)
• Character designer: Tetsuya Nishio (Naruto, Vampire in the Garden)
• Kaiju designer: Mahiro Maeda (SSSS.GRIDMAN, Evangelion 3.0+1.0 co-director and concept art director et al.)
• Kaiju supervision (design and artwork): Studio Khara
• Art director: Shinji Kimura (Children of the Sea, Blood Blockade Battlefront)
• Music composer: Yuta Bandoh (Belle co-composer)
• Animation production: Production I.G
Cast
• Masaya Fukunishi as Kafka Hibino
• Asami Seto as Mina Ashiro
• Wataru Kato as Reno Ichikawa
• Fairouz Ai as Kikoru Shinomiya
• Kengo Kawanishi as Soshiro Hoshina
Source: TOHO animation YouTube channel
