If you like giant monsters in a small package, then you’re in luck, because Minute! Kaiju No. 8 – a mini-anime focusing on the carefree daily lives of the cast of the Kaiju No. 8 manga and TV anime – has officially launched on the TOHO animation YouTube channel. New episodes of the short form series will be released on Fridays at 6:00 p.m. JST.
Shueisha serializes the original Kaiju No. 8 manga in their Shonen Jump+ digital manga magazine. Viz Media also publishes an English language version of the series. Shigeyuki Miya directs the Kaiju No. 8 TV anime at animation studio Production I.G. Ichiro Okouchi provides the series composition, Tetsuya Nishio serves as chief animation director and character designer, Mahiro Maeda provides the kaiju design, Shinji Kimura serves as art director and Yuta Bandoh provides the music.Crunchyroll describes Kaiju No. 8:
The story revolves around Kafka Hibino, a 32-year-old longing to join The Defense Force and make good on his promise to a childhood friend, Mina Ashiro. He befriends a new coworker Reno Ichikawa, while cleaning up Kaiju remains, whose determination to join The Defense Force inspires Kafka to fulfill his childhood promise to pass the entrance exam and join Mina to protect humanity. When a small Kaiju burrows itself inside Kafka, he gains superhuman strength and powers fit for fighting Kaiju. He works to earn the trust of his human teammates, defeat increasingly powerful Kaiju, and keep the world safe.
Source: TOHO animation on YouTube
