Kaiju No. 8

This week on The Anime Effect: Leah and Lena Lemon sit down with actors Adam McArthur and Ryan Colt Levy to ask them what the cultural impact of JUJUTSU KAISEN has meant to them, what anime characters they would bring on a deserted island and more!In our audio-only episode we fill you in on the latest news in the anime world, including updates from Jump Festa, like DAN DA DAN season two announced and details on the final season of My Hero Academia, plus the new GUNDAM tabletop game coming soon and more!Episode 48 of The Anime Effect is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else you listen to your podcasts! If you're waiting to watch the video episode, it'll be live on Crunchyroll and YouTube at 7 p.m. APPLE PODCASTSSPOTIFYCRUNCHYROLLYOUTUBE⬆️Episode 48 SummaryIn this week's audio-only episode, LeAlec and Haley discuss the Kaiju No.

The Kaiju No. 8 Jump Festa 2025 stage event today revealed that the anime’s upcoming second season will begin airing in July 2025. A brand-new teaser visual depicting Gen Narumi with the tagline "Proof I'm the strongest" was also unveiled alongside the announcement.Kaiju No.

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.

So, after being relegated to the corner in the recent visual revealed for the Kaiju No. 8 Season 1 anime compilation film, he's now at large in the full-size visual for the "Hoshina's Day Off" special episode that will be paired with the film during its three-week run in 32 theaters across Japan from March 28, 2025.Season 2 of the popular action series is currently in production.Hoshina's Day Off Visual Based on the hit manga by Naoya Matsumoto, Shigeyuki Miya and Tomomi Kamiya directed the first season of Kaiju No. 8 at studio Production I.G, with series composition by Ichiro Okouchi (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury), character designs by Tetsuya Nishio (Naruto) and music by Yuta Bando (BELLE).Crunchyroll currently streams the series in a range of subs and dubs, and describes the story:In a world plagued by creatures known as Kaiju, Kafka Hibino aspired to enlist in The Defense Force.

Back in August, Kaiju No. 8 Season 2 was confirmed for a 2025 release along with theatrical screenings of the first season. The compilation will screen along with a special episode titled "Hoshina's Day Off," and it's officially set to kick off a three-week run in 32 theaters across Japan on March 28, 2025.You can see visual for Hoshina's Day Off inset at the bottom left of the theatrical visual below.

The Kaiju No. 8 Special Exhibition—a themed installation featuring some 120 pieces of art inspired by Naoya Matsumoto's hit shonen action / science fiction manga and its TV anime adaptation—is heading to the Gallery AaMo venue in Tokyo Dome City, Tokyo, Japan

This week on The Anime Effect: Anime shows up at the Paris games, a new season of Kaiju No. 8 is confirmed and rapper Denzel Curry tells us about the anime he had to hide from his mom.Episode 26 of Crunchyroll Presents: The Anime Effect is now available on App

In celebration of "No. 8" day and Kafka's birthday on August 5 in Japan, the official website and accounts for the Kaiju No. 8 anime today confirmed that the previously announced sequel is a second season scheduled to release in 2025.Furthermore, a film compil

Kafka Hibino’s story isn’t over! Following the end of Episode 12 of the anime series, a Kaiju No. 8 sequel was officially announced and Crunchyroll is confirming it will stream the series when it returns. No further details were announced for the Kaiju No. 8 c

Even though the first anime adaptation of Kaiju No. 8 has come to an end (for now!), the story continues in the manga and people are wanting more! The series announced today that 15 million copies of the collected manga volumes have been printed (physically) a

This week on The Anime Effect: A GRAMMY-winning rapper drops huge anime references on her latest album, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba plans a return to the silver screen and more of your favorite anime are continuing!Episode 21 of Crunchyroll Presents: The An

Kaiju No. 8, an ongoing TV anime based on the shonen science fiction / action manga, is getting a special exhibition that runs from September 13 – November 10, 2024, at the Gallery AaMo venue in Tokyo Dome City, Tokyo, Japan, and now a new key visual (below) h

The colossal thrills of Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 are heading to mobile and PC in a newly announced game currently titled Kaiju No. 8 THE GAME. The official accounts shared a reveal trailer for the project, which Akatsuki Games is developing and distributi

Japanese singer/dancer Manako has released a music video for her latest song, "Unleashed" on her official YouTube channel. The song is described as "a self-image song" inspired by Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8 manga series and its anime adaptation. Manako "Unl

The Kaiju No. 8 anime series announced a new cast member joining the show today, with voice actor Kenta Miyake (All Might in My Hero Academia) playing Kaiju No. 10. Kaiju No. 8 is currently broadcasting in Japan, and it is also streaming on Crunchyroll as part

Kaiju No. 8, an upcoming TV anime based on the shonen science fiction / action manga, has published a new character preview and visual for Kikoru Shinomiya (voiced by Fairouz Ai), a member of the Anti-Kaiju Defense Force. The series premieres in Japan on April

Updated: April 20, 2024: Updated the upload timing of sub and dub episodes available on Crunchyroll to 7:30 a.m. PT after the live broadcast!It’s almost time to squad up as the Kaiju No. 8 anime adaptation, based on the Shonen Jump manga by Naoya Matsumoto, p

Kaiju No. 8, an upcoming TV anime based on the shonen science fiction / action manga, has published a new character preview and visual for Soshiro Hoshina (voiced by Kengo Kawanishi), a member of the Anti-Kaiju Defense Force. The series premieres in Japan on A

American rock band OneRepublic released their latest digital song "Nobody" on April 12, and posted the song's lyric video on their official YouTube channel. The song will be featured as the ending theme for the spring 2024 TV anime Kaiju No.8, along with the o

In Kaiju No. 8, humanity calls on superhuman powers (some more literally than others) to defeat monstrous foes. To commemorate the highly-anticipated anime adaptation, ZONe Energy Drinks are teaming up with the series to offer a new flavor, inspired by the fig

Kaiju No. 8 is currently taking the anime world by storm... and it also seems to be taking the world around it by storm, too! Another collab has dropped for this season's monster-fighting action series, this time with Japanese sports drink company Fine.The bra

We may not have a Defense Force ready to fight kaiju, but we also haven't had to deal with any real-world kaiju (yet). But Kaiju No. 8 is still helping us prepare for real-world emergencies by teaming up with experts to create a portable, easy to use disaster

Ahead of its fourth episode broadcast this weekend, the official website and accounts for the Kaiju No. 8 anime today announced the casting of Tessho Genda (Kurt in Saga of Tanya the Evil) as Isao Shinomiya, the Director General of the Defense Force and Kikoru

The fourth episode of the Kaiju No. 8 anime marked the debut of Kaiju No. 9 in both monster form and the human form of Takamichi Hotaka. With that comes the announcement of their respective voice cast members. Hiroyuki Yoshino (Present Mic in My Hero Academia)