@ NYCC 2023 – Kaiju No. 8’s anime adaptation looks super-charged and action-packed!

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Get ready cause an anime series is on the way filled with MASSIVE action and destruction-filled battles, cause Kaiju No. 8 premieres on Crunchyroll in April 2024.

Kaiju No. 8 is written and illustrated by Naoya Matsumoto and published in Shueisha’s Shōnen Jump+ imprint. The series is set in a Japan regularly under siege by giant monsters called Kaiju, it has been a lifelong dream of childhood friends Kafka Hibino and Mina Ashiro to join the Japanese Defense Force and fight the monsters. But when Kafka fails the test and is forced to get a job cleaning up after monster attacks, a chance encounter gives him the ability to turn into a kaiju.

The manga series has quickly become a must-read for action fans. The anime adaptation looks like it will have the action and spirit of the Manga series. It is being produced by Production I.G., with Studio Khara (the Japanese animation studio founded by Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno) supervising the kaiju designs.

Kaiju No. 8 premieres on Crunchyroll in April 2024. It’s manga volumes are available now through Viz.

(Source: Crunchyroll)

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