Finished Airing Spring 2024

Kaiju No. 8

TV Series
2024
12 episodes

Genres

Action
Sci-Fi

Themes & Elements

Kaiju
Monster Boy
Shapeshifting
Male Protagonist
Super Power
Henshin
Shounen
Urban Fantasy
Military
Rescue
Work
Primarily Adult Cast
Guns
Gore
Tokusatsu

Broadcast Info

Aired From: April 13, 2024
Aired To: June 29, 2024
Format: TV Series
Episodes: 12
Studio: Production I.G
Source Material: Manga

Synopsis

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 organization tasked with the neutralization 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?!

(Source: VIZ Media)

Cast

Kafka Hibino Masaya Fukunishi
Kikoru Shinomiya Fairouz Ai
Reno Ichikawa Wataru Katou
Soratobu Kaijuu TARAKO
Yoshimura Tomohiro Oono
Sebas Choo
Keiji Itami Takayuki Sugou
Aoi Kaguragi Shunsuke Takeuchi

Staff

Original Creator: Naoya Matsumoto
Series Composition: Ichirou Ookouchi
Director: Shigeyuki Miya
Character Design: Tetsuya Nishio
Chief Animation Director: Tetsuya Nishio
Animation Director: Akiharu Ishii / Tetsuya Nishio / Yuuko Sera / Kenji Irie / Manamu Amasaki
Art Director: Shinji Kimura
Script: Ichirou Ookouchi
Storyboard: Shigeyuki Miya / Iwao Teraoka
Episode Director: Takayuki Inagaki

In this series

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